Trump: Did I say "I do?"

An anonymous White House staffer has offered a stunning explanation for President Trump's dubious assertion that he "misspoke" when he sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin at their joint news conference on the question of whether Russia interfered in the 2016 US election. 

-        It's a trial balloon -- he wants to see how many people will buy it.

-        A trial balloon?  For what?

-        Well, what if at his impeachment trial ... please, we both know it's only a matter of when ... as I was saying, what if at his impeachment trial it turns out that he never swore to uphold the Constitution? 

-        But he took the oath of office.  The thousands of people who showed up for his inauguration heard it.

-        Thousands?  Don't you mean ... oh, never mind.  But what if he 'misspoke?'  What if he meant to say, 'I do not?'  How could you impeach him for violating the Constitution if he never swore to uphold the Constitution?

-        Are you kidding?  Who's going to believe that?    

-        That's what we're trying to find out.