Trump begins @foxandfriends interview by saying he chose to do it today because it's Melania's birthday, but can't say what he got her for a present ("maybe not so much")
Trump pivots from talking about Melania to threatening Iran
Asked about Ronny Jackson, Trump doesn't address allegations against him, but characterizes fact that cabinet appointees are vetted by the Senate as "a disgrace."
"The Democrats are obstructionists. It is horrible what they're doing."
"The Democrats are obstructionists. It is horrible what they're doing."
Trump says that all of the misconduct allegations against Ronny Jackson are false.
"These are all false accusations. These are false. They are trying to destroy a man.... there's no proof of this. His son is a wonderful boy."
"These are all false accusations. These are false. They are trying to destroy a man.... there's no proof of this. His son is a wonderful boy."
Trump accuses Comey of lying in his memos, when he recalls Trump telling him he didn't spend a night in Moscow. 🤔thinkprogress.org/trump-moscow-f…
Trump on him meddling in DOJ: Because of the fact that they have this witch-hunt going on against the president of the United States, I have taken the position, and I don't have to take this position and maybe I'll change, that I will not be involved with the Justice Department."
Trump gets very worked up talking about FBI raids of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen -- he's yelling -- then tries to distance himself from Cohen: "I have nothing to do with his business."
Says Cohen only dealt with "a tiny fraction" of his legal work
Says Cohen only dealt with "a tiny fraction" of his legal work
.@foxandfriends steer Trump from being very worked up about Michael Cohen to talking about his bromance with Kanye West
TRUMP: "If I ever called for at that rally in Washington, D.C., we would have millions of people coming into Washington because they love what's happening." 🤣😂 #LargestInauguralCrowdEver
TRUMP: "Everyone goes home & says, 'you know, I really like Donald but I have watched on the news' - they don't know it's fake news. I have taught them it is fake news -'I watched on the news that he can't win. So let's go to the movie darling & we'll come home & watch him lose'"
Trump rants about North Korea, uses anti-Semitic slur about Chuck Todd, and @foxandfriends hosts can barely get a word in
Trump, who regularly live-tweets Fox News, claims he doesn't have time to watch TV 🙃
TRUMP on his performance as president: "I'm fighting a battle against a horrible group of deep-seeded people -- drain the swamp -- that are coming up with all sorts of phony charges, & they're not bringing up real charges against the other side. So we have a phony deal going on."
Trump concludes @foxandfriends interview by screaming about conflicts of interest on Robert Mueller's team, and promising to meddle more aggressively in the Department of Justice going forward.
.@MichaelAvenatti reacts in real time to Trump's reckless comments about Cohen & Daniels: "This is what happens when you have an undisciplined man who finds himself in litigation & doesn't know when to not make statements... There's serious consequences."
Trump made 2 costly legal errors during unhinged Fox & Friends interview thinkprogress.org/trump-made-2-c…
.@MichaelAvenatti says he'll be able to prove that Trump knew about the Stormy Daniels hush payment.
"We will show, at the end of the day, the president knew about the agreement & knew about the payment, period. This suggestion he didn't know anything about it is ridiculous."
"We will show, at the end of the day, the president knew about the agreement & knew about the payment, period. This suggestion he didn't know anything about it is ridiculous."
Avenatti hears audio of Trump admitting Cohen represented him in Daniels case, seems almost in disbelief about his comments.
"It's a hugely damaging admission, b/c according to what he said weeks ago, he didn't know anything about the agreement...we now find out that was a lie"
"It's a hugely damaging admission, b/c according to what he said weeks ago, he didn't know anything about the agreement...we now find out that was a lie"
Now on CNN, Avenatti says Trump's unhinged interview will "add considerable momentum to our efforts to depose the president and place him under oath, because now we have two contrary statements, made within the same month, relating to what he knew about the [Daniels] agreement."
AVENATTI: "Cohen said the president knew nothing about [Daniels payment], he did it on his own, he went out & negotiated this agreement & paid $130k without any knowledge by the president. You cannot reconcile Cohen's statement w/the Air Force One statement, with today's."
Avenatti on Cohen pleading the 5th: "You think he did that b/c the president didn't cover anything up? You think he did it b/c he didn't know anything? Of course not... We'll prove it. The statements by the president today on @foxandfriends are very problematic for the president"
.@MichaelAvenatti: "If there is nothing to hide, you don't need to plead the 5th. You can look at the president's own statements. We know what he thinks about people that plead the 5th -- he says they're guilty. Why doesn't that approach hold in this case? I think it does."
Sad! Trump’s disastrous @foxandfriends interview already being used against him in federal court thinkprogress.org/trumps-disastr…
WATCH: As Trump fumbles on live TV, Fox & Friends abruptly ends disastrous interview thinkprogress.org/fox-friends-ab…
🍿🍿🍿That awkward moment when hosts of Trump's favorite show cut off their interview with Trump because it had gone so far off the rails 🍿🍿🍿thinkprogress.org/fox-friends-ab…
