Dan Rather came up with a new nickname for President Donald Trump and those who surround him.
In light of mounting legal troubles including this weeks plea deal by former longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen and eight convictions against former campaign manager Paul Manafort the veteran newsman tweeted:
Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals
Donald Trump - Flock of Felons
Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals
Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 23, 2018
Donald Trump - Flock of Felons
Rather also spoke about Trumps presidency on CNN .
Look at how many people have either pled guilty or in Manaforts case been found guilty, Rather told Don Lemon . We are on an ocean the likes that which no one has been on and the headwinds right now are against Donald Trump .
Rather also urged people not to dismiss Trump as crazy.
I dont subscribe to that, Rather said. I dont think hes crazy at all. I do think hes increasingly cornered, and people who get really in a corner frequently cant think as straight as they would otherwise do and the pressure is on Donald Trump.
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Veteran journalist Dan Rather: \"Look at how many people have either (pleaded) guilty or in Manafort's case been found guilty. We are on an ocean the likes that which no one has been on and the headwinds right now are against Donald Trump\" https://t.co/JIKDA0VVBV pic.twitter.com/hU6IX28HAE
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We are on an ocean the likes that which no one has been on and the headwinds right now are against Donald Trump" https://t.co/JIKDA0VVBV pic.twitter.com/hU6IX28HAE
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Rather also drew parallels to the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, and said we should expect things at least for a while to get worse, hoping that they get better.
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