Official statements, which his tweets are, according to the white house, don't matter, aren't meant to be taken literally, and that's just ridiculous on its face. it's the president of the united states we're talking about, not some random person on the street tweeting this, so it does matter. but sarah sanders excused her rationalization for what the president did and what we should take that to mean. it's really trying to rationalize something that was unplanned. it was spontaneous by the president. this wasn't some grand strategy that the white house planned out, and we see this time and ag...