Trump Repeatedly Tweets ‘I WANT NOTHING!’ in Ongoing Tantrum Over Sondland Testimony

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Following his frantic delivery on the White House lawn of a largely handwritten statement reacting to the shocking testimony of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump continued his tantrum via Twitter.

In a trio of posts Wednesday afternoon, the president mashed the caps lock button and insisted — contrary to just about every analyst on cable news — that the day’s testimony ultimately takes him off the hook.

“Impeachment Witch Hunt is now OVER!” Trump wrote. “Ambassador Sondland asks U.S. President (me): “What do you want from Ukraine? I keep hearing all these different ideas & theories. What do you want? It was a very abrupt conversation. He was not in a good mood. He (the President) just said … ‘I WANT NOTHING! I WANT NOTHING! I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO! TELL PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO DO THE RIGHT THING!’ Later, Ambassador Sondland said that I told him, ‘Good, go tell the truth!’ This Witch Hunt must end NOW. So bad for our Country!”

Impeachment Witch Hunt is now OVER! Ambassador Sondland asks U.S. President (me): “What do you want from Ukraine? I keep hearing all these different ideas & theories. What do you want? It was a very abrupt conversation. He was not in a good mood. He (the President) just said,”…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2019

….”I WANT NOTHING! I WANT NOTHING! I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO! TELL PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO DO THE RIGHT THING!” Later, Ambassador Sondland said that I told him, “Good, go tell the truth!” This Witch Hunt must end NOW. So bad for our Country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2019

(The all-caps rant is also what photographers spotted written on the president’s notes in his earlier remarks.)

Trump also posted a clip of former independent counsel Ken Starr citing the importance of Trump telling Sondland that he didn’t want anything from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

I WANT NOTHING! pic.twitter.com/KKUfwSIRAi

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2019

The president, however, failed to note that Starr — whose commentary often favors Trump — said that Sondland’s testimony overall “doesn’t look good” for the commander-in-chief.