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In what has become an amusing and predictable pattern of behavior, Donald Trump is now claiming that he doesn’t know Lev Parnas. Despite their long-running association, Trump has denied knowing Parnas, saying such thing as, ““I don’t know who this man is,” and “I know nothing about him.”
It seems that every time one of Trump associates gets arrested, or their words and actions cast Trump in a negative light, Trump immediately forgets who they are. It’s a very selective type of amnesia.
Ambassador Gordon Sondland donated $1 million dollars to Trump’s inauguration and was rewarded with an ambassadorship to the European Union. Trump and Sondland spoke on the phone regularly and Trump praised Sondland on Twitter, calling him a “really good man” and a “great American.”
But after Sondland testified before Congress that Trump directed him and others to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to pressure Ukraine to publicly announce supposed anti-corruption investigations that Trump was seeking, Trump claimed that the “great American” he appointed to be ambassador was somebody he really doesn’t know very well.
George Papadopoulos was part of Trump’s foreign policy team. Trump lauded Papadopoulos as “an excellent guy” and tweeted a photo of him seated at a table with Papadopoulos during a national security meeting.
Yeah, so Trump and Papadopoulos were pals until Papadopoulos was sentenced to two weeks in prison for lying to the FBI about his interactions with Russian contacts. Suddenly Trump’s “excellent” friend became a stranger that Trump had never met.
“Few people knew the young, low level volunteer named George, who has already proven to be a liar,” Trump wrote on Twitter after Papadopoulos had been arrested.
And that photo of him seated next to Papadopoulos? “I never even talked to the guy,” Trump told Fox News. “I didn’t know who he was.”
Paul Manafort served as Trump’s campaign manager, but after Manafort was convicted and sentenced to nearly four years in prison over financial fraud crimes related to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Trump suddenly couldn’t remember having ever met Manafort.
"I didn't know Manafort well,” Trump told Fox News. “He wasn't with the campaign long.”
Then there’s Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Trump called Epstein a “terrific guy” in a New York Magazine interview in 2002 and said he’d known the multi-millionaire for 15 years.
“He's a lot of fun to be with,” Trump said. “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
But Trump distanced himself from the “terrific guy” in July after Epstein was arrested on charges of sex-trafficking girls as young as 14. Prosecutors said Epstein "sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes" in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida. Suddenly Trump barely knew Epstein, Epstein was just a guy who was somewhere in the background. Trump wasn’t even sure if he and Epstein ever spoke.
And this is just a partial list.
Trump’s selective amnesia has gotten to the point where it’s become a huge joke. Trump’s campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, first national security adviser, personal attorney, political adviser, a campaign foreign policy adviser, a former friend and two people working with his current lawyer have all been arrested, indicted or admitted to committing federal crimes.
And over and over, we keep hearing the familiar refrain: I barely knew the guy!
Just wait until Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump or Don Jr. get arrested. Get ready to roll around on the floor with laughter as Trump claims that he barely knows any of these people and he’s never spoken to any of them.
It seems that every time one of Trump associates gets arrested, or their words and actions cast Trump in a negative light, Trump immediately forgets who they are. It’s a very selective type of amnesia.
Ambassador Gordon Sondland donated $1 million dollars to Trump’s inauguration and was rewarded with an ambassadorship to the European Union. Trump and Sondland spoke on the phone regularly and Trump praised Sondland on Twitter, calling him a “really good man” and a “great American.”
But after Sondland testified before Congress that Trump directed him and others to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to pressure Ukraine to publicly announce supposed anti-corruption investigations that Trump was seeking, Trump claimed that the “great American” he appointed to be ambassador was somebody he really doesn’t know very well.
George Papadopoulos was part of Trump’s foreign policy team. Trump lauded Papadopoulos as “an excellent guy” and tweeted a photo of him seated at a table with Papadopoulos during a national security meeting.
Yeah, so Trump and Papadopoulos were pals until Papadopoulos was sentenced to two weeks in prison for lying to the FBI about his interactions with Russian contacts. Suddenly Trump’s “excellent” friend became a stranger that Trump had never met.
“Few people knew the young, low level volunteer named George, who has already proven to be a liar,” Trump wrote on Twitter after Papadopoulos had been arrested.
And that photo of him seated next to Papadopoulos? “I never even talked to the guy,” Trump told Fox News. “I didn’t know who he was.”
Paul Manafort served as Trump’s campaign manager, but after Manafort was convicted and sentenced to nearly four years in prison over financial fraud crimes related to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Trump suddenly couldn’t remember having ever met Manafort.
"I didn't know Manafort well,” Trump told Fox News. “He wasn't with the campaign long.”
Then there’s Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Trump called Epstein a “terrific guy” in a New York Magazine interview in 2002 and said he’d known the multi-millionaire for 15 years.
“He's a lot of fun to be with,” Trump said. “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
But Trump distanced himself from the “terrific guy” in July after Epstein was arrested on charges of sex-trafficking girls as young as 14. Prosecutors said Epstein "sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes" in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida. Suddenly Trump barely knew Epstein, Epstein was just a guy who was somewhere in the background. Trump wasn’t even sure if he and Epstein ever spoke.
And this is just a partial list.
Trump’s selective amnesia has gotten to the point where it’s become a huge joke. Trump’s campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, first national security adviser, personal attorney, political adviser, a campaign foreign policy adviser, a former friend and two people working with his current lawyer have all been arrested, indicted or admitted to committing federal crimes.
And over and over, we keep hearing the familiar refrain: I barely knew the guy!
Just wait until Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump or Don Jr. get arrested. Get ready to roll around on the floor with laughter as Trump claims that he barely knows any of these people and he’s never spoken to any of them.
