Trump doesn't drink alcohol ... and thinks it's better this way
"I can honestly say that I have never had a beer in my life," the US president said at a lengthy press conference in the gardens of the White House. "This is one of my rare qualities: I don't drink (...) Can you imagine the disaster if it was not the case?"
Donald Trump readily admitted it on Monday: the fact that he does not drink a drop of alcohol is good news for everyone. "I can honestly say that I have never had a beer in my life," the US president said at a lengthy press conference in the gardens of the White House. "It is one of my rare qualities: I do not drink (...) Can you imagine the disaster if it was not the case?", Added the tempestuous president in the laughter.
The White House tenant was being questioned about the alcohol connection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court candidate who is accused of sexual assault dating back to a drunken night in 1982 and misbehaving in other times in his youth under the influence of alcohol, which he vigorously denies. If he judged that the latter was not "perfect" on this subject, he warned against the lesson-givers of Washington, insisting that the Democratic senators were not "angels". Always "fully" behind his candidate, Donald Trump felt that he had been very frank about his "difficulties" with alcohol in his youth, however, going beyond the comments made by Judge Brett Kavanaugh during his hearing .
"I was surprised by the way he frankly said he likes beer"
Questioned Thursday in the Senate, the conservative magistrate of 53 years admitted "to like beer", but he dodged the specific questions, going so far as to return his question to a Democratic senator who wanted to know if he had had blackouts alcohol-related. "I was surprised by his way of frankly saying that he loves beer," said Donald Trump, when asked about the gap between the magistrate's speech and the testimonies of former college friends on their drinking parties. . "I watched the audition and saw a man who admitted to having had difficulty with the drink when he was young," continued the Republican billionaire. "He was very strong on the fact that he drank a lot and I do not see any difference", he still assured.
The tenant of the White House also repeated that he wanted a "rapid" investigation by the FBI into the charges against the judge. Under pressure from the opposition and a handful of Republican senators, Donald Trump called for a further investigation from the federal police the day after the hearing of the judge and his first accuser, both sure at "100 % "of their version. Now, "the White House does what the senators want, I am open to all their requests," assured Donald Trump, adding all the same not wanting this investigation to become a "witch hunt" against the judge who has , according to him, already been "horribly badly treated".
