Yes, it's funny that Trump tweeted a reference to the “Prince of Whales.” But he also tweeted a crazy defense for why he wouldn't go to the FBI if a foreign government offered him dirt on an opponent. jonathanchait writes
“Call me, Ahab.” Photo: Mark Carwardine/Getty Images Last night, President Trump blithely confessed that if a foreign government offered him dirt on an opponent in the next election, of course he’d take it and definitely would not go to the FBI. This is directly contrary to the practices of previous campaigns, and to the advice his own FBI director gave last month.
First, and silliest, Trump identified one of his foreign interlocutors as the “Prince of Whales.” The intelligence of whales is well-established, but they are not known to have organized themselves into a monarchy with a prince, and actually acquiring negative information on American political candidates, who are largely land bound, seems beyond their capability. Another challenge for the whales would be communicating the dirt to Trump, as they lack a common language.
Second, of the five foreign meetings Trump cites here, two involved ceremonial monarchs. Granted, the English royal family has a dastardly history, but digging up dirt on foreign candidates seems more like Vladimir Putin’s M.O. than the queen’s.
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