Donald Trump continues to do more to both publicize and lend credibility to Comey’s memoir than any other imaginable factor. His tweeting and public rhetoric not only ignores the Streisand Effect, but validates every point that Comey makes about his personality.
Comey says Trump is untethered from truth; Trump asserts, without proof, that Comey is a perjurer and criminal. Comey says Trump has no respect for institutional values; Trump uses his Twitter account to call a former FBI agent an “untruthful slime ball” and to demand his prosecution, violating longstanding norms against presidential interference in criminal cases. Comey says Trump disputes basic facts and normalizes lying; Trump asserts leaks and perjury without proving them, claims without evidence that Comey was terrible at his job, and without substantiation says there was unanimous support for his firing. Trump also claims he fired Comey for mishandling the Clinton investigation, even though Trump has repeatedly contradicted the official explanation the White House gave for dismissing Comey.
Comey says Trump ignores, excuses, and rewards unethical behavior; Trump, even as he blasts Comey as a perjurer, issues a pardon to former Dick Cheney aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, convicted of lying to federal investigators. Comey says that Trump takes an us-versus-them mentality and places his own well-being above all else; Trump declares all-out rhetorical war on Comey, after firing him for refusing to clear Trump’s name publicly, and after Comey refused to ease up on a case against Trump’s fired national-security adviser. There is scant need for a fact-checker on a book when the president is eager to prove it right.
Again, the key issue here is not Comey or even Comey vs Trump, but does the President get to tell the Justice Dept. what to do, even arguably illegal or unethical stuff, and fire anyone who refuses to do what he says? Trump continues to make the case that he believes the answer is yes, and why the answer must be no.
Trump’s Rush to Confirm Comey’s Accusations – The Atlantic
The White House teased an elaborate plan to push back on the former FBI director’s book. Instead, the president took to Twitter to validate its central characterizations.
Hitler in the bunker, March-April 1945.
Trump is perhaps primarily upset because Comey is 6'8" and Trump is only 6'3".
Funny, he was 6 2" before his latest physical. Late growth spurt?
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/311637-how-tall-is-donald-trump-drivers-license-raises-questions
+Jodi Kaplan well he doesn't let the facts get in the way either, right? 🙂
As I think a congressman once said, "Don't confuse me with the facts."
+Jodi Kaplan Those bone spurs are growing again …