This is indeed extremely odd. Is this lawyer-speak? Because he was President of the United States at the time, not President on behalf of the United States.
In behalf of means “for the benefit, advantage, or interest of” in acting as an agent, friend, or benefactor. Another way to think of it is “as helping” someone or something.
But wait. He said 'On behalf', not 'In Behalf'.
On behalf of means “as the agent of,” “in place of,” or “on the part of.” Another way to think of it is “as representing” someone or something.
Examples:
The law firm filed a suit on behalf of the three people injured by the company truck.
On behalf of all who couldn’t be here tonight, I want to say thank you for your support.
Karen has power of attorney, so she can sign the documents on behalf of her father.
I think there is a clue here. I don't think our Very Stable Genius President would include 'on behalf' with no reason. He is a very thoughtful and calculating person I think, but he likes to project the image of somebody who just shoots from the hip.
Basically the reason Trump said this, is the charge against him is he was making the call on his on behalf on his own self interest.
and I just saw this.
Georgia prosecutor requests special grand jury in probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn state’s election results
So Trump's statement is almost certainly in response to this. If you remember this is about the call where asked the election officials to "find 11,780 votes."
At another point, Trump said: “So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
He later added: “So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.”
This is indeed extremely odd. Is this lawyer-speak? Because he was President of the United States at the time, not President on behalf of the United States.
But wait. He said 'On behalf', not 'In Behalf'.
I think there is a clue here. I don't think our Very Stable Genius President would include 'on behalf' with no reason. He is a very thoughtful and calculating person I think, but he likes to project the image of somebody who just shoots from the hip.
Oh btw here is the source I used for In behalf vs on behalf:
https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/in-behalf-of-vs-on-behalf-of/
I love stuff like this.
Basically the reason Trump said this, is the charge against him is he was making the call on his on behalf on his own self interest.
and I just saw this.
Georgia prosecutor requests special grand jury in probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn state’s election results
So Trump's statement is almost certainly in response to this. If you remember this is about the call where asked the election officials to "find 11,780 votes."
And if it goes to court...
He can submit evidence.
Very clever.
I'm very sure he doesn't want to get indicted and does not want to go to court.
He meant the call was on behalf of the US, not his presidency on behalf of the US
Not lawyer speak. Just less than correct articulation.
...nothing wrong in the call, which I made on behalf of the United States of America when I was President