Majin-Tenshinhan said:
You guys don't really know this guy's history, do you? Yeah, he'll have to actually release those supposed audio recordings to have any credibility. He has a history of claiming he has recordings and then refusing to let anyone hear them: |
I wrote that I think "most things is likely true" whih is a statement about probability, not certainty. The way Bannon has handled this, the statement from another employee confirming the information in the book, the way the Trump administration has approached this situation and now the way Trump is acting out on twitter tells a picture that this book is likely right on many points. That does not mean it is right on every point.
And the part about Trump not wanting to be president might be true, or might not be true. There could be several answers to this, for example that he didn´t want to be president simply because he had made all of these commitments to the Russian government. And I don´t think anyone has claimed that Trump wanted to win so badly that he colluded with Russia, the hypothesis is that Trump colluded with Russia because both he and Russia wanted something out of the collaboration. what that is, is likely what the Mueller investigation is looking into.
And no, a reporter should never release some of the recordings, other than to show a select few fellow reporters. If he did release some recordings, the Trump administration would claim that other recordings should be shown and therefore they are shifting the focus away from themselves. Trump himself is doing a might fine job right now showing how mentally unstable he is. Or as Trump himself put it: "Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart."
