emptywheel on Twitter: "Wondering whether Dowd made that dumbass comment bc: 1) He realizes if investigation doesn't finish soon he's next object of Trump wrath 2) He actually had a {!!} plan he's implementing that involves pressuring Rod Rosenstein 3) He's just a dumbass"

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1. JohnWeber‏ @mrjwbr Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  4) Some dumbass told him to make the comment.
  
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1. Heliotropist‏ @stillSTH Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  I was thinking, "Trump told him to say it, got lots of negative reactions, then took it back and hung Dowd out to dry."
  
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1. Natalie “long name, short tweets” Wyatt-Brown‏ @stallfamily2 Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  @PreetBharara seemed to imply #3 “Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara ... said President Trump's outside lawyer, John Dowd, has made a number of incorrect and "ludicrous" statements in the past.”
  
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1. Dissent Doe, PhD‏ @PogoWasRight Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  I was thinking #2... kinda like "If you don't do what the president wants, you can be next on the chopping block."
  
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1. Ammons‏ @GregAmmons Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  ... his job is safe for as long as he continues to take the hit for writing #trump's otherwise self-inculpating #russiantreason tweet.
  
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1. tisha oglesby‏ @ogre11 Mar 18
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  1 and 3
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1. Joseph Sheil‏ @Basscleffer Mar 18
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  If you read them in reverse order it seems to be the most likely outcome.
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1. Troll McTrollski‏ @TrollMcTrollski Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  NYT thinks 4): "People close to the president were skeptical that Mr. Dowd was acting on his own. Mr. Trump has a history of using advisers to publicly test a message, giving him some distance from it." Surprised it wasn't on your list. - ?
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1. San Diego Spookarama‏ @sdcinerama Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Maybe he realizes that the sooner it's all over the sooner he can sue for unpaid fees.
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1. Chris Edelson‏ @ChrisEdelson Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  or perhaps 4) trump's planning to fire Mueller soon and Dowd is signaling it is coming/helping lay groundwork
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1. Puns N' Roses‏ @gthanku Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Puns N' Roses Retweeted Donald J. Trump
  
  Probably a combo of all 3https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/975163071361683456 …
  
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  Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
  
  The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. It was based on fraudulent activities and a Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC, and improperly used in FISA COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT!
  
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1. Joseph Bobrow‏ @jsam_j Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  1 and 3.
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1. OrangePlus‏ @KeithRockhold Mar 17
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  4) Trump told him to do so, then changed his mind
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