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Walt In Seattle
May 28, 2018, 11:45:10 AM5/28/18
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It is my hope that some day President Trump will be held to account for what he tweets. Much of it is patently false, distorted and obviously self-serving. This, in my view, is a man interested ONLY in political advantage and truly does not recognize or care about the notion of country before party or country before personal, political career. Otherwise, he would not be writing of a "phony Russia problem" which the U.S. intelligence community has never found to be phony.
Even now, the FBI has warned people to reboot and create new passwords for their routers after discovering RUSSIAN attempts to infect hundreds of thousands of them. Not long ago, we were told of Russian efforts to compromise the security of computers running American electrical grids or other utilities. Russia is setting up NOW to have some impact on the 2018 Congressional mid-terms. Trump Administration officials do NOT deny this fact. But Trump somehow feels he is free to write as if there is nothing but a "phony Russia problem", whether that phrase applies to the present or the months leading up to his election. And then there is the ridiculous premise the Obama Administration sat on its hands in 2016 as the Russia "meddling" actiivity began while, at the same time, what Trump now castigates as spying which may have been an investigation of Trump's campaign -- an investigation which, when the REAL facts are revealed, may have been nore about determining if Russia had compromised Trump or others working for his campaign -- is foisted in tweets. But, of course, Trump is more comfortable writing about "13 angry Democrats", "crooked Hillary", top levels of the FBI as well as DOJ and "all democrats" being his and therefore America's enemy. Indeed, from the perspective Of Trump tweets, you're either a fawning Trump follower or you're an enemy -- no middle ground!
Even now, the FBI has warned people to reboot and create new passwords for their routers after discovering RUSSIAN attempts to infect hundreds of thousands of them. Not long ago, we were told of Russian efforts to compromise the security of computers running American electrical grids or other utilities. Russia is setting up NOW to have some impact on the 2018 Congressional mid-terms. Trump Administration officials do NOT deny this fact. But Trump somehow feels he is free to write as if there is nothing but a "phony Russia problem", whether that phrase applies to the present or the months leading up to his election. And then there is the ridiculous premise the Obama Administration sat on its hands in 2016 as the Russia "meddling" actiivity began while, at the same time, what Trump now castigates as spying which may have been an investigation of Trump's campaign -- an investigation which, when the REAL facts are revealed, may have been nore about determining if Russia had compromised Trump or others working for his campaign -- is foisted in tweets. But, of course, Trump is more comfortable writing about "13 angry Democrats", "crooked Hillary", top levels of the FBI as well as DOJ and "all democrats" being his and therefore America's enemy. Indeed, from the perspective Of Trump tweets, you're either a fawning Trump follower or you're an enemy -- no middle ground!
Walt In Seattle
May 31, 2018, 1:16:20 AM5/31/18
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President Trump wishes that Jeff Sessions would have told President Trump that Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation into whether Russia had some influence on the 2016 presidential election and (apparently) so wishes because President Trump would NOT have picked Sessions to be his nomination for Attorney General if Trump had known Sessions intended to recuse himself. Yet, President Trump either does not understand or accept the President's need for "loyalty" cannot or should not supercede what is appropriate for an Attorney General who must be careful to avoid appearances of impropriety or conflict of interest(s) and is vulnerable to suspicion of misconduct in a matter where he or she may be personally involved. The Attorney General's FIRST and OVERRIDING loyalty is to his or her oath of office, and he or she is expected not to be the President's lackey or personal defender in any context.
We must not forget that Sessions, during his confirmation hearings, had told then Senator Franken "I did not have communications with the Russians". Later, information surfaced that Sessions indeed HAD met with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. Sessions subsequently conceded he had met with Kislyak but asserted he did not intentionally mislead and had no discussions with Kislyak about Trump's campaign for President. Presumably and giving Sessions the benefit of doubt, Sessions either forgot about his two encounters with Kislyak or believed they were so trivial he did not need to disclose them as a "communication" relevant to possible influence on the 2016 presidential election.
Thus, when Sessions was nominated, he probably expected there would be no need for recusal. Accordingly, there also would have been no need to tell President Trump Sessions intended to recuse himself insomuch as, at that time, Sessions had no such intention. However, when it became clear Sessions had met with Kislyak, Sessions found himself in a crisis of doubt as to his honesty and suspicion that, if he were to oversee the Russia investigation and all that relates to it, such could be an ethics violation while presenting at least the appearance of impropriety.
Given the crisis of doubt and the advice of some in Congress that Sessions should recuse himself, Sessions consulted with DOJ staff, including ethics advisers. They told Sessions it was best that he recuse himself from the Russia investigation. And that he did.
Trump would have us all see it another way. For Trump, it's entirely about whether Sessions had a duty of loyalty to Trump, including a duty to shield Trump from the so-called "witch hunt", that would erase or overpower any duty Sessions had to his oath of office, the independence along with the ethical integrity of the Attorney General if not DOJ as well and so much more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_Ea3jgANo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wvhW2qkAj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgos4aGdgHo
Donald J. Trump pretends to care about the rule of law and the common welfare of the people at large but mostly or only when either is intensely in his PERSONAL best interests to do so or in the interests of those in his close orbit. Otherwise, he blatantly demonstrates his disrespect for both, as he has for many years -- his abuse of people in the Trump University case, his intent to ask local government to invoke imminent domain on people who own property he prefers to "develop" for whatever purpose, his perspective on and treatment of women as illustrated by the Access Hollywood Tape along with his appearances on Howard Stern's show as well as his treatment of women who participated in his beauty pageants, his "birther" hoax, his use of a slur on Senator Ted Cruz' father wherein Trump implied Cruz' father was complicit or at least was of like mind with Lee Harvey Oswald who assassinated President Kennedy, his creation of pleasure palaces or resorts intended only for the ELITE of society and so on. This is important to recognize because, as long as people don't, they're too easily PLAYED by Donald J. Trump.
Those who fall for his brand of McCartyistic demonizing engineered to stir them up and have them focus on those mostly bogus demons rather than REAL issues or problems will eventually understand they're cynically manipulated by Trump FOR HIS GAIN, *NOT* theirs. The only question is how long and how much abuse will they have to suffer in order to recognize Trump for what he is.
Ironically, he is far more so the "FAKE" than the "FAKE NEWS" he attacks. He offers the FALSE narratives of "Spygage", the Russia "witch hunt", the specter of MS-13 taking over America because immigration law is not as Trump would have it in association with his UnAmerican premise judges should have little or no role in dispensing justice for or concerning immigrants as opposed to militaristic "security" personnel. We all should get a clue where these and other FALSE or "FAKE" narratives will lead us if we naively follow them. We should also wakeup to the fact FALSE or "FAKE" narratives are the essence of the REAL Donald J. Trump!!
We must not forget that Sessions, during his confirmation hearings, had told then Senator Franken "I did not have communications with the Russians". Later, information surfaced that Sessions indeed HAD met with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. Sessions subsequently conceded he had met with Kislyak but asserted he did not intentionally mislead and had no discussions with Kislyak about Trump's campaign for President. Presumably and giving Sessions the benefit of doubt, Sessions either forgot about his two encounters with Kislyak or believed they were so trivial he did not need to disclose them as a "communication" relevant to possible influence on the 2016 presidential election.
Thus, when Sessions was nominated, he probably expected there would be no need for recusal. Accordingly, there also would have been no need to tell President Trump Sessions intended to recuse himself insomuch as, at that time, Sessions had no such intention. However, when it became clear Sessions had met with Kislyak, Sessions found himself in a crisis of doubt as to his honesty and suspicion that, if he were to oversee the Russia investigation and all that relates to it, such could be an ethics violation while presenting at least the appearance of impropriety.
Given the crisis of doubt and the advice of some in Congress that Sessions should recuse himself, Sessions consulted with DOJ staff, including ethics advisers. They told Sessions it was best that he recuse himself from the Russia investigation. And that he did.
Trump would have us all see it another way. For Trump, it's entirely about whether Sessions had a duty of loyalty to Trump, including a duty to shield Trump from the so-called "witch hunt", that would erase or overpower any duty Sessions had to his oath of office, the independence along with the ethical integrity of the Attorney General if not DOJ as well and so much more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_Ea3jgANo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wvhW2qkAj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgos4aGdgHo
Donald J. Trump pretends to care about the rule of law and the common welfare of the people at large but mostly or only when either is intensely in his PERSONAL best interests to do so or in the interests of those in his close orbit. Otherwise, he blatantly demonstrates his disrespect for both, as he has for many years -- his abuse of people in the Trump University case, his intent to ask local government to invoke imminent domain on people who own property he prefers to "develop" for whatever purpose, his perspective on and treatment of women as illustrated by the Access Hollywood Tape along with his appearances on Howard Stern's show as well as his treatment of women who participated in his beauty pageants, his "birther" hoax, his use of a slur on Senator Ted Cruz' father wherein Trump implied Cruz' father was complicit or at least was of like mind with Lee Harvey Oswald who assassinated President Kennedy, his creation of pleasure palaces or resorts intended only for the ELITE of society and so on. This is important to recognize because, as long as people don't, they're too easily PLAYED by Donald J. Trump.
Those who fall for his brand of McCartyistic demonizing engineered to stir them up and have them focus on those mostly bogus demons rather than REAL issues or problems will eventually understand they're cynically manipulated by Trump FOR HIS GAIN, *NOT* theirs. The only question is how long and how much abuse will they have to suffer in order to recognize Trump for what he is.
Ironically, he is far more so the "FAKE" than the "FAKE NEWS" he attacks. He offers the FALSE narratives of "Spygage", the Russia "witch hunt", the specter of MS-13 taking over America because immigration law is not as Trump would have it in association with his UnAmerican premise judges should have little or no role in dispensing justice for or concerning immigrants as opposed to militaristic "security" personnel. We all should get a clue where these and other FALSE or "FAKE" narratives will lead us if we naively follow them. We should also wakeup to the fact FALSE or "FAKE" narratives are the essence of the REAL Donald J. Trump!!
Walt In Seattle
May 31, 2018, 3:50:06 AM5/31/18
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And here we have Donald J. Trump's version of betrayal fed by the words of Joseph DiGenova who apparently sees the need to avoid appearances of impropriety, the suggestions -- even from Republican members of Congress -- to recuse and the advice of Session's own staff as having no persuasive merit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-compares-sessions-recusal-to-betrayal-in-twitter-quote
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-compares-sessions-recusal-to-betrayal-in-twitter-quote
Walt In Seattle
May 31, 2018, 10:52:28 PM5/31/18
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There's Donald J. Trump's "narrative" and.....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/31/trump-twitter-falsehoods-russia-media-615328
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/31/trump-twitter-falsehoods-russia-media-615328
Walt In Seattle
Jun 2, 2018, 10:04:43 PM6/2/18
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Donald Trump has been quite busy in Twitterville over the past day or so. Most recently, he argues "when you’re almost 800 Billion Dollars a year down on Trade, you can’t lose a Trade War" and asks the Wall Street Journal why it/they "never mentions the unfairness of the Tariffs routinely charged against the U.S. by other countries". On this, President Trump should more carefully assess then write about what is fair as opposed to unfair in the World along with strategies for righting a wrong as well as the potential consequences for attempting to right that wrong or those wrongs in whatever way the President believe is just.
Is Trump using the proper tools and using them correctly in his quest to repair a tilted playing field? Is he acting more like a bull in a China shop than a surgeon who, with great care and precision, removes what is bad while leaving that which is still good as well as necessary? We live in a globalized economy. That's not going to change, even if President Trump would prefer we return to a long gone economic era.
It's not so difficult to bring it all down as some would like to believe. What goes up eventually comes down and the WORLD may be looking forward to a RECESSION in the next two years. A preceding trade war may create greater problems when that recession arrives than if that trade war had been averted.Having a level playing field will feel like a pyrrhic victory.
The President also wrote about the Mueller investigation, depending on Dan Bongino, who is calling it a "scam" and a "hoax" as he referenced the people President Trump previously has dubbed the "13 angry Democrats" while the President again states there was no collusion except between Russians and Democrats. Of course, in all this, and as usual, he provides NO EVIDENCE to backup his assertions. That's the greatest flaw in his MANY tweets, not just in the past 24 hours but throughout President Trump's presidency.
However, it's clear that his "faithful" base of support indeed have "faith" -- both in the President and FoxNews if not Devin Nunes or others in Congress who put forward conspiracy theories from little more than speculation -- which will seem to serve them well in tandem with a booming economy. Perhaps the President can enjoy UNLESS and UNTIL the bubble bursts.
Who knows? When it all comes down, it might be worse than the Great Recession. "We'll see"!
Are you so confident, Mr. President, in Dan Bongino that you could post https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002892787803676673 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002884227753480193 ?? You're sure this won't windup embarrasing you as time and events unfold?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bongino
Is Trump using the proper tools and using them correctly in his quest to repair a tilted playing field? Is he acting more like a bull in a China shop than a surgeon who, with great care and precision, removes what is bad while leaving that which is still good as well as necessary? We live in a globalized economy. That's not going to change, even if President Trump would prefer we return to a long gone economic era.
It's not so difficult to bring it all down as some would like to believe. What goes up eventually comes down and the WORLD may be looking forward to a RECESSION in the next two years. A preceding trade war may create greater problems when that recession arrives than if that trade war had been averted.Having a level playing field will feel like a pyrrhic victory.
The President also wrote about the Mueller investigation, depending on Dan Bongino, who is calling it a "scam" and a "hoax" as he referenced the people President Trump previously has dubbed the "13 angry Democrats" while the President again states there was no collusion except between Russians and Democrats. Of course, in all this, and as usual, he provides NO EVIDENCE to backup his assertions. That's the greatest flaw in his MANY tweets, not just in the past 24 hours but throughout President Trump's presidency.
However, it's clear that his "faithful" base of support indeed have "faith" -- both in the President and FoxNews if not Devin Nunes or others in Congress who put forward conspiracy theories from little more than speculation -- which will seem to serve them well in tandem with a booming economy. Perhaps the President can enjoy UNLESS and UNTIL the bubble bursts.
Who knows? When it all comes down, it might be worse than the Great Recession. "We'll see"!
Are you so confident, Mr. President, in Dan Bongino that you could post https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002892787803676673 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002884227753480193 ?? You're sure this won't windup embarrasing you as time and events unfold?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bongino
Walt In Seattle
Jun 3, 2018, 12:46:49 AM6/3/18
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Maybe it won't happen for another 15 years or maybe it's just over the horizon. We won't know until we're in it. But if it happens because of or in the midst of a trade war, we, the World, wil lose. The U.S. won't be in a protected bubble.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/economists-think-the-next-u-s-recession-could-begin-in-2020-1525961127
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/75-percent-of-the-ultra-rich-forecast-a-us-recession-in-the-next-two-years-survey-finds.html
https://www.guggenheiminvestments.com/perspectives/macroeconomic-research/forecasting-the-next-recession
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-26/u-s-recession-may-come-just-in-time-for-trump-s-reelection-bid
https://www.wsj.com/articles/economists-think-the-next-u-s-recession-could-begin-in-2020-1525961127
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/75-percent-of-the-ultra-rich-forecast-a-us-recession-in-the-next-two-years-survey-finds.html
https://www.guggenheiminvestments.com/perspectives/macroeconomic-research/forecasting-the-next-recession
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-26/u-s-recession-may-come-just-in-time-for-trump-s-reelection-bid
Walt In Seattle
Jun 4, 2018, 11:30:45 AM6/4/18
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NOTE: Until just before writing this post, I had assumed that Twitter Date/Time stamps were expressed in U.S. Eastern time zome values. I now know that Twitter attempts to determine the location of the computer accessing TWITTER.COM and converts Date/Time stamps to what TWITTER.COM believes is local time for the person using that computer. Therefore, this post and future posts will refer to Date/Time stamps as PDT or PST.
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Totally "UNCONSTITUTIONAL", Mr. President? Where are your supporting citations or "points and authorities", as your lawyers would call them?
Posted to https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003624231408676864 with typo at 6:07 AM PDT (thus, no longer an active page) then
Posted to https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003637916919320577 at 7:01 AM PDT
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 6:07 AM (PDT) but with typo or spelling correction of "concel" to "counsel" at 7:01 AM (PDT)] The appointment of the Special Councel [SIC] is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Despite that, we play the game because I, unlike the Democrats, have done nothing wrong!
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You believe you can simply claim something, again, without cited points or authorities, and, because you did so, in a tweet or somewhere else, it's suddenly to be accepted as fact and truth? If yes, is that not the perspective of a KING rather than a President of The United States?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003616210922147841
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 5:35 AM (PDT)] As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!
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Said the Pied Piper to his lemmings?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003618276293988352
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 5:43 AM (PDT)] The U.S. has made such bad trade deals over so many years that we can only WIN!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003634405036961793
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 6:47 AM (PDT)] Farmers have not been doing well for 15 years. Mexico, Canada, China and others have treated them unfairly. By the time I finish trade talks, that will change. Big trade barriers against U.S. farmers, and other businesses, will finally be broken. Massive trade deficits no longer!
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Totally "UNCONSTITUTIONAL", Mr. President? Where are your supporting citations or "points and authorities", as your lawyers would call them?
Posted to https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003624231408676864 with typo at 6:07 AM PDT (thus, no longer an active page) then
Posted to https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003637916919320577 at 7:01 AM PDT
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 6:07 AM (PDT) but with typo or spelling correction of "concel" to "counsel" at 7:01 AM (PDT)] The appointment of the Special Councel [SIC] is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Despite that, we play the game because I, unlike the Democrats, have done nothing wrong!
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You believe you can simply claim something, again, without cited points or authorities, and, because you did so, in a tweet or somewhere else, it's suddenly to be accepted as fact and truth? If yes, is that not the perspective of a KING rather than a President of The United States?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003616210922147841
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 5:35 AM (PDT)] As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!
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Said the Pied Piper to his lemmings?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003618276293988352
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 5:43 AM (PDT)] The U.S. has made such bad trade deals over so many years that we can only WIN!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003634405036961793
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[President Donald J. Trump on 06-04-2018 at 6:47 AM (PDT)] Farmers have not been doing well for 15 years. Mexico, Canada, China and others have treated them unfairly. By the time I finish trade talks, that will change. Big trade barriers against U.S. farmers, and other businesses, will finally be broken. Massive trade deficits no longer!
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Walt In Seattle
Jun 25, 2018, 1:39:58 PM6/25/18
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Have any evidence to offer in support of the assertion or ininuation, Mr. President, that there was "far greater [surveillance] than would ever have been believed"?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011209592670425088
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[President Donald J. Trump on 6-25-2018 at 4:28 AM (PDT)] Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said that President Trump is probably correct that there was surveillance on Trump Tower. Actually, far greater than would ever have been believed!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011209592670425088
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[President Donald J. Trump on 6-25-2018 at 4:28 AM (PDT)] Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said that President Trump is probably correct that there was surveillance on Trump Tower. Actually, far greater than would ever have been believed!
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Walt In Seattle
Jun 28, 2018, 2:28:44 PM6/28/18
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President Trump asks, in a tweet, "when is Bob Mueller going to list his Conflicts of Interest?" When will the President document or show evidence supporting his notion of "conflict of interest"? Or is the President adept at throwing out assertions and insinuation, in Joseph R. McCarthy fashion, but lame in ability to back them up? If Comey and Mueller are too close and/or Mueller has not recused himself from investigation of the obstruction element of investigation as it relates to Comey, leaving that chore to others on his staff and for Rod Rosenstein to closely monitor, why not take this up with Rosenstein who chose Mueller? Have you done so? Why did Rosenstein choose Mueller if any relationship -- "friends", as you say -- taints investigation of Comey's assertions? At bottom, is all you tweet on the Mueller probe, Mr. President, simply obfuscation -- an attempt to redirect attention or imply wrongdoing in those who investigate you or those associated with you, now or in the past, in the same way defense attornies for mob bosses have attempted to place in question those who investigate their clients?
If there truly is "conflict of interest" in the Mueller probe or "corruption" at the FBI and DOJ, it should be exposed. However, thusfar, you haven't made your case. Oh, you've cherrypicked information then presented it out-of-context or distorted information in statements such information means something it is not yet proven to mean. That's not making your case!
You ask, Mr. President, "and what about the 13 angry Democrats, will they list their conflicts with crooked H?" How about supporting your premise there are "13 *ANGRY* Democrats" [emphasis added] who have "conflicts" regarding Hillary Clinton? Or is this you throwing something on the wall in the hope that some of it sticks? If you're a Democrat, you're necessarily and automatically "angry" about Hillary Clinton losing her bid to become President in 2016? Have you forgotten how divided the party was and voters were in 2016 as well as how YOU attempted to divide ti further by highlighting the differences between Clinton and Sanders? If there are 13 people on Mueller's staff who are (a) Democrats and are (b) "angry" about Hillary Clinton's loss while (c) attempting to use the Mueller probe as their means to take revenge, let's see your supporting evidence. Otherwise, you're blowing more smoke and using those mirrors of obfuscation and distortion! While you're supporting that premise, Mr. President, let's see what you have to support the notion the Mueller probe is a "rigged witch hunt". This is more BS thrown upon the wall?
You would assert, Mr. President, that Peter Strzok's work for the Mueller probe has not been checked after his firing to ensure therere was no error or improper bias to taint the Mueller probe? You believe your Deputy Attorney General did not act to make certain that step was taken?
As to your assertion, Mr. President, "the Withch Hunt, headed by 13 Angry Democrats and others who are totally conflicted, is rigged": Again, let's see your evidence there is a "Witch Hunt" and that it's "headed" by "13 *ANGRY* Democrats [emphasis added], or headed by 13 Democrats exhibiting whatever emotions, and others who are totally conflicted in a "rigged" investigation. It's your assertion to back up unless you're willing to suffer lack of credibility in what you tweet.
Finally, you have tweeted, Mr. President, that "Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!" And do you actually BELIEVE *THEM* over the American intelligence community?
If there truly is "conflict of interest" in the Mueller probe or "corruption" at the FBI and DOJ, it should be exposed. However, thusfar, you haven't made your case. Oh, you've cherrypicked information then presented it out-of-context or distorted information in statements such information means something it is not yet proven to mean. That's not making your case!
You ask, Mr. President, "and what about the 13 angry Democrats, will they list their conflicts with crooked H?" How about supporting your premise there are "13 *ANGRY* Democrats" [emphasis added] who have "conflicts" regarding Hillary Clinton? Or is this you throwing something on the wall in the hope that some of it sticks? If you're a Democrat, you're necessarily and automatically "angry" about Hillary Clinton losing her bid to become President in 2016? Have you forgotten how divided the party was and voters were in 2016 as well as how YOU attempted to divide ti further by highlighting the differences between Clinton and Sanders? If there are 13 people on Mueller's staff who are (a) Democrats and are (b) "angry" about Hillary Clinton's loss while (c) attempting to use the Mueller probe as their means to take revenge, let's see your supporting evidence. Otherwise, you're blowing more smoke and using those mirrors of obfuscation and distortion! While you're supporting that premise, Mr. President, let's see what you have to support the notion the Mueller probe is a "rigged witch hunt". This is more BS thrown upon the wall?
You would assert, Mr. President, that Peter Strzok's work for the Mueller probe has not been checked after his firing to ensure therere was no error or improper bias to taint the Mueller probe? You believe your Deputy Attorney General did not act to make certain that step was taken?
As to your assertion, Mr. President, "the Withch Hunt, headed by 13 Angry Democrats and others who are totally conflicted, is rigged": Again, let's see your evidence there is a "Witch Hunt" and that it's "headed" by "13 *ANGRY* Democrats [emphasis added], or headed by 13 Democrats exhibiting whatever emotions, and others who are totally conflicted in a "rigged" investigation. It's your assertion to back up unless you're willing to suffer lack of credibility in what you tweet.
Finally, you have tweeted, Mr. President, that "Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!" And do you actually BELIEVE *THEM* over the American intelligence community?
Walt In Seattle
Jun 28, 2018, 9:02:53 PM6/28/18
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In regard to Rod Rosenstein and his oversight as to the Mueller probe:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?447600-1/deputy-ag-rosenstein-fbi-director-wray-testify-clinton-email-probe
https://www.c-span.org/video/?447600-1/deputy-ag-rosenstein-fbi-director-wray-testify-clinton-email-probe
Walt In Seattle
Jul 7, 2018, 6:36:13 PM7/7/18
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Your "opinion" or asserted "opinion", Mr. President, is well-known. Additionally, your desire to label anything you don't like in the news as "fake" is apparently not surprising; it's not too much unlike what Spiro T. Agnew said as Vice President, although a bit more strident than Agnew's position. ** See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQpQyJQm2Mk ** Do you remember Agnew's downfall? ** See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0A5bMi2k1s&list=PLv1tYgm-sKncn6rllff1trclgRhjDrMTk ** But your track record for telling the truth is abysmal as compared to those "anonymous sources" and their information which is eventually corroborated by those who are NOT anonymos. Are you now campaigning for censorship of the New York Times and the Washington Post as they exist on Twitter? Are you hoping to get some pointers from Vlad, when you meet him this month, on how to neutralize then make of the news media your personal megaphone, as you've managed to do with FoxNews?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1015586529484443648
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-7-2018 at 6:21 AM PDT] Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace. Will that include the Failing New York Times and propaganda machine for Amazon, the Washington Post, who constantly quote anonymous sources that, in my opinion, don’t exist - They will both be out of business in 7 years!
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"Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos"? While this is one of your mantras of the moment, what supports your assertion(s)? How is this even logical or without contradiction? "Anarchy" subsumes no need for or abandonment of political parties insomuch as political factions have no control over or represent people in a true "anarchy" because "anarchy" requires NOTHING, including political parties, should have a role in what people do or how they do it other than individuals controlling thneir own destiny. As for "law and order": how does a political party implement its agenda(s) in the absense of some form of law and order? Would you like to change this campaign mantra, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1015033658548207616
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-5-2018 at 5:44 PM PDT] A vote for Democrats in November is a vote to let MS-13 run wild in our communities, to let drugs pour into our cities, and to take jobs and benefits away from hardworking Americans. Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos - Republicans want LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE!
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Don't you really mean, Mr. President, that the future of certain business interests (i.e. companies involved in the extraction of fossil fuels such as oil and coal, none of which is "clean") is bright while, for now, you couldn't care less about the future of the environment? And what a wonderful steward of environmental protection will serve in Scott Pruitt's absence, I say with heavy sarcasm!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1014956573095915520 as the second part of a tweet at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1014956568129892352
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-5-2018 at 12:37 PM PDT] ...on Monday [Andrew Wheeler will] assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!
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Note To USENET readers: For background on Andrew Wheeler, see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/talk.politics.misc/CiZBP5gICnE/59oK_t64AwAJ
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1015586529484443648
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-7-2018 at 6:21 AM PDT] Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace. Will that include the Failing New York Times and propaganda machine for Amazon, the Washington Post, who constantly quote anonymous sources that, in my opinion, don’t exist - They will both be out of business in 7 years!
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"Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos"? While this is one of your mantras of the moment, what supports your assertion(s)? How is this even logical or without contradiction? "Anarchy" subsumes no need for or abandonment of political parties insomuch as political factions have no control over or represent people in a true "anarchy" because "anarchy" requires NOTHING, including political parties, should have a role in what people do or how they do it other than individuals controlling thneir own destiny. As for "law and order": how does a political party implement its agenda(s) in the absense of some form of law and order? Would you like to change this campaign mantra, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1015033658548207616
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-5-2018 at 5:44 PM PDT] A vote for Democrats in November is a vote to let MS-13 run wild in our communities, to let drugs pour into our cities, and to take jobs and benefits away from hardworking Americans. Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos - Republicans want LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE!
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Don't you really mean, Mr. President, that the future of certain business interests (i.e. companies involved in the extraction of fossil fuels such as oil and coal, none of which is "clean") is bright while, for now, you couldn't care less about the future of the environment? And what a wonderful steward of environmental protection will serve in Scott Pruitt's absence, I say with heavy sarcasm!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1014956573095915520 as the second part of a tweet at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1014956568129892352
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-5-2018 at 12:37 PM PDT] ...on Monday [Andrew Wheeler will] assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!
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Note To USENET readers: For background on Andrew Wheeler, see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/talk.politics.misc/CiZBP5gICnE/59oK_t64AwAJ
Walt In Seattle
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You make assertions and make them in error quite often as to the Mueller probe, don't you, Mr. President? You present insinuation and vague speculation derived from conspiracy theories cobbled together in such way that, as you would hope but might find yourself disappointed, you may excite your political base?
Yet, this stuff is getting old. Without substantial supporting evidence, people will see it for the BS that it seems to be!
Where is and what is your substantial evidence the Mueller probe is rigged? The text messages of Peter Stzrok and Lisa Page in concert with Stzrok's work on the Clinton e-mail server investigation along with the Mueller probe are that on which you depend? If you do, specifically, why and how so? If DOJ's recent IG report does not make that case -- and it does NOT -- then what have you got? You have evidence that Mueller and/or his staff did not fully vet Stzrok's work for signs of bias or other problems after Stzrok was removed from the Mueller probe? If you do, please present it instead of insinuating.
"13 Angry Democrats" pervade and hopelessly corrumpt the objectivity of the Mueller probe? If yes, please put forward your evidence or drop this line of unsupported rhetoric. Otherwise, your credibility will suffer more than it has and THAT is a POLITICAL downside for YOU! If there is such evidence, then it reflects on Rod Rosenstein as Mueller's supervisor. Thus, you'd be justified in placing pressure on Rosenstein to end the Mueller probe or on Jeff Sessions to fire Rosenstein if Rosenstein won't close it down. But you don't have that evidence, do you, and, because you don't, you're not making that move, Mr. President? This, of course, would not prevent you from making unsupported assertions, though, would it, Mr. President? After all, you've made a LOT of them, haven't you????
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1015723140364865536
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-7-2018 at 3:24 PM PDT] The Rigged Witch Hunt, originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S (for one year) & now, 13 Angry Democrats, should look into the missing DNC Server, Crooked Hillary’s illegally deleted Emails, the Pakistani Fraudster, Uranium One, Podesta & so much more. It’s a Democrat Con Job!
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Yet, this stuff is getting old. Without substantial supporting evidence, people will see it for the BS that it seems to be!
Where is and what is your substantial evidence the Mueller probe is rigged? The text messages of Peter Stzrok and Lisa Page in concert with Stzrok's work on the Clinton e-mail server investigation along with the Mueller probe are that on which you depend? If you do, specifically, why and how so? If DOJ's recent IG report does not make that case -- and it does NOT -- then what have you got? You have evidence that Mueller and/or his staff did not fully vet Stzrok's work for signs of bias or other problems after Stzrok was removed from the Mueller probe? If you do, please present it instead of insinuating.
"13 Angry Democrats" pervade and hopelessly corrumpt the objectivity of the Mueller probe? If yes, please put forward your evidence or drop this line of unsupported rhetoric. Otherwise, your credibility will suffer more than it has and THAT is a POLITICAL downside for YOU! If there is such evidence, then it reflects on Rod Rosenstein as Mueller's supervisor. Thus, you'd be justified in placing pressure on Rosenstein to end the Mueller probe or on Jeff Sessions to fire Rosenstein if Rosenstein won't close it down. But you don't have that evidence, do you, and, because you don't, you're not making that move, Mr. President? This, of course, would not prevent you from making unsupported assertions, though, would it, Mr. President? After all, you've made a LOT of them, haven't you????
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1015723140364865536
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-7-2018 at 3:24 PM PDT] The Rigged Witch Hunt, originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S (for one year) & now, 13 Angry Democrats, should look into the missing DNC Server, Crooked Hillary’s illegally deleted Emails, the Pakistani Fraudster, Uranium One, Podesta & so much more. It’s a Democrat Con Job!
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Walt In Seattle
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President Trump has a clear advantage of which he makes use in his tweets: the current economic boom in the U.S. where the jobless rate is historically low. There are long term problems we should expect may or could occur. But, for now, this is an advantage that, for Donald Trump, is the gift that will continue giving.
American voters invariably vote their pocketbook. The tax cut legislation engineered by President Trump and Republicans is therefore a strong asset in the 2018 Congressional mid-term elections and, if the bottom does not drop out in the next two years, Trump may be well set for re-election in 2020. Accordingly, you should expect the President to copiously tweet statistics about the U.S. economy -- thumping his chest and taking credit on each occasion in one way or another, although such may be subtle in some instances.
But President Trump is engaged in a high stakes gamble -- something he's often done in business. There's no guarantee we'll not fall into a recession in the next few years and there's danger the trade war Trump has ignited could sabotage the globalized economy and America's along with it. So too could massively building deficits if revenue does not offset those deficits.
If it all falls apart, most of us suffer, including Trump. Yet, and with interest, I note that, if it happens, Trump's buddy, Vladimir Putin, may benefit. Russia is already adjusted to a lean economy, the status of which does not seem to threaten Putin's status as President. If the World falls into recession and/or a DEEP recession, the recriminations or blame game will be the perfect platform from which Putin can chip away at various governments, including the U.S., to cause or enflame political rancor. This, I say, is Vladimir Putin's geopolitical wet dream. And, in THAT scenario, what will Donald Trump be tweeting if not complaining that he's been betrayed?
Useful tools can be discarded after they've served their purpose, Mr. President. Don't find yourself to have been Putin's "useful tool". Beware of his every highly calculated move. As President, I've always considered you to be a threat to America's well-being. And you are. But candidly, you don't hold a candle to the threat or potential threats presented by Vladimir Putin! That's the way I see it.
American voters invariably vote their pocketbook. The tax cut legislation engineered by President Trump and Republicans is therefore a strong asset in the 2018 Congressional mid-term elections and, if the bottom does not drop out in the next two years, Trump may be well set for re-election in 2020. Accordingly, you should expect the President to copiously tweet statistics about the U.S. economy -- thumping his chest and taking credit on each occasion in one way or another, although such may be subtle in some instances.
But President Trump is engaged in a high stakes gamble -- something he's often done in business. There's no guarantee we'll not fall into a recession in the next few years and there's danger the trade war Trump has ignited could sabotage the globalized economy and America's along with it. So too could massively building deficits if revenue does not offset those deficits.
If it all falls apart, most of us suffer, including Trump. Yet, and with interest, I note that, if it happens, Trump's buddy, Vladimir Putin, may benefit. Russia is already adjusted to a lean economy, the status of which does not seem to threaten Putin's status as President. If the World falls into recession and/or a DEEP recession, the recriminations or blame game will be the perfect platform from which Putin can chip away at various governments, including the U.S., to cause or enflame political rancor. This, I say, is Vladimir Putin's geopolitical wet dream. And, in THAT scenario, what will Donald Trump be tweeting if not complaining that he's been betrayed?
Useful tools can be discarded after they've served their purpose, Mr. President. Don't find yourself to have been Putin's "useful tool". Beware of his every highly calculated move. As President, I've always considered you to be a threat to America's well-being. And you are. But candidly, you don't hold a candle to the threat or potential threats presented by Vladimir Putin! That's the way I see it.
Walt In Seattle
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Are you sure you're not being a bit naive, Mr. President? Kim is not a business executive and may have been trained by his father when his father realized his (Kim Jong-Il's) health was failing. There might be some generational differences. But do they really matter in THIS context? How can you divine from someone that they can be trusted by way of a handshake and a signature? A dealmaker's instincts? If yes, that's quite thin in international diplomacy where the stakes are so high.
Kim's father made deals then walked away from them. Why will Kim be different? How can you have faith in someone who treats his own people so terribly and could have his half-brother assassinated or uncle executed? That's to ask: how can you have faith in someone who may have a "depraved heart"?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1016327387154395138
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-9-2018 at 7:25 AM PDT] I have confidence that Kim Jong Un will honor the contract we signed &, even more importantly, our handshake. We agreed to the denuclearization of North Korea. China, on the other hand, may be exerting negative pressure on a deal because of our posture on Chinese Trade-Hope Not!
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Kim's father made deals then walked away from them. Why will Kim be different? How can you have faith in someone who treats his own people so terribly and could have his half-brother assassinated or uncle executed? That's to ask: how can you have faith in someone who may have a "depraved heart"?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1016327387154395138
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-9-2018 at 7:25 AM PDT] I have confidence that Kim Jong Un will honor the contract we signed &, even more importantly, our handshake. We agreed to the denuclearization of North Korea. China, on the other hand, may be exerting negative pressure on a deal because of our posture on Chinese Trade-Hope Not!
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Walt In Seattle
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You, Mr. President, are quick to criticize the so-called "Fake News" regarding what you claim are non-existent anonymous sources for madeup news stories. Maybe YOUR story is GOLDEN! But if it is, would you mind naming your sources? PLEASE.......
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1016693575344504832
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-10-2018 and 7:40 AM PDT] I am on Air Force One flying to NATO and hear reports that the FBI lovers, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are getting cold feet on testifying about the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by 13 Angry Democrats and people that worked for Obama for 8 years. Total disgrace!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1016693575344504832
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-10-2018 and 7:40 AM PDT] I am on Air Force One flying to NATO and hear reports that the FBI lovers, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are getting cold feet on testifying about the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by 13 Angry Democrats and people that worked for Obama for 8 years. Total disgrace!
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Walt In Seattle
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Whatever President Obama did or did not do -- a separate matter where the notion Obama did NOTHING or too little too late is highly debatable -- does NOT change or absolve YOU from whatever YOU have or have not done, Mr. President! That's the REAL News you seem unwilling to acknowledge.
Weren't YOU, Mr. President, briefed on the indictment of 12 Russian military officers well before Friday or at least on Thursday? If yes, why are YOU meeting with Putin on Monday? Why didn't you cancel YOUR meeting with Putin when YOU were briefed?
Why have YOU written tweet after tweet about Putin's denials as to attempted influence on the 2016 presidential election, along with YOUR disbelief anything Russia did made a difference in the presidential election of 2016, while speaking frequently of YOUR desire for a friendly relationship with Russia? Why do YOU characterize Putin as a "competitor" rather than an "adversary"?
Honda and Ford are competitors. Would you analogize their business relationship to the geopolitical relationship between the U.S. and Russia at this moment? If yes, why and how so? If no, then WHAT *IS* the most appropriate analogy and on WHAT basis may we hope for a friendly relationship with Russia as long as Putin is in power? You have the same kind of faith in him as you do in Kim Jong-Un?
In regard to Russia and other state actors, DNI Dan Coats tells us of red warning lights on par with the warnings we saw but to which we did not respond in the runup to the attack(s) of 9-11-2001. I expect YOU have been "briefed" on all of this. If you haven't, please let us know. Otherwise, HOW are YOU responding, Mr. President? WHAT, exactly, IS *YOUR* response or WILL *BE* YOUR response??? Have YOU even considered the possibility of responding? Where are your many tweets about those red warning lights and the need to respond??
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018197842559725569
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President Donald J. Trump on 7-14-2018 at 11:17 AM PDT] These Russian individuals did their work during the Obama years. Why didn’t Obama do something about it? Because he thought Crooked Hillary Clinton would win, that’s why. Had nothing to do with the Trump Administration, but Fake News doesn’t want to report the truth, as usual!
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Weren't YOU, Mr. President, briefed on the indictment of 12 Russian military officers well before Friday or at least on Thursday? If yes, why are YOU meeting with Putin on Monday? Why didn't you cancel YOUR meeting with Putin when YOU were briefed?
Why have YOU written tweet after tweet about Putin's denials as to attempted influence on the 2016 presidential election, along with YOUR disbelief anything Russia did made a difference in the presidential election of 2016, while speaking frequently of YOUR desire for a friendly relationship with Russia? Why do YOU characterize Putin as a "competitor" rather than an "adversary"?
Honda and Ford are competitors. Would you analogize their business relationship to the geopolitical relationship between the U.S. and Russia at this moment? If yes, why and how so? If no, then WHAT *IS* the most appropriate analogy and on WHAT basis may we hope for a friendly relationship with Russia as long as Putin is in power? You have the same kind of faith in him as you do in Kim Jong-Un?
In regard to Russia and other state actors, DNI Dan Coats tells us of red warning lights on par with the warnings we saw but to which we did not respond in the runup to the attack(s) of 9-11-2001. I expect YOU have been "briefed" on all of this. If you haven't, please let us know. Otherwise, HOW are YOU responding, Mr. President? WHAT, exactly, IS *YOUR* response or WILL *BE* YOUR response??? Have YOU even considered the possibility of responding? Where are your many tweets about those red warning lights and the need to respond??
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018197842559725569
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President Donald J. Trump on 7-14-2018 at 11:17 AM PDT] These Russian individuals did their work during the Obama years. Why didn’t Obama do something about it? Because he thought Crooked Hillary Clinton would win, that’s why. Had nothing to do with the Trump Administration, but Fake News doesn’t want to report the truth, as usual!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 16, 2018, 2:41:20 AM7/16/18
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You write briefly, in this combined set of tweets, Mr. President, abount several concepts you should explain. You, for example, should define what constitutes relevant "hatred" you imply is a product of press coverage via "much of" the news media who are, by YOUR claim, the enemy of the people. Then there is the matter of your castigation of Democrats who only know how to "resist" and "obstruct", at least according to you. You should elaborate.
You also indicate that, at some point, the U.S. will "heal" from what you understand or assert to be "hatred" and "dissension". Yet, you do not cite the hatred and dissension to which you refer or explain EXACTLY how healing will some day occur as well as what shall pass as healing.
Finally, it seems you might require, based on a litany of past behavior or some vague desire you've not yet explained, there be no dissension regarding whatever you put forward while the press and others exclusively present praise for whatever you do.
In a normal World or a normal American political environment, no one in politics receives or should expect to receive undying as well as all-consuming worship. Of course, if you're Vladimr Putin........ it wouldn't matter if it should or shouldn't happen. If it doesn't, he'll MAKE it happen or pretend it has. But what will YOU do, Mr. President?? What do you NEED? And if you don't get it, what will YOU do or TRY to do?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018530167902228480 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018530173006692352 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018530179549822977
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-15-2018 at 9:18 AM PDT] Heading to Helsinki, Finland - looking forward to meeting with President Putin tomorrow. Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn't good enough - that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition! Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems know how to do is resist and obstruct! This is why there is such hatred and dissension in our country - but at some point, it will heal!
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You also indicate that, at some point, the U.S. will "heal" from what you understand or assert to be "hatred" and "dissension". Yet, you do not cite the hatred and dissension to which you refer or explain EXACTLY how healing will some day occur as well as what shall pass as healing.
Finally, it seems you might require, based on a litany of past behavior or some vague desire you've not yet explained, there be no dissension regarding whatever you put forward while the press and others exclusively present praise for whatever you do.
In a normal World or a normal American political environment, no one in politics receives or should expect to receive undying as well as all-consuming worship. Of course, if you're Vladimr Putin........ it wouldn't matter if it should or shouldn't happen. If it doesn't, he'll MAKE it happen or pretend it has. But what will YOU do, Mr. President?? What do you NEED? And if you don't get it, what will YOU do or TRY to do?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018530167902228480 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018530173006692352 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018530179549822977
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-15-2018 at 9:18 AM PDT] Heading to Helsinki, Finland - looking forward to meeting with President Putin tomorrow. Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn't good enough - that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition! Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems know how to do is resist and obstruct! This is why there is such hatred and dissension in our country - but at some point, it will heal!
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Jul 16, 2018, 3:12:28 AM7/16/18
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Where is and what is your EVIDENCE, Mr. President???
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018731223890481153
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-15-2018 at 10:37 PM PDT] President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn’t happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it. When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by Strzok!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018731223890481153
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-15-2018 at 10:37 PM PDT] President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn’t happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it. When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by Strzok!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 17, 2018, 1:36:04 AM7/17/18
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You should face the fact you screwed up royally, Mr. President......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBtsNNXjBPw
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018943446583668736
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-16-2018 at 12:40 PM PDT] As I said today and many times before, “I have GREAT confidence in MY intelligence people.†However, I also recognize that in order to build a brighter future, we cannot exclusively focus on the past – as the world’s two largest nuclear powers, we must get along! <A class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="/hashtag/HELSINKI2018?src=hash" data-query-source="hashtag_click"><S>#</S><B>HELSINKI2018</B></A>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBtsNNXjBPw
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018943446583668736
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-16-2018 at 12:40 PM PDT] As I said today and many times before, “I have GREAT confidence in MY intelligence people.†However, I also recognize that in order to build a brighter future, we cannot exclusively focus on the past – as the world’s two largest nuclear powers, we must get along! <A class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="/hashtag/HELSINKI2018?src=hash" data-query-source="hashtag_click"><S>#</S><B>HELSINKI2018</B></A>
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 19, 2018, 1:42:55 PM7/19/18
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Context is EVERYTHING and EVERYTHING *IS* in proper context if accurately stated or described as opposed to SOMETHING cherrypicked to promulgate a distorted version of what really happened or, in this case, what you really meant to do, Mr. President. When your comments are taken on the whole, there are instances where you've admitted it "could" have been Russia who interfred in the presidential election of 2016 *BUT* it alternately could have been others, if not in concert with others, who were not addressed with a similar "could have been" qualifier from the U.S. Intelligence community.
You've NEVER been on the same page as your DNI regarding what "probably" happened, as asserted by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) in which confidence is HIGH among intelligence agencies, and it's clear that, at best, but certainly not always, you've qualified your assessment with "probably" while always noting that "others" may have been involved. At the same time, your tweets have highlighted Putin's denials which YOU characterized at the Helsinki press conference, in regard to your conversation with Putin in Helsinki, as "STRONG" by comparison to the U.S. IC. Again, and not to be forgotten, your statements have never been fully consistent with the assessments of the U.S. IC, or even close, until AT LEAST *AFTER* the Helsinki press conference. Nothing you write now, present in out-of-context video clips or argue in clarifying statements you make from the White House will change what you've done through 7-16-2018. What you've consistently "recognized" is something to distort and something, such as an IC assessment, you've generally dismissed or marginalized until two days ago.
Pertaining to the word(s) you "misspoke": it's important to note that the word "would", as opposed to "wouldn't", stuck out like a sore thumb. It was that sentence -- "I don't see any reason why it would be" -- played over and over in news coverage, starting immediately after the news conference. You had ample opportunity to correct your ostensibly misspoken statement in a tweet from Air Force One where, according to you, you have 21 television screens on which you can watch the news while in flight. But you tweeted NOTHING about your mistake. You also had an opportunity to address the mistake with Sean Hannity before you left Helsinki or on FoxNews after your return to the White House on the 16th. If the mistake had not been realized until you were in the air but you were too tired to put in a media appearance on the 16th after your return, this could have been done by someone on your staff or by a media surrogate such as Ms. Conway. But you did NOT correct yourself until the next day when spun like a supercharged top!
We, the public, have too little reason to believe you when you attempt to clarify or walk something back. It didn't work as to Charlottesville and it doesn't work now!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1019938748413435910
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[President Donald J. Trump on 07-19-2018 at 6:35 AM PDT] “Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES”
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You've NEVER been on the same page as your DNI regarding what "probably" happened, as asserted by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) in which confidence is HIGH among intelligence agencies, and it's clear that, at best, but certainly not always, you've qualified your assessment with "probably" while always noting that "others" may have been involved. At the same time, your tweets have highlighted Putin's denials which YOU characterized at the Helsinki press conference, in regard to your conversation with Putin in Helsinki, as "STRONG" by comparison to the U.S. IC. Again, and not to be forgotten, your statements have never been fully consistent with the assessments of the U.S. IC, or even close, until AT LEAST *AFTER* the Helsinki press conference. Nothing you write now, present in out-of-context video clips or argue in clarifying statements you make from the White House will change what you've done through 7-16-2018. What you've consistently "recognized" is something to distort and something, such as an IC assessment, you've generally dismissed or marginalized until two days ago.
Pertaining to the word(s) you "misspoke": it's important to note that the word "would", as opposed to "wouldn't", stuck out like a sore thumb. It was that sentence -- "I don't see any reason why it would be" -- played over and over in news coverage, starting immediately after the news conference. You had ample opportunity to correct your ostensibly misspoken statement in a tweet from Air Force One where, according to you, you have 21 television screens on which you can watch the news while in flight. But you tweeted NOTHING about your mistake. You also had an opportunity to address the mistake with Sean Hannity before you left Helsinki or on FoxNews after your return to the White House on the 16th. If the mistake had not been realized until you were in the air but you were too tired to put in a media appearance on the 16th after your return, this could have been done by someone on your staff or by a media surrogate such as Ms. Conway. But you did NOT correct yourself until the next day when spun like a supercharged top!
We, the public, have too little reason to believe you when you attempt to clarify or walk something back. It didn't work as to Charlottesville and it doesn't work now!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1019938748413435910
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[President Donald J. Trump on 07-19-2018 at 6:35 AM PDT] “Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES”
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Walt In Seattle
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Apologies at the top for the following run-on sentence, Mr. President, BUT.... sometimes, in order to fully address circumstances, they can be unavoidable. Regarding YOUR "summit" with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Mr. President, and YOUR invitation to Putin for another meeting, this time in the U.S. later in the Fall: It's about either or both (1) the message you sent and still send that, at the outset, YOU had at least some doubt as to Russia's intent or that RUSSIANS *PRINCIPALLY* acted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, as opposed to acting or may have acted, along with "others" or many others while, by YOUR implication, having litle or no impact on the 2016 presidential election, in which YOU were Putin's preferrred candidate, then later "clarify" you have great confidence in the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community but add, once again, that Russia probably did not act alone as it acted with little or no impact and (2) YOUR potentially to amazingly naive perception Putin negotiated with you in good faith rather than manipulating if not blatantly controlling you in a meeting for which there's no known documentation and therefore no assurance you're not the victim of someone well-versed in manipulating people or controlling them by way of whatever form of blackmail. On this, I point you to the comments of Republican South Carolina Representative Gowdy at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBXvE2atQio What's your response, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020425741664751616
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-20-2018 at 2:50 PM PDT] I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough. Remember when they said I was too tough with Chairman Kim? Hypocrites!
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Tell us, Mr. President, what you'd like to do about "the judges".....
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021007656511852544
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-22-2018 at 5:22 AM PDT] Andrew McCarthy - “I said this could never happen. This is so bad that they should be looking at the judges who signed off on this stuff, not just the people who gave it. It is so bad it screams out at you.” On the whole FISA scam which led to the rigged Mueller Witch Hunt!
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What's to expose, Mr. President? Who is demonstrably angry by *WHAT* evidence which you've so far NOT presented? The Mueller Probe is supervised by YOUR ***REPUBLICAN*** Deputy Attorney General. If Mueller is allowing "13 Angry Democrats" (or more) to conduct a "Witch Hunt" and Rosenstein has not put a stop to it, why haven't you asked Jeff Sessions to fire Rosenstein for cause or asked Rosenstein directly for his resignation? If you haven't, is it true you don't have a legal or political leg to stand on as it pertains to your assertions the Mueller Probe is a rigged witch hunt? Is it also true that, if you move against Mueller and/or Rosenstein, you know even Republicans will respond to protect them and potentially abandon you?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020803264617615360
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-21-2018 at 3:50 PM PDT] No Collusion, No Obstruction - but that doesn’t matter because the 13 Angry Democrats, who are only after Republicans and totally protecting Democrats, want this Witch Hunt to drag out to the November Election. Republicans better get smart fast and expose what they are doing!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020800615226793986
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-21-2018 at 3:40 PM PDT] The Rigged Witch Hunt, headed by the 13 Angry Democrats (and now 4 more have been added, one who worked directly for Obama W.H.), seems intent on damaging the Republican Party’s chances in the November Election. This Democrat excuse for losing the ‘16 Election never ends!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020425741664751616
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-20-2018 at 2:50 PM PDT] I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough. Remember when they said I was too tough with Chairman Kim? Hypocrites!
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Tell us, Mr. President, what you'd like to do about "the judges".....
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021007656511852544
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-22-2018 at 5:22 AM PDT] Andrew McCarthy - “I said this could never happen. This is so bad that they should be looking at the judges who signed off on this stuff, not just the people who gave it. It is so bad it screams out at you.” On the whole FISA scam which led to the rigged Mueller Witch Hunt!
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What's to expose, Mr. President? Who is demonstrably angry by *WHAT* evidence which you've so far NOT presented? The Mueller Probe is supervised by YOUR ***REPUBLICAN*** Deputy Attorney General. If Mueller is allowing "13 Angry Democrats" (or more) to conduct a "Witch Hunt" and Rosenstein has not put a stop to it, why haven't you asked Jeff Sessions to fire Rosenstein for cause or asked Rosenstein directly for his resignation? If you haven't, is it true you don't have a legal or political leg to stand on as it pertains to your assertions the Mueller Probe is a rigged witch hunt? Is it also true that, if you move against Mueller and/or Rosenstein, you know even Republicans will respond to protect them and potentially abandon you?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020803264617615360
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-21-2018 at 3:50 PM PDT] No Collusion, No Obstruction - but that doesn’t matter because the 13 Angry Democrats, who are only after Republicans and totally protecting Democrats, want this Witch Hunt to drag out to the November Election. Republicans better get smart fast and expose what they are doing!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020800615226793986
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-21-2018 at 3:40 PM PDT] The Rigged Witch Hunt, headed by the 13 Angry Democrats (and now 4 more have been added, one who worked directly for Obama W.H.), seems intent on damaging the Republican Party’s chances in the November Election. This Democrat excuse for losing the ‘16 Election never ends!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 23, 2018, 6:05:52 PM7/23/18
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We only have your word that you gave up nothing. Your litany of lying erodes confidence you're telling us the truth in THIS instance, Mr. President! And your words keep changing (see quoted tweet below and my response) on this and other matters.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021370601863294977
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-23-2018 at 5:25 AM PDT] When you hear the Fake News talking negatively about my meeting with President Putin, and all that I gave up, remember, I gave up NOTHING, we merely talked about future benefits for both countries. Also, we got along very well, which is a good thing, except for the Corrupt Media!
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I've noted, in previous posts, you make assertions, Mr. President, and this one in particular, while you present NOTHING to back it up. Did you somehow miss warnings TO THE PUBLIC from the news media and from the FBI to state election officials in the Summer of 2016 that Russia was attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election or 2016 elections in general? *** See https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russians-hacked-two-u-s-voter-databases-say-officials-n639551 and https://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-hackers-targeted-half-states-voter-registration-systems/story?id=42435822 *** A "big hoax"? Are we now back to your earlier expressed doubts as to the assessment(s) of the U.S. intelligence community after your recent expression of confidence in same and admission that Russia meddled or meddled in concert with or coincident to the acts of others? When will you get your story straight? Perhaps you don't feel the need to do anything but make bogus assertions because you believe your loyal base will never question them?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021158915206152193
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President Donald J. Trump on 7-22-2018 at 3:23 PM PEDT] So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!
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In a separate series of tweets not quoted here, *** See https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021347230022807552 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021349516878974977 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021351630648815616 *** President Trump takes on the Carter Page FBI/DOJ FISA application to surveil Page. I don't see that the FBI significantly enlightened anyone with the *HEAVILY* redacted document it released last week. But President Trump takes a flying leap of analysis the document suupports his ongoing narrative of a deep state conspiracy againsthim. Not that I'd ask the FBI to release the same document without redactions to uncover hidden information under blackouting. But such seems necessary to reach any PROPER conclusions.
When the Nunes Memo was released, I knew the memo would only make matters worse in that it would and did make assertions no one can verify because the assertions depend on discussion of and conclusions about material that's validly classified and therefore must not be released without redactions out of concern for revealing sources and methods. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee were hobbled in their ability to respond because, to correct the record, they'd have to dip into then reveal material that should NOT be revealed.
Nunes understood, from the outset, it would be easy for himself and other Republicans on the committee to make assertions as generalities or assumptions based on classified materials they refer to but did not publish in depth insomuch as they could NOT reveal that information in public while Democrats would be left with an IMPOSSIBLE cleanup job, all of this according to Devin Nunes' apparent plan from the get-go. And here, with the FBI's document release, although not a darkly partisan activity, the FBI has also made matters worse in that there STILL is no way for people to verify what happened for themselves.
Of course, President Trump asserts a deep state conspiracy theory, regardless of the problem noted above. He does so because he seemingly believes his best arguments are made on the basis of information others, particularly in the public, cannot verify for themselves. So it goes. So it will go again and again.
It may eventually be proven, in documents revealed many decades from now, that Trump's theory is reality. But, for now, he is saying, in effect, "Don't sweat the details and trust me, despite all the lies I've told!"
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021370601863294977
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-23-2018 at 5:25 AM PDT] When you hear the Fake News talking negatively about my meeting with President Putin, and all that I gave up, remember, I gave up NOTHING, we merely talked about future benefits for both countries. Also, we got along very well, which is a good thing, except for the Corrupt Media!
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I've noted, in previous posts, you make assertions, Mr. President, and this one in particular, while you present NOTHING to back it up. Did you somehow miss warnings TO THE PUBLIC from the news media and from the FBI to state election officials in the Summer of 2016 that Russia was attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election or 2016 elections in general? *** See https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russians-hacked-two-u-s-voter-databases-say-officials-n639551 and https://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-hackers-targeted-half-states-voter-registration-systems/story?id=42435822 *** A "big hoax"? Are we now back to your earlier expressed doubts as to the assessment(s) of the U.S. intelligence community after your recent expression of confidence in same and admission that Russia meddled or meddled in concert with or coincident to the acts of others? When will you get your story straight? Perhaps you don't feel the need to do anything but make bogus assertions because you believe your loyal base will never question them?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021158915206152193
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President Donald J. Trump on 7-22-2018 at 3:23 PM PEDT] So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!
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In a separate series of tweets not quoted here, *** See https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021347230022807552 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021349516878974977 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021351630648815616 *** President Trump takes on the Carter Page FBI/DOJ FISA application to surveil Page. I don't see that the FBI significantly enlightened anyone with the *HEAVILY* redacted document it released last week. But President Trump takes a flying leap of analysis the document suupports his ongoing narrative of a deep state conspiracy againsthim. Not that I'd ask the FBI to release the same document without redactions to uncover hidden information under blackouting. But such seems necessary to reach any PROPER conclusions.
When the Nunes Memo was released, I knew the memo would only make matters worse in that it would and did make assertions no one can verify because the assertions depend on discussion of and conclusions about material that's validly classified and therefore must not be released without redactions out of concern for revealing sources and methods. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee were hobbled in their ability to respond because, to correct the record, they'd have to dip into then reveal material that should NOT be revealed.
Nunes understood, from the outset, it would be easy for himself and other Republicans on the committee to make assertions as generalities or assumptions based on classified materials they refer to but did not publish in depth insomuch as they could NOT reveal that information in public while Democrats would be left with an IMPOSSIBLE cleanup job, all of this according to Devin Nunes' apparent plan from the get-go. And here, with the FBI's document release, although not a darkly partisan activity, the FBI has also made matters worse in that there STILL is no way for people to verify what happened for themselves.
Of course, President Trump asserts a deep state conspiracy theory, regardless of the problem noted above. He does so because he seemingly believes his best arguments are made on the basis of information others, particularly in the public, cannot verify for themselves. So it goes. So it will go again and again.
It may eventually be proven, in documents revealed many decades from now, that Trump's theory is reality. But, for now, he is saying, in effect, "Don't sweat the details and trust me, despite all the lies I've told!"
Walt In Seattle
Jul 24, 2018, 5:17:29 PM7/24/18
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ROTFLMAO, Mr. President! :-)
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021784726217142273
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-24-2018 at 8:50 AM PDT] I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021784726217142273
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-24-2018 at 8:50 AM PDT] I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 25, 2018, 11:59:50 AM7/25/18
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What you don't seem to get, Mr. President, or tend to ignore, is that your trade war runs the risk of tit-for-tat trade conflicts which might trigger a global recession that would impact America along with others in the World. You act as though trade wars are no problem, at least for the U.S. whom you imply will be a BIG winner; the trade war is just a way to level the playing field. If this is your true perspective, the question has been asked and still remains: Do you know what you're doing and the facets of the dangerous game you wish to play? Remember that farmers want trade, not aid.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022074252999225344
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President Donald J. Trump on 7-25-2018 at 4:01 AM PDT] Every time I see a weak politician asking to stop Trade talks or the use of Tariffs to counter unfair Tariffs, I wonder, what can they be thinking? Are we just going to continue and let our farmers and country get ripped off? Lost $817 Billion on Trade last year. No weakness!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022074252999225344
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President Donald J. Trump on 7-25-2018 at 4:01 AM PDT] Every time I see a weak politician asking to stop Trade talks or the use of Tariffs to counter unfair Tariffs, I wonder, what can they be thinking? Are we just going to continue and let our farmers and country get ripped off? Lost $817 Billion on Trade last year. No weakness!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 26, 2018, 12:02:55 PM7/26/18
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It's illegal, Mr. President, for Twitter to set then act on its own TOS and relevant posting standards, just as do Facebook, Google Groups, the Yahoo equivalent and Reddit??
Maybe you should have a chat with your lawyers about the editorial control these services LEGALLY have over content on their fora. Users, in some instances, *MIGHT* have contractual rights. But most do not have such rights as to expression. In 2017, while Amazon,Com still had a public politics forum, I posted an opinion I KNEW would not sit well with Amazon. My posting privileges were quickly pulled. I understood why as well as that it was Amazon's right to control content on its fora, even an obligation where users might attempt to post illegal material such as that which is defamatory, a copyright infringement, a call or suggestion to others to commit a crime and so on. I expressed an opinion. I expected what happened. When it did, I didn't whine about it. I went and expressed myself elsewhere! Maybe you and other Republicans will have to do the same. Fox could start up its own version of Twitter just for you and your friends!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022447980408983552
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-26-2018 at 4:46 AM PDT] Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints.
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A deal is not a deal until there is a FORMAL agreement, with parameters spelled out in detail and in documents that have been signed by those in authority to do so for the parties in the deal. You don't so far have that FORMAL agreement. Thus, don't count your trade conquests before they're fully hatched! On the other hand, if your informal agreement is eventually converted into a FORMAL deal, then you have indeed accomplished something "BIG"! Even I would congratulate you if/when that happens. But even if it does, it's a relative cakewalk by comparison to the challenge you face with China; nothing easy at all to expect there, Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022287249432563712
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-25-2018 at 6:07 PM PDT] European Union representatives told me that they would start buying soybeans from our great farmers immediately. Also, they will be buying vast amounts of LNG!
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Maybe you should have a chat with your lawyers about the editorial control these services LEGALLY have over content on their fora. Users, in some instances, *MIGHT* have contractual rights. But most do not have such rights as to expression. In 2017, while Amazon,Com still had a public politics forum, I posted an opinion I KNEW would not sit well with Amazon. My posting privileges were quickly pulled. I understood why as well as that it was Amazon's right to control content on its fora, even an obligation where users might attempt to post illegal material such as that which is defamatory, a copyright infringement, a call or suggestion to others to commit a crime and so on. I expressed an opinion. I expected what happened. When it did, I didn't whine about it. I went and expressed myself elsewhere! Maybe you and other Republicans will have to do the same. Fox could start up its own version of Twitter just for you and your friends!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022447980408983552
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-26-2018 at 4:46 AM PDT] Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints.
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A deal is not a deal until there is a FORMAL agreement, with parameters spelled out in detail and in documents that have been signed by those in authority to do so for the parties in the deal. You don't so far have that FORMAL agreement. Thus, don't count your trade conquests before they're fully hatched! On the other hand, if your informal agreement is eventually converted into a FORMAL deal, then you have indeed accomplished something "BIG"! Even I would congratulate you if/when that happens. But even if it does, it's a relative cakewalk by comparison to the challenge you face with China; nothing easy at all to expect there, Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022287249432563712
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-25-2018 at 6:07 PM PDT] European Union representatives told me that they would start buying soybeans from our great farmers immediately. Also, they will be buying vast amounts of LNG!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 29, 2018, 2:09:02 PM7/29/18
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Ah... We must build your "wall" and your "master race", Mein Fuhrer ... er ... Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023557246628900864
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-29-2018 at 6:13 AM PDT] I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!
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Been taking notes, Mr. President, from Vlad on how to deal with the news media? "Fake News" is privately defined by you as any news you don't like which exposes your agenda(s) or tactics in ways you'd prefer NOT be exposed? Those who expose you, your tactics and your agenda(s) are thusly labeled "enemy of the people"?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023546197129224192
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[President Donald J. Trump on 07-29-2018 at 5:30 AM PDT] Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times. Spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, "Enemy of the People." Sad!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023557246628900864
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[President Donald J. Trump on 7-29-2018 at 6:13 AM PDT] I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!
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Been taking notes, Mr. President, from Vlad on how to deal with the news media? "Fake News" is privately defined by you as any news you don't like which exposes your agenda(s) or tactics in ways you'd prefer NOT be exposed? Those who expose you, your tactics and your agenda(s) are thusly labeled "enemy of the people"?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023546197129224192
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[President Donald J. Trump on 07-29-2018 at 5:30 AM PDT] Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times. Spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, "Enemy of the People." Sad!
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Walt In Seattle
Jul 30, 2018, 5:58:54 AM7/30/18
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Robert Mueller is appointing "only" angry Dems, Mr. President? How about some proof? Aside from the notion Robert Mueller and James Comey may be friends or at least worked closely together as colleagues some years ago, had you ever thought, Mr. President, to document those conflicts of interest between yourself and Robert Mueller which you herein assert? Similarly, have you considered the possibility of providing evidence that ANYONE on Mueller's team is an "angry" Democrat, Republican, someone previously associated with Hillary Clinton or a supportive partisan in her corner if not someone compatibly linked to President Obama intending to take you down for Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016 and so on? Alternately, is it more convenient to pitch out an assertion or insinuation and not worry about backing it up?
As to the "criminal activity & real Russian Collusion on the Democrats side": let's please see something to support your insinuation(s), Mr. President. In regard to the Carter Page FISA surveillance warrant application as it relates to the Steele Dossier, you should fully read the Op-Ed of former federal judge and U.S. Attorney John S. Martin below!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-baseless-shameful-campaign-to-discredit-rod-rosenstein/2018/07/27/227fd7b4-91bf-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?noredirect=on
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023662510371741696 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023664624259014656
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President Donald J. Trump on 07-29-2018 at 1:12 PM and 1:20 PM PDT] Is Robert Mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to President Trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty & contentious business relationship, I turned him down to head the FBI (one day before appointment as S.C.) & Comey is his close friend. Also, why is Mueller only appointing Angry Dems, some of whom have worked for Crooked Hillary, others, including himself, have worked for Obama....And why isn’t Mueller looking at all of the criminal activity & real Russian Collusion on the Democrats side-Podesta, Dossier?
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As for your multi-tweet rant, Mr. President, on the news media, beginning at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023646663590797312 ... note that, if you ran for President expecting everyone, including the news media, to always take you at your word or worship every such word, as if it's gospel, then you never should have run for President.
I would agree those who leak should not do so and should be prosecuted. There are other remedies for what some may see as either abuse of power, if not deception as to agendas, or potentially a President somehow compromised as well as unable to rationally execute his duties. However, if a leak has occurred and serious revelations have been made which raise legitimate questions about government agendas, procedures or competence, it is NOT the news media's obligation to ignore or refuse to report such information. Instead, the news media serves as a check and balance on government, and government should *NEVER* function as your businesses have, let alone with the insulation from sunshine provisions in law your companies have not had to worry about yet DO apply to government.
In too many instances throughout history, the nefarious actions of government would not have been revealed except by a vigilant press. One is left to wonder if, for political reasons consistent with your observation to Lesley Stahl asserted by her on how you attempt to discredit the news media, you do not intend to hamper that vigilance.
You write in a tweet, Mr. President, that when the news media "reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk!" "Not just jouranlists"? How are journalists at risk when they report on chaos, dysfunction or deception in your administration? How could their lives be at risk unless..... I hope that's not a veiled threat. Perhaps it's a VERY poor choice of words? "90% of media coverage of [your] Administration is negative"? That includes what we see on Newsmax, FoxNews and Sinclair O&Os? Does it include what we hear on talk radio -- including Hannity -- all day? What about the plethora of right-leaning print and online publications, Mr. President? Are you really sure your hyperbole serves you well.. at least with those other than people in your "base"?
As to the "criminal activity & real Russian Collusion on the Democrats side": let's please see something to support your insinuation(s), Mr. President. In regard to the Carter Page FISA surveillance warrant application as it relates to the Steele Dossier, you should fully read the Op-Ed of former federal judge and U.S. Attorney John S. Martin below!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-baseless-shameful-campaign-to-discredit-rod-rosenstein/2018/07/27/227fd7b4-91bf-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?noredirect=on
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023662510371741696 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023664624259014656
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President Donald J. Trump on 07-29-2018 at 1:12 PM and 1:20 PM PDT] Is Robert Mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to President Trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty & contentious business relationship, I turned him down to head the FBI (one day before appointment as S.C.) & Comey is his close friend. Also, why is Mueller only appointing Angry Dems, some of whom have worked for Crooked Hillary, others, including himself, have worked for Obama....And why isn’t Mueller looking at all of the criminal activity & real Russian Collusion on the Democrats side-Podesta, Dossier?
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As for your multi-tweet rant, Mr. President, on the news media, beginning at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023646663590797312 ... note that, if you ran for President expecting everyone, including the news media, to always take you at your word or worship every such word, as if it's gospel, then you never should have run for President.
I would agree those who leak should not do so and should be prosecuted. There are other remedies for what some may see as either abuse of power, if not deception as to agendas, or potentially a President somehow compromised as well as unable to rationally execute his duties. However, if a leak has occurred and serious revelations have been made which raise legitimate questions about government agendas, procedures or competence, it is NOT the news media's obligation to ignore or refuse to report such information. Instead, the news media serves as a check and balance on government, and government should *NEVER* function as your businesses have, let alone with the insulation from sunshine provisions in law your companies have not had to worry about yet DO apply to government.
In too many instances throughout history, the nefarious actions of government would not have been revealed except by a vigilant press. One is left to wonder if, for political reasons consistent with your observation to Lesley Stahl asserted by her on how you attempt to discredit the news media, you do not intend to hamper that vigilance.
You write in a tweet, Mr. President, that when the news media "reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk!" "Not just jouranlists"? How are journalists at risk when they report on chaos, dysfunction or deception in your administration? How could their lives be at risk unless..... I hope that's not a veiled threat. Perhaps it's a VERY poor choice of words? "90% of media coverage of [your] Administration is negative"? That includes what we see on Newsmax, FoxNews and Sinclair O&Os? Does it include what we hear on talk radio -- including Hannity -- all day? What about the plethora of right-leaning print and online publications, Mr. President? Are you really sure your hyperbole serves you well.. at least with those other than people in your "base"?
Walt In Seattle
Jul 30, 2018, 1:51:26 PM7/30/18
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We must have a NEW president which we'll hopefully have on January 20, 2021! Otherwise........
As they pertain to U.S. immigration, President Trump's remarks in a press conference on 7-13-2018 with the U.K.'s PM May are indicative of a man who is, in his political rhetoric, more about EXCLUSION and far less about INCLUSION. He, of course, would argue he certainly intends to exclude the importation of criminality and people wthout "merit", focusing myopically on MS-13. He'll do this, in part, as a function of political strategy, keeping his base of political support in mind.
Among that base are people who see immigrants as a threat, not jujst in terms of MS-13 or Trump's notion of raping Mexicans, but also in terms of change these people do not want to allow. In other words: these people do not want American culture to be contaminated by other cultures. "Contamination" is indeed the word they'd use to describe what immigrants shall do to America. To them, the idea of America as a great "melting pot" is anathema.
President Trump models his political strategy, and therefore his rhetoric on immigration, on how they feel because he needs these people to ensure Republican losses in the Congressional mid-terms will be held to a minimum or gains accomplished. In effect, President Trump is bluntly appealing to the racists and fearful xenophobes in American Culture. It's as simple as that.
Don't be fooled by Trump's assertion he is interested in "legal" immigration. His position is ostensibly wrapped up in the mostly undefined term of "merit" and it must be remembered that Trump prefers a DRAMATIC *DECREASE* in the number of people accepted for LEGAL immigration each year. Trump also has his preferences for nation or region of origin.
As I've stated before and as you'll eventually find: when Trump is pressed to define "merit": Merit will come down to people who are the elite of other cultures and/or come with no financial liabilities for U.S. taxpayers. Although he may not say it directly, the other more important parameter of "merit" shall be that immigrants of "merit" will not present a POLITICAL threat to Trump, his political base and Republicans more generally. (i.e. Hispanics, who have been a basic demographic favoring the Democratic Party for decades and shunning the Republican Party, with just a few exceptions such as Cubans in Florida, need not apply) While Trump hopes to split off some Hispanic voters this Fall by touting a decrease in Hispanic unemployment, his overarching strategy, not just for the Congressioal mid-terms, is to impede immigration of Hispanics -- legal and illegal alike -- as much as he can. This too is a simple but inescapable reality.
Again, let's not forget Emma Lazarus and why as well as for what she was asked to write The New Colossus. Let's not forget its partial inscription on the Statue of Liberty! It's important to remember because Lazarus was an advocate for "refugees", and asylum seekers -- the people who are attempting to *LEGALLY* immigrate at the moment from points South of our border and who currenly represent the largest measure of attempted immigration from other nations such as El Salvador as well as Honduras to the U.S. for which Jeff Sessions and President Trump have objections while to whom Trump wants to say, for the most part, "NO" -- are precisely the people for whom Lazarus would be most concerned.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023900404352991232
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[President Donald J. Trump on 07-30-2018 at 4:57 AM PDT] We must have Border Security, get rid of Chain, Lottery, Catch & Release Sanctuary Cities - go to Merit based Immigration. Protect ICE and Law Enforcement and, of course, keep building, but much faster, THE WALL!
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As they pertain to U.S. immigration, President Trump's remarks in a press conference on 7-13-2018 with the U.K.'s PM May are indicative of a man who is, in his political rhetoric, more about EXCLUSION and far less about INCLUSION. He, of course, would argue he certainly intends to exclude the importation of criminality and people wthout "merit", focusing myopically on MS-13. He'll do this, in part, as a function of political strategy, keeping his base of political support in mind.
Among that base are people who see immigrants as a threat, not jujst in terms of MS-13 or Trump's notion of raping Mexicans, but also in terms of change these people do not want to allow. In other words: these people do not want American culture to be contaminated by other cultures. "Contamination" is indeed the word they'd use to describe what immigrants shall do to America. To them, the idea of America as a great "melting pot" is anathema.
President Trump models his political strategy, and therefore his rhetoric on immigration, on how they feel because he needs these people to ensure Republican losses in the Congressional mid-terms will be held to a minimum or gains accomplished. In effect, President Trump is bluntly appealing to the racists and fearful xenophobes in American Culture. It's as simple as that.
Don't be fooled by Trump's assertion he is interested in "legal" immigration. His position is ostensibly wrapped up in the mostly undefined term of "merit" and it must be remembered that Trump prefers a DRAMATIC *DECREASE* in the number of people accepted for LEGAL immigration each year. Trump also has his preferences for nation or region of origin.
As I've stated before and as you'll eventually find: when Trump is pressed to define "merit": Merit will come down to people who are the elite of other cultures and/or come with no financial liabilities for U.S. taxpayers. Although he may not say it directly, the other more important parameter of "merit" shall be that immigrants of "merit" will not present a POLITICAL threat to Trump, his political base and Republicans more generally. (i.e. Hispanics, who have been a basic demographic favoring the Democratic Party for decades and shunning the Republican Party, with just a few exceptions such as Cubans in Florida, need not apply) While Trump hopes to split off some Hispanic voters this Fall by touting a decrease in Hispanic unemployment, his overarching strategy, not just for the Congressioal mid-terms, is to impede immigration of Hispanics -- legal and illegal alike -- as much as he can. This too is a simple but inescapable reality.
Again, let's not forget Emma Lazarus and why as well as for what she was asked to write The New Colossus. Let's not forget its partial inscription on the Statue of Liberty! It's important to remember because Lazarus was an advocate for "refugees", and asylum seekers -- the people who are attempting to *LEGALLY* immigrate at the moment from points South of our border and who currenly represent the largest measure of attempted immigration from other nations such as El Salvador as well as Honduras to the U.S. for which Jeff Sessions and President Trump have objections while to whom Trump wants to say, for the most part, "NO" -- are precisely the people for whom Lazarus would be most concerned.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023900404352991232
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[President Donald J. Trump on 07-30-2018 at 4:57 AM PDT] We must have Border Security, get rid of Chain, Lottery, Catch & Release Sanctuary Cities - go to Merit based Immigration. Protect ICE and Law Enforcement and, of course, keep building, but much faster, THE WALL!
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 1, 2018, 1:43:20 AM8/1/18
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In regard to President Trump's comments from https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1024347406887014404 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1024347409483292672 ... let's not lose sight of several important facts.
(1) President Trump has often stated or implied that Democrats, on the whole, prefer "open borders" and are "weak" on or just don't care about "crime". Is any of this true? Ask Democrats and do the research for yourself, focusing on Democrats at large as opposed to certain Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi. For myself, I expect Democrats, more often than not, where they've studied pertinent issues, are NOT in favor of open borders if open borders are or would be such that there is no attempt to stem any tide of illegal immigration which negatively impacts U.S. national interests. The same concept applies to agents of foreign powers or organizations who attempt to infiltrate then do harm to the U.S. -- agents such as those from a state actor or organizations such as Al-Qaida and Hezbollah. But most Democrats who have carefully examined immigration issues probably would ask for a mix of pragmatism and respect for basic human rights along with adherence to the intent of Emma Lazarus' words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Not to be forgotten is the rule of law along with precedential caselaw on immigration. As for crime: Democrats, on the whole, most likely desire to prevent it as much as Republicans. Both, however, may have divergent ideas on crime yet also have similar problems with President Trump's approach to immigration policy. Republicans and Democrats would like to see immigration policy that's consistent with American principles established long before President Trump was elected. The overriding question is: "Does Donald Trump CARE what either prefers"?
(2) From the outset, President Trump has characterized a large portion, if not the majority of prospective immigrants, legal or otherwise, as highly suspect on the grounds of criminality or intent to do that which would or already has threatened America's "safety and prosperity". President Trump's basic intent, it seems, whether in deference to the irrational concerns of some in his political base or in deference to a personally held perspective of xenophobia, is to build Fortress America and limit legal immigration to those who can show merit. For Trump, it appears as if merit comes down to those who are already well endowed financially as well as intellectually and would add to American dominance in commerce, if not in other pursuits. The poor and abused or refugees from other nations seem to have little or no appeal to President Donald Trump. Would both Republicans and Democrats support the President's apparent preferences? I doubt they would.
(3) President Trump insinuates or asserts in the absence of supporting evidence or in contrast to prevailing information that does not suit his agenda(s). It seems that, on immigration, the TRUTH is *NOT* his friend and he acts accordingly. His actions are rooted in demagoguery and the associated politics of FEAR which he uses heavily. (i.e. raping Mexicans, swarms of illegals and the notion of America ravaged by MS-13) This was the same sort of politics practiced by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the sort of politics invoking the DARK side of political influence over the people at large.
(4) President Trump has designed a FALSE narrative or argues from an implied predicate which promulgates erroneous assumptions. Thus, he leads or attempts to lead people into the trap of believing his policies are mostly in response to a flood of ILLEGAL immigrants streaming across the border from Mexico and/or "gaming the system". The truth, however, is another matter. It's probable that much of the current influx of immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without permission to enter the U.S. pertains to refugees or asylum-seekers while immigration from Mexico itself has likely declined. *** See https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/21/donald-trump/1700-percent-increase-asylum-claims/ *** Although some asylum-seekers first enter the U.S. illegally, many asylum-seekers do NOT illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico. Instead, they come to "Ports of Entry" on the U.S.-Mexico border and apply for asylum. Such is an entirely LEGAL process and that process is also available to those who entered the U.S. illegally. *** See https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asylum-united-states *** Many of the family separations currently at issue relate to asylum-seekers. But would President Trump tell us the percentage of claims where "credible fear" has been verified as opposed to falsely claimed? He won't because to do so would not help and probably would damage what President Trump is attempting to do.
(1) President Trump has often stated or implied that Democrats, on the whole, prefer "open borders" and are "weak" on or just don't care about "crime". Is any of this true? Ask Democrats and do the research for yourself, focusing on Democrats at large as opposed to certain Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi. For myself, I expect Democrats, more often than not, where they've studied pertinent issues, are NOT in favor of open borders if open borders are or would be such that there is no attempt to stem any tide of illegal immigration which negatively impacts U.S. national interests. The same concept applies to agents of foreign powers or organizations who attempt to infiltrate then do harm to the U.S. -- agents such as those from a state actor or organizations such as Al-Qaida and Hezbollah. But most Democrats who have carefully examined immigration issues probably would ask for a mix of pragmatism and respect for basic human rights along with adherence to the intent of Emma Lazarus' words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Not to be forgotten is the rule of law along with precedential caselaw on immigration. As for crime: Democrats, on the whole, most likely desire to prevent it as much as Republicans. Both, however, may have divergent ideas on crime yet also have similar problems with President Trump's approach to immigration policy. Republicans and Democrats would like to see immigration policy that's consistent with American principles established long before President Trump was elected. The overriding question is: "Does Donald Trump CARE what either prefers"?
(2) From the outset, President Trump has characterized a large portion, if not the majority of prospective immigrants, legal or otherwise, as highly suspect on the grounds of criminality or intent to do that which would or already has threatened America's "safety and prosperity". President Trump's basic intent, it seems, whether in deference to the irrational concerns of some in his political base or in deference to a personally held perspective of xenophobia, is to build Fortress America and limit legal immigration to those who can show merit. For Trump, it appears as if merit comes down to those who are already well endowed financially as well as intellectually and would add to American dominance in commerce, if not in other pursuits. The poor and abused or refugees from other nations seem to have little or no appeal to President Donald Trump. Would both Republicans and Democrats support the President's apparent preferences? I doubt they would.
(3) President Trump insinuates or asserts in the absence of supporting evidence or in contrast to prevailing information that does not suit his agenda(s). It seems that, on immigration, the TRUTH is *NOT* his friend and he acts accordingly. His actions are rooted in demagoguery and the associated politics of FEAR which he uses heavily. (i.e. raping Mexicans, swarms of illegals and the notion of America ravaged by MS-13) This was the same sort of politics practiced by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the sort of politics invoking the DARK side of political influence over the people at large.
(4) President Trump has designed a FALSE narrative or argues from an implied predicate which promulgates erroneous assumptions. Thus, he leads or attempts to lead people into the trap of believing his policies are mostly in response to a flood of ILLEGAL immigrants streaming across the border from Mexico and/or "gaming the system". The truth, however, is another matter. It's probable that much of the current influx of immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without permission to enter the U.S. pertains to refugees or asylum-seekers while immigration from Mexico itself has likely declined. *** See https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/21/donald-trump/1700-percent-increase-asylum-claims/ *** Although some asylum-seekers first enter the U.S. illegally, many asylum-seekers do NOT illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico. Instead, they come to "Ports of Entry" on the U.S.-Mexico border and apply for asylum. Such is an entirely LEGAL process and that process is also available to those who entered the U.S. illegally. *** See https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asylum-united-states *** Many of the family separations currently at issue relate to asylum-seekers. But would President Trump tell us the percentage of claims where "credible fear" has been verified as opposed to falsely claimed? He won't because to do so would not help and probably would damage what President Trump is attempting to do.
Walt In Seattle
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Walt In Seattle
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In regard to your daughter's response to a question asking whether the news media is the enemy of the people, you, Mr. President, parse her aswer while stating your own opinion, noted in your tweet cited and quoted entirely below. You stated, in the second tweet of a multi-tweet rant on July 29, 2018, starting with https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023646663590797312 tweeted at 12:09 PM PDT, that "90% of media coverage of [your] Administration is negative" and you declared, in the same multi-tweet rant, that "[you] will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the dying newspaper industry." "Haters", Mr. President? Are you sure you want to stick with that? What, EXACTLY, are the parameters of "will not allow"? In other words: How is it you will prevent what you won't allow? These are important questions requiring a substantial and pertinent answer.
There's more to examine. As it pertains to what YOU may see as a news media or some therein as harshly critical while distorting your public image and/or statements in instances such as your visit with the Queen of England, you called out "the fake, fake, disgusting news" and referred to at least SOME reporters as "horrible, horrendous people." *** See https://www.carbonated.tv/news/trump-pennsylvania-rally-lock-up-clinton-mimics-ms13-stabbing ***
It seems, Mr. President, you came to the Oval expecting an ocean of praise from almost everyone yet not much else, including from the press. It hasn't happened. Thus, you've been expressing your frustration, genuine or fake, for a while. However, if you're genuinely frustrated with the lack of accolades, you're unbelievably naive. DID you REALLY expect anything other than a wary press? As stated previously, if you ran for President expecting everyone, including the news media, to always take you at your word or worship every such word, as if it's gospel, then you never should have run for President.
Taking your tweets and oral statements into full account, I can only see your "90%" coverage assessment or assertion and corresponding "large percentage" claim as to that which constitutes the "fake news" media, from YOUR expressed point of view, are tantamount to tagging the press as a whole, contradicting your tweeted premise that Ivanka correctly answered the question asked of her. To say "90%" of news coverage places your administration in a negative light while also stating a "large percentage" of the news media is the "enemy of the people", yet arguing this does not come to statements, among others, to be interpreted by your base as the news media on the whole, but with exceptions for FoxNews and Breitbart as well as Newsmax plus a few others, strains credulity, especially in consideration of your description for reporters, presumably for the "fake news", as "horrible, horrendous people".
In a previous post, I asked about your words "not just journalists at risk". At the time, I wondered what you meant or if you had made a poor choice of words. Now, I'm not so certain you had not carefully calibrated your words for effect. On that potential "effect", I'll say the following:
It's no surprise that politicians demonize the news media. Spiro Agnew was one of the best at that game. You're taking the game further than is ethical or prudent. Yes; you're energizing your base. But doing so with veiled threats or not so subtle cues for how your base should react to the "fake news", if you're issuing them, are a step too far! If "journalists" are harmed through acts committed by people from your "base", THAT'S ON *YOU*, Mr. President!!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025115155632455680
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-2-2018 at 1:24 PM PDT] They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!
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Here is full text of the July 29, 2018 multi-tweet rant after it has been stitched together as if it could fit into just one tweet.
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When the media - driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome - reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk! Very unpatriotic! Freedom of the press also comes with a responsibility to report the news accurately. 90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving, it’s no surprise that confidence in the media is at an all time low! I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the dying newspaper industry. No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will never stop fighting for the American people! As an example, the failing New York Times and the Amazon Washington Post do nothing but write bad stories even on very positive achievements - and they will never change!
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There's more to examine. As it pertains to what YOU may see as a news media or some therein as harshly critical while distorting your public image and/or statements in instances such as your visit with the Queen of England, you called out "the fake, fake, disgusting news" and referred to at least SOME reporters as "horrible, horrendous people." *** See https://www.carbonated.tv/news/trump-pennsylvania-rally-lock-up-clinton-mimics-ms13-stabbing ***
It seems, Mr. President, you came to the Oval expecting an ocean of praise from almost everyone yet not much else, including from the press. It hasn't happened. Thus, you've been expressing your frustration, genuine or fake, for a while. However, if you're genuinely frustrated with the lack of accolades, you're unbelievably naive. DID you REALLY expect anything other than a wary press? As stated previously, if you ran for President expecting everyone, including the news media, to always take you at your word or worship every such word, as if it's gospel, then you never should have run for President.
Taking your tweets and oral statements into full account, I can only see your "90%" coverage assessment or assertion and corresponding "large percentage" claim as to that which constitutes the "fake news" media, from YOUR expressed point of view, are tantamount to tagging the press as a whole, contradicting your tweeted premise that Ivanka correctly answered the question asked of her. To say "90%" of news coverage places your administration in a negative light while also stating a "large percentage" of the news media is the "enemy of the people", yet arguing this does not come to statements, among others, to be interpreted by your base as the news media on the whole, but with exceptions for FoxNews and Breitbart as well as Newsmax plus a few others, strains credulity, especially in consideration of your description for reporters, presumably for the "fake news", as "horrible, horrendous people".
In a previous post, I asked about your words "not just journalists at risk". At the time, I wondered what you meant or if you had made a poor choice of words. Now, I'm not so certain you had not carefully calibrated your words for effect. On that potential "effect", I'll say the following:
It's no surprise that politicians demonize the news media. Spiro Agnew was one of the best at that game. You're taking the game further than is ethical or prudent. Yes; you're energizing your base. But doing so with veiled threats or not so subtle cues for how your base should react to the "fake news", if you're issuing them, are a step too far! If "journalists" are harmed through acts committed by people from your "base", THAT'S ON *YOU*, Mr. President!!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025115155632455680
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-2-2018 at 1:24 PM PDT] They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!
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Here is full text of the July 29, 2018 multi-tweet rant after it has been stitched together as if it could fit into just one tweet.
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When the media - driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome - reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk! Very unpatriotic! Freedom of the press also comes with a responsibility to report the news accurately. 90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving, it’s no surprise that confidence in the media is at an all time low! I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the dying newspaper industry. No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will never stop fighting for the American people! As an example, the failing New York Times and the Amazon Washington Post do nothing but write bad stories even on very positive achievements - and they will never change!
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 5, 2018, 5:28:17 AM8/5/18
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President Donald J. Trump -- in a series of tweets at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025830647649247232 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025832084521119745 then https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025833273191264256 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1025834673736482817 -- writes about tariffs as if they are a magic wand which will, on their own, vanquish economic competitors and make America greater than it already is. Those holding an opposing point of view are, according to the President, "fools". Can it all REALLY be so simple or exclusively simple to President Trump?? Is an economic Messiah in this picture or is that the plan; nevermind if it doesn't work?? Perhaps, over the next few years, we'll see who shall have been foolish, who shall have led unsuspecting people into circumstances they'd rather have avoided and whether Donald Trump has taken or will take unwarranted risks to prove he is a God among Presidents? Maybe, he'll get lucky and the rest of us with him? Possibly, the President has special insight, if not access to others who do? If it all turns our way -- the American way -- Donald Trump will be happy? We'll trust him more than we do now? What happens then??? There might be events and circumstances about which we know nothing while Donald Trump knows quite a lot yet controls our economic future to our benefit, at least in the short term? Or, on the other hand..................
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-7, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> Donald Trump has been quite busy in Twitterville over the past day or so. Most recently, he argues "when you’re almost 800 Billion Dollars a year down on Trade, you can’t lose a Trade War" and asks the Wall Street Journal why it/they "never mentions the unfairness of the Tariffs routinely charged against the U.S. by other countries". On this, President Trump should more carefully assess then write about what is fair as opposed to unfair in the World along with strategies for righting a wrong as well as the potential consequences for attempting to right that wrong or those wrongs in whatever way the President believe is just.
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> Is Trump using the proper tools and using them correctly in his quest to repair a tilted playing field? Is he acting more like a bull in a China shop than a surgeon who, with great care and precision, removes what is bad while leaving that which is still good as well as necessary? We live in a globalized economy. That's not going to change, even if President Trump would prefer we return to a long gone economic era.
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> It's not so difficult to bring it all down as some would like to believe. What goes up eventually comes down and the WORLD may be looking forward to a RECESSION in the next two years. A preceding trade war may create greater problems when that recession arrives than if that trade war had been averted.Having a level playing field will feel like a pyrrhic victory.
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-7, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> Donald Trump has been quite busy in Twitterville over the past day or so. Most recently, he argues "when you’re almost 800 Billion Dollars a year down on Trade, you can’t lose a Trade War" and asks the Wall Street Journal why it/they "never mentions the unfairness of the Tariffs routinely charged against the U.S. by other countries". On this, President Trump should more carefully assess then write about what is fair as opposed to unfair in the World along with strategies for righting a wrong as well as the potential consequences for attempting to right that wrong or those wrongs in whatever way the President believe is just.
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> Is Trump using the proper tools and using them correctly in his quest to repair a tilted playing field? Is he acting more like a bull in a China shop than a surgeon who, with great care and precision, removes what is bad while leaving that which is still good as well as necessary? We live in a globalized economy. That's not going to change, even if President Trump would prefer we return to a long gone economic era.
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> It's not so difficult to bring it all down as some would like to believe. What goes up eventually comes down and the WORLD may be looking forward to a RECESSION in the next two years. A preceding trade war may create greater problems when that recession arrives than if that trade war had been averted.Having a level playing field will feel like a pyrrhic victory.
Walt In Seattle
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To say, Mr. President, that "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren't allowing massive amount[(s)] of readily available water to be properly utilized" is *NOT* to say or define what constitutes proper utilization. This also isn't to say what your REAL agenda is in bringing up the issue of water distribution in California. Would you and Adrew Wheeler like to fill us in? As for the notiion we must "tree clear to stop fire spreading": Not that I deny there is debate over forest management and the idea cutting some trees can diminish the severity of wildfires. But let's see the science supporting your implication that clearing trees will make a difference in prevention of California wildfires.
On a separate matter and to get to the REAL NITTY-GRITTY of why you're suspected of some form of wrongdoing: Ya know, Mr. President, you've written about gaming the system and as if that's a bad thing. Yet, you write quite often too in DEFENSE of gaming the system, such as your comments regarding the "rigged witch hung" which, by the way, you've not so far proven to be rigged, your many tweets and Devin Nunes' "Trumped" up memo not with much standing. So, you argue here, as to that meeting at Trump Tower involving your son Donald Jr., Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner, that "this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics". There's legal, illegal and unethical. You've superficially addressed legality while superficial comments leave too much out and preclude appropriate conclusions. But, on the matter of "gaming", is such the bread and butter of your style of politics?
Since you're possibly "gaming", legality and ethics are still in question. Yes; it's legal to conduct "opposition research" in order to find "dirt" on an opponent. But legality is all about the details of how you conduct research and from whom you get your information as well as your arrangements with your source(s). Probably, we should believe you that the meeting a little over two years ago "went nowhere". And yes; "collusion" is not a crime itself, if considered in the absence of other information and actions. Even so, the devil.... AND your REAL intentions..... may be in the details. Your REAL intentions were not to get dirt on Clinton from Russians?
If your son had been presented with damning information about Hillary Clinton and he took it on YOUR behalf with the understanding there was a quid-pro-quo between your campaign and Russia for use of such information, THAT would have been "collusion" but NOT JUST collusion. Acting in concert with a foreign power to influence the outcome of an election in the U.S. is a crime of "conspiracy" as well as a crime under which your son could have been prosecuted. However, so far as we now know, there was no "dirt" presented to your son or that you cared to have. Therefore, no "conspiracy" was hatched. That's fine *EXCEPT* for the ethical issue you always ignore!
Intent MATTERS, Mr. President!! It might not be the basis for a term in jail for your son and impeachment for you, provided your claim not to know aboutthe meeting in advance is false, but only because conspiracy did not happen. The point, though, is you may have or probably DID *WANT* it to happen. If true, *THAT* makes your ETHICS stink to high heaven!!
Taking information from a foreign power knoown to be an adversary and making a deal for its use that suits the agendas of both participants could be or is borderline treason! You might like to blow off that concept. But that's not for you rightly to do! Thus, your "gaming" does not bode well for you in the end.
On a separate matter and to get to the REAL NITTY-GRITTY of why you're suspected of some form of wrongdoing: Ya know, Mr. President, you've written about gaming the system and as if that's a bad thing. Yet, you write quite often too in DEFENSE of gaming the system, such as your comments regarding the "rigged witch hung" which, by the way, you've not so far proven to be rigged, your many tweets and Devin Nunes' "Trumped" up memo not with much standing. So, you argue here, as to that meeting at Trump Tower involving your son Donald Jr., Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner, that "this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics". There's legal, illegal and unethical. You've superficially addressed legality while superficial comments leave too much out and preclude appropriate conclusions. But, on the matter of "gaming", is such the bread and butter of your style of politics?
Since you're possibly "gaming", legality and ethics are still in question. Yes; it's legal to conduct "opposition research" in order to find "dirt" on an opponent. But legality is all about the details of how you conduct research and from whom you get your information as well as your arrangements with your source(s). Probably, we should believe you that the meeting a little over two years ago "went nowhere". And yes; "collusion" is not a crime itself, if considered in the absence of other information and actions. Even so, the devil.... AND your REAL intentions..... may be in the details. Your REAL intentions were not to get dirt on Clinton from Russians?
If your son had been presented with damning information about Hillary Clinton and he took it on YOUR behalf with the understanding there was a quid-pro-quo between your campaign and Russia for use of such information, THAT would have been "collusion" but NOT JUST collusion. Acting in concert with a foreign power to influence the outcome of an election in the U.S. is a crime of "conspiracy" as well as a crime under which your son could have been prosecuted. However, so far as we now know, there was no "dirt" presented to your son or that you cared to have. Therefore, no "conspiracy" was hatched. That's fine *EXCEPT* for the ethical issue you always ignore!
Intent MATTERS, Mr. President!! It might not be the basis for a term in jail for your son and impeachment for you, provided your claim not to know aboutthe meeting in advance is false, but only because conspiracy did not happen. The point, though, is you may have or probably DID *WANT* it to happen. If true, *THAT* makes your ETHICS stink to high heaven!!
Taking information from a foreign power knoown to be an adversary and making a deal for its use that suits the agendas of both participants could be or is borderline treason! You might like to blow off that concept. But that's not for you rightly to do! Thus, your "gaming" does not bode well for you in the end.
Walt In Seattle
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Again, Mr. President, what's YOUR *REAL* agenda? Is this a stalking horse for repeal of FEDERAL law on endangered as well as threatened species? Do some large businesses want exclusive water rights in Northern California? Something else? Fess up!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026524292396273664
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[Presidnet Donald J. Trump on 08-06-2018 at 10:43 AM PDT] Governor Jerry Brown must allow the Free Flow of the vast amounts of water coming from the North and foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Can be used for fires, farming and everything else. Think of California with plenty of Water - Nice! Fast Federal govt. approvals.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026524292396273664
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[Presidnet Donald J. Trump on 08-06-2018 at 10:43 AM PDT] Governor Jerry Brown must allow the Free Flow of the vast amounts of water coming from the North and foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Can be used for fires, farming and everything else. Think of California with plenty of Water - Nice! Fast Federal govt. approvals.
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Would you like to try again, Mr. President? In June, Balderson had a 9 to 11 point lead on O'Connor. Less than a week before the Ohio special election, a Monmouth poll indicated a statistical dead heat, with Balderson holding a 1 point lead over O'Connor. You came to Ohio and spoke for Balderson on the weekend following the poll. When the election was held, results so far have been consistent with the Monmouth poll, not your early voting version of events.
Without the news media, the bulk of which you characterize as the "enemy of the people", who would catch then report your lies and distortion(s)? Unfortunately, you've convinced a lot of Republicans it's time to repeal and replace the freedom of the press portion of the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and give you power to shut down news media outlets you don't like. *** See https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/06/opinions/ohio-special-election-balderson-oconnor-sracic/index.html
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[...] Last week, a Monmouth University poll showed the race between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O'Connor to be a dead heat. On Monday, a second poll showed O'Connor to be ahead by a point. And yet polls taken a little over a month ago showed a comfortable lead for Balderson of between 9 and 11 points. [...]
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https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_oh_080118/
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[Wednesday, August 01, 2018] [...] In the special election to be held next Tuesday, Balderson the Republican has 44% support and O’Connor the Democrat has 43% support among all potential voters – that is voters who have participated in an election since 2010 or have newly registered to vote (a group that represents about 87% of all registered voters in the district). [...]
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As for the assertion you made a difference in early voting, there is this which you have not addressed:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/08/trump-did-play-a-big-role-in-the-result-in-ohio-but-not-the-one-he-wants-you-to-think/?noredirect=on
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027026526871740417
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-7-2018 at 7:59 PM PDT] When I decided to go to Ohio for Troy Balderson, he was down in early voting 64 to 36. That was not good. After my speech on Saturday night, there was a big turn for the better. Now Troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. He will win BIG in Nov.
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Without the news media, the bulk of which you characterize as the "enemy of the people", who would catch then report your lies and distortion(s)? Unfortunately, you've convinced a lot of Republicans it's time to repeal and replace the freedom of the press portion of the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and give you power to shut down news media outlets you don't like. *** See https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/06/opinions/ohio-special-election-balderson-oconnor-sracic/index.html
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[...] Last week, a Monmouth University poll showed the race between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O'Connor to be a dead heat. On Monday, a second poll showed O'Connor to be ahead by a point. And yet polls taken a little over a month ago showed a comfortable lead for Balderson of between 9 and 11 points. [...]
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https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_oh_080118/
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[Wednesday, August 01, 2018] [...] In the special election to be held next Tuesday, Balderson the Republican has 44% support and O’Connor the Democrat has 43% support among all potential voters – that is voters who have participated in an election since 2010 or have newly registered to vote (a group that represents about 87% of all registered voters in the district). [...]
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As for the assertion you made a difference in early voting, there is this which you have not addressed:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/08/trump-did-play-a-big-role-in-the-result-in-ohio-but-not-the-one-he-wants-you-to-think/?noredirect=on
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027026526871740417
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-7-2018 at 7:59 PM PDT] When I decided to go to Ohio for Troy Balderson, he was down in early voting 64 to 36. That was not good. After my speech on Saturday night, there was a big turn for the better. Now Troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. He will win BIG in Nov.
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 9, 2018, 1:26:11 PM8/9/18
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Stay tuned for what, Mr. President? Have you given the go-ahead for the Nunes/Jordan/Meadows Maneuver? Illegal? Tell it to Former Judge John S. Martin! *** See https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-baseless-shameful-campaign-to-discredit-rod-rosenstein/2018/07/27/227fd7b4-91bf-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?noredirect=on Corrupt? Let's see your evidence, not just your insinuation or assertions.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027585937163931648
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-9-2018 at 9:02 AM PDT] This is an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and/or conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. Phony Dossier, FISA disgrace and so many lying and dishonest people already fired. 17 Angry Dems? Stay tuned!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-9-2018 at 9:02 AM PDT] This is an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and/or conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. Phony Dossier, FISA disgrace and so many lying and dishonest people already fired. 17 Angry Dems? Stay tuned!
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Walt In Seattle
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You, Mr. President, seemingly make of yourself a prime example or icon for fascism. In fact, it's difficult not to see you as in leadership of neofascism, American style. How is it this is not so? You assert, Mr. President "numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their `outrage' at something that most of them are unable to define". Have you personally questioned each player to determine those who are unable to "define" their "outrage"? If yes. please give us your list of those who cannot define their outrage. Are you or are you not mischaracterinzing events or casting aspersions as a measure of demagoguery enhanced by a play for derision of some NFL players from patriots you'd herd in the direction of fascistic assumptions created mostly by YOU? In terms of that which is real, what separates you from Il Duce? Do you remember those words, spoken by you, Mr. President, "maybe they shouldn't be in the country"?
FASCISM: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. *** See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
ASPERSION: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something. *** See https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=wsNtW6j0LvrC0PEP2IOegA8&q=aspersions+definition&oq=aspersions+definition&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1l2j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1l3.3127.16680.0.37385.22.22.0.0.0.0.107.1531.18j3.21.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.21.1524...0i131k1.0.uelJ20HZc-0
Some players look at recent events (i.e. a Sacramento shooing of a suspect by police, for example) ***See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Stephon_Clark *** and view people of color as victims of abuse or bias from law enforcement as well as a culture that automatically assumes people of color are bad guys/gals or at least are the first people to be suspect of wrongdoing while such culture takes as justification crime statistics which reflect such bias wherein police and the criminal justice system focus on bringing people of color to justice far more so than caucasians.
You imply that a football game is to be set apart from other venues where free expression, or certian types of free expression, are acceptable. For you, it seems, and particularly where you make a fascistic play for patriotism, football games are ONLY a place, especially a place where those present expect to escape events in the REAL World as well as pretend the only thing of importance is a "game" along with patriotism, for football plus depiction of a pristine America having no flaws whatsoever. Perhaps this perspective, if it truly belongs to you, derives from your time doing "The Apprentice" and the notion the World functions by the rules of game-makers during the game while players must assume their "reality" is established ENTIRELY by those rules. However, Mr. President, because people might prefer to hide from the REAL World's problems during an entertainment event, including a football game, doesn't necessarily mean they should or that doing so is the right thing to do, although the makers of a game they present to the public have a right to decide certain things cannot happen at a game while others MUST happen. You may not have ever learned this lesson or, if you did, you resist it because it runs against the grain of your agenda(s) promulgated by YOUR brand of FASCISM!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027892043908046849 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027895506809364480
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[Donald J. Trump on 8-10-2018 at 5:18 and 5:32 AM PDT] The NFL players are at it again - taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their “outrage” at something that most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love. Be happy, be cool! A football game, that fans are paying soooo much money to watch and enjoy, is no place to protest. Most of that money goes to the players anyway. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for your National Anthem or be Suspended Without Pay!
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What is it that Bartiromo knows about the Mueller probe which brings her to say there is no evidence, and how is it that Bartiromo knows what evidence exists or does not exist which prompted appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller? Is all pertinent information in the public domain? Is Bartiromo aware of ALL information considered in context to appointment of Robert Mueller, and, if yes, how did she obtain ALL such information? If there is no evidence or nothing which justifies investigation, why has Rod Rosenstein not long ago closed down Mueller's probe or Trump, if not Sessions, fired Rosenstein? How would Ms. Bartiromo respond to THIS: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-baseless-shameful-campaign-to-discredit-rod-rosenstein/2018/07/27/227fd7b4-91bf-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fbb2eebb06d2 ??? How do YOU respond, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027884715553050625
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-10-2018 at 4:49 AM PDT quoting Maria Bartiromo] “No evidence to launch even an investigation into potential collusion between Donald Trump and the Russians - and here we are, a year and a half later.”
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FASCISM: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. *** See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
ASPERSION: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something. *** See https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=wsNtW6j0LvrC0PEP2IOegA8&q=aspersions+definition&oq=aspersions+definition&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1l2j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1l3.3127.16680.0.37385.22.22.0.0.0.0.107.1531.18j3.21.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.21.1524...0i131k1.0.uelJ20HZc-0
Some players look at recent events (i.e. a Sacramento shooing of a suspect by police, for example) ***See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Stephon_Clark *** and view people of color as victims of abuse or bias from law enforcement as well as a culture that automatically assumes people of color are bad guys/gals or at least are the first people to be suspect of wrongdoing while such culture takes as justification crime statistics which reflect such bias wherein police and the criminal justice system focus on bringing people of color to justice far more so than caucasians.
You imply that a football game is to be set apart from other venues where free expression, or certian types of free expression, are acceptable. For you, it seems, and particularly where you make a fascistic play for patriotism, football games are ONLY a place, especially a place where those present expect to escape events in the REAL World as well as pretend the only thing of importance is a "game" along with patriotism, for football plus depiction of a pristine America having no flaws whatsoever. Perhaps this perspective, if it truly belongs to you, derives from your time doing "The Apprentice" and the notion the World functions by the rules of game-makers during the game while players must assume their "reality" is established ENTIRELY by those rules. However, Mr. President, because people might prefer to hide from the REAL World's problems during an entertainment event, including a football game, doesn't necessarily mean they should or that doing so is the right thing to do, although the makers of a game they present to the public have a right to decide certain things cannot happen at a game while others MUST happen. You may not have ever learned this lesson or, if you did, you resist it because it runs against the grain of your agenda(s) promulgated by YOUR brand of FASCISM!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027892043908046849 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027895506809364480
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[Donald J. Trump on 8-10-2018 at 5:18 and 5:32 AM PDT] The NFL players are at it again - taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their “outrage” at something that most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love. Be happy, be cool! A football game, that fans are paying soooo much money to watch and enjoy, is no place to protest. Most of that money goes to the players anyway. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for your National Anthem or be Suspended Without Pay!
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What is it that Bartiromo knows about the Mueller probe which brings her to say there is no evidence, and how is it that Bartiromo knows what evidence exists or does not exist which prompted appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller? Is all pertinent information in the public domain? Is Bartiromo aware of ALL information considered in context to appointment of Robert Mueller, and, if yes, how did she obtain ALL such information? If there is no evidence or nothing which justifies investigation, why has Rod Rosenstein not long ago closed down Mueller's probe or Trump, if not Sessions, fired Rosenstein? How would Ms. Bartiromo respond to THIS: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-baseless-shameful-campaign-to-discredit-rod-rosenstein/2018/07/27/227fd7b4-91bf-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fbb2eebb06d2 ??? How do YOU respond, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027884715553050625
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-10-2018 at 4:49 AM PDT quoting Maria Bartiromo] “No evidence to launch even an investigation into potential collusion between Donald Trump and the Russians - and here we are, a year and a half later.”
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 11, 2018, 4:00:53 PM8/11/18
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You "condemn all types of racism and acts of violence", Mr. President? As to all types of racism, your track record is not encouragging. You couldn't escape equivocation of "both sides" directly after what happened in Charlottesville last year. It was not you who, without corroboration, claimed to see Muslims in New York City celebrating the attacks of 9-11-2001 on the day those attacks occurred? It was not you who has asserted Islam hates us -- us being America? It was not you who ordered an initial travel ban focused on Muslims? It has not been you speaking of raping Mexicans? It has not been you who makes a special point of criticizing football players who take a knee because they see African-Americans as well as others of color treated by the criminal justice system with UNequal justice as compared to those who are not of color? It was not you who pardoned Joe Arpaio who would not comply with a court order to cease the activity of stopping and questioning people who appeared to be Hispanic so as to deternine if they were illegal immigrants? Hasn't it been you with whom white supremacists have expressed political kinship while your pushback has, until now, been, at best, tepid? How is it you're REALLY not a racist, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1028271447632957441
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-11-2018 at 6:26 AM PDT] The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!
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To quietly look into the matter at issue -- release to Judicial Watch of Andrew McCabe text messages -- before once again impugning the FBI or suggesting the FBI is "hiding" something does not suit your purposes, Mr. President? A phone call to Director Wray would probably yield an answer to your opening question, although perhaps not during the phone call or for a few days. Thus, if you're going to "get involved", why not just do it rather than tweet about it? Or is tweeting about it a means toward a political end and a part of your agenda which would include your quest to end the Mueller probe? By the way, what ARE those purposes, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1028269087133257728 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1028269328246947840
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-11-2018 at 6:17 AM and 6:18 AM PDT] Why isn’t the FBI giving Andrew McCabe text messages to Judicial Watch or appropriate governmental authorities. FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding? McCabe wife took big campaign dollars from Hillary people. Will the FBI ever recover it’s [SIC] once stellar reputation, so badly damaged by Comey, McCabe, Peter S and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, and other top officials now dismissed or fired? So many of the great men and women of the FBI have been hurt by these clowns and losers!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1028271447632957441
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-11-2018 at 6:26 AM PDT] The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!
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To quietly look into the matter at issue -- release to Judicial Watch of Andrew McCabe text messages -- before once again impugning the FBI or suggesting the FBI is "hiding" something does not suit your purposes, Mr. President? A phone call to Director Wray would probably yield an answer to your opening question, although perhaps not during the phone call or for a few days. Thus, if you're going to "get involved", why not just do it rather than tweet about it? Or is tweeting about it a means toward a political end and a part of your agenda which would include your quest to end the Mueller probe? By the way, what ARE those purposes, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1028269087133257728 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1028269328246947840
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-11-2018 at 6:17 AM and 6:18 AM PDT] Why isn’t the FBI giving Andrew McCabe text messages to Judicial Watch or appropriate governmental authorities. FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding? McCabe wife took big campaign dollars from Hillary people. Will the FBI ever recover it’s [SIC] once stellar reputation, so badly damaged by Comey, McCabe, Peter S and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, and other top officials now dismissed or fired? So many of the great men and women of the FBI have been hurt by these clowns and losers!
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 14, 2018, 1:05:09 AM8/14/18
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Do you understand, Mr. President, that what goes around comes around? If you mentored her, you should not be surprised. Something in the neighborhood of Karma, for you, is what it is.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029183344397955074 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029185314752000007
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-13-2018 at 6:50 PM and 6:57 PM PDT] .@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying such wonderful and powerful things about me - a true Champion of Civil Rights - until she got fired. Omarosa had Zero credibility with the Media (they didn’t want interviews) when she worked in the White House. Now that she says bad about me, they will talk to her. Fake News!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029183344397955074 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029185314752000007
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-13-2018 at 6:50 PM and 6:57 PM PDT] .@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying such wonderful and powerful things about me - a true Champion of Civil Rights - until she got fired. Omarosa had Zero credibility with the Media (they didn’t want interviews) when she worked in the White House. Now that she says bad about me, they will talk to her. Fake News!
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 16, 2018, 12:45:03 AM8/16/18
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Maybe, Mr. President, you should make Hannity your Press Secretary or your Communications Director. You and he are so...... um...... sympatico! Ah... But alas, he probably makes far more money from Fox than you could pay him.... :-)
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029920861128720385
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-15-2018 at 7:40 PM PDT] “I’d strip the whole bunch of them. They’re all corrupt. They’ve all abused their power. They’ve all betrayed the American people with a political agenda. They tried to steal and influence an election in the United States.” @seanhannity
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-15-2018 at 7:40 PM PDT] “I’d strip the whole bunch of them. They’re all corrupt. They’ve all abused their power. They’ve all betrayed the American people with a political agenda. They tried to steal and influence an election in the United States.” @seanhannity
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Let's see.... I noticed, Mr. President, that YOU haven't stopped the Russians or the Chinese, not even close! North Korea is STILL making fissile material for nukes and STILL working on ICBMs. Your sanctions on Iran are driving Iraq into Iran's open arms. If you and Omarosa keep it up, America will have its best episode of political mud-wrestling yet. Such a GREAT job you're doing, Mr. President!!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029918661165936641
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-15-2018 at 7:31 PM PDT] Mark Levin “When they had power they didn’t stop the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans, they funded the Iranians & are responsible for the greatest scandal in American history by interfering with our election & trying to undermine the Trump Campaign and Trump Presidency.”
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-15-2018 at 7:31 PM PDT] Mark Levin “When they had power they didn’t stop the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans, they funded the Iranians & are responsible for the greatest scandal in American history by interfering with our election & trying to undermine the Trump Campaign and Trump Presidency.”
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 16, 2018, 3:57:42 AM8/16/18
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Perhaps Governor Cuomo should have said America has been greater than it is now but never has been perfect. Maybe that's the gist of what he said? How can America be "GREAT" when it is pervaded and/or controlled by fascism as well as racism plus sexim in its leadership if not in its culture? But why shouldn't we expect there is pervasive influence in American culture as to racism and sexim with acceptance of fascism soon to follow? Are blacks, Hispanics and Asians treated with respect and equality by comparison to caucasians? Are women treated with respect and equality as compared to men? As for Donald Trump and women.... *** See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSC8Q-kR44o and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGpVreCqNLo
Regarding Donald Trump's racism, in context to the Trump University case, Donald Trump made his most outrageous racist statements relating, at that time, to federal District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Even top Republicans, some who had been staunch Trump supporters, broke with Trump on his comments as to Curiel. Note information posted below then decide if that sort of activity should justifiably be accepted or tolerated in a candicate for President and should be dismissed in order to vote him into office.
Donald Trump's comments on judge Curiel being too biased to preside over the Trump University litigation because he is Mexican or of Mexican heritage:
At a public event: "But I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump.. A hater. He's a hater. His name is Gonzalo Curiel . . ." Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal Curieil's Mexican heritage is an "absolute conflict". Trump also stated "I'm building a wall. It's an inherent conflict of interest".
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-keeps-up-attacks-on-judge-gonzalo-curiel-1464911442
Paul Ryan on the "definition of racism", i.e. Trump's words linked and quoted above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYf8gRoEs4Q
From a separate telephone interview of Paul Ryan:
"Look.. The comment about the judge the other day just was out of left field from my mind. It's reasoning I don't relate to. I completely disagree with the thinking behind that."
Trump criticized by top Republicans for those words and more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpCZYvjS4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSMEUb_qjOM
Donald Trump attempting to justify those words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zAkqd_P_I
On the matter of what Governor Cuomo said, in more accurate context, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/15/politics/andrew-cuomo-america-was-never-that-great/index.html
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[...] Washington (CNN) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said America "was never that great" during a speech on Wednesday, drawing criticism from President Donald Trump and the Republican looking to unseat him in November. Cuomo made the comments in the context of a larger argument about gender equality and women achieving their full potential. "We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great," Cuomo, a Democrat, remarked at a bill signing event in New York City. The comment was met by an audible reaction from the crowd. His comments were a response to President Donald Trump's campaign catchphrase -- "Make America Great Again." "We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged," Cuomo added. "We will reach greatness when discrimination and stereotyping of women, 51% of our population, is gone, and every woman's full potential is realized and unleashed and every woman is making her full contribution." [...]
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How do you respond, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029911186949767168
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President Donald J. Trump on 8-15-2018 at 7:02 PM PDT] “WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.” Can you believe this is the Governor of the Highest Taxed State in the U.S., Andrew Cuomo, having a total meltdown!
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Regarding Donald Trump's racism, in context to the Trump University case, Donald Trump made his most outrageous racist statements relating, at that time, to federal District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Even top Republicans, some who had been staunch Trump supporters, broke with Trump on his comments as to Curiel. Note information posted below then decide if that sort of activity should justifiably be accepted or tolerated in a candicate for President and should be dismissed in order to vote him into office.
Donald Trump's comments on judge Curiel being too biased to preside over the Trump University litigation because he is Mexican or of Mexican heritage:
At a public event: "But I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump.. A hater. He's a hater. His name is Gonzalo Curiel . . ." Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal Curieil's Mexican heritage is an "absolute conflict". Trump also stated "I'm building a wall. It's an inherent conflict of interest".
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-keeps-up-attacks-on-judge-gonzalo-curiel-1464911442
Paul Ryan on the "definition of racism", i.e. Trump's words linked and quoted above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYf8gRoEs4Q
From a separate telephone interview of Paul Ryan:
"Look.. The comment about the judge the other day just was out of left field from my mind. It's reasoning I don't relate to. I completely disagree with the thinking behind that."
Trump criticized by top Republicans for those words and more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpCZYvjS4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSMEUb_qjOM
Donald Trump attempting to justify those words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zAkqd_P_I
On the matter of what Governor Cuomo said, in more accurate context, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/15/politics/andrew-cuomo-america-was-never-that-great/index.html
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[...] Washington (CNN) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said America "was never that great" during a speech on Wednesday, drawing criticism from President Donald Trump and the Republican looking to unseat him in November. Cuomo made the comments in the context of a larger argument about gender equality and women achieving their full potential. "We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great," Cuomo, a Democrat, remarked at a bill signing event in New York City. The comment was met by an audible reaction from the crowd. His comments were a response to President Donald Trump's campaign catchphrase -- "Make America Great Again." "We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged," Cuomo added. "We will reach greatness when discrimination and stereotyping of women, 51% of our population, is gone, and every woman's full potential is realized and unleashed and every woman is making her full contribution." [...]
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029911186949767168
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President Donald J. Trump on 8-15-2018 at 7:02 PM PDT] “WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.” Can you believe this is the Governor of the Highest Taxed State in the U.S., Andrew Cuomo, having a total meltdown!
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It's quite ironic to see one who has a documented record for lying with wild abandon say something such as "HONESTY WINS!" When you write, Mr. President, there is nothing you "would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" then followup with "but much of what [the press] says is FAKE NEWS, pushing a political agenda or just plain trying to hurt people" while you also have written "THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY" and previously opined "90%" of news coverage places your administration in a negative light as you've coincidentally stated a "large percentage" of the news media, including reporters as "horrible horrendous people", is the "enemy of the people", you leave me with concern that you're setting the predicate for an attack on the press via some sort of commission or select committee of Congress intended to investigate the press for the purpose of discovering agency for "political agendas" if not extensions of what's tantamount to an "opposition party". In all of this would come a litmus test for what constitutes a TRULY free press. And, wonder of wonders, you and your allies in Congress would provide the definition, which might come down to anything you and your allies don't like being the essence of "fake news" operating under a political agenda YOU find repugnant. Please say it ain't so! I reiterate https://groups.google.com/d/msg/talk.politics.misc/pApWIG0Df4M/C9n_1owvCwAJ
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030094399362007040
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-16-2018 at 7:10 AM PDT] There is nothing that I would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The fact is that the Press is FREE to write and say anything it wants, but much of what it says is FAKE NEWS, pushing a political agenda or just plain trying to hurt people. HONESTY WINS!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-16-2018 at 5:50 AM PDT] THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country....BUT WE ARE WINNING!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-16-2018 at 7:10 AM PDT] There is nothing that I would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The fact is that the Press is FREE to write and say anything it wants, but much of what it says is FAKE NEWS, pushing a political agenda or just plain trying to hurt people. HONESTY WINS!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030074380397752320
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-16-2018 at 5:50 AM PDT] THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country....BUT WE ARE WINNING!
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The economy, Mr. Presidnet, "will ONLY [emphasis added] get better with time"? Is that a promise? If yes, should we vote you out of office or will you resign if it doesn't "onlly" get "better" while you're the sitting President? I believe the majority of econnomists would not make that promise, mostly because they understand economies rise and fall on circumstances in future events of which no one is yet aware, and the functioning of an economy, especially a globalized economy, can be unpredictable if not downright fickle. In some cases, an economy falls without warning or expectation. In others, the economy falls after warnings the "experts" miss or dismiss. To promise the economy will "ONLY" get better is to spin the roulette wheel and hope you'll be lucky! That's not an irresponsible approach in economics and national economic policy?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030811421007929345
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-18-2018 at 6:39 Am PDT] The Economy is stronger and better than ever before. Importantly, there remains tremendous potential - it will only get better with time!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-18-2018 at 6:39 Am PDT] The Economy is stronger and better than ever before. Importantly, there remains tremendous potential - it will only get better with time!
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Walt In Seattle
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Really, Mr. President? As you recently demanded and now I ask on the allegation of a "Rigged Witch Hunt", please "PROVE IT!" That's *PROVE* IT as opposed to INSINUATE or ASSERT it *WITHOUT* providing real, verifiable evidence. You're very strong on insinuation or unsupported assertion. But we have only crickets for real PROOF, as in hard, verifiable EVIDENCE. Regarding McCarthy: He was a demagogue who played on fear in much the same way as do you. For him, it was fear of communists he presumed or questionably claimed were already embedded in American culture while, for you, it's immigrants from certain places, in numbers you don't like and without your approved pedigree. He falsely accused or insinuated people had acted in unAmerican activities or were undermining America as American officials in government.
Mueller, where he has accused, has done so with REAL EVIDENCE. (i.e. the Russians he has indicted) No empty assertions of a fake list of embedded agents or subversives serving in government; no persecution of various people in entertainment, journalism, education and other fields have we sen from Robert Mueller. Robert Mueller does not attempt to cultivate a following then attempt to influence such followers by manipulating their insecurities or enhancing their disdain ranging toward hate for certain people or groups of people. In other words: he's not a maven of hate and/or fear in government official's clothing.
If Mueller is deeply conflicted, don't just insinuate or assert it. PROVE IT! If his staff is rife with "17 Angry Democrats", *PROVE* their anger and bias rather than insinuate or assert without evidence to backup an assertion! Until you've done so, this is just another in a long line of tweets that dispense political BS....
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031154974942810114
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-19-2018 at 5:24 AM PDT] Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!
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Mueller, where he has accused, has done so with REAL EVIDENCE. (i.e. the Russians he has indicted) No empty assertions of a fake list of embedded agents or subversives serving in government; no persecution of various people in entertainment, journalism, education and other fields have we sen from Robert Mueller. Robert Mueller does not attempt to cultivate a following then attempt to influence such followers by manipulating their insecurities or enhancing their disdain ranging toward hate for certain people or groups of people. In other words: he's not a maven of hate and/or fear in government official's clothing.
If Mueller is deeply conflicted, don't just insinuate or assert it. PROVE IT! If his staff is rife with "17 Angry Democrats", *PROVE* their anger and bias rather than insinuate or assert without evidence to backup an assertion! Until you've done so, this is just another in a long line of tweets that dispense political BS....
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031154974942810114
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-19-2018 at 5:24 AM PDT] Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!
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Walt In Seattle
Aug 20, 2018, 6:31:03 PM8/20/18
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As I respond to your morning tweets of Monday, August 20, 2018, Mr. President, I do so with the understanding that maybe, just maybe, those tweets are meant to distract people from information and events of which the public might take note. I don't know.. But... perhaps it's the EPA's action to roll back restrictions on coal-fired power plants which would mitigate increases of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere that won't be mitigated if the roll back goes as planned. It could be another episode in the sad saga of your immigration policy. Or would there be storm clouds on the trade war front? You could be attempting to obfuscate any number of events and information. Yet, people are STILL watching and will NOT be distracted! With that in mind, I'll now get on with my response to your 8-20-2018 morning tweets.
Collusion, in this instance, the Mueller Probe instance, is the key component as well as requisite activity in a pertinent conspiracy. Conspiracy is the crime. The intent for and process of planning to commit a crime, regardless of whether the crime is successfully committed, underpins and defines a conspiracy. Such -- intent and plan -- are the ESSENCE of a conspiracy. Certain conspiracies, including particular types of conspiracy with foreign powers who are a proven adversary, are patently ILLEGAL! Would you deny INTENT to collude as well as having a PLAN to collude, Mr. President? If Russia had information you desired to use against Hillary Clinton, you would not have entered into and had no plan for a quid-pro-quo with Russia to gain access to that information? If the answer to that last question is no, then Robert Mueller has no case against YOU for conspiracy. But what about others in your 2016 campaign for the presidency? No one conspired? No one was looking for a quid-pro-quo? If the answer is YES to the last two questions, then Robert Mueller should be focusing on the obstruction matter along with Russians such as those he has already indicted, and you'd have a legitimate cause for, as you would put it, fighting back where the Mueller probe would persist in any attempt to build a conspiracy case against YOU alone or against your campaign. Otherwise..........
When hou wrote "they made up a phony crime called Collusion", to whom do you refer as "they", Mr. President? Rod Rosenstein lays out the parameters for Robert Mueller's investigation. HE would be in control of the probe's direction and that for which it looks. So where are you going with this?
Now you suggest, Mr. President, John Brennan was "involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt". You have some supporting evidence to offer?
What warrants use of rhetoric such as "disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller" along with "Angry Democrat Thugs"? What, other than a need to demonize the Mueller Probe, brings you to attack Mueller's investigation as you do? What PRECISELY has Robert Mueller or his staff done that disgraces or discredits Robert Mueller? Where EXACTLY is the PROOF and what PRECISELY is the hard evidence to support use of these labels serving as a defacto assertion? I wonder if you'll ever answer these questions with substance.
In the matter of your assertion "they are enjoying ruining people’s lives": what's your evidence that someone or some group, particularly Robert Mueller and/or his staff, are enjoying ruining lives? Bringing to justice someone who committed a crime is, in your view, something done, in this instance, with the goal of ruining lives as it pertains to Robert Mueller and his not-so-Merry Band of "Angry Democrat Thugs"? What's your evidence? If you see the goal or a major goal is to ruin lives, does this reveal your fillter for assessing what prosecutors, investigators and courts often do? Along that line, I have to ask: why did you pardon Joe Arpaio if not because, in YOUR mind, holding that Arpaio had refused to follow a legally issued order not to improperly stop and question people who only appeared to be Hispanic or were doing things law enforcement or Arpaio's law enforcement expects only illegal immigrants would do was simply an attempt to ruin Arpaio's life as opposed to protection of constitutional rights violated by Arpaio?
Finally, there's the issue of whether the Mueller Probe is being used for a puely political purpose. What's your evidence -- hard, irrefutable evidence -- that "Mueller’s Angry Dems are looking to impact the election"? Or are you tweeting, here, if not on a raft of other issues, entirely on the basis of a vague suspicion or something you saw on FoxNews?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031508193107763200
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President Donald J. Trump on 8-20-2018 at 4:48 AM PDT] Where’s the Collusion? They made up a phony crime called Collusion, and when there was no Collusion they say there was Obstruction (of a phony crime that never existed). If you FIGHT BACK or say anything bad about the Rigged Witch Hunt, they scream Obstruction!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-20-2018 at 7:13 AM PDT] I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031503298967363586 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031505811074412544
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-20-2018 at 4:28 AM and 4:38 AM PDT] Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel [SIC], only with my approval, for purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone looking for trouble. They are enjoying ruining people’s lives and REFUSE to look at the real corruption on the Democrat side - the lies, the firings, the deleted Emails and soooo much more! Mueller’s Angry Dems are looking to impact the election. They are a National Disgrace!
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Collusion, in this instance, the Mueller Probe instance, is the key component as well as requisite activity in a pertinent conspiracy. Conspiracy is the crime. The intent for and process of planning to commit a crime, regardless of whether the crime is successfully committed, underpins and defines a conspiracy. Such -- intent and plan -- are the ESSENCE of a conspiracy. Certain conspiracies, including particular types of conspiracy with foreign powers who are a proven adversary, are patently ILLEGAL! Would you deny INTENT to collude as well as having a PLAN to collude, Mr. President? If Russia had information you desired to use against Hillary Clinton, you would not have entered into and had no plan for a quid-pro-quo with Russia to gain access to that information? If the answer to that last question is no, then Robert Mueller has no case against YOU for conspiracy. But what about others in your 2016 campaign for the presidency? No one conspired? No one was looking for a quid-pro-quo? If the answer is YES to the last two questions, then Robert Mueller should be focusing on the obstruction matter along with Russians such as those he has already indicted, and you'd have a legitimate cause for, as you would put it, fighting back where the Mueller probe would persist in any attempt to build a conspiracy case against YOU alone or against your campaign. Otherwise..........
When hou wrote "they made up a phony crime called Collusion", to whom do you refer as "they", Mr. President? Rod Rosenstein lays out the parameters for Robert Mueller's investigation. HE would be in control of the probe's direction and that for which it looks. So where are you going with this?
Now you suggest, Mr. President, John Brennan was "involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt". You have some supporting evidence to offer?
What warrants use of rhetoric such as "disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller" along with "Angry Democrat Thugs"? What, other than a need to demonize the Mueller Probe, brings you to attack Mueller's investigation as you do? What PRECISELY has Robert Mueller or his staff done that disgraces or discredits Robert Mueller? Where EXACTLY is the PROOF and what PRECISELY is the hard evidence to support use of these labels serving as a defacto assertion? I wonder if you'll ever answer these questions with substance.
In the matter of your assertion "they are enjoying ruining people’s lives": what's your evidence that someone or some group, particularly Robert Mueller and/or his staff, are enjoying ruining lives? Bringing to justice someone who committed a crime is, in your view, something done, in this instance, with the goal of ruining lives as it pertains to Robert Mueller and his not-so-Merry Band of "Angry Democrat Thugs"? What's your evidence? If you see the goal or a major goal is to ruin lives, does this reveal your fillter for assessing what prosecutors, investigators and courts often do? Along that line, I have to ask: why did you pardon Joe Arpaio if not because, in YOUR mind, holding that Arpaio had refused to follow a legally issued order not to improperly stop and question people who only appeared to be Hispanic or were doing things law enforcement or Arpaio's law enforcement expects only illegal immigrants would do was simply an attempt to ruin Arpaio's life as opposed to protection of constitutional rights violated by Arpaio?
Finally, there's the issue of whether the Mueller Probe is being used for a puely political purpose. What's your evidence -- hard, irrefutable evidence -- that "Mueller’s Angry Dems are looking to impact the election"? Or are you tweeting, here, if not on a raft of other issues, entirely on the basis of a vague suspicion or something you saw on FoxNews?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031508193107763200
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President Donald J. Trump on 8-20-2018 at 4:48 AM PDT] Where’s the Collusion? They made up a phony crime called Collusion, and when there was no Collusion they say there was Obstruction (of a phony crime that never existed). If you FIGHT BACK or say anything bad about the Rigged Witch Hunt, they scream Obstruction!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-20-2018 at 7:13 AM PDT] I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031503298967363586 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031505811074412544
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-20-2018 at 4:28 AM and 4:38 AM PDT] Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel [SIC], only with my approval, for purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone looking for trouble. They are enjoying ruining people’s lives and REFUSE to look at the real corruption on the Democrat side - the lies, the firings, the deleted Emails and soooo much more! Mueller’s Angry Dems are looking to impact the election. They are a National Disgrace!
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What consequences are you threatening, Mr. President?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1031868964161368066
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-21-2018 at 4:41 AM PDT] I am sorry to have to reiterate that there are serious and unpleasant consequences to crossing the Border into the United States ILLEGALLY! If there were no serious consequences, our country would be overrun with people trying to get in, and our system could not handle it!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-21-2018 at 4:41 AM PDT] I am sorry to have to reiterate that there are serious and unpleasant consequences to crossing the Border into the United States ILLEGALLY! If there were no serious consequences, our country would be overrun with people trying to get in, and our system could not handle it!
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Walt In Seattle
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Not a crime, Mr. President? Have you researched the law? Go read Title 52, United States Code, Section 30101. After that, read the details of the information filed in the Cohen matter by the U.S. Attorney's office in Southern New York. You can find this information at: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax ..... Read, in particular, from the cited link the section entitled "Campaign Finance Violations". You, of course, are "Candidate-1". Happy reading! :-) ... As for any violation committed by President Obama: would you provide pertinent details? Until then, color me DEEPLY skeptical!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1032260490439864320
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-22-2018 at 6:37 AM PDT] Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!
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You, Mr. President, really feel for Paul Manafort, a man who sinks so low as to commit or attempt witness tampering? You have "such respect for a brave man" -- a man who was prominently instrumental in getting Viktor Yanukovych elected as president in Ukraine? Let's not forget that Yanukovych was intended to be Putin's man in Kiev while we also remember Manafort's long history of behind-the-scences assistance to Russia and probably Putin as well. Such a wonderful guy for whom you have so much respect, Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1032256443985084417
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-22-2018 at 6:21 AM PDT] I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” - make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man!
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-22-2018 at 6:37 AM PDT] Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!
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You, Mr. President, really feel for Paul Manafort, a man who sinks so low as to commit or attempt witness tampering? You have "such respect for a brave man" -- a man who was prominently instrumental in getting Viktor Yanukovych elected as president in Ukraine? Let's not forget that Yanukovych was intended to be Putin's man in Kiev while we also remember Manafort's long history of behind-the-scences assistance to Russia and probably Putin as well. Such a wonderful guy for whom you have so much respect, Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1032256443985084417
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[President Donald J. Trump on 8-22-2018 at 6:21 AM PDT] I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” - make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man!
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There will be no further response from me to President Trump's tweets. If someone would like to pickup where I'm leaving off, that would be great. But my time doing this is at an end...
Walt In Seattle
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Let's be clear on what President Trump tweets regarding Robert Mueller and Mueller's work on the Russian interference probe. If President Trump had clear and convincing evidence Mueller is "conflicted" as well as that Mueller, in concert with "Angry" Democrats along with others listed in his tweets quoted below, is or have been conducting a "witch hunt", he'd have legal, political and moral justification to have Mueller replaced. Yet, that has not happened while President Trump tweets as he has for better than a year.
President Trump can write what he wants about Mueller in a political context because the option for people involved in political activity to make unfounded statements without legal penalty was validated in law long ago. However, acting on the basis of unfounded concepts, expressed or not in political speech, is another matter. Thus, President Trump has not removed Mueller.
President Trump says he has answered Mueller's submitted questions. If he has and if he sends his answers to Mueller, such will forever dispense with President Trump's bogus claims in tweets that Mueller is conflicted and conducting a witch hunt. It's THAT simple! Otherwise, there would be no need for Presiden Trump to provide answers to an investigating office of the DOJ and its "conflicted" lead investigator or counsel. Indeed, it would be a principled response to refuse to cooperate with such an investigation. BUT... and it's a BIG *BUT*... you'd better have the evidence to back youf "principled" lack of cooperation, Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063084073231544320
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[President Donald J. Trump on 11-15-2018 at 6:59 AM PST] The only "Collusion" is that of the Democrats with Russia and many others. Why didn't the FBI take the Server from the DNC? They still don't have it. Check out how biased Facebook, Google and Twitter are in favor of the Democrats. That's the real Collusion!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063081553075625984
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[President Donald J. Trump on 11-15-2018 at 6:49 AM PST] Universities will someday study what highly conflicted (and NOT Senate approved) Bob Mueller and his gang of Democrat thugs have done to destroy people. Why is he protecting Crooked Hillary, Comey, McCabe, Lisa Page & her lover, Peter S, and all of his friends on the other side?
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063042585802039296 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063046973857718272
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[[President Donald J. Trump on 11-15-2018 at 4:14 AM PST and 4:32 AM PST] ] The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don't care how many lives the[y] ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won't even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!
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On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:28:44 AM UTC-7, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> President Trump asks, in a tweet, "when is Bob Mueller going to list his Conflicts of Interest?" When will the President document or show evidence supporting his notion of "conflict of interest"? Or is the President adept at throwing out assertions and insinuation, in Joseph R. McCarthy fashion, but lame in ability to back them up? If Comey and Mueller are too close and/or Mueller has not recused himself from investigation of the obstruction element of investigation as it relates to Comey, leaving that chore to others on his staff and for Rod Rosenstein to closely monitor, why not take this up with Rosenstein who chose Mueller? Have you done so? Why did Rosenstein choose Mueller if any relationship -- "friends", as you say -- taints investigation of Comey's assertions? At bottom, is all you tweet on the Mueller probe, Mr. President, simply obfuscation -- an attempt to redirect attention or imply wrongdoing in those who investigate you or those associated with you, now or in the past, in the same way defense attornies for mob bosses have attempted to place in question those who investigate their clients?
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> If there truly is "conflict of interest" in the Mueller probe or "corruption" at the FBI and DOJ, it should be exposed. However, thusfar, you haven't made your case. Oh, you've cherrypicked information then presented it out-of-context or distorted information in statements such information means something it is not yet proven to mean. That's not making your case!
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> You ask, Mr. President, "and what about the 13 angry Democrats, will they list their conflicts with crooked H?" How about supporting your premise there are "13 *ANGRY* Democrats" [emphasis added] who have "conflicts" regarding Hillary Clinton? Or is this you throwing something on the wall in the hope that some of it sticks? If you're a Democrat, you're necessarily and automatically "angry" about Hillary Clinton losing her bid to become President in 2016? Have you forgotten how divided the party was and voters were in 2016 as well as how YOU attempted to divide ti further by highlighting the differences between Clinton and Sanders? If there are 13 people on Mueller's staff who are (a) Democrats and are (b) "angry" about Hillary Clinton's loss while (c) attempting to use the Mueller probe as their means to take revenge, let's see your supporting evidence. Otherwise, you're blowing more smoke and using those mirrors of obfuscation and distortion! While you're supporting that premise, Mr. President, let's see what you have to support the notion the Mueller probe is a "rigged witch hunt". This is more BS thrown upon the wall?
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> You would assert, Mr. President, that Peter Strzok's work for the Mueller probe has not been checked after his firing to ensure therere was no error or improper bias to taint the Mueller probe? You believe your Deputy Attorney General did not act to make certain that step was taken?
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> As to your assertion, Mr. President, "the Withch Hunt, headed by 13 Angry Democrats and others who are totally conflicted, is rigged": Again, let's see your evidence there is a "Witch Hunt" and that it's "headed" by "13 *ANGRY* Democrats [emphasis added], or headed by 13 Democrats exhibiting whatever emotions, and others who are totally conflicted in a "rigged" investigation. It's your assertion to back up unless you're willing to suffer lack of credibility in what you tweet.
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> Finally, you have tweeted, Mr. President, that "Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!" And do you actually BELIEVE *THEM* over the American intelligence community?
President Trump can write what he wants about Mueller in a political context because the option for people involved in political activity to make unfounded statements without legal penalty was validated in law long ago. However, acting on the basis of unfounded concepts, expressed or not in political speech, is another matter. Thus, President Trump has not removed Mueller.
President Trump says he has answered Mueller's submitted questions. If he has and if he sends his answers to Mueller, such will forever dispense with President Trump's bogus claims in tweets that Mueller is conflicted and conducting a witch hunt. It's THAT simple! Otherwise, there would be no need for Presiden Trump to provide answers to an investigating office of the DOJ and its "conflicted" lead investigator or counsel. Indeed, it would be a principled response to refuse to cooperate with such an investigation. BUT... and it's a BIG *BUT*... you'd better have the evidence to back youf "principled" lack of cooperation, Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063084073231544320
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[President Donald J. Trump on 11-15-2018 at 6:59 AM PST] The only "Collusion" is that of the Democrats with Russia and many others. Why didn't the FBI take the Server from the DNC? They still don't have it. Check out how biased Facebook, Google and Twitter are in favor of the Democrats. That's the real Collusion!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063081553075625984
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[President Donald J. Trump on 11-15-2018 at 6:49 AM PST] Universities will someday study what highly conflicted (and NOT Senate approved) Bob Mueller and his gang of Democrat thugs have done to destroy people. Why is he protecting Crooked Hillary, Comey, McCabe, Lisa Page & her lover, Peter S, and all of his friends on the other side?
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063042585802039296 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1063046973857718272
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[[President Donald J. Trump on 11-15-2018 at 4:14 AM PST and 4:32 AM PST] ] The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don't care how many lives the[y] ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won't even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!
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On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:28:44 AM UTC-7, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> President Trump asks, in a tweet, "when is Bob Mueller going to list his Conflicts of Interest?" When will the President document or show evidence supporting his notion of "conflict of interest"? Or is the President adept at throwing out assertions and insinuation, in Joseph R. McCarthy fashion, but lame in ability to back them up? If Comey and Mueller are too close and/or Mueller has not recused himself from investigation of the obstruction element of investigation as it relates to Comey, leaving that chore to others on his staff and for Rod Rosenstein to closely monitor, why not take this up with Rosenstein who chose Mueller? Have you done so? Why did Rosenstein choose Mueller if any relationship -- "friends", as you say -- taints investigation of Comey's assertions? At bottom, is all you tweet on the Mueller probe, Mr. President, simply obfuscation -- an attempt to redirect attention or imply wrongdoing in those who investigate you or those associated with you, now or in the past, in the same way defense attornies for mob bosses have attempted to place in question those who investigate their clients?
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> If there truly is "conflict of interest" in the Mueller probe or "corruption" at the FBI and DOJ, it should be exposed. However, thusfar, you haven't made your case. Oh, you've cherrypicked information then presented it out-of-context or distorted information in statements such information means something it is not yet proven to mean. That's not making your case!
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> You ask, Mr. President, "and what about the 13 angry Democrats, will they list their conflicts with crooked H?" How about supporting your premise there are "13 *ANGRY* Democrats" [emphasis added] who have "conflicts" regarding Hillary Clinton? Or is this you throwing something on the wall in the hope that some of it sticks? If you're a Democrat, you're necessarily and automatically "angry" about Hillary Clinton losing her bid to become President in 2016? Have you forgotten how divided the party was and voters were in 2016 as well as how YOU attempted to divide ti further by highlighting the differences between Clinton and Sanders? If there are 13 people on Mueller's staff who are (a) Democrats and are (b) "angry" about Hillary Clinton's loss while (c) attempting to use the Mueller probe as their means to take revenge, let's see your supporting evidence. Otherwise, you're blowing more smoke and using those mirrors of obfuscation and distortion! While you're supporting that premise, Mr. President, let's see what you have to support the notion the Mueller probe is a "rigged witch hunt". This is more BS thrown upon the wall?
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> You would assert, Mr. President, that Peter Strzok's work for the Mueller probe has not been checked after his firing to ensure therere was no error or improper bias to taint the Mueller probe? You believe your Deputy Attorney General did not act to make certain that step was taken?
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> As to your assertion, Mr. President, "the Withch Hunt, headed by 13 Angry Democrats and others who are totally conflicted, is rigged": Again, let's see your evidence there is a "Witch Hunt" and that it's "headed" by "13 *ANGRY* Democrats [emphasis added], or headed by 13 Democrats exhibiting whatever emotions, and others who are totally conflicted in a "rigged" investigation. It's your assertion to back up unless you're willing to suffer lack of credibility in what you tweet.
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> Finally, you have tweeted, Mr. President, that "Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!" And do you actually BELIEVE *THEM* over the American intelligence community?
Walt In Seattle
Jan 23, 2020, 2:04:44 PM1/23/20
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There is the "Chief Executive Of Deception", the President of the United States of this moment. His tweets, as I've illustrated from over a year ago, are little more than propaganda -- items of distortion or outright lies intended to influence and enflame the body politic. While not a new tactic for a politician, President Trump has taken his propaganda to levels not previously seen from a president in recent memory. Perhaps only Nixon comes closest but not close enough.
Nixon infamously claimed "I'm not a crook!" ... To a much greater extent, President Trump contends he has done "nothing wrong" and is the victim of an ongoing "Witch Hunt"! Can President Trump be trusted as a teller of the truth more than could President Nixon? What about far less than Nixon?
As I've written elsewhere, the impeachment missions of Democrats is potentially a tragic error we can expect will do lasting damage. However, I'm not posting here to address that mistake or to list the many instances where President Trump misstates the facts or completely lies about relevant events. I AM here to address what the "Chief Executive Of Deception" does with his tweets in general.
No one should be fooled by President Trump. It's all too easy to fact-check what he writes to find how ridiculous most of it is. But too few care then bother to check, and President Trump knew as well as knows this. Therefore, he continues or even ramps up his performance of deception, as he did on 01-22-2020. He expects, and probably from good reason(s), that his efforts will bring him some political benefit(s).
Seemingly and among the potential or actual deception(s) worth noting from the "Chief Executive Of Deception" is his own Twitter title, "the real" Donald J. Trump. Or should he be, in line with more effective deception, calling himself "The Real Superman, Donald J. Trump"? It is so unlikely that President Trump's blitskrieg of tweets were all written by President Trump himself, and the time necessary to discover or be informed of material then retweeted or quoted in a Trump Tweet is so great, that credulity is strained in order to believe it was the "real" Donald Trump authoring all of those Tuesday tweets. Accordingly, we should realistically expect, by the standard of what constitutes reasonable expectations in the "real" World as opposed to what's reasonable in Trumpland, there is either a TEAM of Winstons, ala Orwell's 1984, cranking out the propaganda appearing as if it came from Donald Trump and ONLY Donald Trump or, if all those tweets were authored by none other than the "real" Donald J. Trump while the business of the presidency awaited, such is objectionable deception in and of itself. If President Trump personally authored each and every tweet, that's time taken from his duties as President of the United States. Accordingly, it would be a sham to argue President Trump is or was adequately executing the duties of his office, not just on Tuesday but on many days when he has been obsessively posting tweets. How much of his duties are delegated to others or go ignored while President Trump posts his rant-filled tweets on Twitter, and how certain can we be that he is as active in his official duties as he would have us think he is? Whether one or the other form of deception, we have a probable as well as continuing deception! Should we and can we TRUST the "Chief Executive Of Deception"? Should we re-elect him?
On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 8:45:10 AM UTC-7, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> It is my hope that some day President Trump will be held to account for what he tweets. Much of it is patently false, distorted and obviously self-serving. This, in my view, is a man interested ONLY in political advantage and truly does not recognize or care about the notion of country before party or country before personal, political career. Otherwise, he would not be writing of a "phony Russia problem" which the U.S. intelligence community has never found to be phony.
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> Even now, the FBI has warned people to reboot and create new passwords for their routers after discovering RUSSIAN attempts to infect hundreds of thousands of them. Not long ago, we were told of Russian efforts to compromise the security of computers running American electrical grids or other utilities. Russia is setting up NOW to have some impact on the 2018 Congressional mid-terms. Trump Administration officials do NOT deny this fact. But Trump somehow feels he is free to write as if there is nothing but a "phony Russia problem", whether that phrase applies to the present or the months leading up to his election. And then there is the ridiculous premise the Obama Administration sat on its hands in 2016 as the Russia "meddling" actiivity began while, at the same time, what Trump now castigates as spying which may have been an investigation of Trump's campaign -- an investigation which, when the REAL facts are revealed, may have been nore about determining if Russia had compromised Trump or others working for his campaign -- is foisted in tweets. But, of course, Trump is more comfortable writing about "13 angry Democrats", "crooked Hillary", top levels of the FBI as well as DOJ and "all democrats" being his and therefore America's enemy. Indeed, from the perspective Of Trump tweets, you're either a fawning Trump follower or you're an enemy -- no middle ground!
Nixon infamously claimed "I'm not a crook!" ... To a much greater extent, President Trump contends he has done "nothing wrong" and is the victim of an ongoing "Witch Hunt"! Can President Trump be trusted as a teller of the truth more than could President Nixon? What about far less than Nixon?
As I've written elsewhere, the impeachment missions of Democrats is potentially a tragic error we can expect will do lasting damage. However, I'm not posting here to address that mistake or to list the many instances where President Trump misstates the facts or completely lies about relevant events. I AM here to address what the "Chief Executive Of Deception" does with his tweets in general.
No one should be fooled by President Trump. It's all too easy to fact-check what he writes to find how ridiculous most of it is. But too few care then bother to check, and President Trump knew as well as knows this. Therefore, he continues or even ramps up his performance of deception, as he did on 01-22-2020. He expects, and probably from good reason(s), that his efforts will bring him some political benefit(s).
Seemingly and among the potential or actual deception(s) worth noting from the "Chief Executive Of Deception" is his own Twitter title, "the real" Donald J. Trump. Or should he be, in line with more effective deception, calling himself "The Real Superman, Donald J. Trump"? It is so unlikely that President Trump's blitskrieg of tweets were all written by President Trump himself, and the time necessary to discover or be informed of material then retweeted or quoted in a Trump Tweet is so great, that credulity is strained in order to believe it was the "real" Donald Trump authoring all of those Tuesday tweets. Accordingly, we should realistically expect, by the standard of what constitutes reasonable expectations in the "real" World as opposed to what's reasonable in Trumpland, there is either a TEAM of Winstons, ala Orwell's 1984, cranking out the propaganda appearing as if it came from Donald Trump and ONLY Donald Trump or, if all those tweets were authored by none other than the "real" Donald J. Trump while the business of the presidency awaited, such is objectionable deception in and of itself. If President Trump personally authored each and every tweet, that's time taken from his duties as President of the United States. Accordingly, it would be a sham to argue President Trump is or was adequately executing the duties of his office, not just on Tuesday but on many days when he has been obsessively posting tweets. How much of his duties are delegated to others or go ignored while President Trump posts his rant-filled tweets on Twitter, and how certain can we be that he is as active in his official duties as he would have us think he is? Whether one or the other form of deception, we have a probable as well as continuing deception! Should we and can we TRUST the "Chief Executive Of Deception"? Should we re-elect him?
On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 8:45:10 AM UTC-7, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> It is my hope that some day President Trump will be held to account for what he tweets. Much of it is patently false, distorted and obviously self-serving. This, in my view, is a man interested ONLY in political advantage and truly does not recognize or care about the notion of country before party or country before personal, political career. Otherwise, he would not be writing of a "phony Russia problem" which the U.S. intelligence community has never found to be phony.
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> Even now, the FBI has warned people to reboot and create new passwords for their routers after discovering RUSSIAN attempts to infect hundreds of thousands of them. Not long ago, we were told of Russian efforts to compromise the security of computers running American electrical grids or other utilities. Russia is setting up NOW to have some impact on the 2018 Congressional mid-terms. Trump Administration officials do NOT deny this fact. But Trump somehow feels he is free to write as if there is nothing but a "phony Russia problem", whether that phrase applies to the present or the months leading up to his election. And then there is the ridiculous premise the Obama Administration sat on its hands in 2016 as the Russia "meddling" actiivity began while, at the same time, what Trump now castigates as spying which may have been an investigation of Trump's campaign -- an investigation which, when the REAL facts are revealed, may have been nore about determining if Russia had compromised Trump or others working for his campaign -- is foisted in tweets. But, of course, Trump is more comfortable writing about "13 angry Democrats", "crooked Hillary", top levels of the FBI as well as DOJ and "all democrats" being his and therefore America's enemy. Indeed, from the perspective Of Trump tweets, you're either a fawning Trump follower or you're an enemy -- no middle ground!
Walt In Seattle
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Is this yet another attempt to reveal the identity of the Whistleblower, Mr. President? If it is, you should understand why Schiff is so "adamant".
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221805273695780864
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[President Donald J. Trump on 01-27-2020 at 06:40 AM PST] Schiff must release the IG report, without changes or tampering, which is said to be yet further exoneration of the Impeachment Hoax. He refuses to give it. Does it link him to Whistleblower? Why is he so adamant?
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Why should we trust what you have to say about Bolton anymore than we could trust your assertion you did not know Lev Parnas? How is it we can trust you at all on anything without corroboration, Mr. President? A meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. is NOT a dangled White House visit with all its hoped-for gravitas of attached implications -- hoped for by Ukraine who needs the geopolitical support, not just military aid, of the U.S. to deter Russia -- from a White House visit and words of solidarity upon that visit. The military aid was released ONLY after the House of Representatives was made aware of the hold on that aid with questions as to why that hold was initiated.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221663763138588672 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221663764031905793 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221663764971491329
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[President Donald J. Trump on 01-26-2020 at 9:18 PM PST] I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book. With that being said, the transcripts of my calls with President Zelensky are all the proof that is needed, in addition to the fact that President Zelensky & the Foreign Minister of Ukraine said there was no pressure and no problems. Additionally, I met with President Zelensky at the United Nations (Democrats said I never met) and released the military aid to Ukraine without any conditions or investigations - and far ahead of schedule. I also allowed Ukraine to purchase Javelin anti-tank missiles. My Administration has done far more than the previous Administration
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221805273695780864
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[President Donald J. Trump on 01-27-2020 at 06:40 AM PST] Schiff must release the IG report, without changes or tampering, which is said to be yet further exoneration of the Impeachment Hoax. He refuses to give it. Does it link him to Whistleblower? Why is he so adamant?
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Why should we trust what you have to say about Bolton anymore than we could trust your assertion you did not know Lev Parnas? How is it we can trust you at all on anything without corroboration, Mr. President? A meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. is NOT a dangled White House visit with all its hoped-for gravitas of attached implications -- hoped for by Ukraine who needs the geopolitical support, not just military aid, of the U.S. to deter Russia -- from a White House visit and words of solidarity upon that visit. The military aid was released ONLY after the House of Representatives was made aware of the hold on that aid with questions as to why that hold was initiated.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221663763138588672 and https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221663764031905793 plus https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221663764971491329
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[President Donald J. Trump on 01-26-2020 at 9:18 PM PST] I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book. With that being said, the transcripts of my calls with President Zelensky are all the proof that is needed, in addition to the fact that President Zelensky & the Foreign Minister of Ukraine said there was no pressure and no problems. Additionally, I met with President Zelensky at the United Nations (Democrats said I never met) and released the military aid to Ukraine without any conditions or investigations - and far ahead of schedule. I also allowed Ukraine to purchase Javelin anti-tank missiles. My Administration has done far more than the previous Administration
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