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TODAY, US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is meeting other world leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
As usual, he’s been tweeting about events there in his idiosyncratic style, with criticisms of fake news and details on the leaders he is meeting.
One tweet he sent from the summit, however, led to a very angry tirade from Hillary Clinton’s ex-campaign manager John Podesta who called the President a “whack job” and told him to “get a grip man” on twitter.
It started with this tweet from Trump, who said: “Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!”
Here, he is referring to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Although Podesta was the chair of Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated presidential campaign, he was not in a senior leadership position with the DNC.
During the campaign, Podesta’s personal emails here hacked. The information from his emails made it to WikiLeaks, and did further damage to Clinton’s campaign.
For some time, US intelligence agencies have believed that Podesta’s emails were hacked by the Russian government. During the election, the emails of the DNC were also hacked.
In a series of increasingly testy tweets in response to Trump today, Podesta said that the DNC server had nothing to do with him, and expressed disbelief that world leaders would be talking about this at a G20 summit.
He said: “On a x-country road trip with my wife. Pulled in for a pit stop in E. Fairmont W. Va. to see that our whack job POTUS @realDonaldTrump is tweeting about me at the G20.
Get a grip man, the Russians committed a crime when they stole my emails to help get you elected President.
“Maybe you might try to find a way to mention that to President Putin. BTW, I had nothing to do with the DNC.
God only knows what you’ll be raving about on twitter by the time we get to Utah. Dude, get your head in the game. You’re representing the US at the G20.
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The Don obviously hit a nerve there.
SWEET!
@Mark DeFriest: I doubt it, he’s accusing the wrong person so it’s more like POTUS is not right in the head and has become a complete embarrassment.
@Boganity:
Has become?
Podesta the man whose password was password…… Real genius not
Trump is one of those perverse individuals who take pleasure in winding others up beyond that which is commonly and socially acceptable in civilised society…the bullying type who many observe for amusement or out of fear they’ll turn on them but who is generally disliked on many levels…we all know this type of person…but it’s so unfortunate that this guy has been elected to be President of America.
@winston smith: and we didn’t elect the priests who abused us¡
@Paul Foot: priests.. Wtf are you talking about
@JustOneScoop: He has them on the brain.
@Paul Foot: take put foot out of your mouth and be quiet lad. Jeeeeese
Trump won Hillary lost. Podesta needs to move on.
@John Campbell: like we have¡!
@John Campbell: idiot
@John Campbell: like trump has? Hes literally started a nationwide investigation to prove he won the popular vote
@John Campbell: and you haven’t
@John Campbell: Can’t tell if you’re joking or projecting.
@John Campbell: Trump spreading fake news against Podesta. Sad.
@Ian McNally: no, that’s to purge voter registration and accidentally lose a few voters.
John’s wife better take the wheel for a while, let him cool off for a bit.
@Alan Hanley:
Moral of the story:
Stay off social media when trying to unwind in the countryside,.
@Mark DeFriest: I normally don’t condemn the Donald , but I think he could lay off the tweets and show a bit of decorum when he’s at a very important meeting of heads of state .
@Ken Hayden: even if what he says is true, which I doubt, wouldn’t it just show the pointlessness of the summit? Nothing relevant being discussed according to Trump
John should order some pizza
Regardless of how far you want to take the stories about him, John Podesta is a weird guy by any measure. He’s been in power too long.
Is this the sort of trivia they discuss at G20 meetings ?
@Peter Higgins:
They also compare socks and movies.
@Peter Higgins:
No it’s not – it’s the sort of thing that happens inside Donald Trump’s head.
@Avina Laaf:
Donald Trump is inside everybody’s head now. He’s controlling the world through Twitter.
@_Mark DeFriest:
“controlling the world”???
The world is laughing at him.
@Mark DeFriest: He might be inside your head mate, but the rest of us are just laughing at F**kface von Clownstick
@Mark DeFriest: and the length of ties!!
I don’t believe a word Podesta says.
Seth Rich was not from Russia. He was born in Nebraska.
@Joe Caulfield: any proof you’d like to offer that confirms Seth as the source of the leaks? By proof I mean actual evidence. If not then I think you should respect his families wishes and shut up.
@Joe Caulfield: And how long was Trump protesting that Obama was not born in America, #getagrp
Clinton’s campaign manager? Talk about a terrible campaign. Who gives a toss what this guy says.
@Irreverent Reverend:
The guy who somehow managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. If I was him I’d keep heading down Route 66 all the way to Mexico.
@Irreverent Reverend: Melon Mussolini cared enough to tweet about him.
@Irreverent Reverend: Like trump and his tweets at 4am in the morning. Ehh.
John Podesta is in no position to question anybody. I hope trump investigates him
Podesta continues to fail so badly. Imagine calling your president out when he is attending the G20.
@Living The Laws: Jesus,You’re begining to sound like The Orange Oompah Lumpah! You nerd to get that idiot out of your head…
@Living The Laws: imagine calling out a private citizen by name while at the G20
@Seamus Mc Meel: you’re not on a cross country road trip with your wife by any chance, are you?
podesta engineered the loss of what should have been the easiest political battle in history. he is the reason trump is president. and he should fade away like all the other dopes who allowed it to happen.
and appeals to deities are not good either.
@Dave O Keeffe: there is nothing private about Podesta. he’s a walking leak. trumps knows who he was up against in the election.
@Dave O Keeffe: and anyway, Putin was probably giving Trump an update for Podesta regarding how Podestas investment in one of Putin’s companies, Joule, was going.
@Living The Laws: Trump should only be thanking one person for his election win and his name is Comey.
@The Dunes Of Inchy: and the hundred odd million that voted for him
@Living The Laws: Trump got 63 million votes. Nit a hundred odd million. Trump supporters love fake news.
@Living The Laws: Four thousand people as of now liked your comment.
@Living The Laws: Trump was going nowhere but downhill fast until Comey intervened and said that Hillary was under investigation.What was even more telling was that he never said that Trump was also under investigation,too.And when you look at the electoral college results,you will find that it only came down to in and around 80,000 votes.But that’s not here or there anymore as he is now president .A dozy one.
@Living The Laws: you mean the company his brother invested in? Hint: same last name, but it’s worth checking the first name too. Also, I think you need to look up the definition of private citizen. You seem to have missed the mark by some distance.
@John R:
i fail to see where you get the impression that I am a trump supporter. Point it out there when you get a minute.
@The Dunes Of Inchy: yes, they just didn’t bother to vote
@The Dunes Of Inchy: spot on with the neither here nor there. trump is meeting with putin whilst podesta is ranting at a gas station
@Dave O Keeffe: there is no privacy on social media. thats the whole idea.
i don’t see the link to his brother investing. i see the transfer of shares to an LLC from Podesta and family. fill in the gaps for me please, if you don’t mind.
A lot better politicians, than ours….obviously¡
Very cordial relations between Merks and Macron and The Don there.
@Mark DeFriest: They managed not to laugh in Twitler’s face – bravo!
I’m loving the digs at the media no matter how nuts this all comes off . CNN cnbc and Fox have never been so out of their comfort zone since this guy’s shown up. And for all his his flaws and his chicanery, he has shown them all up for what they are corporate/ Wall Street/ military nonsense peddling liars. It’s comical from the outset. But in reality it’s the demise of America’s standing in the world. Who will pick up the pieces after this and give USA credibility again. The most important thing I’ve learned from all of this is the complete and utter hatred both political factions (rep/dem) have for each other and how far that chasm has widened. I hope we can envision a future where Britain and America no longer sit top dog and we can create a space for ourselves among the chaos ahead.
@Myles Fleming: interesting that you included FOX, he has never said a bad word about them. Also, that chasm, go back 20 years, it was crack in the pavement. Calling for political opponents to be jailed, calling for those that disagree with you to be assaulted doesn’t help (both sides have done both, I’m not picking sides on this) The shooting at baseball practice last month should have been a wakeup call for everybody to tone down the rhetoric and actually talk. But it wasn’t. There is no centre anymore. That’s the problem
@Dave O Keeffe: he actually annhialated Megyn Kelly and after that they realized he was no joke. They all after that just shut up because that type of retribution was a first for them. And being the Republican network I reckon they had to eat humble pie for the longevity of the network. As for your no centre point I think we are both on the same page. Unless America splits from its same party hatred and a third party reality emerges, they are done.
But seriously..like he has a point.Trump is fkn nuts…completely disconnected from the real world.His actions are those of a person who seems to be seeing things completely different to the rest of us…and he has people around him who help convince him he is right..and half of them are fkn deluded too.He has access to a famous ‘red button’?…he belongs in a rubber room …He is nuts..period!
@Alan Ball:
You thinking of taking a road trip any time soon Alan?
The DNC done more damage to themselves when they got caught stabbing Bernie in the back.
At least we know that Doll’s Hand’s Trump is good for something , nifty little pointers for all that Tweeting.
Is The Donald the only admitted serial sex offender at the G20?
Good to see someone standing up to him, he is a complete whack job
period¿ there is no red button m8¡
Here we go again talking on bozo trump
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