Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Bombshell Article In The Atlantic

First of all, it’s laughable to think that this is true. Secondly, if it was true then he’s admitting how out of touch he is with the operation of his own administration.
- He's been golfing and signing executive orders crafted by the Heritage Foundation this whole time. He doesn't care what's going on as long as he's unobstructed.
  
  ~~unobstructed~~ immune to prosecution
- ~~Why would it be laughable to think this is true? And why do you assume that he is telling the truth?~~
  Edit: I can’t read
  
  You think the president of the US would first hear of a fuck up of this magnitude from the press?
  I'm sure that even before the article was published they were trying to think of a way to silence it in a way that wouldn't make things even worse in the next 24 hours. That's why Trump was up there preemptively trying to discredit The Atlantic despite claiming to not know anything about his own administration's incompetent bullshit.
  
  It is laughable to think this is true because Trump follows news about himself and his administration quite closely, and this is all over the news.
  It is also characteristic of Trump to say he "knows nothing about" all kinds of things that he wishes he knew nothing about, from George Papadopoulos to Project 2025.
  I do not assume he is telling the truth. I assume he is lying. My interpretation is that the commenter you are responding to also thinks that he is lying, because it would be laughable to think this is true.
- And the scumbags that sent Obama and his family literal death threats when anyone in his administration did anything that they viewed as wrong or disrespectful, will eat this shit up.
- I mean, not really? If I delegate a bunch of people who work for me to go take care of something, I expect them to take care of it and report back, not send me an exhaustive list of everything they did to accomplish it including which apps they used to discuss arrangements. Much as I hate defending Trump about anything, no president has the time or energy to keep track of what his underlings are doing to such a level of detail.
  
  If you delegate a bunch of idiots to do a job and they fuck up, it's your responsibility.
  
  Oh, are you the head Executive of the most powerful (for now at least) nation on the planet? Are you the Commander in Chief of its military?
  No? So it doesn't really compare does it?
  Even conservative presidents in the past have stated that "the buck stops with them." This guy is just incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions.
  
  Which is why you saw shit like this in any other administration 🙄
  
  I’m not talking about the inciting incident, I’m talking about the reporting on the incident. If there is a meaningful security breach related to US military operations, the president sure needs to be aware of it, especially if it being reported on in public.
  
  ...this is why competent administrations rigorously implement, enforce, and prosecute information security: the very idea of using a personal device for state communication is anathema to that core competency...
  
  If I delegate someone to do something and they fuck up majorly, I expect to be the first to know.

The Narcissist's Prayer
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.

Just like he "knew nothing" about project 2025 during the elections.
- He ain't reading that shit lol

So he's just straight up admitting he has no idea what's happening in his administration, and for some weird reason MAGAts won't be even slightly bothered by it.
- He's just there to sign whatever is put in front of him. He doesn't even know what is written in the Executive Orders he's signed, or anything else he's signed, guaranteed. Plausible deniability is a helluva drug 💊🏛
  
  Professor: Mr Trump, did you plagiarize this paper?
  Young Donald: I didn't write that paper, I know nothing about it
  Professor: so you admit to plagiarism then?
  Young Donald: no, that's not what I meant

Trump has never heard of someone and then it's proven that he knows them personally, that's always how things go with him, so he for sure knew about the article, probably before it was released as they probably asked the White House for comments before publishing.
- priced
  Proven?
  
  Yep!

He knows nothing about everything.
That's why conservatives relate to him.
- He knows nothing better than anybody.

The Sgt Schultz Defense: "I know NOTHING!"
- At my university, people used to use code words to give RAs plausible deniability about underage drinking and other shenanigans