That line got cheers from the MAGAheads when he used it against John Dingell, but it got him a lot of blowback from his own party. He wanted to use it again for the crowd adulation, but he had to find another victim. How in hell (if I may) did he come up with Lyndon Johnson?President Trump raised some eyebrows during a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday night after he said the late President Lyndon B. Johnson was “probably looking down — or looking up” on America today.
The Hill
As far as we know, Lyndon Johnson never bullied or bribed any foreign leaders for his own personal benefit. The apt comparison would be Reagan, who made a secret deal with Iran to hold the hostages - those 52 hostages Trump wanted to use as a retaliatory number - until after the election that put him in office and drove Jimmy Carter out.The comment came while Trump was defending a phone call he shared with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last July that was the subject of the whistleblower complaint that helped spark the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
“This is based on a perfect phone call. Did anybody read the transcript? It’s a perfect call. In fact, if you go back and look at Lyndon Johnson, all of ‘em, you know, Lyndon Johnson was sort of a tough guy. Can you imagine his phone calls?” he said at the rally in Milwaukee.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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