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(07-14-2017, 07:59 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: LOL....It's hard to believe anyone is that dumb.  At this point, you have to believe he deliberately creates distractions.  Although it's possible the he is, yes, that dumb.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/13/donald-trump-wants-off-the-record-talk-to-be-on-the-record/475988001/

Quote:Well, this is confusing.


President Trump had an off-the-record conversation on Wednesday with reporters aboard Air Force One. According to pool reports, Trump spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared that it was off the record.

And then, on Thursday, Trump asked why his comments weren't used.

From the pool report:

Quote:"Your pooler reminded him last night was off the record. POTUS asked if I had heard him say it could be on-record; your pooler replied truthfully no (co-poolers also were not under impression it was on-record, since Sarah Sanders had declared it off record)."

The pool report later notes that most of the off-the-record conversation would be put on the record, according to Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn. Sanders followed up to say that excerpts of the conversation would be released.

Trump's conversation with reporters wouldn't be the first time a president has talked off-the-record aboard Air Force One. Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton occasionally had conversations.

This does appear to to be the first time the White House has retroactively made a conversation on the record.