Benjamin WittesVerified account

I believed him when he said Mexico is sending us its rapists and criminals, and I believed him when he said he loves Hispanics. I believe that Trump Tower makes the best taco bowls.

I believe that Donald Trump will drain the swamp and that his election has delivered us from the corruption of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

I believe him when he says there’s no reason for him to disclose his tax returns.

I believe him when he says there’s no reason to divest himself of any of his financial holdings.

I believed him when he protested that he wasn’t trying to get a security clearance for his daughter and son-in-law. And I believe him now when says he needs his family installed by his side in the West Wing.

I believe that Jared Kushner's deserves a security clearance.

I believe that only rank partisanship and media bias explain the skepticism about Trump's finances running rampant in the press.

I believe E. Jean Carroll is a cheap tramp who was asking for it. I also believe she is not Trump's type.

I believe Temple Taggart McDowell is a cheap tramp who was asking for it.

I believe Rachel Crooks is a cheap tramp who was asking for it.

I believe Natasha Stoynoff is a cheap tramp who was asking for it.

I believe Mindy McGillivray is a cheap tramp who was asking for it.

I believe that all of the other women who have accused the President of sexual assault are also cheap tramps who were asking for it.

In any event, I also believe that the President was merely engaged in “locker room talk” when he boasted of grabbing women by the pussy.

I believe that when you're a star, they let you do it.

I believed the President when he said he was going to repeal and replace Obamacare and I believed him when he said it was the Democrats’ fault that he didn’t repeal or replace Obamacare.

I believe the President that he’s a great deal maker, and I look forward to his negotiating new trade deals on my behalf.

I believe that tariffs will bring China to its knees.

I believe tariffs will bring Mexico to its knees.

I believe tariffs will bring the European Union to knees.

I believe tariffs will bring Canada to its knees.

I believe both that separating children from their parents is good policy that will deter desperate people from fleeing Central America and coming to the United States and that the policy of separating children from their parents is President Obama's fault.

I believe in a big, beautiful. transparent wall. I believe in steel slats.

I believe there is nothing unusual about Trump’s solicitude for Vladimir Putin.

I believe there is nothing unusual about Trump’s solicitude for Kim Jong Un.

I believe there is nothing unusual about Trump’s solicitude for Regep Tayip Erdogan.

I believe there is nothing unusual about Trump’s solicitude for Mohammed Bin Salman.

I believe that it makes a great deal of sense to tweet belligerently about Iran and also tweet one’s doubts and hestitancy about military action.

I believe that the whole Russia connection story is “fake news” designed to cover up an embarrassing electoral loss on the part of the Democrats.