Manafort a 'Very Good Person' Whose Trial Is 'Very Sad'

[struggle4progress]

Adam K. Raymond

... “I think the whole Manafort trial is very sad, when you look at what’s going on there. I think it’s a very sad day for our country,” Trump said Friday. He went on to insist that Manafort only briefly worked for him, but said that was long enough to know that Manafort is a top-notch guy. “He worked for me for a very short period of time. But you know what? He happens to be a very good person. And I think it’s very sad what they’ve done to Paul Manafort” ...

://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/donald-trump-defends-paul-manafort-a-very-good-person.html

Tax fraud! Very unfair! Very very unfair! So many fine people attacked! Like that guy in Chicago. Al. Al somebody. You'd know his name. Does he deserve pardon? Many people are telling me he does. Many many people are saying this.

[PJMcK]

1. Hey, Trump!

The guy is a crook. He's a tax cheat. He's a philanderer. He's in hock to the Russians.

How can you defend him?

Oh. Right. I get it.

[maxsolomon]

2. Wait. Trump actually talked to the Press?

This is news!

[BigmanPigman]

3. Is he preparing for a pardon?

[marble falls]

4. But Donald you were very impressed with Amarosa until last week.

[kentuck]

5. Of course! He has to be a "very good person".

You don't want to pardon a criminal and a scoundrel. That wouldn't look good.

[Saboburns]

6. "But them uppity Negro football players are Sonsabitches"

"Manafort a good guy" says Trump, "A sad day for America".

[Cicada]

7. Manafort daughter thinks he encouraged deadly force killing protesters

I guess he wanted the party of regions he advised to encourage their supporters to protest so that they would be shot down by the government, increasing odds of election gains. Lambs to the slaughter. They did protest, they were killed. Manafort good guy?

[Turbineguy]

8. "person"

is trumpcode speak for "thief"

And he isn't good, he got caught.

[Mc Mike]

9. His vocabulary is very very small. Very limited.

[malaise]

10. But

The Central Park five are still guilty even after they were exonerated.

Fuck this dumb criminal.