You Can Bet On Whether Donald Trump Will Call Roger Stone a Liar on Twitter
- Can US President Donald Trump zip it, or will Roger Stone also feel his wrath?
- Oddsmakers are offering a prop wager favoring that Trump won’t lash out and call Stone a liar
- The Trump advisor was indicted last week on charges brought forth by Special Counsel Robert Mueller
Generally, President Donald Trump leaves no stone unturned when he lashes out on social media at those who criticize or are in position to harm him, but will Roger Stone prove the exception to that rule?
Trump says he hasn’t thought about pardoning Roger Stone https://t.co/NQjyd7oLTF pic.twitter.com/sQDwKkBJee
— PoliticTalks – Politics News and Politic Chat (@politic_talks) February 3, 2019
Oddsmakers seems to think that this is how things will play out. They’re offering a prop wager favoring that Trump will not call Stone a liar on Twitter.
Odds Trump Will Call Roger Stone a Liar on Twitter
| Will Trump Call Roger Stone a Liar on Twitter? | Odds (02/07/19) |
|---|---|
| Yes | +300 |
| No | -500 |
Stone was arrested January 25th and was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on seven counts, including one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.
He has plead not guilty to all charges.
A Stone That Won’t Roll
Along with insisting he is innocent of all charges, Stone has consistently pledged that he will never give testimony against Trump, and no matter your opinion of the man, his history would seem to indicate that he’s someone who remains loyal, even when those he’s given his loyalty to are proven to be criminals.
“If Nixon could be destroyed, Stone seemed to believe, then the system was corrupt, a rigged game, just another opportunity to exploit—with dirty tricks, dishonest ads, phony history books, whatever. By the time Trump came calling, Roger Stone was ready.”https://t.co/OC9VdiXSF0
— Adam Rifkin ? (@ifindkarma) January 31, 2019
Stone’s big break in politics was working in the administration of President Richard Nixon and to this day, he remains loyal to Nixon, the only person ever forced to resign the Presidency or face criminal charges stemming from the Watergate scandal of 1972.
Roger Stone's photorealistic Nixon tattoo. pic.twitter.com/MKQ3566yMK
— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) February 1, 2019
He even has Nixon’s face tattooed on his back. Now that’s loyalty.
If Stone Turns, Who Knows What Lies Ahead?
When Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen was first indicted, he also initially maintained a cocky exterior and was offered Trump’s full support.
The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will “flip.” They use….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
As the gravitas of what he was facing in terms of prison time began to weigh on him, Cohen started singing like a canary, and Trump attacked.
If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
So far, Stone has maintained his loyalty to Trump, and that’s seen Trump offer back nothing but praise.
“I will never testify against Trump.” This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about “President Trump.” Nice to know that some people still have “guts!”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
What if Stone breaks and starts spilling the beans? Some people very close to the situation think that could be an endgame for the Trump Presidency.
Super candid Sam Nunberg: "If Roger Stone flips – it is over for Trump – he will be removed from office"
— Cali Dreaming NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc) February 7, 2019
Speculation is that no one knows more about the goings on behind the scenes during the 2016 Trump Presidential campaign than Stone. As the old metaphor goes, he knows where all the bodies are buried.
If that is indeed the case, Trump can ill-afford to incur his wrath.
Fresh off his arrest, Roger Stone appeared yesterday at a fundraiser at…the Trump Hotel https://t.co/3a51UqSxyN
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 3, 2019
The two remain cozy. Trump needs to keep it that way, because as nasty as Trump gets when he goes into attack mode, Stone wrote the book on dirty tricks.
He may be the one person not named Vladimir Putin who’ll get the kid gloves treatment from Trump.
An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.
