By John Wagner and John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow April 11 at 1:27 PM President Trump, who repeatedly praised WikiLeaks for releasing damaging material on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential race, on Thursday sought to disavow his past enthusiasm following the arrest of the organization’s founder,...
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Trump said he didn’t “really have an opinion” about Assange’s arrest by British authorities in response to a U.S. extradition request. He said the matter was being handled by Attorney General William P. Barr.
It was WikiLeaks’ later publication of hacked emails damaging to Clinton, Trump’s 2016 Democratic opponent, that drew his repeated praise.
Must be Memory lapses, another reason to invoke the 25thAmendment
Get a sense of humor, WaPo.
Does the President know Ecuador is not a Mexican nation?
He lies.
Disavowal implies a recognition of past wrongdoing. He didnt disavow his past support of Wikileaks, he lied and pretended it never happened.
More DJT lies
He didn’t “disavow” or “mislead “ or any of the other niceties you insist on using. Today he lied about his involvement with WikiLeaks. True he probably knows little about the ins & outs of it but his team did and used that to subvert our election.
Greedy leaders & greedy business men often lacks courage. They are foxy 🦊 & bluffy?
What else is new?
Lie
Trump lies
What a joke and an outrageous Lie- he constantly rooted for Assange and Wikileaks during his campaign. Without Wikileaks he would have lost to HRC, and this is how he treats the man who won his election for him? Trump shows his true colors now-a man NOT to be trusted!
TheRickWilson called this one. ROFL.
The only time you should ever believe him is when he says he knows nothing.
He was asked about Asange's arrest today, not campaign rallies from 3 years ago.
3/3 10/31/16 Warren, MI: 'Another came in today. This WikiLeaks is like a treasure trove.' 11/4/16 Wilmington, OH: 'Getting off the plane, they were just announcing new WikiLeaks. I wanted to stay there, but I didn't want to keep you waiting. Boy, I love reading those WikiLeaks.'
2/3 October 13, 2016 in Cincinnati, OH: 'It's been amazing what's coming out on WikiLeaks.'
1/3 October 10, 2016 in Wilkes-Barre, PA: 'This just came out. Wikileaks. I love Wikileaks' October 12, 2016 in Ocala, FL: 'This WikiLeaks stuff is unbelievable. It tells you the inner heart, you gotta read it.'
What can Assange say about Trump?
… realDonaldTrump
Playback tapes. Trump also stated he had courage. I called for Assange arrest 4 years ago.
Soon it will be “Ivanka who?” And “Don Jr., he was just a bit player for a little while.” realDonaldTrump only loves himself. He will burn everything and everyone else down while the SenateGOP HouseGOP stands idly by and watches it happen. Because they don’t honor their oath
Trump lies about past enthusiasm for WikiLeaks. Please be accurate.
Fat realDonaldTrump lies about everything.
Well that’s ridiculous because it’s been shown repeatedly on the news. Is he now going to call himself “fake news”?
More than Nancy SpeakerPelosi has disavowed IlhanMN 🤔
Leave the president along!
Pathetic.
Trump wouldn't be president if it weren't for Assange. The problem is, Assange is working for Russia.
He didn’t disavow. The man, who told his base he loved WikiLeaks numerous times, LIED. Report FACTS, please. Don’t soft peddle his lies.
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Every time he disavows something he's avowed for years...and it is one of his many fall-back positions...I wonder if he's just slipped deeper into madness.
Propaganda
of course he f$cking does...
eeftikhar
He did once say he likes people who weren't captured
Strange how all idiots in corrupt media have the same talking point ... memo from DNC?
Of course he will, he has to do that if he is going to issue him a pardon
Again he doesn't accept responsibility for what he has previously said.
Deep state must yet again have something over him. He's no better than Hillary at this point.
Is the MSM and the DNC disavowing WikiLeaks doing the bush era? Regardless, Julian Assange is 10 time to journalist then the MSM would ever be again. We are now living in 1930 Berlin, with brown shirts as 'reporters'.
NOVEMBER 4 TH 2016 ....TRUMP SAYS '' I LOVE WIKILEAKS '' YOUR A MASSIVE LIAR .....TREASON DUDE !!
This man could deny his own famil
All the voters who voted for Trump based on draining the swamp, getting out of stupid and expensive wars, and a sensible immigration policy disavow enthusiasm for voting for re-election in 2020. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ OneTermTrump
.This is 100% a lie! We have all seen Trump and heard Trump broadcasting his love for Wilikeaks!!! “I love Wikileaks” he has said over and over again at his worship rallies to get his base to shout “Lock her up!” Just how stupid does Trumpee actually think his base are?
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 🎙🇺🇸🌩🏦🗽💰📥💸💳💹💲
Shut up! Trump has said next to nothing about it. Whether Assange broke espionage laws or not publishing DNC data, it revealed serious corruption within the Democrat party. It's not Trump's fault that leftists are dirty.
He loved Wikileaks after his long time pal Roger Snow asked them to hack Hillary Clinton;s emails........ I think he said, 'I Love Wikileaks.' Nowwwww he doesn't even know of a Wikileaks. This man is the most corrupt President in U.S. history.
So what? Is this all you can focus on?
“I love WiKiLeaks!” “I know nothing of WiKiLeaks.” 🤔
He didn't 'disavow.' He lied.
Ptpp ltd Pty do pypyo
Just realDonaldTrump lying out in the open again.
He would..wouldn't he?...🙄🙄😣😣😣
Liar with a faulty memory!
Trump telling the truth is as possible as an elephant going up a wooden ladder.
...which is a complete lie from Trump as usual. 'I love Wikileaks!' Trump said more than 100 times going in to the 2016 election.
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