43 stunned reactions to Donald Trump Jr.'s damning emails

This is simply extraordinary

Donald Trump Jr.
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. released a June 2016 email chain with Rob Goldstone in which the pair set up a meeting between Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer. While the decision to publish the chain was apparently a hasty attempt to get ahead of a damning New York Times story that detailed the emails, many observers were left stunned that the president's son published the most concrete evidence yet of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia's government.

In the email exchanges, Goldstone explicitly stated the existence of "official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary [Clinton] and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful" to Trump. "This is obviously very high-level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump," Goldstone wrote.

"If it's what you say I love it," Trump Jr. responded.

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Reactions to Trump Jr.'s decision to publish the emails ranged from face-palms to questions about where his lawyers are to hoots of glee. Here are 43 of the best.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.