Are you encouraged with the fact that the presiden

Are you encouraged with the fact that the president was trying to 'make something go away'?

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I mean, this is the president of the United States, with me alone, saying “I hope this.” I took it as, “This is what he wants me to do.”

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Seems to me that the 'hope' expressed by a president carries more weight when it comes to obstruction.