Conservatives love to tell us that Donald Trump speaks his mind and always tells the truth despite a mountain of evidence against the latter point, so when he told us he recorded his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey it s perfectly reasonable for us to take him at his word.Shortly after he fired Comey for requesting additional resources for the investigation into the Trump administration s collusion with Russia, Trump threatened to release the recordings in an effort to intimidate a witness   recordings whose existence would be just the latest in a long history of Trump secretly recording conversations.James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!  Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017Apparently, The Donald has done some reading on Richard Nixon, because he seems to have destroyed the tapes he made. After Comey said  Lordy, I hope there are tapes  (the one time in history  Lordy  has sounded so badass), Trump realized that his plan wasn t quite working out so well   so he now claims that they never existed. With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea whether there are  tapes  or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings,  Trump tweeted on Thursday.With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea  Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2017 whether there are "tapes" or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings.  Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2017Either Trump is lying about making the recordings or he is lying about them not existing .or he destroyed them. That final option, given Trump s history, is the one that likely occurred.Naturally, the American people once again proved that they are not as stupid as Trump thinks they are:WHAT THE FUCK, TRUMP? ????????? You lying sack of shit.  Holly O Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) June 22, 2017Why should we believe anything you say when you just banned the press from covering the daily briefing?  Alex Mayberry (@Alex_Mayberry) June 22, 2017you re such a gross failure and a slob. you can t even lie right. and look at this shit pic.twitter.com/TjKhwT0cEC  Livia Scott ? (@LiviaLove) June 22, 2017You realize this makes your  better hope there are no tapes  statement evidence of attempted witness intimidation  Ray Yelle (@ryelle62) June 22, 2017You lie about everything. James Comey was right, he was afraid of you lying about convos. James Comey 100 Trump 0!  Jennie (@Jennie2004) June 22, 2017Keep tweeting. Robert Mueller will gladly use your tweets as evidence.  Mario Velarde (@MarioV7) June 22, 2017HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaYOU REFUCKEDhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha  Blankety Blank (@agentZillah) June 22, 2017Trying to distract the country from your sad healthcare bill. You are becoming quite predictable Mr. President. #TrumpFearsPressY  MJ (@TheMagsterBarks) June 22, 2017Notice he didn t say he that he didn t know about them or listen to them  Bens The Best (@bens_the_best) June 22, 2017Translation   I reviewed tapes with my lawyer and they don t support my point   so all tapes and equipment have been destroyed.  Brief Truth (@TheBriefTruth) June 22, 2017HE made/had no tapes. This, once again is was advised by his lawyers to shield him if and when they ever do surface proving Comey right  TheUnsilentMAJORITY (@The_UnSilent_) June 22, 2017Does this mean that there really aren t tapes, or that there ARE tapes and you don t want to release them because the confirm Comey s story?  Dave Branson (@popsiclemud) June 22, 2017Here s a disturbing, but likely scenario: There were tapes. And their existence just created problems Trump can t handle.Featured image via screengrab/Getty Images