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Those are good points, and the right ones to raise in response to my tongue in cheek suggestion that our Commander in Chief set the record straight. So, given that we know he isn't going to answer any questions, why doesn't he just start acting like a leader, put down the twitter, muzzle his lawyer, and stop talking about legal stuff? His own party is begging him to. If he could keep his yap shut for 24 consecutive hours, this whole thing might be history now. I'm not certain of that, but I think his almost daily tweets claiming that the investigation is a fraud and a hoax have only served to make people more suspicious.
All you have to do is look at Trump's history to see that telling the truth is not one of his hobbies. And his lies aren't even clever ones, or told for good reason. They are stupid, easily disproven lies told for selfish and petty reasons. You can look at the deposition in the O'Brien case and see what I am talking about. Under oath, pinned down by a competent attorney, he admits that pretty much all of his legend is bullshit. (Examples...when he says he owns 50% of something, he may only own 30%, but it feels like 50% to him. When he says he gets paid a million dollars for something, it may only be $400,000, but he counts the 'publicity' as the other $600,000. He never borrowed any money from his dad, but it may have been a very, very small loan, but it may have been $9 million. When he says somebody he doesn't like is being investigated for a crime, it doesn't mean they are, it just means it is possible that they might be. Etc.)
I've deposed a lot of people who were lying their asses off, and I've cross-examined a lot of weasels on the stand, but Trump is a different sort of guy all the way around.
All you have to do is look at Trump's history to see that telling the truth is not one of his hobbies. And his lies aren't even clever ones, or told for good reason. They are stupid, easily disproven lies told for selfish and petty reasons. You can look at the deposition in the O'Brien case and see what I am talking about. Under oath, pinned down by a competent attorney, he admits that pretty much all of his legend is bullshit. (Examples...when he says he owns 50% of something, he may only own 30%, but it feels like 50% to him. When he says he gets paid a million dollars for something, it may only be $400,000, but he counts the 'publicity' as the other $600,000. He never borrowed any money from his dad, but it may have been a very, very small loan, but it may have been $9 million. When he says somebody he doesn't like is being investigated for a crime, it doesn't mean they are, it just means it is possible that they might be. Etc.)
I've deposed a lot of people who were lying their asses off, and I've cross-examined a lot of weasels on the stand, but Trump is a different sort of guy all the way around.
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