Trump just tweeted "No Collusion!" in response to Russia indictments

[oberliner]

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[underpants]

1. So there WAS a Russian anti-US campaign

Thanks for clarifying that. Are you supposed to be grieving?

[Blaukraut]

2. Oh look! He finally admits that Russia interfered. n/t

[rzemanfl]

3. I thought it was a "witch hunt." n/t

[spanone]

12. a hoax perpetrated by the democrats because they lost the election

[sunonmars]

4. Conspiracies start well before the main actor hits the stage.....after he's read the script.

[procon]

5. He just admitted he knew the Russians were actively working to undermine

the US election. And if he knew, why hasn't he done anything to protect us? No collusion my ass!

[Afromania]

6. Sooooooooooo, now you admit it eh.

"Its a hoax, fake news"..... guess that's off the table

Next up "no collusion"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Da Fuq?

So because they didn't start their campaign the same exact moment Donald Trump officially and formally announced, it means there was no collusion?

Even though Trump had been involved with Russian money for years, and had hosted Miss Universe in Moscow in 2013?

Hoo-kay, Donald.

[leftstreet]

8. Wow, strange admission

It sounds like a given he believes (thinks, knows) Russia influenced the election. But all he cares about is "SEE? They can't prove I or my campaign had anything to do with it!"

How weird

So as the current POTUS, what does he plan to do about this Russian stuff for the future?

[oberliner]

10. He doesn't seem even slightly angry at Russia for their crimes

Literally not a word of criticism in their direction.

[leftstreet]

15. Yeah, that's weird

You'd think someone would have told him to phrase the tweets carefully

Oh wait...what am I thinking. Mr. No Impulse Control

[uponit7771]

9. Nothing about Russian being bad ... just he's not at fault. Freakin traitor

[oberliner]

11. I was just typing the exact same thing

It is staggering.

[nolabels]

19. According to great orange pumpkin it is the FBI and other government agencies the bad guys

Like any good novel, it takes a while for the whole story to emerge. I not calling this whole thing a good story in any way but I do know it sometimes takes time for half-witted fools to paint themselves into a corner.

[Snotcicles]

13. So does this mean you are going to enforce those sanctions immediately Mr Trump? nt

[Bleacher Creature]

14. I'm thinking that this reaction by Trump was Mueller's plan.

I'm not sure if the point was to lessen Trump's need to fire him, or to get a particular response, but there's no doubt that Mueller chose his language very carefully.

[Vinca]

16. I agree. Make Dear Leader feel safe. This is going to get good. LOL.

[rzemanfl]

23. I think Mueller is trying to leave a way out for Drumpf that doesn't provoke

a constitutional crisis. The indictment is as important for what it doesn't say as what it does.

[marylandblue]

17. He was in Russia in 2013 and been talking about running for Pres. since 1988

So he could have made the deal in 2013.

[uponit7771]

20. The indictment said 2013 is when it started

[awesomerwb1]

18. So where are the sanctions a**hole.

Please for the love of ______, do not quote cheeto's comment "Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014". We wouldn't want that trending.

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[Blue_Tires]

22. It's almost like Trump, Fox and Greenwald are working off the same talking points memo:

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PROTIP: When certain pundits/journalists all pop out with the same talking points at once, you know it's not their original thought

[herding cats]

24. Admitting Russia had a hand in our election is a first step.

Next he has to address the evidence in the indictment that Russian actively worked to undermine Hillary (which I agree was anti-US) and worked to help get him both the nomination and win him the election.

We’ll come back to the collusion part a bit down the road when we get our next round of indictments.

[oberliner]

25. He doesn't even pretend to be mildly perturbed by that information

Which is scary. You'd think one of his handlers would tell him to take a little indignation towards Russia.

[Stuart G]

28. "....is a first step." There will be many more. Right on!!!

So many more that the totality will destroy the name of Trump....forever

[C_U_L8R]

26. His brain broke.

Oh Donny... this isn't checkers anymore.

[Freethinker65]

27. Please proceed...

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

29. The Russian efforts were like a surface-to-air missile site.

It sits there, scanning the sky for a target until it sees one which will cause the most damage. In 2014 the Russians had their mechanism for influencing the election in place, "scanning the sky," so to speak. All they needed was a target. In this case, Trump wasn't their first choice, but once it became clear he was the Republicans' nominee for president they narrowed their efforts to supporting that one person.

The first step of Mueller's investigation is to show that Russian attempts at meddling in the U.S. elections existed. Check. Now the focus shifts to the interactions -- if any -- between the Trump campaign and the Russians. I have a feeling the meeting in Trump Tower is going to be one of the linchpins of that investigation.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. Maybe this will lull Dolt 45 into a false sense of security

and will make him less inclined to try to fire Rosenstein or Mueller. I noticed that Rosenstein chose his words very carefully.