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Here’s Why Maybe It Was Not A Huge Mistake For Trump To Release The Transcript Of Part Of His Call With The President Of Ukraine…
Because now he can say it says whatever he wants it to say, and if he says it enough, people will believe him…
It was a real head-scratcher for many in the media when the White House released that partial transcript of the phone call in which Trump follows on a request for more U.S. arms from the President of Ukraine with an immediate ask of a “favor” of digging up dirt on Joe Biden.
“Why would the White House do that?”, the nation’s intelligentsia wondered aloud. “He’s actually coming out and confirming exactly what the whistleblower alleged”.
Well, yes. Except, no.
By the way, in the paragraph above, we just paraphrased and characterized what people were saying, but we didn’t make it up. Just as House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff did when he summarized the contents of the Trump call as a mob style shakedown. Maybe it wasn’t fair. Yet Trump’s assertion that Schiff made it all up is wildly inaccurate. At the same time, it does seem to be gaining some traction.
(Interesting too, because Attorney General Bill Barr did a similar thing in his…
