Jeffrey T
Jeffrey T
Jul 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Bruh, why couldn’t you just say this in the first place. I could have dismissed you as a troll with nothing substantive to say and we could have been much happier.

Because, bruh, you are basically just touting the presidents* account of the evening and calling other accounts a lie. Considering the president’s* strained relationship with the truth that’s a dubious stance to take. In the end you can parse words over the definition of meeting and whether undisclosed is a fair label, but none of that makes this a lie.

The president* having a private “conversation” without a US interpreter or any other other US official for less than an hour (and that’s Sean Spicer’s accounting) looks bad. Even you have to admit that. It was proven that his campaign attempted to receive material support (opposition research is material support) from the Russian government. His campaign is definitely being investigated for colluding with Russia and he very well may be too. Why would he take such a risk and talk to Putin under these conditions? Yeah, you can trot out the tired line that he’s the president and he’s supposed to talk with foreign heads of state, but it’s not like he has to. How many times has the guy been sued? Hundreds right? And every lawyer ever gives the same advice in this situation: don’t talk to the other side. What does he do? Talk to the other side. The only conclusion that can be reached is the president* is clueless or in bed with Putin. Maybe both.

But my perspective doesn’t makes yours a lie anymore than yours makes the reporting a lie. I would argue that your take is less plausible. You are right that the reporting is slanted, but there are no “lies” here. And if slanted reporting shocks you then maybe you should stop reading their stories. I don’t go to Breitbart because that makes me sad for this planet.

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