1. ‘Let’s go forward’
Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in favor of prosecuting Hillary Clinton (“for what?” is a good question here) after all. “My inclination would be for whatever power I have on the matter is to say let’s go forward,” Trump told the New York Times.
2. ‘She went through a lot’
Trump went so far in his Times interview as to call for understanding for Clinton. “I don’t want to hurt the Clintons, I really don’t. She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways.”
3. RINO?
The change in tack – “Lock her up!” chants were the Trump rally soundtrack – did not sit well with all Trump supporters. The hate-speech clearinghouse web site Breitbart ran a banner headline declaring “Broken Promise.”
4. Trump defends Bannon
In his – wait for it – wide-ranging interview at the Times building, Trump denied his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, is a white supremacist: “If I thought he was a racist or ‘alt-right’ or any of the things, the terms we could use, I wouldn’t even think about hiring him.”
Hitler salutes at ‘alt-right’ conference
5. Very wide-ranging
Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
— Elisabeth Bumiller (@BumillerNYT) November 22, 2016
6. Trump denies conflict of interest
Trump suggested that a bit of business on the side while he was president wouldn’t hurt. “The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest … If it were up to some people, I would never, ever see my daughter [and employee] Ivanka again.”
7. Trump on a free press: ‘you’ll be happy’
Trump gets asked about his commitment to first amendment, says, "I think you'll be happy."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016
8. Then he left and was booed
Trump leaves the Times pic.twitter.com/KU1pTaUjXt
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) November 22, 2016
...and another thing:
Nigel Farage reportedly told a fellow MEP to "f**k off" when he greeted him as "ambassador" in the European Parliament earlier
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) November 22, 2016
...and another thing:
#TheDude says he's "rooting" for #Trump . . .#JeffBridges #TheBigLebowskihttps://t.co/gGb3lzf6h5
— Bill Whalen (@hooverwhalen) November 22, 2016
