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minus-squareSnerkRabbledauber@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down8·2 days agoWhat is your source for the Clintons “convincing” Trump to run? According to Politico "What the sources from both camps agreed upon, however, was that Clinton did not urge Trump to run. " https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/report-bill-clinton-talked-with-donald-trump-as-he-was-considering-white-house-run-121052
minus-squareGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down5·2 days agohttps://smry.ai/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html
minus-squareSnerkRabbledauber@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·22 hours agoFrom that article: “an aide to Clinton said the 2016 race was never specifically discussed and that it was only a casual chat.” The closest thing in the article to Clinton encouraging Trump to run is that they say the conversation was “upbeat.” I feel like you are reading too much into that.
minus-squareGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoAnd we feel like you are not reading into it enough. It’s one big club and we ain’t in it.
What is your source for the Clintons “convincing” Trump to run? According to Politico "What the sources from both camps agreed upon, however, was that Clinton did not urge Trump to run. " https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/report-bill-clinton-talked-with-donald-trump-as-he-was-considering-white-house-run-121052
https://smry.ai/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html
From that article: “an aide to Clinton said the 2016 race was never specifically discussed and that it was only a casual chat.” The closest thing in the article to Clinton encouraging Trump to run is that they say the conversation was “upbeat.”
I feel like you are reading too much into that.
And we feel like you are not reading into it enough. It’s one big club and we ain’t in it.