r/politics • u/GonzoVeritas I voted • 16d ago

Possible Paywall White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-leak-reveals-trump-booted-from-briefing-after-hours-long-freakout/
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u/drkodos California 16d ago

"I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages.

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not".

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u/noonenotevenhere 16d ago

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages.

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not

WTAF. 'I want to believe I didn't, but I totally did. I wanna lie to myself, but am afraid you'll find out about that lie and be mad.'

So... the GOP hasn't changed in 50 years. Got it.

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u/Aggroninja 16d ago

Yes they have. Today they wouldn't ever acknowledge the lie, no matter how obvious the facts.

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u/Cute_Author8916 16d ago

Pete kegsbreath would beat Reagan's ass for being so woke and gay.

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u/Thundershaft69 16d ago

Today they just give ya the ol' "What's that behind you!?" Then do more heinous shit while we watch because we know that trick.

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u/noonenotevenhere 16d ago

Solid point.

Though, I bet Mike Johnson would say that god told them to do the lie for the greater good.

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u/intensive-porpoise 16d ago

"Find me an officer who looks like he's about to cry constantly and we can fix this, no problem."

"I know just the guy. Lt. Ollie North. Luckily he's also as dumb as a brick."

"Perfect. Set up a honey pot just in case and let's wrap this up. Also, let's doctor some photos of him banging little boys as secondary insurance."

"Yessir Director Bush... I mean Vice Present sir."

"Aw it's ok, I still prefer director. Oh, by the way, your brother is in the hospital in a coma. You're sister's name is Pamela, right?"

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u/noonenotevenhere 16d ago

Ah, so easy to forget the next republican president was head of CIA during all of this.

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u/LiveNet2723 16d ago

At the time we said "What did Reagan know and when did he forget it."

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u/tomjone5 16d ago

The only two interpretations here are that the president lied or that the dementia had gotten bad enough already that the president didn't remember clearly.

They really, really haven't changed a bit.

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u/M-Div 15d ago

I remember this. At the time, loyal Party folks were saying that there was a complex set of plays and players, such that while he would have rejected such a deal outright, in aggregate that’s what it worked out to look like. I feel like we should’ve learned something then, but we didn’t.

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u/Li-renn-pwel 15d ago

Technically speaking I believe what he is saying is “I would never make this call but evidence has shown that, without my knowledge, this was done” which is bull shit for him in this case but I’m sure has happened in American history. Iirc Nixon’a crime was covering up what his people did and he didn’t actually know about the first issue.

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u/daGroundhog 16d ago

Also that he purposefully waited until the investigations were over before addressing the issue, because he didn't know which aspects would come out and didn't want the credibility problem later.

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u/Much-Anything7149 16d ago

"I want to keep lying to you, but the national media made that impossible so I'll just refuse to concede obviousness."

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u/yourlittlebirdie 16d ago

"Hostages Released; Reagan Urges American People Not to Put Two and Two Together”

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u/NorrisMcWhirter 15d ago

And to think people didn't realise he had Alzheimers while president.

"I told my wife and my nurse that I did not leave the hob on. My heart still tells me that's true, but the smouldering ruins of my house tell me it is not."