Former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta told MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews that he believes that the pressure from the Russia investigation is causing Trump to strike out and say things with no concern for whether or not they are true.
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John Podesta to @hardball: 'How can you imagine sitting there, preparing for one of the most important meetings…and be tweeting about me?' pic.twitter.com/9klfHeucm8
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John Podesta said, “How can you imagine sitting there, preparing for one of the most important meetings you’ll have on the world stage both with the bilateral with Putin and more particularly at the G20 summit and be staring at his phone and be tweeting about me, and all of it wrong?”
Podesta later offered his own explanation for Trump’s bizarre tweets, “In my opinion, he’s under so much pressure from the Russia investigations that when he’s in a corner, all he does is he strikes back, and he doesn’t care about whether anything is true or not.”
The pressure from the Russia investigations is so intense that Trump is irrationally lashing out in a desperate attempt to try and take the heat off of himself, Podesta’s opinion makes a ton of sense. Donald Trump has never been deep, intelligent, or rational. Trump’s MO has always been to overwhelm with outrageous statements and lies.
His tweet about Podesta is a sign that the investigation is getting close to him, because every time that Trump feels threatened, he tries to change the subject or blame someone else. Before he met Putin, Trump tried to change the subject to Podesta.
Trump’s tricks are easy to spot and are wearing thin. Podesta was right. The pressure is getting to Trump, and each strange tweet is another sign that this president is cracking up.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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