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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:29 PM Jan 2017

Trump in 2010: Assange and disgraceful WikiLeaks should get the death penalty

President-elect Donald Trump seems to implicitly trust WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but there was a time when he believed Assange deserved to be executed for his actions.

CNN has unearthed a video from 2010 showing Trump lashing out at Assange while talking with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade prior to appearing on his radio show.

“I think it’s disgraceful,” Trump said of WikiLeaks’ decision to release classified documents leaked to the site by Pfc. Chelsea Manning. “I think there should be like death penalty or something.”

Trump on Wednesday morning sent out a tweet defending Assange’s honesty, and implied that he trusted the WikiLeaks founder more than American intelligence services.

“Julian Assange said ‘a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta’ – why was DNC so careless?” wrote Trump. “Also said Russians did not give him the info!”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/trump-in-2010-assange-and-disgraceful-wikileaks-should-get-the-death-penalty/

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Trump in 2010: Assange and disgraceful WikiLeaks should get the death penalty (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 OP
tRump is a pathological liar. I see why his own AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #1
Yes, and that's just the beginning of the problem with him. potone Jan 2017 #2
Yes, we cannot count on anything he says AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #3
When it was fashionable to 2naSalit Jan 2017 #4

AmericanActivist

(1,019 posts)
1. tRump is a pathological liar. I see why his own
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:33 PM
Jan 2017

Bankruptcy lawyers would only meet with him in pairs he lies so much!

potone

(1,701 posts)
2. Yes, and that's just the beginning of the problem with him.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 12:14 AM
Jan 2017

He just speaks off the top of his head without thinking, so he can't remember from one day to the next what he has said. That means that we can't rely on anything he says, and that is terrifying.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
4. When it was fashionable to
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 01:52 AM
Jan 2017

despise Assange he did too, but now that he's helped to steal an election in his favor, the tramp loves him... that's all it takes to get him to like you, you have to prostitute yourself with illegal actions or giving him millions of $s so he can look good, then he'll say you're a great person.

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