'I thought it was dead': Donald Trump says he thought he had escaped impeachment after Mueller repor

[Kablooie]

Source: USA Today

NEW YORK – A somber President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thought he had avoided impeachment after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

"I thought we won," Trump said during a news conference at the United Nations. "I thought it was dead."

Trump, speaking at the close of three days of meetings at the U.N., lashed out at Democrats and the media over the fallout of revelations that he pressed Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a political rival.

Calling Trump's actions with regard to Ukraine an abuse of power and a betrayal of his oath of office, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday announced the formal launch of an impeachment inquiry of Trump.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/25/donald-trump-impeachment-dead-after-mueller-report/2441751001/

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And this is not the Onion.

Clever boy, that Trump, eh?

[DURHAM D]

1. We all know that Reagan and Bush junior were in the dull-normal

intelligence range. What is Trump's rating?

[0rganism]

2. i put him somewhere between opossum and sea cucumber

[Blue Owl]

3. Hmm, I'd propose extending the spectrum to sack of hammers

n/t

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. Defective hammers,

made from brittle, rusty steel.

[Maxheader]

33. I think their all like that...

The 'chiefs'...the old ones that have been around...awhile..
They promote and groom the newbies on 'proper' behavior...
lies, back-stabbing,..unquestionable devotion to the 1%ers...

[obamanut2012]

34. Possums are pretty smart, and eat huge amounts of ticks

Thus, making the world a safer place for us.

[CRK7376]

37. I've got 4 Possums living in my shed

attached to the back of the house. Mom and 3 juveniles. They are smart enough to play dead when the dogs are out running around!

[lagomorph777]

39. Anything that eats ticks is a friend to man and beast.

And Possums are just too darned cute!

[StevieM]

10. Probably about the same as Sarah Palin.

Trump is showing us what a Palin presidency would have looked like. He is kind of a hybrid between Ken Starr and Sarah Palin.

He is definitely dumber than Dan Quayle was.

[cos dem]

15. Quayle was a better speller.

AFAIK, the only word he misspelled was "potatoe".

[kairos12]

21. Drumpt could spell it in Cyrillic.

[thecrow]

19. He is like a hagfish in a suit

With a huge red tie, no eyes , and just manufacturing buckets of slime.
Of course some people like that kind of thing

[lagomorph777]

40. Ohh, that's it! He's as charming as a hagfish, and has the same mouth.

[TxVietVet]

18. Dumber than a box of pig sh!t.

Poor STFU Donnie is crashing and burning. I wish the sorry bastard all the luck in the world. He’s going to need it. His fall down the “rich man’s” world is going to devastate his f*cking family and his empire.

:poop:

[Lock him up.]

24. I bet his 'empire' is underwater.

Like full of loans from his pal patin laundry.

[Skittles]

4. dumber than dirt

I mean his is one STUPID asshole.

[Marie Marie]

5. I don't think you two have ever met. Trump - meet consequences.

[not fooled]

7. So stop committing crimes

dumbass.

The rigged axing of the Mueller report your pet toad barr engineered was not a lifetime pass to commit future crimes scot-free.

[AC_Mem]

17. Interesting

I think there is something to the thought that the soul of the body that does evil in some ways wants to be caught, to be stopped. Even if they literally get away with murder, they will continue to test fate until they are caught and punished. Think OJ - literally got away with murder but continued his lawlessness until he went far enough to get punishment that will be a tiny beginning of what is owed.

annette

[not fooled]

25. I think you are right

clearly red don can't stop himself. Just as he ended up going bankrupt multiple times because he could not stop buying and building, he can't stop being lawless even in the White House.

He will keep going until he is stopped. Hence the necessity of impeachment.

[lagomorph777]

41. And implicating Barr and Ghouliani in his latest crime endangers his protectors.

Oops.

[yaesu]

8. in his little world of fox news and bk whoppers his understanding of reality is lacking. nt

[mtngirl47]

9. I have no words. n/t

[athena]

12. I am also speechless.

[Gore1FL]

11. Honestly, I thought the same as he did.

If they weren't going to act on that and everything that came before it then I figured this was never coming.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Obviously he thought so if he picked up the phone 24 hours later

and called Ukraine.

[Talitha]

14. Nancy knew it wasn't dead...

Give him enough rope, as the saying goes.
And didn't she say something to the effect that he'd impeach himself?

Trust Nancy.
Nancy knows.

[Grammy23]

16. In his mind it was dead. If they didn't get him with the Mueller

Investigation, he figured he was safe because that is how things usually work out for him. But he failed to realize the world he is in now is a completely different game. So for a guy used to winning (most of the time and avoiding nasty consequences) this turn of events might surprise him. I predict a rough time for him over the next few months. I hope it is the roughest thing he has ever endured.

[Wounded Bear]

20. The key word in there is "won"....

Trump thinks of everything in terms of win/lose, and he always wins somehow. Even if he doesn't, he'll spin it so he seems to.

Truth is, he never really understood the game.

[C Moon]

22. He thinks he's above the law, so it's inevitable they'd get him on something.

[BeyondGeography]

23. "And this is not the Onion."

A necessary clarification.

[True Blue American]

26. Listening to O'Donnell read the transcript.

Trump indicted both Barr and Giuliano several times. I keep thinking of,” Loose lips sink Ships!” A WW2 expression.

Trump sunk them both with his lips.

[onetexan]

27. The Dumpster threw pence under the bus too in his speech

Impeach all of them

[True Blue American]

28. Thanks

I could not stomach listening to that after the first few minutes of blather.

[lagomorph777]

42. Damaged all of his protectors.

Not too bright.

[mercuryblues]

29. He figured he got away with it once

why not do it again. That is all. He thought he finally had all the right kind of people - Those who would cover up and lie for him all in place.

Little did he know that there is a mole sitting to his left. Who wants to bet it is Ivanka? She probably thinks she can get the nomination to be the 1st female president, now that Daddy is out of the way. There is no honor among thieves.

[lagomorph777]

43. Most dynastic successions are the result of familial homicide.

[cstanleytech]

30. Well he was the one that chose the path that led to this with his own actions and for that he had

better be worried because who knows what might be revealed during this time.

[Chemisse]

31. He thought it was dead so went out and committed an even more heinous act.

Rather than breathing a sigh of relief and learning his lesson.

Boy does he ever deserve the shit he is in now.

[bucolic_frolic]

32. Shows how STUPID and IGNORANT TRUMP really is

He has no idea what he is doing. It's like he sees the world upside down - opposite of what any normal human being would see. His administration has been a revolt against all that is American. We are left with a pillaged country, licking our wounds.

[azureblue]

35. if Trump was smart ----

he would declare himself a winner and everybody else losers, then leave office... But he ain't....

[aquamarina]

36. The degree of his

Arrogance and stupidity is breathtaking. It truly must be something living inside his view of himself.

[lagomorph777]

38. No, Donnie, your career of crime is dead.

[SunSeeker]

44. Yes, Trump clearly thought he must be bulletproof. nt