On Tuesday, MSNBC host Lawrence
O’Donnell leaned in hard on a report on how records from Deutsche Bank showed
that loans made to Donald Trump had been co-signed by Russian billionaire oligarchs
with close ties to Vladimir Putin.
Well, we’ve got that lard ass
moron son of a bitch now, don’t we?
Except…
Maybe we don’t?
O’Donnell did add the caveat
that this information was from a single source and had not been vetted by NBC
News.
Whoopsie!
An attorney for Donald Trump was
in touch with NBC first thing Wednesday morning and demanded a retraction from O’Donnell
or there would legal hell to pay.
On Wednesday afternoon, Lawrence
O’Donnell was issuing an apology.
So here’s the deal? Were
loans made by Deutsche Bank to Donald
Trump co-signed by Russian billionaire oligarchs with close ties to Vladimir
Putin?
The answer could be “yes”. Or
it could be “no”. But Lawrence O’Donnell
was too super eager to get that lard ass moron son of a bitch on something that
even Trump’s ignorant base could not ignore.
But Lawrence jumped the gun
and now what.
Look, it’s bad enough that
Trump immediately jumps on the back of media with accusations of “fake news” even
if the story is supported by facts. Trump
still causes damage when he’s shooting blanks.
What we don’t need to do is
to give this lard ass moron son of a bitch actual live ammunition.
And what if the story turns
out to be true, that Deutsche Bank did
give loans to Donald Trump that were co-signed by Russian billionaire oligarchs
with close ties to Vladimir Putin?
Trump is inoculated.
Remember how Bill Barr got
out ahead of the Mueller report and basically said, “Trump did nothing. Move on
everyone. Nothing to see here.” Then the actual report got out there and whoa, Trump
did a lot of stupid questionable shit. But the base only heard and remembered
the first thing.
So what happens if there is
actual and verifiable proof that Deutsche Bank lent money to Donald Trump with loans
co-signed by Russian billionaire oligarchs with close ties to Vladimir Putin?
“FAKE NEWS! Lawrence O’Donnell
already apologized for that and said he was wrong!”
Well, thanks for nothing,
Lawrence O’Donnell.
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