During his interview with CNN commentator Wolf Blitzer last night, President Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus let it slip that telling the truth is something the president does sometimes. When pressed by Mr. Blitzer for a specific example of such incongruous behavior, Mr. Priebus seemed to be caught off guard and a a bit flustered, replying “You can’t expect the guy to just pull something out of his ass all the time.”
The stunning comments evoked an immediate defensive response from close White House staffers. Speaking to a Fox News reporter the following morning, Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway tried her best to tamp things down, stating “I am not sure what conversation Reince was referring to. He was probably just joking around with the president on one of those buses or something. What I can tell you is I have never known the president to tell a non-lie. Never. It is amazing to me how he can just off the cuff not tell a non-lie. He knows what America needs and his truths and facts are what the people want to hear. He’s a man of his word and it’s what makes him such a great president.”
It remains to be seen what impact the fall out will have with the president’s supporters. The commander in chief took things into his own hands however, tweeting from the third hole of his Virginia golf course, “I just heard around that someone somewhere said many members of congress might be making bad deals laundering money in Cypriot banks and funding ISIS. Now I have to demand a full congressional investigation of itself. SAD!”
When approached by the press and asked how long such an investigation would take, befuddled Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he had no idea how to even go about the process, but his best guess is it could easily take a decade to accomplish. So for now it looks like the president has avoided catastrophe and has firmly reestablished his fundamental policy once again.