President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would consider releasing a transcript of a phone call he had with Ukraine’s leader, even though two of his Cabinet secretaries said only hours earlier that such conversations must remain “private.”
“We’ll make a determination about how to release it, releasing it, saying what we said,” the president told reporters in Houston. “It was an absolutely perfect conversation. The problem is, when you’re speaking to foreign leaders, you don’t want foreign leaders to feel that they shouldn’t be speaking openly and good. … You want them to be able to express themselves without knowing that not every single word is going to be going out and going out all over the world.
Those seeking an investigation want to know whether Trump, in a July 25 call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, made U.S. aid contingent on the country’s looking into Biden’s son Hunter, who had business dealings there. On Sunday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the details of Trump’s call shouldn’t be made public.“I would leave whether that should be released” to the White House, he added.Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.“I think it would be highly inappropriate to release a transcript of a call between two world leaders,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”“What I have a problem with is Congress asking for a transcript between world leaders,” he said. “I think that those are confidential discussions, and that’s a difficult precedent.
Sure. Just like his taxes.
Yeah and his tax returns😎
It’ll be stapled to his tax returns, I’m sure.
With all the spy's still working in our government, somebody probably already has! We obviously have a major problem in our country, with a shadow government still trying to call the shots!
In Trump’s speak, that means “no way you’ll have the transcripts”
I'd rather see his taxes. This is just a distraction from them. We already know trump's a traitor, that's not news. trumpTaxes
He’s lying as usual. I’m sure the transcripts will be a work of fiction
The whistle blower knows what was in the call. He/she was so alarmed by it, he/she became a whistle blower. That person is the true patriot here and needs to be heard!!!!!
He’s not going to release it. Shit.
I’m sure the West Wing is having a field day with this today! trumpsostupid
Like his tax returns? How’d that world out?
Because he thinks he can sharpie edit it.
Consider means that he can at least show that he tried or was willing but these transcripts will never see the light of day. Like his tax returns.
Sure, just like his taxes...
He LIES! Every time he opens his mouth it's a lie.
Just like he REALLY wants to release those taxes buuut...
Really can’t understand why you post his lies.
Stop making excuses and protecting this guy. Republicans need to get a backbone and throw him out.🇺🇸. For the sake of our country and the Republican Party. Man Up guys and DO THE RIGHT THING!
Right along with his tax returns.
He’s seeing if he can sharpie out certain things...
This is spin, not a story. Headline gives Trump the 2020 win. Your headlines amplify his spin. We’ll hear that call when we see his tax returns.
As soon has he finishes transcribing it...with his Sharpie
Oh sure. Just like his taxes, right?
That means There's NO WAY he will re;ease it!
Everything this nut job does should be available for us to see! Or for our elected officials to see! Dumbass
The same consideration given to his tax returns? Whomp whomp. Heard that arse fart before.
realDonaldTrump
Everything he says is a new line of BS.
Narrator: he won’t. Congress must compel it. And to do so use the strongest weapon it has: impeachment.
Considered. No.
Edited version if any 🤥🤥🤥
Like trump promised to release trump’s tax returns and like trump promised Mexico would pay for trumps wall and he would never take a cent from tax payers - that trump?
It should already be released.
Consider is not how it works
I’d like to see the conversation verbatim. Not some white-washed cliff notes a la Barr.
Given the rate of Trump’s lying, who would believe the “transcript” was legitimate, vs. being a creation of the Trump administration after the fact. They’ve had enough time to concoct a pretty good transcript, and hey, it’s just one more crime. TrumpCrimeFamily TrumpLies
Everyone knows he will never release the transcript.
Why play this idiotic game. He will string everyone along. Still waiting for genius Melania immigration records
Take everything this idiots got but his skivies and put him on a plane to Russia. Coach
That’s because he thinks he’s king and they know he’d go down for it.
Of course Trump won't release any transcripts. Anyone who thought he would hasn't been paying attention for the past 4 years.
Consider it. Not do it.
Trump has the responsibility to protect us Americans and investigate Biden’s wrong doings. A Vice President Shouldn’t be able to fill his druggie sons pockets!
HE WOULD CONSIDER never did he say he would release anything. I am more likely going to win the lotto while being struck by lighting while in the middle of the road and being struck by a truck than he is to release ANY information on this phone call or his taxes.
Breaking the law IS NOT a private matter!! The complaint is REQUIRED UNDER LAW TO BE FORWARDED TO CONGRESS!! Lock him up!!
We’ll see what happens...
Have Ivanka speak to those two Cabinet secretaries about the definition of complicit.
Nobody is ever on th right page with his Prez.
Just like he said he would release his taxes. Or when he was going to release a middle class tax cut. Or a health plan. Or...
'Consider '
Straight goods or doctored
Bwaahaahaaa!
You forgot to preference Trump as a LIAR.
He lies ! He will not release anything!
Stephen Miller is already on it, rewriting the transcript.
Right after he's done releasing his tax returns. Degenerate liar!
Just like he considered talking to Mueller and we all know how that worked out don’t we? ImpeachTrump ImpeachTheMFTraitor
MakeAmericaTrumpFree MakeAmericaTrumpFree MakeAmericaTrumpFree
I don’t know why you and other members of the media give Trump any credence in reporting things like this. It’s not newsworthy when he’s lied over and over making similar claims. Report it if he does it, and not before.
1 I'm done listening to anything Politico has to say, especially if Ken Vogel wrote any of it. His partnered piece on Ukraine/Biden is warped to the nines. They took pieces from here & there to form a bogus narrative.
He doesn’t mean it. Makes it sound as if he’s not afraid of it, but then he’ll change his tune.
He’s playin everyone...again.
Let’s make a deal and then back out of it. That’s his way 😡
realDonaldTrump is suffering from an illness. DementiaDonnie
Dam if he does and dam if he doesn’t.
We know the pattern now: 1) denial; 2) admission but “so what?”; 3) Gaslight with false equivalence; 4) obfuscation by seeming compliance; 5) stall until the moment is over; 6) resist congressional efforts at accountability; 7) litigation. We’re at step 4. Rinse and repeat.
Watch out for the sharpie!!!
Right... just like he said he’d consider releasing his taxes. Tomorrow, following the usual Trump playbook, Trump will claim that he really wanted to release the transcript, but that his lawyers/advisors won’t let him because it could endanger nat. sec. .... or some other big lie
‘Consider’
He’s full of shit. He’s not releasing anything. BIG LIE.
Just like he released his tax returns. SureJan
Just like he said he would release his tax forms?
I call Bullshit.
He will go against his lawyers wishes and will release the transcript. But ONLY if Hillary releases her 33000 emails that had been deleted 😂
realDonaldTrump has also been promising/considering releasing his tax returns since 2015(?). Follow Melania's lead and never trust anything coming from Trump's mouth, and spit away immediately.
FYI cabinet secretaries don’t have the final say - so report their opinions as just that ▶️ opinions
Is this before or after he tampers with the tapes?
He’s not going to release crap. I’ll bet money he deems all his phone calls are executive privilege. Somebody get this cheeto covered disgrace out of the white house
Trump says he would ‘consider’ releasing a transcript of conversation w/ Ukraine’s leader.... Uh huh...sure thing. We’re STILL WAITING FOR HIS PROMISED TAX RETURNS RELEASE. This ignoramus of the WH CANNOT BE BELIEVED NOR TRUSTED‼️Along w/all his merry crooks & liars & family‼️
Like he will consider releasing his tax returns or passing reforms on gun laws or an infrastructure deal or protecting our elections from foreign interference, or climate action. maga ?
He’s actually not as dumb as he looks. Or sounds. Or acts. 🤦🏼♀️
“I’ll consider” = “ I won’t, because I’m lying “.
Yeah, but he didn’t mean it.
Sure, right after his tax returns.
Ahahahhahahhahhaha OMG.
He may have said that, but his lips were moving again. He’s lying.
He’ll never release the transcript, just like he never released his tax returns.
When he says the word consider it really means I am lying!
Just like he promised to release his taxes. LiarInChief
There's a transcript? Why not list all the things Trump said he would release, but hasn't? He knows media has short attention span. DNCWarRoom Tom Perez: where's your archive? Multiple stories like this this weekend required it; you're MIA.
This will boomerang in the Democrats face. Biden & his son will suffer the most from this release. Why was Bidens son getting wire transfers from an energy company in Ukraine of roughly $160,000 a month WHILE Joe was VP? And he had NO energy sector experience? realDonaldTrump
By 'consider' he means 'no effing way'
And MEXICO will pay for the WALL, right MAGAts?
I won’t be holding my breath !
Another lie. He has no intention of releasing anything.
Trump is lying! He knows his hands are already tird. What a con artist!
he’s creating confusion and is bluffing. when bluff is called, he just lets Barr present a prepared transcript.
Along with Helsinki transcript and your taxes. Lol
Just like he would consider releasing his taxes, I guess.
And Malaria will speak on her illegal alien status in the morning
right after his tax records and the IRS audit from 2016 are complete....
Right after he releases his tax returns.
If that’s anything like his taxes, I’m not going to hold my breath.
Whenever he says he is considering doing something, it means he never is going to do it.
I expect that billy barr is preparing a 'no collusion' version of the transcript, and will mount a strategy of keeping anything that would reveal what actually happened from being released to Congress.
And how would we know he was releasing the conversation(s) in question? NoTrustInTrump
Which means he won’t. 🙄🙄🙄
He’s gonna invent a transcript isn’t he.
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Just more lies
Did realDonaldTrump add 'Nobody knows. We'll see what happens!'? Translation: Nothing will happen
Remember when LyinDonald said he would sit with Robert Mueller and answer questions under oath? That never happened, and Trump will not release any incriminating transcripts. They won't even willingly release the whistleblower report.
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