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Donald Jr.’s Russia story stays toxic
Donald Trump Jr.’s initial account of the Trump Tower meeting kept looking worse as more details surfaced, leaving the family in a deeper credibility hole.
Edition · July 15, 2017
The Daily Fuckup — July 15, 2017
3 verified reports published on July 15, 2017.
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Closing take
The day’s big theme was not a single explosion but a credibility hemorrhage. Trumpworld had gone from denial to rationalization to damage control, and none of it was sticking. On a day like this, the screwup was not just the meeting itself; it was the instinct to lie badly about it and then keep talking.
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Trump’s Russia spin keeps unraveling
The president and his allies kept insisting the Trump Tower meeting was just standard opposition research, even as the public record made that story harder to sell by the hour.
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White House damage control fails the smell test
The administration’s effort to explain away the Russia meeting only drew more attention to the president’s role in shaping the response.