“What does this ‘hit by a truck’ exchange mean on the Cohen tape? ‘COHEN: All the stuff. Because — here, you never know where that company — you never know what he’s — TRUMP: Maybe he gets hit by a truck. COHEN: Correct. So, I’m all over that….’,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) asked Tuesday night after the release on CNN of the Trump-Cohen tapes.Z
What does this “hit by a truck” exchange mean on the Cohen tape?
“COHEN: All the stuff. Because — here, you never know where that company — you never know what he’s —
TRUMP: Maybe he gets hit by a truck.
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COHEN: Correct. So, I’m all over that….” https://t.co/OtpFdeLxyq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 25, 2018
TRUMP: So, what do we got to pay for this? 150?
COHEN: Funding… Yes. Um, and it’s all the stuff.
TRUMP: Yeah, I was thinking about that.
COHEN: All the stuff. Because here, you never know where that company, you never know what he’s —
TRUMP: Maybe he gets hit by a truck.
COHEN: Correct. So, I’m all over that. And, I spoke to Allen about it, when it comes time for the financing, which will be-
TRUMP: Wait a sec, what financing?
COHEN: Well, I’ll have to pay him something.
TRUMP:… pay with cash.
COHEN: No, no, no, no, no. I got it.
See, with a normal president, this would never come up. There would not be a tape of him suggesting someone gets hit by a truck.
But of course, with the corrupt Mafia-esque president, this is just another day. What does Tony Soprano mean when he suggests someone gets hit by a truck?
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