For months you've spewed your insane B.S. about Democrats being responsible for the Iraq war, lies about WMD's, asking when they're going to jail, when is Mueller going to jail, etc.
The worst part, the element that really gets to me, is the literal iota of disillusionment I have now with Trump.
The one statement of Trump's that I believed was true... his declaration of being a nationalist. I didn't like it, but I believed he was "America First, Screw Foreign Countries."
But no, I think that was a smokescreen he put out, knowing it would be gobbled up by left and right for their separate reasons, yet simply obscuring that his loyalty lies with whoever feeds his needs, even foreign governments. Russia, Israel, who knows who else. Trump plays every side at once.
The one time I felt he was honest, and dangit, he got me. I thought his lies were easy, but thats just a smokescreen too. He makes most of his lies numerous and insipid to hide the biggest and most integral lies, which will always be subtle and self-serving.
It comes down to me admitting this: He's good. He knows what he's doing.... and that is dangerous.
I'm getting chills just spotting this. My only solace is that I did spot it, which means, at the very least, he's not good enough.
It's always been obvious to me his loyalty is exclusively to himself and his wallet. IMO he's far more shrewd than many on the left and in the press give him credit for.
What stuck with me is what Kushner told the chief editor of the New York Observer he owned who was imploring him on the racist birtherism of his father-in-law. Kushner responded by rolling his eyes and admitting Trump didn't actually believe the bullshit he was peddling about Obama, but was just saying it because he knew Republicans were stupid enough to buy it. Kushner being Jewish himself and a former lifelong Democrat from a family of Democrats, I think he'd have better insight into his father-in-law than just about anyone.
But his offhand comment does reveal a level of political acumen engaging in an electoral strategy all the way back in 2011-2012 when he started with his birtherism shtick.
Today Jared's #1 job is to monetize the Trump presidency. Everything Trump does should be viewed through the prism of how it enriches himself and his family. Once you recognize that it all falls in place how Jared got a sweetheart UAE bailout of 400 mil on his debt on 666 Park Ave. Or why Trump overruled his own national security officials to insist Kushner get top secret security clearance. It makes perfect sense why Jared went on a secret trip to Saudi Arabia where he insisted his security detail be handled not by Americans, but by the Saudis. It crystallizes why Trump dismissed the Khashoggi murder and refused to hold MBS to account. The Saudi prince has even bragged about having bought Kushner and being the beneficiary of intel briefings from Jared identifying Saudi dissidents that led to crackdowns and executions of his domestic adversaries. Trump is selling the country out for money and using Jared to do it.
Well, considering the elements you mentioned are being investigated (Jared's clearance, and enrichment), it's possible that these over-confident con artists have gone too far for their own good.
At least, we can hope. Thanks for the info about Jared's response to the birtherism.... I'm going to research that a little more on my own.
Yeah it's entirely possible they've gone too far. But of course it goes back to who will hold them to account? Certainly not the Republicans and maybe not even the newly timid Pelosi ("he's just not worth it") led Democrats who just a few days ago voiced a sudden reluctance to bother with impeachment.
It all goes back to pinning all our hopes Mueller has enough evidence to indict Kushner and force the Dems to initiate impeachment proceedings.
Not sure if this is a good or bad sign, but Mueller asked for that Gates extension recently until May 14. Every time it sounds like the Mueller report is "wrapping up" it's being pushed out. I can only wonder if that bodes ill for Trump or not.
Trump is certainly growing more and more emotional regarding that probe and flying off the handle about it more and more lately--especially when new names pop up.
It never made any sense the probe was really wrapping up any time soon. There are just too many hanging threads.
To me it looked like the talking heads pushing this angle were getting played by someone in DoJ allied with team Trump. It's hard to figure who else it could be since we know Mueller's team doesn't leak. But even imagining for a minute that it did, it would make zero sense to leak to the cable networks that he's wrapping up soon and not do so. The rumor only puts pressure on Mueller to curtail his investigation early. It also works against him with any witnesses under pressure to flip if they're under the impression Mueller is going to give up and disband tomorrow.
Today we learned there are at least three Mueller cases involving Mike Flynn and at *least* three more Mueller cases involving Rick Gates. And how can Mueller be almost done when Roger Stone, whom Mueller is prosecuting with his team, just had his trial date set for November?!? How can he be writing a final report when Stone could give him vital information pre-trial? If there's any truth to Mueller wrapping up soon, the report can only be a status update and not a final report because there are just too many ongoing prosecutions going on right now from the fruits of Mueller's investigation that aren't close to completion.
Rick Gates, Mike Flynn, George Nader, Sam Clovis are all key cooperating witnesses and Mueller is using their testimony across prosecution categories (e.g., campaign, transition, inaugural, presidential, cross-indexed with obstruction, collusion, RICO, money laundering, etc). He's farmed out some of those cases but the key point is that the criminal conduct he's looking at crosses all of those cases.
I really wish they got to Stone earlier. I have a feeling Mueller and the democrats aren't going to be able to counter the Fox News talking heads in the court of public opinion now that these fake rumors of Mueller's early report have begun.
I know exactly what you mean. What was it, like 18 months between Manafort's raid and Stone's? I was beginning to wonder if it was going to happen at all.
The biggest wildcard is the new AG Bill Barr because it'll really be up to him.
Either way, it sounds like we can't count on even Mueller to remove the orange turd. 2020 is right around the corner and it doesn't sound like Mueller will be done by then.
It definitely is scary, yes. Thing is--the man is a moron which could almost make you wonder HOW he could be smart enough to play all the sides........but then I remember that, as babies, before we can even speak, we're able to trick and deceive. My point? You can be a complete dumbass and still know how to play people: Hence, Trump.
Donald is certainly a volatile mixture: stupid, impulsive, emotional, insecure, deceptive, greedy and batsh!t crazy on top of it all...scary combo.
IMO Thrillhouse is not mentally competent enough to warrant the effort to hate. Everyone already recognizes he's cut from the cloth of disaffected alt-right magatards who blame the Jews for all his personal shortcomings. But I applaud Froggy's shaming of his stupidity anyway.
I know exactly what happened. Thrillswej bought into WMDs so hard and had his face strapped to Bush's ass cheeks so tightly that his brain snapped when he learned WMDs were a lie. So now he goes around saying everybody in the world bought into the lie except him. Its the only reasoning that makes sense for his hysteria.
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
It's gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be open armed baby
Just like I know a good man should
You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh I'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over
All I can do is wish you well