This tweet has led to the question of whether there are recording devices at the White House. Trump and surrogates have refused to confirm if meetings and telephone calls are recorded at the White House. Although Trump’s tweet does not specifically state that meetings between him and Comey at the White House were recorded, the tweet, nonetheless, has insinuated that there may be tapes.
Trump’s failure to answer directly whether recordings exist or whether there are recording devices at the White House has created the problem for Donald Trump of whether he is truthful or not. Coupled with James Comey tagging him as a liar, has boxed Trump into a box that is difficult for him to remove himself from.
- The problem for Trump is that if there are no tapes then he makes himself out to be a liar by creating the illusion that there are tapes. His tweet was a lie. The Trump administration has agreed that Trump’s tweets are official statement and thus his tweet must be taken as an official statement by Trump.
- If on the other hand, if Comey tapes exist then they must be released to the public. If the Comey recordings exist, then Donald Trump’s refusal to release them infers that they are detrimental to Donald Trump. Thus, they likely would also prove that Donald Trump lies.
But because politics brings out master spinmeisters, the Trump tweet gives us another possibility. That possibility is that some meetings are recorded by Trump – either through recording devices installed for that purpose or because Trump tapes them via portable recorders or through his smart phone. Depending on the narrative postured by Trump surrogates, this revelation may pull Trump out of the box he dug himself into through his tweeting or it may prove that James Comey was right about Trump’s lies. It is also the only explanation that may save him from the “liar” label that he is currently wearing because of Comey.
The news media is reporting that we may know as early as this week whether there are Comey tapes and whether meetings at the White House are recorded. It’ll be interesting to see what the facts are.
The tweet can be interpreted as meaning Comey might have recorded the meeting. Trump could believe that Comey was tricky and had a hidden tape recorder, wearing a wire.
If there is a tape, does Comey have it ? Does Trump have it ? If all meetings are recorded, who changes and stores the tapes ? All WH rooms have cameras, does the Oval Office? If so, perhaps someone could read what is being said? Even the body language could tell what happen.
Comey has been proven to be a liar as well so who do we believe ? He did hide Lynch’s instruction or hints about the Clinton investigation. Why didn’t NSA pick up that election computers were being hacked or recorded Putin communicating with Trump ?
Everyone of the past administrations, present and members of both houses had dealings of some sort with Russia and other countries. It’s called lobbying. I say they opened a major can of worms. Before all this over, there’s going to be a lot of embarrassed people or indictments on both sides of the aisle. Heck, Obama used tax money to influence the Israeli elections. Isn’t that shady or the CIAs area ? The Kennedys were meeting with the USSR ambassador during the Cuban crisis and making deals that required releasing some classified. It was a necessary evil to prevented a war and Americans never knew till many years later. It had nothing to do with being tough and smart with the USSR.
The Spooks work in mysterious ways, and now the chickens have come home to roost. Coup d’état of other peoples’ governments is Spook business and they’re here to ‘soft coup’ the elected el Presidente of the USA.
The Left has turned Right. They and others want to see el trompas impeached/removed from his throne by any means necessary; the once reviled bureau is revered.
The battle of the overt liar vs. the covert liar rages on; it could be they each taped. Maybe the former top spook is waiting for the most opportune moment to produce a Fidel on Fox tape.