Americans were stunned when former Trump “fixer” and personal attorney Michael Cohen revealed in a plea agreement with Robert Mueller on Thursday that Donald Trump and his real estate company had been negotiating with Russia for a Trump Tower in Moscow as recently as June of 2016, when he was the GOP’s presumptive nominee for president.

President Trump had insisted all throughout the campaign that he had no business dealings in Russia. Now, to defend those dealings, he took to Twitter early Friday morning, calling them “very legal & very cool”:

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Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it mildly). Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run my business-very legal & very cool, talked about it on the campaign trail… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2018



He did not, in fact, talk about Trump Tower Moscow on the campaign trail.

RELATED: TRUMP TOWER MOSCOW WAS TO FEATURE A $50 MILLION PENTHOUSE. TRUMP WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO PUTIN AS A GIFT.

People on social media couldn’t help but mock the beleaguered and embattled President for yet another lie – and a bad one at that –COOL with hilarious results. Take a look:

Yes. When I get caught doing something that could be considered treasonous I too make sure to refer to it as “very legal & very cool” just so everyone knows it’s on the level. pic.twitter.com/wCHY0u5PqY — Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) November 30, 2018

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– Very Legal & Very Cool

– 2 Legal 2 Cool

– Very Legal & Very Cool: Tokyo Draft Dodger

– Legal & Cool

– Legal 5

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– Cool 7

– The Fate of the Cool pic.twitter.com/aznLUv31jp — The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) November 30, 2018

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A “very legal, very cool” business is the opening pitch for a pyramid scheme. https://t.co/ROoCM71cvK — Fen (@FenRawrys) November 30, 2018

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“Very legal & very cool” t-shirts will be on sale at an Urban Outfitters near you by Monday. https://t.co/8AvhxyRNYk — Jake Oliver (@jolivernyc) November 30, 2018

“Very Legal, Very Cool” will be the title of Trump Jr’s prison biography. — Erich McElroy (@erichmcelroy) November 30, 2018

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there is literally no clearer way to indicate criminal activity than to call your actions very legal & very cool pic.twitter.com/73dbYqEet2 — Erin Fa La La La La (@erinscafe) November 30, 2018

This is just

to say I have stolen

your country

and given it

to Russia

and Deutsche

Bank

It’s okay though

It was

very legal &

very cool

— G.M. Palmer (@gm_palmer) November 30, 2018

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In the criminal justice system, the president is protected by two separate but equally important groups: The Russians, who help him do crimes crime, and the white supremacists, who support his agenda. These are their stories. Law & Order: Very Legal & Very Cool *dun dun*

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) November 30, 2018

Ok, where do I order my black T-shirt with white helvetica “very legal & very cool”? Asking for my designer friends. https://t.co/kE32OHnB6K — Mike (@Esposito) November 30, 2018

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Very legal & very cool pic.twitter.com/rpS0PPVwan — Mike Pullen (@MikePullen1969) November 30, 2018

“Very legal & very cool” is also the first line of my resume. — Michael Johnson (@mjjmike) November 30, 2018

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Changing your story from “I never did it!” To “of course I did it and it’s ‘very legal & very cool’ ” is something that innocent people do all the time. — Silver Jesus (@Silver_Jesus_) November 30, 2018

Individual 1 would like everyone to know he is very legal, very cool. https://t.co/ilnnFZk1Dq — Molly Knight (@molly_knight) November 30, 2018

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Richard Nixon: “I am not a crook.” Donald Trump: “very legal & very cool”

— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) November 30, 2018

Very LEGAL? Very COOL? Ha!

Donald – This is the part where you finally STOP fighting this BATTLE b/c you’ve already lost the WAR. You need to RESIGN NOW & give ur team the DECENCY to get OUT while they can! pic.twitter.com/1Dx5S7GmD1 — Stacy Ann Relvini (@stellarstacy83) November 30, 2018