MSNBC just aired portions of today's Trump-Putin press conference. One reporter asked Trump, "Will you denounce Russia's election meddling and warn Putin to not do it again?" Trump, of course, did neither. He insults Democrats, Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants, women, abuse victims, the handicapped, war heroes, federal judges, news papers, news channels, the FBI, the CIA, the EPA, Theresa May, Sadiq Khan, Justin Trudeau and Angela Merkel but he never says so much as one unkind word about his BFF Vladimir.
Another reporter asked Putin, "Did you want Trump to win the election and did you direct your officers to help him win?" Putin answered yes to both questions. He finally admitted it! (He reasoned that Trump would strengthen US-Russia relations.)
Regarding meddling in the 2016 election, Trump today said National Intelligence Director Dan Coats "thinks it's Russia." MSNBC played clips of Coats declaring that he knows Russia meddled in our election. He urged Trump to confront Putin about it. There is rampant speculation that Putin possesses compromising information about Trump, possibly video of Trump's trysts with Russian prostitutes. Trump dismissed the idea, saying "If he had anything, he would have released it by now." Wrong. Several analysts say Putin would keep the compromising material and use it for blackmail and the obtaining of favors.
And what three words did Trump end the press conference with? He once again described the Mueller investigation as a "rigged witch hunt." Wrong again. All those indictments and guilty pleas are not the result of a "witch hunt. "