It is much more likely, that when faced with the uncomfortable position of being questioned by his own base, Donald Trump reverted back to making ridiculous and baseless allegations, which will always include key words such as "hoax" and "witch hunt."
Donald Trump has always been of a mind to lie, whenever he is in an awkward position that he can't immediately explain. If you were even the least bit honest with yourself, you would have the ability to acknowledge that. However, your unconditional support and defense of Trump, reveals a cultish mentality, from where you are unable to confront some hard realities about Trump's own lack of integrity, and willingness to tell lies and levy false accusations.
It is not crazy to think that Donald Trump is lying, just as he did when he claimed to have proof that Barack Obama wasn't born in Hawaii, and that Barack Obama's birth certificate was fraudulent. Remember, in 2011, when Donald Trump said that he had hired private investigators, who had been dispatched to Hawaii to investigate Obama's place of birth, and then he claimed that these private investigators supposedly "can't believe what they're finding?" Trump also said that he would be holding a press conference in two weeks to reveal their "findings." No such press conference was ever held. No such proof that Barack Obama's birth certificate was fraudulent was ever revealed.
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Donald Trump tells lies and makes false accusations on a regular basis. That reality is too much for you to take on though, isn't it?