Until the #SyriaStrikes were announced, Friday's news was dominated by scandal https://t.co/SNvgiwhSV6
— CNN (@CNN) April 14, 2018
The kicker to my story: By 11:45pm Friday, MSNBC had resumed discussion of the investigations into Trump and his associates… https://t.co/uTpSNDUTHW
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 14, 2018
Trump was only partially successful in wagging the dog. Pre-strike he was drowning in scandal, so the strike provided temporary high ground. Nixon used natl security temporarily (repeatedly) to escape Watergate but it only worked for a few days. Mueller and SDNY have much more. https://t.co/ywXl2QW4Uq
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) April 14, 2018
Not that the Repubs won’t keep trying…
the efforts by people like @AriFleischer to lie about the bush years in every way – every year he writes a bs tweetstorm lying about how bush leapt to action on 9/11 – are precisely why we got trump. the bush-trump line is strong.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 14, 2018
But unlike professional ratfvckers such as Ari Fleischer, Trump is an old-school grifter:
Corruption is an overused word, so if you’re not sure what it really means, it’s this: https://t.co/PIp7NS9Gbt
— Seth Masket (@smotus) April 15, 2018
Meanwhile, inbox from nrcc victory pic.twitter.com/oUve5QSRAL
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 14, 2018
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