trump claiming 'moron' story is 'totally refuted'

[spanone]

Link to tweet

The @NBCNews story has just been totally refuted by Sec. Tillerson and @VP Pence. It is #FakeNews. They should issue an apology to AMERICA!

donnie, me thinks ye doth protest too much

[Zoonart]

1. Uh huh.

[FSogol]

2. LOL. Whaaaaaaaa. Baby in Chief needs his diaper changed again.

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. Apologize!! APOLOGIZE!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! n/t

[Hoyt]

4. Everyone else is calling you a moron, dolt, buffoon, dotard, etc. Why not Tillerson?

[spanone]

6. nbc is sticking by their story....👍🏼

they also said that tillerson had an audience of ONE.

really a sick administration.

[Hoyt]

8. It will not surprise me if Trump appears with a black eye one day. Even the deplorables in his Admin

have to be on edge.

[samnsara]

5. fake news about a fake president

[cwydro]

7. Yes. Lol!

[Doodley]

9. I don't believe he did refute it.

[Ms. Toad]

11. He didn't.

His wording was carefully written to avoid outright lies, reassure allies that there is a grown-up on the job*, while avoiding outright lies.

He started by saying his "commitment is as strong as it was the day I accepted his [Trump's] offer as secretary of state." If reports are correct that his wife had to convince him to take the job, his desire to do so now - and then - was pretty low. But phrasing it the way he did makes it seem as if he was saying he really wanted to work for Trump.

Later he was asked both directly and indirectly about whether he called Trump a moron. Both times he refused to answer, avoiding an outright lie.

*E.g. he talked about the progress being made with the multilateral peaceful diplomacy in connection with N. Korea.

[Doodley]

13. Yes, I noticed that. What was his reaction to Trump undermining

him in a Tweet about diplomacy with NK being a waste of time? I guess we will never know, but he can't pretend to have unity with Trump when he sees Trump is saying and Tweeting things that a diametrically opposed to what he is doing.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Suck it up, crybaby!

I'm sure that isn't nearly the worst thing members of your staff have called you.

[Achilleaze]

12. "Trust me. I am not a republican moron. Heh, heh." - Comrade Casino* (R)

* republican serial liar and Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Johonny]

14. Everyone that heard him call me a moron has refuted it, thus it didn't happen or I'm a moron.