Getting along
At least Donnie and Volodya are still buddies. That’s a comfort.
President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone for more than an hour Friday about topics including the outcome of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference, the White House said.
How sweet.
The two touched “very, very briefly” on Mueller’s findings, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters.
“It was discussed, essentially in the context that it’s over, and there was no collusion, which I’m pretty sure both leaders were very well aware of long before this call took place,” Sanders told reporters at the White House.
But was there Russian interference? Oooooooh let’s not talk about that.
Trump later tweeted about the call, referring to the Muller investigation as the “Russian Hoax.”
“As I have always said, long before the Witch Hunt started, getting along with Russia, China, and everyone is a good thing, not a bad thing,” he wrote. “We discussed Trade, Venezuela, Ukraine, North Korea, Nuclear Arms Control and even the ‘Russian Hoax.’ Very productive talk!”
What about getting along with Venezuela? Cuba? Iran? Is that a good thing, not a bad thing? Do they count as “and everyone”?
Meaning, they spoke about it at great length. Possibly to the exclusion of any other topic at all.