Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman has a new report out that has the anti-Trump crowd all excited that alleges President Trump “could do a deal and resign”:
Holy hell. This @gabrielsherman piece is HOT FIRE. https://t.co/BGoGntxvwn pic.twitter.com/wPr4z8vC93
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 9, 2019
The source, however, is someone who actually didn’t hear the original conversation between Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, and an unnamed friend when this allegation was made. The NYT’s Michael Barbaro called it a “wildly speculative blind quote” from a “rando”:
Hard to see a justification for publishing this kind of wildly speculative blind quote. Rando unnamed person with no identifiable standing says anything is possible! pic.twitter.com/5VOnLkVIo4
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) January 9, 2019
Worse for Gabriel Sherman is that Axios’ Jonathan Swan, whose reporting on the White House has very accurate, hasn’t “heard a whiff that he’s contemplated resigning”:
This new resign deal speculation seems to be generating excitement in some quarters … but … in 3.5 yrs covering Trump I’ve never heard a whiff that he’s contemplated resigning as candidate or President. https://t.co/YplrGpsX7M
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 9, 2019
And nobody has confirmed Sherman’s “big scoop”:
I find it odd that no one ever confirms Sherman’s big scoops.
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) January 9, 2019
So don’t hold your breath if you were hoping this would come true:
Sherman quotes some unnamed rando speculating Mueller report and shutdown will prompt Trump to resign. Hint: this is not a thing that will happen. https://t.co/rPtzK1Y19x
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) January 9, 2019
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