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Mick Mulvaneys week went from bad to worse on Sunday, as he again tried to explain why President Donald Trump and the administration had withheld aid to Ukraine for weeks one of the Democrats central questions in their impeachment inquiry.
Mulvaney fumbled during an interview on Fox News Sunday when he cited two reasons for the delay, whereas he had originally listed three during his Thursday press briefing at the White House. He continued to blame reporters for any misunderstanding, a feat that can be tough to pull off when his answers were all delivered on camera and when the host, Chris Wallace, kept rolling that tape.
And he threw red meat to liberals and Democratic presidential candidates who have long questioned the appropriateness of the Trump family continuing to profit from its business holdings while Trump serves as president.
At the end of the day, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business, Mulvaney said to Wallace about Trumps original decision to hold the next G7 summit at his resort in Doral, Fla. a decision he reversed late Saturday.
I just have to pick up: You say he considers himself in the hospitality business? Wallace asked. Hes the president of the United States.
Mulvaneys interview did not play well among Trump allies and advisers, with one calling it a self-immolation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mick-mulvaneys-bad-week-just-got-worse/ar-AAJ4PM9?li=BBnb7Kz
Captain Zero
(6,833 posts)But I'm also hoping there is room for a line to form behind him.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)I, too, hope for such a line.
ecstatic
(32,737 posts)babylonsister
(171,099 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,839 posts)At the end of the day, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business, Mulvaney said
Self-immolation...one can only hope.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)owner and his hotel are failing.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,467 posts)Ask the children in cages, too.
And, all those who got massacred with AK15's in trump's name.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,372 posts)He won't hear a word, but at least he won't fall asleep during the lecture.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)by tweet. He would never risk firing someone face to face. They might say something that would hurt his fragile self-image.