Trump, Russia and a White House that looks grubbier by the day
promising documents and information to incriminate Hillary courtesy of the crown prosecutor of Russia.
“If it’s what you say I love it,” Junior wrote back.
Salivating, he dragged brotherin-law Jared Kushner and thencampaign chief Paul Manafort along to the meeting.
Only on Tuesday was it revealed five others also attended.
The secret (some argue illegal) summit was held in Trump Tower in June 2016. Now it has finally become public knowledge after someone leaked the incriminating email.
It made it impossible for the White House to deploy its always flimsy last resort argument – that the whole story was just “fake news”.
Junior’s language in the emails to Goldstone is so blunt it would make even the most imaginative Hollywood screenwriter blush.
The emails appeared to confirm what the president, his son and others have denied repeatedly for more than a year: top members of the Trump family and campaign met with representatives of the Russian government in the expectation of help in damaging Hillary Clinton and getting Donald Trump elected.
In defending his actions, Junior took to TV to serve up a show reel that would easily land him both lead roles were Dumb and Dumber ever to become a trilogy.
His shifty statements only served to provide further evidence of how freely his father and the people around the president bend the truth.
Only six months into his presidency, Donald Trump has compiled a dossier of dishonesty – ranging from casual misstatements to outright lies.
Equally disheartening is his team’s willingness to share in his mendacity.
Before Donald Trump Jr acknowledged there was a Clintonrelated aspect to his meeting, White House chief-of-staff Reince Priebus, cast the scandal aside as “a big nothing burger”.
It added further to the culture of dishonesty that has taken root in an administration that Americans and the rest of the world no longer trust.
Despite saying he has nothing to fear, Junior this week hired his own lawyer as the investigation continues into whether any criminality has been committed by President Trump’s team, while his father has been uncharacteristically subdued over the matter on social media.
He offered his eldest his support in a statement saying: “My son is a high-quality person and I applaud his transparency.”
But transparency is one of the many things, along with credibility, that this administration lacks.
So far the only truly solid takeaway from the story is that Trump Jr, despite his silverspooned education, is an idiot.
He is the prime example why those Nigerian email scammers keep trying their luck.
President Trump, former host of the US version of The Apprentice, must be increasingly worried the nation is getting ready to tell him: “You’re fired!”
Trump Jr, despite his silver-spooned education, is an idiot