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Pierce: The Cost of Taking Advice from Donald Trump
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a56746/trump-junior-advice/?src=socialflowTWIt's always good to kick off a summer's morning with the news that the president*'s native gifts for concocting alibis remains remarkably consistent. The Washington Post has the latest masterpiece....
At the moment, and that's a phrase that has taken on a kaleidoscopic new meaning in the past seven months, all we know is that the president* was involved in creating a bullshit story to cover for his son, who stupidly took a meeting with some Russians who promised him some juicy ratfcking documents. At the moment, I'm willing to believe the president*would say or do anything to avoid the realization that he got fewer votes than the other major candidate did.
Honest to god, as much as the state of his personal finances are at the root of all this rank duplicity, so, too, is the fact that he's convinced himself against all mathematics that he won an epochal landslide victory. If all he did was lie to the newspapers and the networks, alas, he probably remains on the thin side of legal. But one thing we have learned, and one thing of which Robert Mueller is quite aware, is that this particular bull has a positive instinct for finding china shops where none existed before.
At the moment, and that's a phrase that has taken on a kaleidoscopic new meaning in the past seven months, all we know is that the president* was involved in creating a bullshit story to cover for his son, who stupidly took a meeting with some Russians who promised him some juicy ratfcking documents. At the moment, I'm willing to believe the president*would say or do anything to avoid the realization that he got fewer votes than the other major candidate did.
Honest to god, as much as the state of his personal finances are at the root of all this rank duplicity, so, too, is the fact that he's convinced himself against all mathematics that he won an epochal landslide victory. If all he did was lie to the newspapers and the networks, alas, he probably remains on the thin side of legal. But one thing we have learned, and one thing of which Robert Mueller is quite aware, is that this particular bull has a positive instinct for finding china shops where none existed before.
Trump, they say, is increasingly acting as his own lawyer, strategist and publicist, often disregarding the recommendations of the professionals he has hired. "He refuses to sit still," the presidential adviser said. "He doesn't think he's in any legal jeopardy, so he really views this as a political problem he is going to solve by himself." Trump has said that the Russia investigation is "the greatest witch hunt in political history," calling it an elaborate hoax created by Democrats to explain why Clinton lost an election she should have won. Because Trump believes he is innocent, some advisers explained, he therefore does not think he is at any legal risk for a coverup. In his mind, they said, there is nothing to conceal.
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He is a fool. 
