If it’s Monday morning and President Trump is desperately hoping to overshadow the incredibly damaging New York Times report which broke Sunday alleging that his son, Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer who said she had damaging information on Hillary Clinton, then you can rest assured the elder Trump will be on Twitter, trying to create a smokescreen.
The president began by parroting an unverified story suggesting that former FBI Director James Comey might have leaked classified information, even though there’s no proof of such:
James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2017
Next, Trump tried to defend letting his daughter Ivanka briefly sit in for him at the G20 summit while he met privately with other world leaders. Ivanka, it should be noted, was not elected to any position:
When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very standard. Angela M agrees!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2017
If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother,as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2017
Chelsea Clinton was more than equal to the task, tweeting back at Trump:
Good morning Mr. President. It would never have occurred to my mother or my father to ask me. Were you giving our country away? Hoping not. https://t.co/4ODjWZUp0c
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) July 10, 2017
There was also plenty of pushback to President Trump’s Monday tweets from the social media universe:
Umm you've leaked classified information to Russia since day one, and have literally been caught doing it. That's SO illegal!
— taking a break from online – vote nov 6! (@jules_su) July 10, 2017
Your son met with a Russian lawyer for dirt on Hillary Clinton? That's illegal.
— Khaleda Rahman (@khaleda) July 10, 2017
Anonymous sources, Donald, which you despise unless they’re helping you.
Kind of like Russian hacking. Fine if it helps your campaign.
— MatthewDicks (@MatthewDicks) July 10, 2017
This genuinely sounds like a 14 year old in highschool is angry about treason.
— Michael Beveridge (@mickyb273) July 10, 2017
HRC praised Trump's kids at a debate. Now Trump tries to use Chelsea as a political human shield. What a classless comment.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) July 10, 2017
@realDonald Trump
Trying to distract from something, Donald? #TrumpRussiahttps://t.co/x4w5szYESR
— DCResisterBee? (@DC_Resister_Bee) July 10, 2017
Why does Trump always attack a woman when he feels threatened? What does Chelsea Clinton have to do with anything?
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) July 10, 2017
It’s sure starting to look like the entire Trump clan is part of the larger conspiracy. Robert Mueller and his team are going to be busy in the days and weeks ahead.
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