Trump Promotes NY Post Column That Says Russian Indictments ‘Deal Don a Big Win’

Minutes after sending out a short tweet about his brief visit with Florida shooting victims, President Donald Trump promoted a New York Post article that claimed that the recent indictments of Russian nationals for interfering in the 2016 election “prove Trump won fair and square.

“Charges Deal Don A Big Win,” written by Michael Goodwin of the @nypost, succinctly states that “the Russians had no impact on the election results.” There was no Collusion with the Trump Campaign. “She lost the old-fashioned way, by being a terrible candidate. Case closed.”

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018

As you can see in the tweet above, the president quoted parts of the column that align with that what he’s been saying for a while — that any meddling had no effect on the election results and Hillary Clinton lost because she was a bad candidate. The president also added a little extra commentary — “There was no Collusion with the Trump Campaign.”

He added the following tweet a few minutes later:

Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein stated at the News Conference: “There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018

This isn’t the first time Trump has pushed a Goodwin article that offered up a pro-Trump take. During one of his times promoting Goodwin’s work, Trump tweeted out Goodwin’s email address to his 45+ million followers. That tweet was eventually deleted.

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