Mediaite reports:
President Donald Trump blasted out a tweet Sunday morning — amongst many — declaring that a report he’s worried his son Don Jr. could be in legal trouble is a “complete fabrication.” But he also described the infamous meeting at Trump Tower as a “meeting to get information on an opponent.” That’s interesting, because Don Jr.’s initial statement about meeting said its focus was “a program about the adoption of Russian children,” and not an attempt to seek out dirt from the Russians on Hillary Clinton.
Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son, Donald, had in Trump Tower. This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics – and it went nowhere. I did not know about it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2018
Out: “NO COLLUSION!”
In: “SOME COLLUSION!” https://t.co/IsFqNh3u7p
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 5, 2018
Oh wow. Here’s a U.S. president, for the first time in American history, admitting that his campaign accepted offers of help from Russia: https://t.co/lmPtzs1jNz
— Casey Michel ?? (@cjcmichel) August 5, 2018
Ooooopsie.
We are going to be hearing about this tweet a whole lot for a long time. As well as whatever insane nonsense Rudy comes up with to explain it. https://t.co/4UlhnAPYhz
— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) August 5, 2018
oops you just admitted it was collusion! https://t.co/vTIEM2d3hS
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) August 5, 2018
Recall that original explanation for this meeting, in statement from Don Jr that POTUS helped write was that this was “a short introductory meeting…primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children…” 1/ https://t.co/166X7pdHNA
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 5, 2018
2/ “…that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow up…”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 5, 2018
POTUS deep-sixes the “adoption” lie. Collusion is fine and everyone does it. https://t.co/Pg0IIq6MBm
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) August 5, 2018
Oh. My. God. https://t.co/xzJlzngoYH
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 5, 2018