Yesterday, our heads were spinning from the latest "truth" about the Trump-Cohen-Stormy hush money payment. As told on Fox News by the new addition to the Trump legal team, Rudy Giuliani, Trump did reimburse Michael Cohen for the $130,000 through several contributions to a "retainer" fund he paid to Cohen to draw on for such things.
Giuliani said there was nothing illegal about the payment. He also insisted that it was in no way a campaign finance contribution but rather a personal thing that was hurting Trump's marriage and family; that's why they needed to silence Stormy. But then, the next morning he also told Fox and Friends how terrible it would have been if this had come up during the last presidential debate.
So Rudy's story, by itself, is contradictory.
But wait: Friday morning, Trump is now telling people that Rudy is new to the job and didn't quite have his facts straight. In fact, he says, almost everything Rudy said was incorrect. And this was after Trump's initial tweets -- or at least ones sent out in his name -- seemed to back up Giuliani's version. Then, this reversal by Trump.
OK. Now maybe there is a strategy here: Create such confusion that there's no hope of the truth ever being clear.
Ralph
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