Trump began 2020 with a rant that sounded like it could have come straight from behind bars about dirty cops who threw his friends in jail.
Trump tweeted:
A lot of very good people were taken down by a small group of Dirty (Filthy) Cops, politicians, government officials, and an investigation that was illegally started & that SPIED on my campaign. The Witch Hunt is sputtering badly, but still going on (Ukraine Hoax!). If this….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2020
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….had happened to a Presidential candidate, or President, who was a Democrat, everybody involved would long ago be in jail for treason (and more), and it would be considered the CRIME OF THE CENTURY, far bigger and more sinister than Watergate!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2020
Trump doesn’t have 100,000 likes on either tweet, which considering that he has 68 million followers, suggests that his self-victimization rambles have worn thin with even his most dedicated supporters. Trump sounds like a criminal. Rants and raves such as this one only make it more difficult for people who are outside of the cult of Trump to support him.
Donald Trump wants America to believe that many of his friends, advisers, and associates who are now convicted felons were the victims of some vast conspiracy. Trump is hoping that the nation ignores the fact that he has a decades-long history of criminal behavior.
Trump sounds like a man who knows that his own freedom could soon be in jeopardy if he loses the election in November.
Criminal blames dirty cops is a story as old as incarceration itself, but until now, that story has never been told by the person sitting in the Oval Office.
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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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