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September 25, 2019
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Trump, Timeline, and Ukraine Transcript

President Trump Speaks
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By: Bonchie – redstate.com – September 24, 2019

This is almost too good. Predictable, but still satisfying.

For most of today, we’ve been inundated with impeachment fever among Democrats, the media, and some anti-Trump Republicans. This despite the fact that there was no evidence Trump did anything illegal or untoward in a phone call between he and the new Ukrainian president. We already know there was no threat or quid pro quo involving military aid or otherwise, but after this weekend’s hysteria, there was apparently no walking the story back.

Then something hilarious happened. As my colleague streiff reported earlier, Trump called their bluff.

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump
I am currently at the United Nations representing our Country, but have authorized the release tomorrow of the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine…

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump
….You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo! This is nothing more than a continuation of the Greatest and most Destructive Witch Hunt of all time!
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1:12 PM – Sep 24, 2019

The fact that the transcript will be unredacted leads one to anticipate that it is probably going to be innocuous and completely open to whatever interpretation you wish to make of it. If that is the case, this has been a epic troll of the Democrats.

Guess how Democrats and the media responded to getting what they had been demanding for days?

tweet from Michael McFaul

Excuse me while I go pass out from laughing so much….Ok, I’m back.

LB ✔
@beyondreasdoubt
lmao This tweet, and others like it, are essentially admitting the following:
“We don’t care what Trump actually said during the call, let’s hear what someone who may not even have been present for the call has to say about it.”
Absolutely laughable. https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1176561329219481600 …
Natasha Bertrand ✔
@NatashaBertrand
Full transcript ≠ full whistleblower complaint. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1176559966024556544 …1,408

Now, all the sudden, they don’t want the call. The call that they’ve said forms the basis for impeachment, that proves Trump committed a criminal, corrupt act, is not longer relevant to them. You know what this means? There’s nothing worthwhile on the call.

So what’s next? Well, the goalposts must be moved of course.

Maggie Haberman ✔
@maggieNYT
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Maggie Haberman ✔
@maggieNYT
>>> https://twitter.com/jakesherman/status/1176560486613172230 …

Heimish Conservative@HeimishCon
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RBe ✔
@RBPundit
THE PHONE CALL
THE PHONE CALL
THE PHONE CALL
*Trump releases transcript*
NO WAIT. THE OTHER STUFF.
NO WAIT. THE OTHER STUFF.
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1:52 PM – Sep 24, 2019
Michael Shapiro@mis2127
 · This is how goal posts are moved
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I’m not going to lie. I’m actually enjoying this. Watching these people squirm after they got out over their skis again is incredibly entertaining. The media are rushing to save this story based on more supposition, but I don’t think it’s going to work.

Unless there’s a bombshell waiting on that transcript, this is going to backfire so spectacularly. And if there were a bombshell on the transcript, Trump wouldn’t be releasing it this soon. For all the talk of him being a political idiot, he may be on the verge of pulling off one of the greatest trolls in political history.

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Source: After Trump Calls Their Bluff On the Ukraine Transcript, The Left Hilariously Cry Foul and Rush to Move the Goalposts