So fire him.
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Has it never occurred to this man that the reason Sessions didn't give "simple answers" was to protect HIM? Talk about loyalty! He throws even his earliest supporters under the bus.
Does he really expect us to believe his son would not have told him about the scoop the Russians were offering? Or that his campaign manager and son-in-law just spontaneously accompanied D.J.T. Jr. without telling him or seeking approval?
Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice....can't be fooled again! (I hope!)
Does he really expect us to believe his son would not have told him about the scoop the Russians were offering? Or that his campaign manager and son-in-law just spontaneously accompanied D.J.T. Jr. without telling him or seeking approval?
Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice....can't be fooled again! (I hope!)
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The legal noose is tightening around Trump and I couldn't be happier - except the day he is force to leave office. I will not miss his lies, egotism, sexism, boasting, third=grade vocabulary, whiny voice, dubious and scattershot foreign "policy" and all the other "attributes" that make him the darling of people I hope to never have to associate with. His reign has been an embarrassment to our country and disruptive to the entire world. (And good job, NY Times, for turning him on and letting him rant and boast.)
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There is zero respect for any one may it be FBI DIRECTOR or attorney general.
It's pathetic.
It's pathetic.
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When is this man going to do some work?
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All eyes on :
The Man from Baltimore.
The Man from Baltimore.
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An Oval Office interview, and this time Trump doesn't end it abruptly by declaring, “I don’t stand by anything”.
Is this progress?
Is this progress?
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Amiable. Relaxed. Kisses with Granddaughter.
This is all show. This man, who knows he got hold of the Presidency with help from an enemy foreign power he is trying to normalize, is a cornered rat. As such, he is very dangerous to the nation and the world and must be watched very carefully.
It is now a race between the indictments Mr. Mueller is sure to bring at some point and a Trump-induced disaster for the nation. And this waiting game causing me insomnia and is making me bite my nails
This is all show. This man, who knows he got hold of the Presidency with help from an enemy foreign power he is trying to normalize, is a cornered rat. As such, he is very dangerous to the nation and the world and must be watched very carefully.
It is now a race between the indictments Mr. Mueller is sure to bring at some point and a Trump-induced disaster for the nation. And this waiting game causing me insomnia and is making me bite my nails
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The King is mad, barking mad.
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America are you for real?
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I think Trump should fire Mueller and terminate the investigation. The Democrats can howl all they want
Where are our lawyers - this is a gross violation of power. Of course, lust for power drives the incompetent Republican Party. Instead of division mongering perverted election slogan "lock her up", seems like the dynasty and the cronies will spend long time in prison for treason if justice is served.
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adoption = Magnitsky = sanctions for hacking Americans' e-mail and attempting to influence elections with lies and propaganda + real estate/Russian spy centers outside New York City =
= Discussion about lifting sanctions and allowing return of real estate on US soil to Russia despite the hacking of Americans' e-mails and pro-trump Russian propaganda campaign attempts to sway American voters and influence or even tip the elections against Clinton, of whom Putin was terrified because she wasn't a cupcake like trump but took a tough America First stand against Russia and his chat-buddy Putin.
Or, both men are sooo concerned about poor Russian children going un-adopted by Americans who ignore American children in favor of off-shore foreign adoptions, much like trump prefers foreign wives to American women ( who in his sick, violent, hallucinating imagination bleed from the face as he likes women to do when they criticize him). There must be money for Russia in those adoptions. Nothing like human child trafficking to turn a tidy profit, as any prison-for profit billionaire will tell you.
= Discussion about lifting sanctions and allowing return of real estate on US soil to Russia despite the hacking of Americans' e-mails and pro-trump Russian propaganda campaign attempts to sway American voters and influence or even tip the elections against Clinton, of whom Putin was terrified because she wasn't a cupcake like trump but took a tough America First stand against Russia and his chat-buddy Putin.
Or, both men are sooo concerned about poor Russian children going un-adopted by Americans who ignore American children in favor of off-shore foreign adoptions, much like trump prefers foreign wives to American women ( who in his sick, violent, hallucinating imagination bleed from the face as he likes women to do when they criticize him). There must be money for Russia in those adoptions. Nothing like human child trafficking to turn a tidy profit, as any prison-for profit billionaire will tell you.
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Unfair to Trump means anyone who isn't measuring up to his dictatorial aims. No wonder he loves Putin a real peach of an evil star to emulate.
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Trump: "“I don’t think we’re under investigation,” he said. “I’m not under investigation. For what? I didn’t do anything wrong.” Who is "we"? Is he a dual personality?!
Why did Ivanka and her daughter go into an interview? Couldn't wait to stop in and say "hi"?! Why did Melania interrupt the first Putin interview at the G20. How strange and inappropriate is that?! Were they told to stop in and smooze the president of Russia and reporters? Can't Trump do anything normally, sensibly, and sanely?
Why did Ivanka and her daughter go into an interview? Couldn't wait to stop in and say "hi"?! Why did Melania interrupt the first Putin interview at the G20. How strange and inappropriate is that?! Were they told to stop in and smooze the president of Russia and reporters? Can't Trump do anything normally, sensibly, and sanely?
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OMG. I read as much of the excerpts as I could stand to. That this illiterate is President of the United States makes me weep bitter tears. Please, please, Mr. Mueller, do your work well -- and as quickly as possible!
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Do you really think Trump means anything he ever says? Trump is the master at getting media attention. The NY Times is his willing servant.
Can you imagine if in our work place, our boss threatened us, can you imagine if an employee threatened you? Who does Trump think he is. He works for all of America not himself and his family. If this is how you do business at home, firing everyone who disagrees with you, we'll have atbit but to run America like your businesses, forget it. Resign Trump...
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Ok NY City people, did you already know this about Trump and you are all having a secret laugh at our expense? You're happy he's moved to Washington.
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Trump says he wouldn't have hired Sessions. Well, O.J. will need a job come October. (Sorry, I could not help myself)
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Maybe it is time for Donald Trump to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and just see if he can get away with it.
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Trump's answer is delusional and a lie! Sessions had to recuse himself on the basis of his erroneous answers to the Senate committee and after he was confirmed. Sessions could have had no idea that he would have to recuse himself when he accepted Trump's offer.
More lies from our liar in chief.
More lies from our liar in chief.
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Little Donny's fake cardboard world of lies is collapsing around him and it's no surprise that he's willing to throw just about anybody under the bus to save himself. The buck never stops with little Donny, there's always someone else to blame!
Trump’s political rise was built on a lie about Barack Obama's birthplace. His lack of truthfulness has also become central to the Russian investigation, with James Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., testifying under oath that “Trump lies, plain and simple.”
There is simply no precedent for an American president to spend so much time telling lies. No other president of either party has behaved as Trump is behaving. Trump is trying to create a world in which reality is irrelevant.
Trump’s political rise was built on a lie about Barack Obama's birthplace. His lack of truthfulness has also become central to the Russian investigation, with James Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., testifying under oath that “Trump lies, plain and simple.”
There is simply no precedent for an American president to spend so much time telling lies. No other president of either party has behaved as Trump is behaving. Trump is trying to create a world in which reality is irrelevant.
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He's reactive . We will see unprecedented resistance and actions. He must get fire Mueller unless the senate reacts to the very idea. Mueller is beyond reproach
As if that dim bulb could even understands the 'concept' of recusal...
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We, Americans, got the president we deserve.
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I can't say that I have any sympathy for Trump sycophants: including Sessions.
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It is clear that Trump thinks of himself as king, not the president. He demands total loyalty and expected Sessions to sweep the whole thing under the rug.
His team is quickly learning he ascribes to the old line they used to tell soldiers in WWII. "Yours is not to question why. Yours is to do or die."
His team is quickly learning he ascribes to the old line they used to tell soldiers in WWII. "Yours is not to question why. Yours is to do or die."
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Translation: "If I'd known he had any ethical scruples, I'd have picked somebody else."
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I continue to be amazed by the depths of Mr. Trump's ignorance. However the biggest surprise is how Republican Senators continue to ride the Trump train. When will they realize the train is going to crash Bigly!
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This web of deceit, untruth and stupidity will continue until Republican senators and False Noise and its brethren start telling the truth about what a loser Trump is. That time may be coming sooner rather than later; for the sake of the country and the world, I sure hope so!
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If you are a staffer or a Cabinet level pick in the Trump Administration then you might want to dust off your resume. The management team at your local McDonald's show more loyalty to their employees than Trump does for his own people. With friends like these...
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President Trump is filled with anxiety and demons. Sessions revised himself to protect the president yet when Trump reacts he will say anything. His 100 absolute lies printed in this paper as well as others illustrates that. He's worried about Donald Jr's testimony next week as well as others and the investigation going forward. Sessions is fully a part of the Republican aid and abet group. From top to bottom the GOP is complicit in the obstruction of justice, conflict of interests, emoluments clause violations and inhumane agendas.
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So Trump expected Sessions to make the whole Russian thing "disappear", regardless of the evidence? He is convinced everyone involved in investigating Russia has a biased agenda, because comporting oneself with unbiased integrity is, for him, a completely inconceivable. In his world, everyone everyone operates out of their own self-interest. I think that going forward, we need to come up with some sort of mental stability assessment for prospective presidential candidates. And maybe, a test for a rudimentary understanding of how our government works?
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What I don't understand is that how a huge population of Republicans are actively promoting dictatorship in America? For the last 6 months Trump has acted like a purebred dictator and the Republican leadership is solidly behind him.
Republicans normally play by trying to cook up conspiracy theories and creating obstruction over progressive agenda. We are used to that. But we have never seen them promoting a dictatorial government.
Republicans normally play by trying to cook up conspiracy theories and creating obstruction over progressive agenda. We are used to that. But we have never seen them promoting a dictatorial government.
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CNN reports that he's exploring pardoning himself, while he explores undermining Mueller. What corruption. It's frontal thinking.
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So Trump knew an issue requiring recusal was lurking and he should have asked Sessions about it? Has he made an admission of guilt?
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The President's Mouthpiece?
President Trump's unhappiness with Sessions is surely down to Trump misunderstanding the Attorney General's constitutional role. Trump believes that the AG is, or should be, his personal lawyer working for him on his problems, and probably at his direction.
President Trump's unhappiness with Sessions is surely down to Trump misunderstanding the Attorney General's constitutional role. Trump believes that the AG is, or should be, his personal lawyer working for him on his problems, and probably at his direction.
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The fact that our country and most people have created lives based on borrowed money, because credit was given to unscrupulous people and companies. Few of those people or companies are willing to honestly admit where there money comes from. Even, the federal government has often had millions go missing, and it is no big deal. "A fool and his money are soon elected." Will Rogers
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Trump thinks like an authoritarian not a republican. He expects to command like a prince. When he decides, it's what must be done, not a negotiating point. He simply has no willingness to work within the limits of our system of government.
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Sounds like he is setting the stage to fire Mueller, and maybe Sessions. Do it, Trump! Then maybe we'll finally get rid of you.
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There's only one solution to the problem of trump:
Article 25.
Article 25.
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An exclusive and engaging interview with the "failing" New York Times (instead of the yet-to-win Pulitzer National Enquirer!). In the interview he "disses" his Attorney General whom six months ago he complimented: “You have done so well, so amazingly well”. He also threatens Robert Mueller, a man he claimed he considered to replace the FBI director he had previously complimented: " ...it took guts to make for Director Comey to make the move he made" and later commented:"He's become more famous than me".
Mr Trump's personality trait is one my former psychology teacher will be tempted to call "the dark triad" ( Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy). How much more or how much longer ?
Mr Trump's personality trait is one my former psychology teacher will be tempted to call "the dark triad" ( Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy). How much more or how much longer ?
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I believe Sessions to be more dangerous than Trump whose only concern is himself. He has no governing philopsphy. Sessions' has an agenda that I find "deplorable."
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The interview was all about Donald Trump. His ego and pride.
Reading the excerpts, what struck me was Trump saying - Macron wanted or liked to hold his hand. What were they thinking of each other?
Peter Baker was continuing to press on the emails. It was clear, Mr. Trump was trying to avoid the question. To say that he knew nothing about the emails or even about the meeting Trump Jr. had with the Russian Attorney and her team, is intriguing.
On the health care issue, Trump kept going around in circles, and continuing to blame Hillary Clinton and Obama. Mr. Trump must remember that he, at the outset, assured health care for all Americans.
Overall, the interview was a PR for Mr. Trump. Just continuing on his campaign mode. There was nothing concrete about policies or what the American people would prefer reading. It was mostly about Mr. Trump himself, Russia and Trump Jr.
The NYT team could have done better.
Reading the excerpts, what struck me was Trump saying - Macron wanted or liked to hold his hand. What were they thinking of each other?
Peter Baker was continuing to press on the emails. It was clear, Mr. Trump was trying to avoid the question. To say that he knew nothing about the emails or even about the meeting Trump Jr. had with the Russian Attorney and her team, is intriguing.
On the health care issue, Trump kept going around in circles, and continuing to blame Hillary Clinton and Obama. Mr. Trump must remember that he, at the outset, assured health care for all Americans.
Overall, the interview was a PR for Mr. Trump. Just continuing on his campaign mode. There was nothing concrete about policies or what the American people would prefer reading. It was mostly about Mr. Trump himself, Russia and Trump Jr.
The NYT team could have done better.
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We, the people, didn't Sessions in the first place!!!
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Really---Enough is enough!!
Let's just put the 25th Amendment to work.
Sad but true---DJ is just too gaga to continue.
Let's just put the 25th Amendment to work.
Sad but true---DJ is just too gaga to continue.
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Can we believe anything this President says? He's a disgrace to the office. A true buffoon who cannot take responsibility for his mistakes. An embarrassment to this country, a laughing stock for those who view America from abroad.
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He is unfit to govern!! And there nothing we can do about it as both houses are abdicating their responsibilities!! I do hope the USA is strong enough to withstand the damages this administration is inflicting on our country.
I'm worried!!
I'm worried!!
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I hope Trump's own healthcare plan will take care of his garbling problem
Honestly nothing is going to work in this administration because they are all concerned with themselves. Trump only cares about how many people like him, Congress only cares about their own personal re-election status. This healthcare shouldn't be about giving to Republicans and taking away from Democrats or whatever. It should be about what is best for Americans. ALL Americans - poor, rich, gay, straight, black, white, etc. No one in DC seems to be listening to the ones affected by these bills or representing their needs. This is going to be a waste of 4 years....
Honestly nothing is going to work in this administration because they are all concerned with themselves. Trump only cares about how many people like him, Congress only cares about their own personal re-election status. This healthcare shouldn't be about giving to Republicans and taking away from Democrats or whatever. It should be about what is best for Americans. ALL Americans - poor, rich, gay, straight, black, white, etc. No one in DC seems to be listening to the ones affected by these bills or representing their needs. This is going to be a waste of 4 years....
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Trump`s steady march towards open tyranny is proceeding apace. Like many tyrants, Trump started out as a prophet of the dispossessed, but his intentions were always clear as water to anyone not blinded by resentment and racism. Psychopathic narcissists are not very good at hiding their motives, but they are excellent at exploiting people`s emotions to their megalomaniac ends.
As for Sessions, unlike Bloomberg, he can`t tell a conman when he sees one, obviously.
As for Sessions, unlike Bloomberg, he can`t tell a conman when he sees one, obviously.
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three of the best political reporters in the country score a sit-down exclusive interview with the president and not one question about why Trump seeks to destroy the credibility of the news media or why he sees the media (and urges others as well) as the enemy of American democracy. When will someone in the press corps finally stand up and defend their institution directly in front of those trying to destroy it?
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Because "Why are you trying to destroy the credibility of the news media" is a dumb question that is easily deflected and would only make the interviewer look bad. Trump would respond, "I'm not." Then what?
the point was to ask questions to start a dialogue.... which in turn may reveal something, including lies of journalistic value. many of the white house's answers these days are dodges and lies. but that doesn't mean the questions don't get asked. of course many questions are easily deflected. I guess you've never watched a news conference. but in a 90-minute sit- down interview, it's much harder to deflect because the reporters can ask multiple, varied questions on the same topic. and even the inevitable lies may be revealing in and of themselves.
I thought the NYTimes reporters led him on a bit. It's clear he's a bully and bullying and/or lying is his #1 go-to strategy after whining. Comey "threatening" him with the dossier, Sessions misleading him, Rubenstein having the nerve to be unknown AND from Baltimore -- but it's a given that Mueller will dig into finances. Follow the money and all that. But it was the NYT trio that kept asking if that crossed a line. In Donald's world anything that doesn't let him break all the rules at will is automatically unfair. The man is deeply damaged -- of course it crosses a line. Case in point. Every news outlet was a atwitter over the Sessions comments, saying Sessions had no choice but to go. Trump just doesn't think things through. I doubted that Sessions would leave and he hasn't. He was giving his Woe is Me worldview -- not a blueprint.
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Any president of the United States who threatens to fire a Special Investigator if he pries into his personal finances must have a heck of a lot to hide. Meanwhile, the Attorney General stepping aside from the investigation on ethical grounds is being "unfair" to Trump, because it means he can't get Trump off the hook. And now Sec. of State Rex Tillerson says a Treasury Dept report fining Exxon $2 million for violating the sanctions against Russian in order to sign contracts with a Russian oil magnate is "unfair". All these unfair ethical rules and laws will just have to be repealed, won't they? Perhaps that's why Tillerson and Trump are sitting where they are.
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There are only two possible explanations regarding Trump's ties to Russia - he is guilty or he is clueless (though he could well be both). I am beginning to think the latter predominates, but neither is reassuring.
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AG Sessions recused himself from one tiny sliver of DoJ operations, an effort that probably engages about 1% of department resources, yet Trump is in a quivering rage over it. Why? Because after six months of OJT, he is still incapable of comprehending that the function of the AG is not to serve as the President's personal lawyer. One undeniable fact about Trump is that everything is about him, and the disturbing corollary is that he diesn't undersrand what's wrong with that view.
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It's Mueller Time!( my new cotton tank top, perfect for summer!)
Donald Trump seems utterly clueless about the US Constitution. Have any of the reporters ever asked him if he's ever bothered to read it? He cites it a lot, in broad, general, inflammatory tones in speeches to his adherents. Is he just pretending to know what it says?
Donald Trump seems utterly clueless about the US Constitution. Have any of the reporters ever asked him if he's ever bothered to read it? He cites it a lot, in broad, general, inflammatory tones in speeches to his adherents. Is he just pretending to know what it says?
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Elementary my dear Watson: Loyalty is a two-way street!
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I'd like to take a moment to criticize the Times here. There is no story you need to print to convince a liberal voter. Every one of them loathes Trump, and exacerbating this loathing serves little purpose. If you want your coverage to have real impact, you need to convince conservative voters (which, granted, is probably not your main readership).
David Brooks had a very insightful column on the character values that speak to conservatives, the so-called "vigorous virtues." To the Trump conservative, his recklessness is fearlessness, his vanity is pride, his shallowness a rebuke of elitism. You need to build a moral case against his presidency.
Here you've allowed Trump to establish a narrative in which Sessions is disloyal to him (a cardinal sin in the conservative ethos). What you needed to emphasize is depth of the political betrayal of one of his earliest supporters. You frequently publish stories on deficiencies of policy and staffing, but rarely in a way that publicizes that these are the result of Trump's poor work ethic.
Tell us the hours he works, front page the number of trips to Mar a Lago, compare the volume of White House documents created to plan Obamacare vs. Trumpcare. The man has faults, but to label him stupid, unwise and vain is far less important than emphasizing that he is lazy, disloyal and whiny.
David Brooks had a very insightful column on the character values that speak to conservatives, the so-called "vigorous virtues." To the Trump conservative, his recklessness is fearlessness, his vanity is pride, his shallowness a rebuke of elitism. You need to build a moral case against his presidency.
Here you've allowed Trump to establish a narrative in which Sessions is disloyal to him (a cardinal sin in the conservative ethos). What you needed to emphasize is depth of the political betrayal of one of his earliest supporters. You frequently publish stories on deficiencies of policy and staffing, but rarely in a way that publicizes that these are the result of Trump's poor work ethic.
Tell us the hours he works, front page the number of trips to Mar a Lago, compare the volume of White House documents created to plan Obamacare vs. Trumpcare. The man has faults, but to label him stupid, unwise and vain is far less important than emphasizing that he is lazy, disloyal and whiny.
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Sessions had a lot to do with russia during trump's campaign. Many people wondered why sessions was supporting trump. Now we know. He had an inside track on undermining the clinton campaign. It all makes sense now, while it did not then.
What should prosecutors do about sessions? He was a cog in the russian wheel that turned the election to trump. Should he go to prison for the rest of his life as a traitor? You're darn right he should!
What should prosecutors do about sessions? He was a cog in the russian wheel that turned the election to trump. Should he go to prison for the rest of his life as a traitor? You're darn right he should!
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Here's how you do it --
"Look, I'm not saying Joe is definitely a space alien. People tell me that but look, people, I didn't see his passport. I don't know -- you tell me. We'll have some interesting things to tell you about this a little but down the road."
And there it is -- the idea that Joe is a space alien is planted in people's minds and it gets taken up as a plausible idea, with the coming "interesting things" standing in as proof.
The air has been fouled. The absurd idea sticks. Joe lives with the label Space Alien, Fox News treats it as fact. On to the next topic.
Why does no one see through this? We have heard it time and again.
"Look, I'm not saying Joe is definitely a space alien. People tell me that but look, people, I didn't see his passport. I don't know -- you tell me. We'll have some interesting things to tell you about this a little but down the road."
And there it is -- the idea that Joe is a space alien is planted in people's minds and it gets taken up as a plausible idea, with the coming "interesting things" standing in as proof.
The air has been fouled. The absurd idea sticks. Joe lives with the label Space Alien, Fox News treats it as fact. On to the next topic.
Why does no one see through this? We have heard it time and again.
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How do you think the bit about Trump's grandchild speaking Chinese, to Trump's delight, went over with his blue collar supporters? After all, he railed against China and how they were stealing American jobs at every opportunity during the campaign. And I imagine among them are many who get their backs up when they hear someone speaking Spanish in public.
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I do not think President Trump expected the Russia investigation to be as extensive and complex as it has become. He probably never expected the panel judging the case to be as numerous as it has grown into. It has been dragging on for so long now that he must be frustrated and at times discouraged. It is certainly understandable for Mr. Trump to feel this way. How he keeps it all together reasonably well is a miracle.
They keep searching and searching for new findings but seem to come up empty handed. There has so far been no damaging information to suggest that the President or his family colluded with the Russians in our presidential election. This has become a wild goose chase which will prove our president and family members are innocent.
The president probably feels that if Jeff Sessions had not recused himself he would be the one conducting the investigation instead of Robert Mueller who is a good friend of James Comey. He should be concerned as he feels he cannot get fair representation with so many on the panel having supported Hillary Clinton and other Democrats. There should be more of a balance and one that does not reek of partiality which is extremely unjust.
President Trump is trying to achieve the goals he promised Americans he would do but this is like an albatross around his neck. It must we weighing on him constantly and I do feel very sorry for him as do other Americans who see this as a witch hunt. He has our sympathy and support.
They keep searching and searching for new findings but seem to come up empty handed. There has so far been no damaging information to suggest that the President or his family colluded with the Russians in our presidential election. This has become a wild goose chase which will prove our president and family members are innocent.
The president probably feels that if Jeff Sessions had not recused himself he would be the one conducting the investigation instead of Robert Mueller who is a good friend of James Comey. He should be concerned as he feels he cannot get fair representation with so many on the panel having supported Hillary Clinton and other Democrats. There should be more of a balance and one that does not reek of partiality which is extremely unjust.
President Trump is trying to achieve the goals he promised Americans he would do but this is like an albatross around his neck. It must we weighing on him constantly and I do feel very sorry for him as do other Americans who see this as a witch hunt. He has our sympathy and support.
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- What has been uncovered by the investigation is not know yet known, as the investigation is not over.
- The White Water investigation into B.Clinton started 1994 and ended 2000. It lasted 6 years and cost $50 Million. This investigation is only about 9 months old.
- The White Water investigators did not have to deal with an aggressive adversary country who runs their own very skilled intelligence and spy agency.
- What external investigations, done by journalist, etc., have uncovered so far is pretty suggestive of wrong doing.
- There have been 9 very close people to trump who are either part of his cabinet or worked in his campaign that have very strong ties to Russia. Including one who had to resign his post because he was so compromised.
- And then there was Jr.'s meeting.
If you don't see the smoke, is only because you don't want to. And if there is the smallest chance that one of our enemies is trying to bring our country down, finding this out is far more important than one president.
- The White Water investigation into B.Clinton started 1994 and ended 2000. It lasted 6 years and cost $50 Million. This investigation is only about 9 months old.
- The White Water investigators did not have to deal with an aggressive adversary country who runs their own very skilled intelligence and spy agency.
- What external investigations, done by journalist, etc., have uncovered so far is pretty suggestive of wrong doing.
- There have been 9 very close people to trump who are either part of his cabinet or worked in his campaign that have very strong ties to Russia. Including one who had to resign his post because he was so compromised.
- And then there was Jr.'s meeting.
If you don't see the smoke, is only because you don't want to. And if there is the smallest chance that one of our enemies is trying to bring our country down, finding this out is far more important than one president.
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Several thoughts leap to mind reading about Trump's whining about Mueller inquiry.
One, how ugly Republican inspired investigations have been compared to the current inquiry. Ken Starr searched all over the place to find dirt on President Clinton and did all that with a deafening drum beat in public. Imagine, that man had been a federal judge in an earlier avatar. Even the passage of two decades has done little to dim ugliness of his actions.
Two, inquiries almost always go into areas neither planned nor thought of in advance. That's the nature of the beast. If the investigators find out that Trump businesses had been laundering money for the Russians long before the current episode, well and good. That would give them clues to his MO in his MO. Also those investigations would yield him the identity of Trump's Russian business associates and possibly benefactors. Who knows?
No Mr Trump, the whole country knows about your shady deals, practices, your corrupt ways and vile character. Only things hidden from us as of now are concrete details. As a member of the public, I have no interest in you. I just do not want to see an American President take his cues and instructions from a foreign dictator, or from a bunch of moneyed men in return for their largesse. We do not trust you, Mr Trump. We are afraid you might sell the country's interests to serve your money interests. And what if you have already done just that?
One, how ugly Republican inspired investigations have been compared to the current inquiry. Ken Starr searched all over the place to find dirt on President Clinton and did all that with a deafening drum beat in public. Imagine, that man had been a federal judge in an earlier avatar. Even the passage of two decades has done little to dim ugliness of his actions.
Two, inquiries almost always go into areas neither planned nor thought of in advance. That's the nature of the beast. If the investigators find out that Trump businesses had been laundering money for the Russians long before the current episode, well and good. That would give them clues to his MO in his MO. Also those investigations would yield him the identity of Trump's Russian business associates and possibly benefactors. Who knows?
No Mr Trump, the whole country knows about your shady deals, practices, your corrupt ways and vile character. Only things hidden from us as of now are concrete details. As a member of the public, I have no interest in you. I just do not want to see an American President take his cues and instructions from a foreign dictator, or from a bunch of moneyed men in return for their largesse. We do not trust you, Mr Trump. We are afraid you might sell the country's interests to serve your money interests. And what if you have already done just that?
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We have a president who seems to that that the United States Attorney General is his own personal attorney. Trumps understands little and he has spent countless hours on a golf course, rather than in a library, seeking to improve his knowledge of his job. He shows no interest in the job he sought, he thinks nothing of threatening people with ending their health insurance, and quite clearly says that it is not on him. People who voted for him should be ashamed.
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What Trump _should_ be saying is, "I wouldn't have hired Sessions if I'd known he was going to lie to Congress." (The recusal was just a consequence of the lie ... excuse me ... "omission".) But then, we know this would be a lie, because Trump has no problem hiring liars -- it's practically the job description.
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We NEED to get a look at those tax returns! I think we all know what he knows; there is something very telling and dangerous hiding in them.
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But officer, I thought the traffic signs were just suggestions.
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Along these same lines, if people knew what Trump would do after he was elected they most likely wouldn't have voted for him.
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For the past 2 or 3 weeks they have been sowing the ground to dismiss Mueller and kill the investigation. Listen carefully to the Trump defenders making the rounds on Network TV and other outlets.
They all assert in one way or another how "unfair" or "illegal" Mueller's investigation is. How "illegitimately" it came to be. How it rose out of Comey's "crimes", "leaks", etc. Listen carefully and notice how they all divert the conversation to this message.
This last Trump rambling verbal attack was just a bumbling attempt at this. Notice how he tries to portray Comey as a blackmailer.
Big warning. This is coming and they will start to ramp it up.
They all assert in one way or another how "unfair" or "illegal" Mueller's investigation is. How "illegitimately" it came to be. How it rose out of Comey's "crimes", "leaks", etc. Listen carefully and notice how they all divert the conversation to this message.
This last Trump rambling verbal attack was just a bumbling attempt at this. Notice how he tries to portray Comey as a blackmailer.
Big warning. This is coming and they will start to ramp it up.
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If Mr Comey had not told him of the dossier he would have whined about that too. An intelligent politician would know not to bring up the dossier at all since it brings to mind imagery that is a little too vivid.
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What Comey was trying to do was what a good staff member would do. Warn and show the President what was circulating out there. He actually was protecting him and giving him a heads up.
If Comey wanted to use this for his own advantage he would have ....
1) Kept it under wrap for as long as he could while he got to the bottom of it.
2) Extract whatever factual damaging info that could be used.
3) Find any and every piece of related events, data, etc. that would corroborate the information and would tie the Pres. or his family to it.
4) And ONLY THEN drop that folder with every single piece damaging data on Trump's desk.
And as the head of the FBI he had the resources to do this, instead he brought dossier itself to the attention of Trump.
If Comey wanted to use this for his own advantage he would have ....
1) Kept it under wrap for as long as he could while he got to the bottom of it.
2) Extract whatever factual damaging info that could be used.
3) Find any and every piece of related events, data, etc. that would corroborate the information and would tie the Pres. or his family to it.
4) And ONLY THEN drop that folder with every single piece damaging data on Trump's desk.
And as the head of the FBI he had the resources to do this, instead he brought dossier itself to the attention of Trump.
So Trump doesn't trust Sessions, Yates, Mueller, Comey, Rosenstein or McCabe - and I suspect he's already souring on Wray. Why doesn't he nominate Jared for Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, FBI Director and Deputy Director and be done with it, already.
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Trump didn't "hire' Sessions; Trump nominated Sessions who was then confirmed by the Senate. Sessions is not Trumps's personal lawyer. Sessions represents the United States How can any attorney or judge foresee all grounds for an eventual recusal?
Trump is in over ha head.
Trump is in over ha head.
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I read the excerpts. I don't think he knows what "recuse" means. I thought he was just bungling the timing and not remembering that Sessions was forced to do it. But after reading the whole thing, I feel something's off in his understanding of the word.
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Trump may criticize AG Sessions but if he wanted to remove him some anonymous messenger would drop off a letter to that effect while also praising Trump if history has taught us anything, right?
1
Trump clearly doesn't understand US System of Government, the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Most Americans know the basics, least I would hope anyone who's gone past 5th grade would. So has nobody in the Trump White House tried to explain the basics of America's system of government to Trump, or have they and he can't comprehend or retain that very basic information?
Everything about Trump is very worrying, but his inability to comprehend the basics says there's something to be very worried about.
Everything about Trump is very worrying, but his inability to comprehend the basics says there's something to be very worried about.
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I really want the next interviewer to pin him down on insurance. If he really is thinking of life insurance rather than health insurance, it's just one more measure of how disconnected he is.
No, President Trump, this whole fuss is NOT about a $15 a month policy.
No, President Trump, this whole fuss is NOT about a $15 a month policy.
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This interview, as almost all of the President's do, serves only to cast doubt on every system, process, and practice of establishing trust in the federal government. Can't trust the Justice Dept. Can't trust special prosecutors. Can't trust the media. Can't trust the FBI. The message to his supporters?
Believe what you want, dismiss everything you don't like. Trust is a gut feeling - not a process, nor a law, nor a system, nor a practice.
Our entire government is built on systems of trust. Systems to root out collusion, conflicts of interest, graft, conspiracy, etc. He's attacking the very idea that people are able to organize themselves into a functioning society unless they all share the same 'gut feelings.'
It's poisoning democracy.
Believe what you want, dismiss everything you don't like. Trust is a gut feeling - not a process, nor a law, nor a system, nor a practice.
Our entire government is built on systems of trust. Systems to root out collusion, conflicts of interest, graft, conspiracy, etc. He's attacking the very idea that people are able to organize themselves into a functioning society unless they all share the same 'gut feelings.'
It's poisoning democracy.
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Until the stock market tanks, interest rates rise significantly we are stuck with Trump. It just show how this country really doesn't need full time congress. Or a full time President, it's not that Trump cheapin the presidency, when was the last good one?
Even though this President takes positions on certain issues that I disagree with, I cannot get over his candor. When it would be easier to fib and spare feelings, this guy says what he thinks regardless of the consequences. I have to have it to hand it to him, Trump has gumption, and he tells it like it is. If the rest of us were not so sheepish, maybe we could make a difference, too?
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That's an interesting take. I'd characterize it more as "doesn't know when to shut up." I'll give you this: the lack of filter reveals utter ignorance of how government works. Sessions is not his personal consigliore. The Attorney General represents you and I! You admire this?
1
how does he have the nerve to push for a healthcare bill that he doesn't understand and expect everyone else to sell on hid behalf? The worst salesperson or sales manager in the world wouldn't attempt that! If Trump is not going to bother learning anything, why does he want to be President?
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If Trump's Attorney General pick had been someone who didn't lie and who was unconnected to his campaign then the issue of recusal would never have arisen. Actions have consequences even for people playing the role of president.
I remember the adoption ban being in part due to the American couple that adopted a kid and then shipped him back by himself with a note saying they didn't want him anymore.
It was a huge story but glad to see it's completely ignored and the blame is put on sanctions to put the US in a better light.
It was a huge story but glad to see it's completely ignored and the blame is put on sanctions to put the US in a better light.
1
I urge the NYT to launch a new, ongoing reporting assignment (known in the trade as a "beat"): the Trump psychiatric beat. If "psychiatric" seems too strong a title, how about "psychology" or "mental health" beat? This is serious. This fellow threatens all Americans, our USA and all life on our planet.
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Is this just posturing so we might think that Sessions is not simply a puppet?
1
What does our nation do about this catastrophe of a president? I don't see great similarities between Trump and Nixon. Nixon was more of a grown-up although a nasty, dirty one. With Trump as with Nixon, the health of our democratic republic relies on a sufficient number of Republicans in Congress who can demonstrate the courage and integrity to put nation above partisan pressures.
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Nixon was smart, politically savvy 70% approval rating. His cover up was his undoing.
Donald Trump is no Richard Nixon.
Like Nixon Trump is running in cover up mode. But unlike Nixon Trump supporters are emotionally connected. It is emotion that blinds them to the facts, so they cannot see the truth.
Nixon had a 70% approval rating before Watergate. Trump has 35% and the cover up to the Trump scandal is just starting to unravel.
Like cheating in a marriage, will the emotional support dissolve as Trump supporters realize they have been betrayed?
Or like the battered spouse will they forgive and hope for change?
Donald Trump is no Richard Nixon.
Like Nixon Trump is running in cover up mode. But unlike Nixon Trump supporters are emotionally connected. It is emotion that blinds them to the facts, so they cannot see the truth.
Nixon had a 70% approval rating before Watergate. Trump has 35% and the cover up to the Trump scandal is just starting to unravel.
Like cheating in a marriage, will the emotional support dissolve as Trump supporters realize they have been betrayed?
Or like the battered spouse will they forgive and hope for change?
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Republicans are not going to denounce Trump. They have clearly put their agenda of stripping millions of Americans of health coverage, bestow tax cuts for the wealthy, not to mention robbing the American people of their public lands in order to log and plunder the environment, and on and on in the interests of party over country. When will this madness end?
2
I'm afraid Trump mixes up his Napoleons in the interview. Napoleon Bonaparte, who's tomb Trump admired in the Invalides, is not the Napoleon responsible for the boulevards, the six-storey apartment-buildings and all the other attractive features of Paris. That was in fact the work of Napoleon III, who became emperor in 1852 by a coup d'état, and fled the country after his clumsy defeat in the war with Prussia in 1870. You can't be too careful with whom you identify in history.
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The one question that I would ask Trump is, under what conditions would you resign?
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Donald J Trump can be bought for a price. The only problem is that you have to pay more than the Russians.
1
Fire Him. You do it so well, now do it. I don't like him at all.
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If you want to waste your precious time I recommend reading the excerpts of the interview. I think I understood the [garbled] more than his actual words. Is it dementia, brain cancer or stupidity? Whatever the case our country is in serious trouble with this mess in the white house.
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He is a con man.
People supporting him are patsies.
He likes the power and sees big bucks
for himself and his family in the future.
He is in it for himself and his family,
cares not a bit about "serving the people",
has no loyalty to anyone (except the family,
so far).
People supporting him are patsies.
He likes the power and sees big bucks
for himself and his family in the future.
He is in it for himself and his family,
cares not a bit about "serving the people",
has no loyalty to anyone (except the family,
so far).
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Trump's incompetence, low intellect and total lack of self-awareness, common sense, good judgement or discretion isn't (or shouldn't be) surprising at all since at no point prior to running for office - going back to the 80s - has he ever given any indication of being anything but.
What's breathtaking and shocking is the depth and unshakability of the delusion of his supporters.
"I love Trump. He is hilarious....here he is as President and still delivering wisecracks and un-politically correct common sense. That the fake news media and uber-liberals are still up in arms and foaming at the mouth make it all the more entertaining. He is pretty much guaranteed to win reelection at this rate."
"Simply brilliant. Unapologetic, irreverent, unafraid and in your face.
This is the reason why he became president and he reason why he'll get reelected. MAGA!"
Wha??? This sounds like they're describing a stand-up comic or reality TV carny, not the POTUS.
What's breathtaking and shocking is the depth and unshakability of the delusion of his supporters.
"I love Trump. He is hilarious....here he is as President and still delivering wisecracks and un-politically correct common sense. That the fake news media and uber-liberals are still up in arms and foaming at the mouth make it all the more entertaining. He is pretty much guaranteed to win reelection at this rate."
"Simply brilliant. Unapologetic, irreverent, unafraid and in your face.
This is the reason why he became president and he reason why he'll get reelected. MAGA!"
Wha??? This sounds like they're describing a stand-up comic or reality TV carny, not the POTUS.
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I think this interview demonstrates that there is no point in interviewing him. The output is meaningless gibberish.
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To the contrary, every thinking American should be reminded daily of the peril we face with Trump in the White House. Such interviews serve that valuable purpose. We must be vigilant and call members of Congress constantly to object. This cannot become the new normal.
12
Please....just make it stop...it's becoming unbearable to listen to the man.
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To all you Trump lovers can you explain to me how you can still support Trump after he threatened Muller. Muller,if he didn't need to investigate Trumps finances was just given a reason to do so.
19
I hope for the best of president Trump, that mental illness is covered under Medicaid and ACA.
His family will need that coverage to get him treated.
His family will need that coverage to get him treated.
13
Do you remember the worst bully in your schoolyard? You do? Good. Do you remember how useless that person was to the society of his peers? How he offered no positive contribution to the betterment of anyone, but merely snuffed the light out of the room with his useless presence?
We all knew someone like that. Now please explain to me why millions of people thought someone like that could ever lead this country.
I am ill every time I have to hear his whining voice.
We all knew someone like that. Now please explain to me why millions of people thought someone like that could ever lead this country.
I am ill every time I have to hear his whining voice.
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God forbid a Trump appointee put the nation above Donald Trump.
14
Is there anyone left that he's not blaming for something?
And still talking about himself in the third person:' very unfair to the president'.
Very psychotic.
How long can the country withstand this assault?
And still talking about himself in the third person:' very unfair to the president'.
Very psychotic.
How long can the country withstand this assault?
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Why would he question someone named Jefferson(Davis)(Beauregard) who grew in a family still fighting for white supremacy. Judging from his circuit court appointments Beauregard is a step up.
3
Sessions did the right thing. Trump, in his colossal ignorance of norms, ethics, and presidential behavior, once again shows the depth of the disaster the nation is in, having picked this utterly incompetent and indecent this man. When will his enablers, the Republicans, put a stop to this? McConnell, Ryan et al: have you not a shred of decency or patriotism? Or is power everything to you and our Republic nothing?
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Undoubtedly Trump doesn't care al all about screaming chaos and
craziness he has created.
He has the front pages today. THat's all he cares about. He is
entirely SICK.
craziness he has created.
He has the front pages today. THat's all he cares about. He is
entirely SICK.
10
Donald Trump is what most people would call a "Backstabber".
10
He is clearly and repeatedly obstructing justice and thinks he can do anything even threaten the people investigating him, That he is still not being charged and 88% of his brain dead supporters are still behind him is ridiculous.
7
Does he really believe we have any reason to believe anything he says at this point? He lies all the time about serious and insignificant things. He has no credibility. I am sure he knew all about the Russian collusion and gave his approval. It was unethical and so it is right up his MO. Happy when he and several of his family end up in jail. That would be so ironic, and sweet, after all his trumped up calls for Hilary to be locked up....
8
More Evidence of Obstruction of Justice. He appointed Sessions to "play ball" and to cover up his numerous crimes...Sessions said no.
4
I'm starting to see ominous signs of commenting from Russia here - submissions tend to diminish in late afternoon when Muscovites go to bed. The same kind of provocative potstirring which was common pre-election, often with tangled participles and prepositions.
Be aware. I suppose that's all we can do, for now.
Be aware. I suppose that's all we can do, for now.
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Donald, Jeff Sessions is the best AG you will ever get. He is being tough on illegal aliens, and fights your important Travel Ban in the courts. A lot of conservatives(your base) really like him. Your reputation with your base will be tarnished if you try to fire him.
We need someone like Jeff as AG to erase the problems caused by Holder and Lynch.
We need someone like Jeff as AG to erase the problems caused by Holder and Lynch.
1
Sessions is a voice from the ugly past of America. His intolerance, his lack of compassion, and his zeal for heavy-handed police tactics are alarming....and bad for this country.
2
President Conflict of Interest just doesn't see anything wrong with.... anything!
3
The guy is in another world.........a world whose goal is to protect his ego......but he has no idea of this. He's no leader, that's for sure. He makes chaos and cannot work with anyone. He cannot work alone either, because he either can't or won't READ. Is there anything more insane than a video-addicted President of the USA who does not read? Someone should ask him the last book he read. Probably one ghost-written in his name on how to cheat in business and make money.
11
Given the low approval ratings, if this charade was a tv show it would be cancelled by now...
7
Follow the money. "Adoptions" means sanctions. The backstabbing in the White House is inevitable. The only people Trump trusts are his family as they are privy to the ingrained Russian tryst. The first family who lies and cheats together sticks together. Anybody who shines the spotlight on him and his family - who are an extension of him - is doomed. And the first family cannot exist without this carefully designed co-dependency. It's an incestuous system and destroying the USA
2
If I knew Sessions was going to stand up for the Constitution, instead of for me, I never would have offered him the job. Sorry, Trump, Sessions is not your lawyer. He is the lawyer for all Americans.
3
Every darn day, another surprise, another startling revelation, another half-truth. This is NOT what I expect in a President of these United States. How about we repeal and replace HIM?
5
Chasing Trump's gaffaws may be unproductive. He seems to flourish with any publicity.
Clearly it is Sessions fault for colluding with the Russians- a clear Trump policy, undoubtedly encouraged by the Boss. With Manafort, Kushner & Jr. canoodling with Putin's minions- Session was an early adopter !
The problem- of course- is Trump's unseemly relations with Russian oligarchs,FSB and VEB...whether by proxies or through his shadowy conversations.
Apparently Trump doesn't think his actual financial relations count when POTUS. This is much more egregious than the slippery disclaimer:"I have not had sexual relations with that woman."
Clearly it is Sessions fault for colluding with the Russians- a clear Trump policy, undoubtedly encouraged by the Boss. With Manafort, Kushner & Jr. canoodling with Putin's minions- Session was an early adopter !
The problem- of course- is Trump's unseemly relations with Russian oligarchs,FSB and VEB...whether by proxies or through his shadowy conversations.
Apparently Trump doesn't think his actual financial relations count when POTUS. This is much more egregious than the slippery disclaimer:"I have not had sexual relations with that woman."
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I get it. He's setting the stage. He wants to fire Sessions, so that he can appoint a new AG. The new AG can then fire Bob Mueller, who's investigation is clearly cutting close to the bone. Then, he can get this 'witch hunt' behind him and concentrate on more important matters. Like making more $$$ for himself, his family and friends. And Russian 'adoptions'.
The only conflicts of interest that are important to him are those that conflict with his own interests.
The only conflicts of interest that are important to him are those that conflict with his own interests.
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Sure Trump is a megalomaniacal narcissist.
But he came off as pretty rational in this piece.
But he came off as pretty rational in this piece.
Great takeaway from this rambling display of tragic idiocy: Trump thinks he's smarter than Napoleon and Stalin. I'd like to see those handshakes.
3
Hey, Jeff Sessions: DJT just demanded your resignation. You can say you want to spend more time with your family or that you need time for addressing some medical malady ... the packaging is yours, at this stage. But make no mistake: your boss just shoved you under the bus. It must be pretty crowded under there. Go ahead and walk away before DJT comes out and publicly informs you ... via Twitter, probably ... that "You're Fired."
So this ignorant man thinks that health insurance costs $12 per year - about the cost of 2 meals at McDonalds! How incredibly stupid this man? How out of touch is he with the struggles of the average person.
This should have been today's headline: "President Trump Knows Nothing About Health Insurance - Thinks It Costs 25 Cents A Week!
This should have been today's headline: "President Trump Knows Nothing About Health Insurance - Thinks It Costs 25 Cents A Week!
5
Trump has finally gotten himself a "Loyal dissenter". Session's didn't choose to recuse himself. The media blew his cover and he had to save face. Long live the media!
4
"hey Baby Bubba, we still fiends, snarl!"
The famous adage in international politics is applicable to Trumpian politics, mutatis mutandis: He has no permanent friends or permanent enemies. He has only permanent interests. He has no compunction in trashing everyone and everything that stand in the way of his pursuing those interests -- financial, political, megalomaniacal, etc., etc.
1
Sessions was a simpleton from the beginning. In his hearing, he played Philadelphia Lawyer: qualifying his Russian contacts when the phrase "campaign contact with Russians" came up when no qualifying was necessary. His brushing against the Russian Ambassador, his input, was incidental contact. He wasn't a campaign official. He was Senator Jeff Sessions.
His country, down home act, reactionary-right, immigration heavy drawl won over Trump as good political payback.
You reap what you sew.
His country, down home act, reactionary-right, immigration heavy drawl won over Trump as good political payback.
You reap what you sew.
1
" ...I would have picked somebody else."
But Bannon already had a job. I forget.
But Bannon already had a job. I forget.
The worst of it for me is that not one sentence that came out of his mouth in this long interview was even halfway clear or coherent. It's not even stonewalling, a person who's this bad at speaking is bad at thinking, the words really just show how falteringly his mind works. The only thing that seems to be clear to him is when and where he had dinner and the more prestigious the surroundings the better. He's a baby driven by id and superego. The joke isn't funny anymore. Please let it end.
8
This sounds too much like a con game and I am not buying any of this bluster. It remind me of the setup in the movie "The Sting" and I am waiting to see how they are going to play the suckers.
1
At the very bottom of this is an uneducated man for all of his bragging about his degree and his businesses. He knows NOTHING about US History or government unless his name is in an article about it.
And the worse part is he doesn't WANT to know anything. He is just going to keep blustering and bumbling through this, hurting so many people.
Just so discouraging that so many fell for his schtick and are still supporting him.
And the worse part is he doesn't WANT to know anything. He is just going to keep blustering and bumbling through this, hurting so many people.
Just so discouraging that so many fell for his schtick and are still supporting him.
4
We've had Presidents that needed to be reminded of moral right and wrongs, but a President in need of a civics lesson? The Attoeney General isn't supposed to be "fair" to the President. The Attorney General is supposed to be responsible to the people.
5
This interview isn't all that revealing, but it does confirm what's been plain from the beginning, or would be to anyone who's not entranced by Mr. Trump's moral shell game. A sampling: Mr. Trump expects loyalty but does not give it. He prefers people who are willing to sacrifice facts (much less the truth), due process, ethics, and integrity for the sake of "the boss." Mr. Trump is fickle. His definition of a good, smart, virtuous human being ("a winner") is anyone who, on a given day, agrees with him. (Bonus points for being a good-looking woman and/or rich.) His definition of an evil and stupid person ("loser") is anyone who, on a given day, disagrees with him about whatever is consuming his attention at the time, i.e., his personal image, his brand, or his bottom line. (Ditto for organizations. Goes double for news media.) Mr. Trump does not understand how our government is supposed to work or how it differs from his businesses. He may even agree with what Louis XIV said (maybe): "I am the state" ("L'Etat, c'est moi"). That's assuming he knows who Louis XIV was. The question is how long it will be before even his supporters have had enough. Maybe Mr. Sessions is almost there.
5
President Trump has completely forgotten that he pledged his loyalty to the Constitution of the US as do all Govt. employees when he was sworn in. He is not a king and no one in his cabinet has to pledge loyalty to him or any other person in the Federal Govt. I wish the news media would continue to remind him of his responsibilities to the Constitution and the People of the US, and not to his personal interest.
1
Jeff Sessions may be the worst AG in many respects-- drug policy, civil rights, confiscation. Yet despite that he is not AG in one critical aspect: the Russia Investigation. Here Rosenstein is Acting AG and he will protect the investigation and Mueller. Replacing Sessions means replacing Rosenstein, and that would lead to killing the Russia probe.
Sessions must remain in office.
Sessions must remain in office.
1
He's concerned about conflicts of interest?! His whole presidency is a series of conflicts of interest with everyone - from his family, his businesses, his cabinet, his advisers - trying to monetize the presidency for their own financial gains.
He never takes responsibility for any behavior, action or statement. Always deflecting and blaming others if they are not "kissing his ring."
He never takes responsibility for any behavior, action or statement. Always deflecting and blaming others if they are not "kissing his ring."
1
Trump lies and lies and lies while acting with a straight face and thinking that his audience is giving him the benefit of the doubt.
To thine own self be true Mr. Trump and stop treating your audience as children capable of being manipulated.
To thine own self be true Mr. Trump and stop treating your audience as children capable of being manipulated.
Mr. Trump is right - it is the Democrats fault. He did everything he could to lose the election - insulted women, ethnics, members of religions, fellow Republicans and Democrats, stalked Hillary on stage, praised himself for being a celebrity and women's crotch-grabber, and losing the election by a three million votes. He even claimed that the election was fixed, knowing fully-well that the Russians were the ones doing the fixing, and that Republican ally-and-then enemy James Comey would do the final Hilliary-email announcement at the appropriate time.
Our election process is broken. Our Constitution is broken and in need of fixing - it's not a sacred document for on high but a working plan that was meant to be amended and fixed when broken. Until we the people have the courage and the backbone to fix the Constitution and the election process we deserve the candidates and rulers we get.
Our election process is broken. Our Constitution is broken and in need of fixing - it's not a sacred document for on high but a working plan that was meant to be amended and fixed when broken. Until we the people have the courage and the backbone to fix the Constitution and the election process we deserve the candidates and rulers we get.
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Well here's the deal; we all know that Beauregard is a hard head, and that's not his worst character flaw. At this point I guess we all just go with a prayer that he is visited by his..no wait, by our better angels. Yeah I know I can't hold my breath that long..but it doesn't hurt to pray.
If I were Trump, I would beware of briefcases under the conference table during meetings with my cabinet.
1
Today's spin from Trump's remaining defenders is all about how unfair the interpretation of his answers has been in the media. It's apparently all about poor misunderstood Donald and all of the meanies that make up the non-Fox press. Far from being a delicate flower, Trump smashed all mud-slinging, innuendo-spinning, lying straight to your face records previously held by any modern President during week one. The only person any sincere supporters should be focused on protecting Donald J. Trump from is himself.
2
Loyalty to me for me or else. Integrity -- for everyone else.
Are we all again enjoying Trump's 'refreshing' 'honest' way of speaking? Because, you know, 'this is what got him elected,' 'this is what his base wants to hear'? Never mind that what he's actually saying is dangerous to our democracy, never mind that these are the words of a would-be tyrant, and please, never mind that what got him elected is not his base, but Russia! By all means, let's all be entertained by his honest way of threatening people and his refreshing way to lie.
1
Note to GOP: lest you thought our president was loyal to anyone other than someone whose name ends in "Trump," please think again. His list of who he will defend consists entirely of family members, leaving everyone else available to be thrown under a bus as and when needed.
1
I always thought he would be the gift that kept on giving when it came to damaging the GOP , this last weeks events are proving the validity of that theorem.
1
I really have just one question....how many dots does one have to connect to understand that the Russian mob is in control of the highest office in the United States...the Office of the Presidency? Frankly, at this point, the issue of Jeff Sessions is irrelevant.
4
A comically solipsistic president who brings his country to the brink of dissolution but waxes poetic about balloons is an irresistible literary conceit. Trump on top of skyscrapers reuniting with lost balloons is an unforgettable cinematic image. Then the skyscraper collapses because, like everything else about the hero, it is based on nothing. But little boy trump floats away to neverland on a beloved balloon as his country is turned to economic and cultural rubble.
Get him out of office now. We can no longer leave the grown-up stuff to John McCain. Time to step up ourselves. We have all the tools needed for a peaceful transition before much too much is lost.
Get him out of office now. We can no longer leave the grown-up stuff to John McCain. Time to step up ourselves. We have all the tools needed for a peaceful transition before much too much is lost.
2
The AG is responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States. They are supposed to be loyal and fair to the country and it's laws, not the President.
4
Just a coincidence?
It seems that Trump feels more secure talking much about anything -since he met Putin.
It seems that Trump feels more secure talking much about anything -since he met Putin.
1
Why has there been so much talk about adoption? Are there some illegitimate Trump children floating around Russia?
2
How ironic. Trump expects and demands loyalty yet is incapable of that quality himself. He will soon find himself isolated and powerless. Perhaps then we can hope the Republicans finally do their duty to this country and its Constitution.
1
One dictionary does not have enough adjectives to sate the hate of the left for Trump. All of the available adjectives have already been used and now they are just being repeated.
Thank you for summarizing interview with DT. I just read NYT " Excerpts from Times's interview with Trump" out of curiosity. He articulates level of elementary school student and exaggerates like drama queen.
When I started to read, I felt stressed with thought that how could I go through this excerpts because of his level of articulation. Then, few paragraphs later, the reading was sounded like drama queen's talk with waving hands gestures and polished finger nails. I tried hard not to imagine like that but I couldn't.
The interview showed that he does not have any idea or know anything specifically regarding government agenda. I wonder, before AG Sessions got the job, whether DT asked that AG will take care of Russia investigation or DT just assumed that AG will take care it. Few sentences look like that DT asked. One thing is clear that Russia investigation was in DT's mind when he appointed AG. I think that DT already knew about the E-mail ( DT Jr). That's the way of denial of drama queen and his previous record of denial when he had litigations (over 4000). As the readers pointed out, the language of adoption became like sound of collusion. There are nothing hidden under the sun.
When I started to read, I felt stressed with thought that how could I go through this excerpts because of his level of articulation. Then, few paragraphs later, the reading was sounded like drama queen's talk with waving hands gestures and polished finger nails. I tried hard not to imagine like that but I couldn't.
The interview showed that he does not have any idea or know anything specifically regarding government agenda. I wonder, before AG Sessions got the job, whether DT asked that AG will take care of Russia investigation or DT just assumed that AG will take care it. Few sentences look like that DT asked. One thing is clear that Russia investigation was in DT's mind when he appointed AG. I think that DT already knew about the E-mail ( DT Jr). That's the way of denial of drama queen and his previous record of denial when he had litigations (over 4000). As the readers pointed out, the language of adoption became like sound of collusion. There are nothing hidden under the sun.
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This individual has absolutely NO moral compass; he talks about undermining the legal process like he was ordering lunch. Add to this his seemingly irresistible urge to change his position on issues every other hour and I'm left wondering how this country will every survive a Trump presidency with its blatant chronyism, nepotism, pathological lying, paranoia and penchant to blame everyone else for his own stupidity. It would seem that, at the moment, Mueller is the best--perhaps the last--hope of putting a stop to this daily abuse of power.
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"I wonder if Trump is going through the first stages of dementia?"
In the just completed Presidential election he defeated HRC and many Republican Primary candidates include Jeb Bush in spite of being a novice politician. That implies a very high degree of mental sharpness to me.
In the just completed Presidential election he defeated HRC and many Republican Primary candidates include Jeb Bush in spite of being a novice politician. That implies a very high degree of mental sharpness to me.
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Trump, despite the deals he has arranged around the world, does not know much about life outside the bubble in which he has lived his entire adult life, and he has cultivated an attitude never to learn anything about anything that he can find someone who already knows can do. It means that what he sees in the media and hears from people close to him is everything that he considers and even that it subject to his personal instincts to guide his decisions, not rational consideration of facts that can be supported. Trump has not even attempted to bring people together to solve problems. He will arrange a conference around some table and listen to the input, but what comes out of it is anyone's guess. His spokes people may report one thing only to have Trump contradict them during the same news cycle. It's not what happens when a CEO brings together executive staff to develop a strategy and to make plans. In that case, everyone delivers the same message. When one is the boss in a private firm that needs not a have a lot of people all working on different things to accomplish a complex operation, that boss can make decisions and change them without a lot of disruption, but with a big complex organization reversals of decisions can be extremely disruptive and costly. So Trump just has not got the experience and skills needed to do the job which he has to do and he's an awfully slow learner.
I wonder why Trump is getting so worked up since, after all, this is only about adoptions.
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Where are the tough questions here? He makes so many points that could easily be pushed on with a little follow up. Perhaps that happened and it's just not indicated here, but I don't understand why you're treating him with kid gloves. He's the president and should be answering these questions – and if he doesn't answer the first or second time, ask it again. And again.
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If only we could turn the clock back before Trump hijacked our democracy and our global dignity, but we cannot. "Sad"! to quote him.
Each and every day of this nightmare brings more outrageous actions, childish tweets, inane and often insane statements, and lack of transparency re: Trump's mysterious tax returns, his and his family's secret Russian meetings, bizarre audio only press briefings. The irony of the latter alone is in keeping with the strange time we are forced to live (rather suffer) considering his TV celebrity that introduced him to his "base".
I do think, however, the fever pitch of Trump's lying, fabrications, threats against Senators and Congress, the Justice Dept et al, will eventually do him in to our country's benefit.
We, who cherish our country, can and should hope that those who have the power and authority ( I mean Congress -- Republicans, Democrats and Independents-- can recapture out Democracy. But, in truth, it seems that will only occur through impeachment.
Each and every day of this nightmare brings more outrageous actions, childish tweets, inane and often insane statements, and lack of transparency re: Trump's mysterious tax returns, his and his family's secret Russian meetings, bizarre audio only press briefings. The irony of the latter alone is in keeping with the strange time we are forced to live (rather suffer) considering his TV celebrity that introduced him to his "base".
I do think, however, the fever pitch of Trump's lying, fabrications, threats against Senators and Congress, the Justice Dept et al, will eventually do him in to our country's benefit.
We, who cherish our country, can and should hope that those who have the power and authority ( I mean Congress -- Republicans, Democrats and Independents-- can recapture out Democracy. But, in truth, it seems that will only occur through impeachment.
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Donald Trump's comments are a startling indication of wrongdoing. He is basically saying that he was counting on Jeff Sessions to quash the FBI's investigation into possible collusion with Russia or to be able to steer the investigation away from the president. Trump obviously would not think that Sessions's recusal was "unfair" if he had nothing to hide. Nor would he be attacking Robert Mueller's integrity or suggesting that Rod Rosenstein cannot be impartial without wearing GOP stripes unless he had reason to believe that the investigation will eventually point to him. At least Richard Nixon had the class to carry out the Saturday Night Massacre quietly.
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Trump just plain make things up, using whatever he last saw on tv or remembers from his life. That $10 a year for insurance is probably the co-pay for a single man's insurance fifty years ago. The company had a great insurance plan and workers had no or very small co-pay. He is 71, he was 21 fifty years ago. His only reference point is his personal history.
Kind of like his own personal Vietnam comment. His own myopic worldview.
Kind of like his own personal Vietnam comment. His own myopic worldview.
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Someone needs to spend 5 minutes with trump and explain to him that Jeff Sessions serves the American people at his (trump) pleasure. Sessions doesn't serve trump.
With that said, there are a million other reasons Jeff Sessions should not be the AG, least of which is his recusal from the Russian investigation.
With that said, there are a million other reasons Jeff Sessions should not be the AG, least of which is his recusal from the Russian investigation.
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"This is about Russia" Translation "I am not concerned about Russia, but I am concerned about financial dealings.
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There is so much that is going wrong in the world and we are STILL talking about this insane child?
The European Supreme Court has ruled that ANYONE can sue a company that makes vaccines with a lawsuit that is not based on science! A person developed multiple sclerosis a month after getting a vaccination. There is nothing in any clinical trial that shows that this vaccine can lead to this debilitating disease. Yet these judges felt that a “temporal” point was made....the disease occurred after the vaccine was given--a MONTH afterward. The defendant doesn’t have to show any scientific evidence..it’s ALL on the vaccine manufacturer to disprove! The highest court in the European Union made this decision. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?
This has the potential of bringing back every infectious disease including small pox, measles, mumps, whooping cough, hepatitis B, meningococcal pneumonia and meningitis. These diseases are sweeping across the European and Asian continents along with epidemics here in America where anti-vaxers have prevented their children from getting vaccines.
The entire city of Mosul has been destroyed..where’s the news? OUR war in Afghanistan is being amped up again--4,000 troops including my neighbor is being sent by this maniac.
The media is making money off Trump while the rest of the world is on fire--literally!
The European Supreme Court has ruled that ANYONE can sue a company that makes vaccines with a lawsuit that is not based on science! A person developed multiple sclerosis a month after getting a vaccination. There is nothing in any clinical trial that shows that this vaccine can lead to this debilitating disease. Yet these judges felt that a “temporal” point was made....the disease occurred after the vaccine was given--a MONTH afterward. The defendant doesn’t have to show any scientific evidence..it’s ALL on the vaccine manufacturer to disprove! The highest court in the European Union made this decision. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?
This has the potential of bringing back every infectious disease including small pox, measles, mumps, whooping cough, hepatitis B, meningococcal pneumonia and meningitis. These diseases are sweeping across the European and Asian continents along with epidemics here in America where anti-vaxers have prevented their children from getting vaccines.
The entire city of Mosul has been destroyed..where’s the news? OUR war in Afghanistan is being amped up again--4,000 troops including my neighbor is being sent by this maniac.
The media is making money off Trump while the rest of the world is on fire--literally!
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45 cannot tolerate the presence of any ethical person, and no ethical person can tolerate the existence of 45.
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Can you imagine the dreamed up issue by the Republicans they would be obsessing over right now if Clinton were president? Committees and subcommittees set up to investigate. They are so good at making a mountain out of a mole hill.
On the other hand we have Trump with the Rocky Mountain Range of issues that seem to have no end and absolutely nothing from the Republicans
On the other hand we have Trump with the Rocky Mountain Range of issues that seem to have no end and absolutely nothing from the Republicans
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I'm not surprised. Trump and Sessions are of the same breed - both users and devious, some might even think of them as crooked. Trump appointed Sessions AG expecting to exploit his loyalty which he knew he would need time and time again. Sessions sought the job to wash off his many frustrations and failures for not being able to receive acceptance and long sought respectability. Well, in a way both of them did to each other what they thought they would as a team do to others. Sessions got the job - and an insult dripping rebuke in public. Trump got what was coming to him - a cur in place of a faithful pedigreed dog that they say is the only true friend one can depend upon in Washington.
Moral of the story is: In the Trumpian den no one is faithful to no one.
Moral of the story is: In the Trumpian den no one is faithful to no one.
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Trump is getting frantic again, with the latest revelation of the surreptitious meeting that his son, Don Jr., son-in-law, Jared and campaign manager, Paul Manafort, had with important Russians figures closely associated to Putin. Trump's desperation, as the Russia-related investigation is getting closer to him and his family, is apparent from his Times interview, sending a signal to AG Sessions to resign and warning Special Counsel Muller that if he dared to delve into his family's finances he would be fired! So, Trump's next move if Sessions does not follow his implied order to resign will be to fire Sessions and appoint a loyal Trump subject who will do as Trump bids. Trump will use this faithful new appointee to fire Muller! Wait for the next episode in the Trump-Russia Election Affair! Hope the unpatriotic GOP members of Congress will, at least upon Sessions firing, move to impeach the Tyrant!
I'm not a fan in any way shape or form of Jeff Sessions. And yet, somehow, Trump's talent for throwing people under the bus gives them a special "sheen" that almost elevates their stock to the level of Respectable!
Almost.
Almost.
I agree with Trump. Sessions shouldn't have recused himself for his meeting with Russian officials; he should have resigned instead.
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Well Sessions outsmarted Trump - he wanted the job and power and knew the Russia thing would come up but like the clever lawyer that he is he is under no obligation to tell Trump some skeletons might come up. Buyer beware. That should go over well. If Trump had any sense he would know that conflict of interest is a baseline in government, law enforcement and even private sector in many cases. Trump could have saved himself a headache and gotten somebody compliant but had no ties that would have endangered Trump. Again paying attention and working smart aren't hard for most people looking out for their own self interest.
What the man is saying is that if he had known Sessions wasn't going to protect him he wouldn't have hired him. He thinks that everyone is beholden to him. He has the attitude that the office is more like a kingship. That's something that Washington was very much trying to avoid during the foundation of the country.
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Come to think about it, it is pretty sad. These two seem to be made for each other. Both such wonderful human beings, and all.
Trump wants loyalty and support of him to supersede any allegiance to the rule of law, the Constitution and the national good.
There have been so many desperate and considerable efforts to impede the investigations and avoid transparency. The number of lies, the degree of story shifting, the number of omissions and baseless accusations is staggering. Clearly, Trump & Co. have a great deal they want to remain hidden.
There have been so many desperate and considerable efforts to impede the investigations and avoid transparency. The number of lies, the degree of story shifting, the number of omissions and baseless accusations is staggering. Clearly, Trump & Co. have a great deal they want to remain hidden.
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Why not offer Trump's family full immunity
if Trump divulges all knowledge of ongoing Russian infiltration and blackmail?
Trump can refuse this offer - if he is not guilty of collusion..
(which would provide the leverage to continue his presidency)..
Problem solved...
if Trump divulges all knowledge of ongoing Russian infiltration and blackmail?
Trump can refuse this offer - if he is not guilty of collusion..
(which would provide the leverage to continue his presidency)..
Problem solved...
Of all the reasons why Sessions should not be AG, this is right at the bottom rung of the ladder of importance. It's akin to criticizing the Titanic for not having more comfortable deck chairs.
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Trump takes credit for things that are going right because of policies and trends in place long before he was elected, and deflects the negatives of his terms so far onto those closet to him. This is a man who doesn't know who he is or what he stands for unless someone feeds him a script, or whispers in his ear. He's so naive and ignorant of how the world works, it's unfathomable. I suppose his supporters support him because they feel as though it's a victory for ignorance and entitlement.
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I just started reading the interview transcript. It was embarrassing. Not just because the president is so ignorant and clueless, but because the interviewers were doing a terrible job -- about par for the Times, I'm sad to say.
Didn't anyone at the Times ever hear of tough questions? And follow-ups? And refusing to move on until a responsive answer is given? And not letting an interview subject just ramble on mindlessly?
I guess not.
Didn't anyone at the Times ever hear of tough questions? And follow-ups? And refusing to move on until a responsive answer is given? And not letting an interview subject just ramble on mindlessly?
I guess not.
OJ is becoming available if Trump wants to make a change. He knows a lot about the justice system.
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More mountains out of molehills from the left, they are fine if not Trump would fire him.
So stay tuned for the next episode of The Apprentice: DC Edition.
That's all the past 6 months of this presidency has been.
He gives an interview to the " Failing New York Times " and I'm willing to bet he'll claim he saved it with this interview. " They practically begged me to come up and give them a story. "
His next book will be titled;
" The Art of Mendacity: How to Con Your Way into the Oval Office and Make Money Doing It. "
That's all the past 6 months of this presidency has been.
He gives an interview to the " Failing New York Times " and I'm willing to bet he'll claim he saved it with this interview. " They practically begged me to come up and give them a story. "
His next book will be titled;
" The Art of Mendacity: How to Con Your Way into the Oval Office and Make Money Doing It. "
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Have I missed something here? Trump said he wouldn't have picked Sessions if he knew he was going to recuse himself from the Russia Investigation. Does that imply that he discussed this with Sessions prior to nominating him? So am I to assume that Sessions was selected because Trump believed he would be protected by Sessions in any Russia investigation?
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It's getting hard to stay up-to-date with all this absurdity. I'm looking forward to the Hollywood version after our country comes back to its senses.
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If Trump doesn't understand recusal he shouldn't be a government janitor. But he clearly doesn't comprehend the problems facing him.
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Forget about Sessions, what about the "unfairness" to Trump voters?
Surely if many Trump voters would have known what he would try (and luckily repeatedly fail) to do, they would not have voted for him.
Trump's attempted actions really are so very unfair to Trump voters (here I give them the benefit of the doubt - we must all forgive, right?).
Surely if many Trump voters would have known what he would try (and luckily repeatedly fail) to do, they would not have voted for him.
Trump's attempted actions really are so very unfair to Trump voters (here I give them the benefit of the doubt - we must all forgive, right?).
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Many of Trump's supporters feel the same way about Trump: if we had known just what a phony baloney he was we would have listened to our family on the East and West Coasts were trying to tell us and voted for Clinton. She would not have been a Russian spy, boasted of the millions who would lose healthcare, and would not have been proud of a child who aimed to trade in stolen good (hacked emails). These crooked cronies should be tarred and feathered and ridden out on a rail. That's how Loyalists were treated when America was great!
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Does any sane person believe that this man is sane?
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Trump's thinking in a tweet-sized blurb:
"By definition if I do it it's not ilegal, wrong or improper. I am the president and therefore I should be able to do as I please. Why doesn't everyone get this? Sad"
"By definition if I do it it's not ilegal, wrong or improper. I am the president and therefore I should be able to do as I please. Why doesn't everyone get this? Sad"
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When asked today (Thurs) whether the President had confidence in his AG, Sarah H. Sanders - off camera - replied:
"Clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general."
Why do WH spokespeople always couch their answers in vaguely threatening language?
NOT my president
"Clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general."
Why do WH spokespeople always couch their answers in vaguely threatening language?
NOT my president
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Noticed how you only called him "President" once or twice in the entire article and instead referred to him primarily as Mr. Trump. Thank you for that.
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I don't know what everyone is complaining about. After all, you guys have a big, beautiful wall and really inexpensive health care for all! You've got to love being Great Again and being First! Paris is Paris again and people with mental health issues can buy automatic weapons! Not to mention all that winning! Shouldn't Americans look Trump in the eye and say "Thanks, buddy"?
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It's a triangulation (new word in Trump world). Russia-Money-trump. What could go wrong other than everything?
NYT: It is apparent in this interview that Trump doesn't know the difference between health insurance and life insurance. I would say "that cannot be," but nowadays nothing surprises. Any chance you can get to the bottom of this? It means the man is either senile or clueless and we have a right to know.
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"I fought the law and the law one."
It's deeply concerning when a person with great power is clearly obtuse and woefully ignorant.
It's deeply concerning when a person with great power is mentally unstable.
It's deeply concerning when a person with great power continually lies, smirks, swears, gleefully uses sexist, racist and xenophobic language and personally attacks anyone he perceives as a threat in the most juvenile and vicious way imaginable.
Any ONE of these traits are extremely dangerous afflictions for a president. But when ALL OF THEM are present, on an ongoing basis, it's clear that the time is long past to remove this man---who actually LOST by three million votes---from the high office he currently holds.
Our lives, quite literally, might depend on it.
It's deeply concerning when a person with great power is mentally unstable.
It's deeply concerning when a person with great power continually lies, smirks, swears, gleefully uses sexist, racist and xenophobic language and personally attacks anyone he perceives as a threat in the most juvenile and vicious way imaginable.
Any ONE of these traits are extremely dangerous afflictions for a president. But when ALL OF THEM are present, on an ongoing basis, it's clear that the time is long past to remove this man---who actually LOST by three million votes---from the high office he currently holds.
Our lives, quite literally, might depend on it.
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DJT doesn't drink, but if someone you knew rambled as incoherently as he did in the Times interview wouldn't you think he was on something? Maybe just forgot to take his meds for severe ADD, but this is the 2nd time he's done an incoherent interview.
Hope both parties get smart and demand release of tax returns and independent medical exam before allowing future candidates to run on their ticket.
Hope both parties get smart and demand release of tax returns and independent medical exam before allowing future candidates to run on their ticket.
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The president of the United States is an embarrassment to our country.
When one votes for a novice that is exactly what one gets--someone who is devoid of any understanding of American history and civics.
But perhaps worse is that millions of Americans continue to stand by him despite his lies and ignorance.
I find myself on a daily basis having to explain to my 12 and 14-year old sons that our country is better than this mockery and that we will survive. In Trump's favorite word "Sad!"
When one votes for a novice that is exactly what one gets--someone who is devoid of any understanding of American history and civics.
But perhaps worse is that millions of Americans continue to stand by him despite his lies and ignorance.
I find myself on a daily basis having to explain to my 12 and 14-year old sons that our country is better than this mockery and that we will survive. In Trump's favorite word "Sad!"
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We Need Mueller Time Now!
If i was President Trump and i was betrayed like this i would have asked for Sessions Resignation that day!
Session demonstrated very little class before Trump's diss. Hangin round now after Trump's verbal assault just certifies his deserved low place on the integrity food chain.
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I wonder if Trump is going through the initial stages of dementia. Maybe he genuinely can't remember key details of events, such as ushering all those folks out of his office so he could talk to Comey alone.
Isn't it interesting that he gives the failing, fake news NYT a 50 minute freewheeling interview? What can the right wing bubble say to this? That the Times is distorting the facts?
If he fires Sessions, McCabe, Rosenstein and Mueller and all hell breaks loose, maybe then impeachment proceedings can begin. There's already so much evidence. I'm afraid the rule of law, the constitution and our democracy will have to take more hard hits before this happens.
Isn't it interesting that he gives the failing, fake news NYT a 50 minute freewheeling interview? What can the right wing bubble say to this? That the Times is distorting the facts?
If he fires Sessions, McCabe, Rosenstein and Mueller and all hell breaks loose, maybe then impeachment proceedings can begin. There's already so much evidence. I'm afraid the rule of law, the constitution and our democracy will have to take more hard hits before this happens.
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"There's already so much evidence"
Please identify three pieces of clear evidence of an actual crime by President Trump. I don't think there is any after around a year of investigation which included some covert monitoring of communications, and multiple investigations.
Please identify three pieces of clear evidence of an actual crime by President Trump. I don't think there is any after around a year of investigation which included some covert monitoring of communications, and multiple investigations.
The most alarming Trump statement in the NYT interview (that was filled with alarming statements) was:
"when Nixon came along [inaudible] was pretty brutal, and out of courtesy, the F.B.I. started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official, there was nothing from Congress. There was nothing — anything. But the F.B.I. person really reports directly to the president of the United States"*
Trump clearly does not comprehend the whole "Rule of Law" thing, nor does he understand to whom the Director of FBI swears fealty to--hint: it is NOT to the President.
Is it Trump's intent to reorganize reporting relationships within the Department of Justice and the FBI, such that Trump himself would be the one in charge?
Given Trump's clear tendency to laud totalitarian regimes, this would not come as any surprise. Should he accomplish such a thing, though, it would signal the end of our Constitutional government.
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcrip...
"when Nixon came along [inaudible] was pretty brutal, and out of courtesy, the F.B.I. started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official, there was nothing from Congress. There was nothing — anything. But the F.B.I. person really reports directly to the president of the United States"*
Trump clearly does not comprehend the whole "Rule of Law" thing, nor does he understand to whom the Director of FBI swears fealty to--hint: it is NOT to the President.
Is it Trump's intent to reorganize reporting relationships within the Department of Justice and the FBI, such that Trump himself would be the one in charge?
Given Trump's clear tendency to laud totalitarian regimes, this would not come as any surprise. Should he accomplish such a thing, though, it would signal the end of our Constitutional government.
_____________
* https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcrip...
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So why didn't Dopey accept Cletis's resignation when it was offered a few months back?
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#45 is showing his hand now. Already in a constitutional crisis, and still no support from the cowardly GOP, I'm fairly sure #45 will fire Mueller, as he will be subpoenaing financial records soon. The GOP congress will continue to do nothing. We will all need to be in the streets, demanding the removal of this traitorous and slime-ball excuse for a president.
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By any and all means.
My my, just listen the Lord Of All He Surveys admonishing and berating his underlings and even threatening them if they should somehow displease him. Good God, exactly how loathsomely arrogant can you get? He doesn't even seem to realize that if he were going over a cliff and needed someone to grab him before went to his doom he'd be falling away from a lot of turned backs. He also is so ignorant and uninformed that he really believes that the attorney general and the head of the FBI and even senators work for him instead of the people. It's really disheartening and depressing to realize what a totlal piece of garbage we have somehow placed in a position where he can do us all immeasurable harm.
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Alas, the will of the dead is more important than the reason of the living in this intellectually revanchist backwater. The US cannot even end a stupid ritual that discards most the votes cast in presidential elections to install this poseur who lost by 3 million popular votes.
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Trump is an idiot. None of what he says makes any sense.
Its just all blathering and whinging.
And where is the outrage over the president threatening an independent counsel who is investigating that very same president? Imagine for a minute of Obama had done that? the spineless, feckless, lying GOPers would be yelling impeachment from the rafters. Come on journos, get all over this.
The Dems are playing this fairly well (despite Schumer's and Pelosi's (ugh, she is the worst) general incompetence): just keep giving these idiots rope, they will sooner than later hang themselves.
As for healthcare, god help us.
Its just all blathering and whinging.
And where is the outrage over the president threatening an independent counsel who is investigating that very same president? Imagine for a minute of Obama had done that? the spineless, feckless, lying GOPers would be yelling impeachment from the rafters. Come on journos, get all over this.
The Dems are playing this fairly well (despite Schumer's and Pelosi's (ugh, she is the worst) general incompetence): just keep giving these idiots rope, they will sooner than later hang themselves.
As for healthcare, god help us.
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Pure distraction. He's been doing this all along- everyday a new outrage so no one does anything about the last. His fans don't dwell on anything that might wake them up and they're desensitized. Media doesn't seem to have a choice but cover it all. Maybe ignore some of his malarkey. Stick to what he does, not what he says.
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The reporters in the room with Trump sound like lickspittles. Is that out of line? Sorry. Get it together, guys. I would've hoped you left your days of getting steamrolled by bullies in middle school. If a question is ignored or redirected, then you ask it again as many times as needed. If the question is constantly evaded (clumsily) or ignored, or redirected, you can signal the reader or listener that you, the journalist, are not actually insane or completely incompetent by simply noting (aloud) that the interviewee is not addressing your question. Did I miss something? Get with it.
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They weren't steamrolled. This wasn't cross-examination or interrogation. Even if you think he's a dangerously unqualified monster, as I do, he's still the President; deference and good manners are called for out of patriotism, professionalism, and self-respect. Further, any kind of adversarial tone, much less hostility, plays directly into Trump's narrative that the press is "the enemy."
The reporters' respectful questioning led Trump, on camera, once again to obstruct justice, betray his ignorance of the rule of law, and engage in extended bouts of misdirection, tangentiality, and incoherence. All they needed to do was get out of the way. The metaphors I've seen applied include giving him the shovel and letting him dig his own hole, and giving him enough rope to hang himself, and that's what happened. It's hard to see how these reporters could have actually done more.
The reporters' respectful questioning led Trump, on camera, once again to obstruct justice, betray his ignorance of the rule of law, and engage in extended bouts of misdirection, tangentiality, and incoherence. All they needed to do was get out of the way. The metaphors I've seen applied include giving him the shovel and letting him dig his own hole, and giving him enough rope to hang himself, and that's what happened. It's hard to see how these reporters could have actually done more.
This ignorant, incurious, dishonest bigot must go. Let's badger our elected Republican reps till he is gone--or they are.
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You have exactly the right approach. We've long since worn out our voices and our fingers expressing our outrage that his dishonest, heartless lunatic is president, another Electoral College assault on democracy, as was GW Bush. Rather than talking about the problem, we need to fix it. Step 1: remove this maniac. Step 2: elect a sane Congress in 2018. Step 3: elect a sane president in 2020. Step 4: pass a constitutional amendment to elect presidents democratically -- one person, one vote, majority rules.
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This man will throw his grandmother under the bus and then go home to drown her kittens!
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In Trumpworld: "Ethics! Who needs stinking ethics?"
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Right. All you fine folks of the better sort can step into Big Birther's shark tank and get yourself a gen-u-wine ethics waiver.
Why do you even bother interviewing this man? It is an exercise in futility. He lies about everything. What factual information do you think you will get? Stop giving him so much coverage. That's how you hurt this narcissistic, egomaniacal blowhard.
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It's good that this is printed in black and white, because one day, when Trump is in the looney bin, historians can point to this stuff as the reason why.
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This entire situation is so bizarre and so hilarious...until one focuses on the fact that this is the most powerful man and job on Planet Earth. At that point it is not only nauseating, it is truly evil. And, I have always assumed that I there is no such thing as evil. I stand corrected.
I beg of the Cosmic Muffin to hurry up and let this be over!
I beg of the Cosmic Muffin to hurry up and let this be over!
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This dolt is mentally unstable. He is passive aggressive while being clueless on governing. During his NY Times interview, as is his m.o., repeat the same thing over and over and over again. Very similar to what was the method of communication of double speak, etc. that Hitler was so very good at. Now does he think that the "cloud will be lifted" by attacking those looking into the Russian connections, etc. and if any of those involved get fired by this idiot, we won't be up in arms over it? Really?! He still thinks he can bully everyone around him and that there will not be any repercussions? As goofy as Jeffy Sessions is, even he does not deserve yesterday's dress down. I can see why there is no loyalty to him while also not being able to attract and hire the best and brightest to help lead our country. CHUMP IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED!
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Ever since JFK hired Bobby, it has been common knowledge for a President to choose an Attorney General who will keep you out of jail. Joe Kennedy taught his boys well.
This kind of idiocy is stunning. What on earth would JFK have gone to jail for?
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"“Unless somebody said that she shot somebody in the back, there wasn’t much I could add to my repertoire.”
True, Trump isn't very original. Iowa during his campaign: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and not lose any voters...."
No surprise... we all know the Trumps love shooting (innocent) things....
True, Trump isn't very original. Iowa during his campaign: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and not lose any voters...."
No surprise... we all know the Trumps love shooting (innocent) things....
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I read the excerpts. Little Lord Trumple-Twit's responses were so utterly inept and bizarre, that I couldn't get through the article in just one sitting. Is he taking LSD? What WAS that!?!??
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cloud has silvery linings maybe.
Sessions has an easy out here: he could 'redeem himself'
in everyone's eyes actually.
He could resign.
what is not to like with that move?
seriously.
Sessions has an easy out here: he could 'redeem himself'
in everyone's eyes actually.
He could resign.
what is not to like with that move?
seriously.
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Then Trump gets a non-recused AG who can fire Mueller, that's what, which is presumably what Trump is angling for with this rant.
And maybe Sessions and some other appointees may not have accepted Trump's job offer(s) if they suspected there was evidence of collusion (and/or possibly evidence of serious other instances of Trump malfeasance) on behalf of the US's most serious antagonist.
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It's worthwhile to read the excerpts from the conversation. While the article focuses on Trump's comments about Attorney General Sessions, there is a passage in the excerpts that demonstrates that Trump knows nothing about health insurance. Nothing at all. And this is just as important as the issues surrounding his relationship with Russia. Here it is...responding to a comment about entitlements -
"But what it does, Maggie, it means it gets tougher and tougher. As they get something, it gets tougher. Because politically, you can’t give it away. So pre-existing conditions are a tough deal. Because you are basically saying from the moment the insurance, you’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you’re 70, you get a nice plan. Here’s something where you walk up and say, “I want my insurance.” It’s a very tough deal, but it is something that we’re doing a good job of."
"But what it does, Maggie, it means it gets tougher and tougher. As they get something, it gets tougher. Because politically, you can’t give it away. So pre-existing conditions are a tough deal. Because you are basically saying from the moment the insurance, you’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you’re 70, you get a nice plan. Here’s something where you walk up and say, “I want my insurance.” It’s a very tough deal, but it is something that we’re doing a good job of."
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I didn't understand ANY of Trumps comments. I did, however, come away with the understanding that Trump doesn't have ANY idea what regular Americans pay for their coverage. And this gets to the heart of the matter: Trump will sign any health care-related legislation that comes across his desk, because it won't affect him, in any way.
I think that Mr. Trump is laboring under the misimpression that Mr. Sessions is his Attorney General. He is not, he has more of an obligation to the people of the U.S. than he does to Mr. Trump. While it is true that Mr. Sessions is a political appointment he is and should be an independent actor, that is he has to follow the law.
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He's heretofore denied the existence of compromising information in the dossier.
His statements now appear to confirm that indeed there IS compromising information.
Comey seems a good, honest man, I believe his statements surrounding that material: it wasn't used by him as leverage. That's just absurd.
His statements now appear to confirm that indeed there IS compromising information.
Comey seems a good, honest man, I believe his statements surrounding that material: it wasn't used by him as leverage. That's just absurd.
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Jeff Sessions is possibly the worst choice for Attorney General, exactly in line with all of the President's other cabinet picks, but evidently not quite bad enough for this President. Good luck finding someone worse! (Famous last words)
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The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton had said and done all the things Trump has since taking office, Republicans would have long ago initiated removal proceedings AND they'd be backed in that effort by the vast majority of Democrats. This is who Donald Trump has always been, but it is not what the GOP always was.
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Among the MANY things tRump doesn't understand is that the Attorney General represents the United States - not him.
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The irony is that Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller could end up becoming the Richardson, Ruckelshouse, and Cox of this generation if Trump ends up firing them ala Richard Nixon during Watergate. Based on his comments to the NYT yesterday, Trump must be concerned that the Special Council is closing in on areas that he doesn't want investigated. The new John Farrell book on Richard Nixon contains some disturbing parallels to Trump's behavior and why history keeps repeating itself....'its the cover up not necessarily the crime' that brings them down.
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How is it that everyone besides him has a "conflict of interest?"
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He wouldn't have made Sessions AG if he had known Sessions was going to recuse himself? How would Sessions have known that Russia would be a JD investigation beforehand and mentioned possible recusal so far in advance? And why, since Trump stated Russia was "Fake news" constantly at that time, would Trump have considered that an issue (unless, of course, he knew there was real data lurking there).
Trump has difficulty here following the unfurling of events in time. The scenario he posits could not have happened.
And. . .and Sessions is not Trump's attorney: he is the AG of the American people.
Trump has difficulty here following the unfurling of events in time. The scenario he posits could not have happened.
And. . .and Sessions is not Trump's attorney: he is the AG of the American people.
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Pres. Trump is a businessman. He has done business with other businesses in Russia, some even supported by the Russian government. Unless there is a direct quid-pro-quo wrapped up somewhere in these deals, none should be of any interest to the special prosecuter.
I also support Pres. Trump returing the two leased properties seized by Obama unless proof of campaign interefence in the 2016 elections is produced.
I also support Pres. Trump returing the two leased properties seized by Obama unless proof of campaign interefence in the 2016 elections is produced.
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So, I take it that if FDR had legitimate dealings with the German government in the 1930's, say selling them canisters of cyanide, you wouldn't want to know that come election time in the 1940's? Just consider this thought of Noel Coward- " The higher the buildings, the lower the morals." What is djt hiding in his finances? We already know he has no morals.
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Interesting. So you're OK with Trump lying about his business dealings with Russia?
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If anyone still doubts Trump's unsuitability to hold the office of president, these statements should put those doubts to rest. An AG's loyalty is to the Constitution not a president. What more must Trump do or say to be sent packing?
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Illuminating report; thanks to the Times, and to Peter Baker and his co-authors.
A quick sampling of other comments leads me to believe that none of this will affect Mr Trump's "to the bitter-end" backers. Too bad.
A quick sampling of other comments leads me to believe that none of this will affect Mr Trump's "to the bitter-end" backers. Too bad.
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It's not for the President to decide what is or is not part of the investigation. Trump truly has something to hide. He speaks like someone who is guilty
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Most comments seem to miss the point of what Trump is attempting here, and it's implications for how he views himself as president.
Trump knows enough about his predicament to not want to fire Sessions (and then Rosenstein and Mueller) so he wants to see if he can get one (or all?) of them to do the 'dirty' work by voluntarily resigning.
Not only that, but by revealing his regret about Sessions' recusal, Trump is telegraphing that he has no concept of American government--and the presidency--as having 'limited powers': Trump wants a Justice Department, and an AG, that he can order around to do things he wants them to do. As such, Trump is showing himself to be a real threat to American democracy.
And considering his admiration for, and private conversations with, Mr. Putin, he's showing us the template (and perhaps also the advice he's being given?) for how he'd like to operate as president. And that should scare any patriot, when Russia, the mafia-state, is being held up as an example of good governance.
Trump knows enough about his predicament to not want to fire Sessions (and then Rosenstein and Mueller) so he wants to see if he can get one (or all?) of them to do the 'dirty' work by voluntarily resigning.
Not only that, but by revealing his regret about Sessions' recusal, Trump is telegraphing that he has no concept of American government--and the presidency--as having 'limited powers': Trump wants a Justice Department, and an AG, that he can order around to do things he wants them to do. As such, Trump is showing himself to be a real threat to American democracy.
And considering his admiration for, and private conversations with, Mr. Putin, he's showing us the template (and perhaps also the advice he's being given?) for how he'd like to operate as president. And that should scare any patriot, when Russia, the mafia-state, is being held up as an example of good governance.
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President Trump obviously thinks the attorney general should be his personal consigliere. Maybe by the end of his regime it will work that way. But right now it doesn't.
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“Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else,” Mr. Trump said.
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Setting aside all question of whether Sessions should ever have been offered the position in the first place (he should not) or whether Trump is confusing the chronology of events (he is), the position of Attorney General of the United States carries far more responsibility than overseeing a single investigation, even one as consequential as whether the integrity of our government has been compromised by a foreign power.
The current president's statement that he would not have hired sessions for the post had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing that investigation seems to be an admission that Trump's primary criterion in filling the AG post was, and remains, not who would best the nation, but instead who would best serve Trump personally, presumably by scuttling or otherwise crippling, the investigation into possible collusion with Russia.
Of course, all of this has long been obvious to anyone who was paying attention, but it's always a bit shocking whenever Trump, whether from brazenness or sheer stupidity, proudly confirms his own corruption.
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Setting aside all question of whether Sessions should ever have been offered the position in the first place (he should not) or whether Trump is confusing the chronology of events (he is), the position of Attorney General of the United States carries far more responsibility than overseeing a single investigation, even one as consequential as whether the integrity of our government has been compromised by a foreign power.
The current president's statement that he would not have hired sessions for the post had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing that investigation seems to be an admission that Trump's primary criterion in filling the AG post was, and remains, not who would best the nation, but instead who would best serve Trump personally, presumably by scuttling or otherwise crippling, the investigation into possible collusion with Russia.
Of course, all of this has long been obvious to anyone who was paying attention, but it's always a bit shocking whenever Trump, whether from brazenness or sheer stupidity, proudly confirms his own corruption.
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He actually admits that he wanted an attorney general that would rig the system for him. I am not surprised though.
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“How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks, Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.’ It’s extremely unfair — and that’s a mild word — to the president,” Trump told the Times.
Please someone- make sense of that statement: Recused himself BEFORE the job?
Please someone- make sense of that statement: Recused himself BEFORE the job?
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When is somebody going to ask our so-called president what he is he afraid of. He promotes his so-called fraudulent voter investigation as important for democracy and says what are the states afraid of.
He needs to be asked over and over what is he afraid of when the Russian investigation deems it necessary to look into his personal finances.
What is he afraid of when people demand that he release his taxes.
What is he afraid of in regards to the entire Russian investigation if it's all "fake news"?
He needs to be asked over and over what is he afraid of when the Russian investigation deems it necessary to look into his personal finances.
What is he afraid of when people demand that he release his taxes.
What is he afraid of in regards to the entire Russian investigation if it's all "fake news"?
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Trump won't be able to find anybody worse than Sessions for AG, which means Sessions is probably secure for now. He perfectly fits the Trump cabinet mold.
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Life Lesson: People that demand loyalty from others seldom are loyal themselves.
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The President can but request loyalty to himself. The oaths of all the parties are to the US Constitution and the American people.
Trump draws a red line that Mueller is not supposed to cross under threat of some retaliation or the other. Why is that not obstruction of justice?
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Reader! Sit back in your seat, close your eyes, and rewind to a year ago. Now imagine that, on that date, someone with a crystal ball is showing you the current state of the Presidency as the future. Who would not have brushed it away as a badly scripted Sci Fi political comedy? Instead the endless slur of lies, scams, incompetencies, ignorances, misspellings and what have you is rapidly numbing the American public into acceptance of this sorry state of affairs as the new standard of leadership. The damage to our self-esteem as a civilized and democratic country is immense.
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It could all be a diversion - so the media will be sidetracked and not pay attention to all the undoing of protective laws covering the environment, worker safety, education, voting rights, etc. etc.
Please NYT, don't overlook these Trump administration activities while reporting on his ridiculous statements. Keep those headlines smaller, but use the big fonts for what we barely ever read about that are much more devastating than Trump's lies.
Please NYT, don't overlook these Trump administration activities while reporting on his ridiculous statements. Keep those headlines smaller, but use the big fonts for what we barely ever read about that are much more devastating than Trump's lies.
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Someone please do this guy (and the country and the world) a huge favor and lock him up in a spacious 5 Star mental asylum with ample space for his ardent worshipers to join him. Make sure the place has large screen TVs and a stack of cheap grocery store conspiracy theory magazines.
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So, what Trump really, really wanted in an Attorney General was someone who could cover up the crimes of the Trump campaign and Trump Organization? Gotcha, Big Guy.....
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Where are the courageous congress-men and -women of the Republican Party ... why aren't they speaking out ...
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Warning, threatening people if the investigation leads to his businesses is absurd. Mueller has a job to do and Parisian politics are not a part of that. It's the facts and details of law. The investigation will lead to his businesses I am sure. Conflicts of interest, emoluments clause violations, Russian election meddling, Russian influence as proud Trump investors and obstruction of justice is what this is about. The GOP should be held accountable at elections everywhere going forward. The electoral vote states that led to his win should be ashamed of this crass inept President.
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It is hard for me to read this article and the excerpts from the interview. I cannot believe that this man is our President and represents the United States. To think of all the great men who have gone before him and we are now reduced to this clown in the White House is sickening.
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"AdoptIon" is the Rusiain-Trump code word for "sanctions". Many people in news know this, as does much of the country.
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Somewhere, there is a village missing it's idiot. And, if he were simply a village idiot, this all would be funny. But he's not. And this is not.
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There is cost to being a todey of Trump, which at least some Republicans are oh-so-slowly discovering. "Loyalty" to Trump, whatever malevolence, immorality, or illegality that requires, is his only measure. I sure wouldn't want this guy having my back.
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You want to really get under his skin ? He's from... QUEENS ! (sorry Queens residents, nothing personal) He'll never be seen as a Manhattan top tier property mogul and be accepted by the likes of Extell, Related, HFZ, Macklowe and their peers. He'll never be a part of their group, he knows it and that's what burns him up every day, 'cause it can't be fixed or bought off. You know, I really wish Leona Helmsley were still alive, I'd love to have seen here take on this guy, it would have been epic ! Could you imagine ?
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Those of us from Queens are mortified, believe me.
Let me get this straight - Trump's family finances are irrelevant and out of bounds for the special prosecutor investigating Russiagate - but somehow, after 7 years, lying about oral sex was perfectly within the purview of Ken Starr's Whitewater investigation? Oh - I almost forget ... we now live in BizzaroWorld.
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I agree with Christine McM. This guy is the biggest baby to have set foot in the White House. He wants all the rules to favor him and throws a temper tamtrum when things don't go his way. And to think we have four more years of this to endure!
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Trump is an untouchable incompetent.
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Or vice versa : )
8 years of watching a President break so many laws, divide people by gender, race & party and you people think Donald Trump is unfit???!!!! We voted & to take down an election is against the law & that's what Democrats have been trying to do for 6 months! If you continue there will be no reason for elections because it's going to be resistance each election. I personally don't know how Trump withstands the constant phony stories & whining from the party that lost! We voted - Trump won - get over it! Obama has left the building except he has so much on everyone his puppets are still in place leaking & trying to take down -Whether you think Trump is unfit or not he won & you're setting up how wins are going to be from now on - what goes around comes around. Comey was whined about for months - You liberals screamed he should be fired - Trump fired him & it's a complete meltdown from the same people who wanted him fired! Glad Trump set up boundaries with Mueller - at least he didn't meet him on a tarmac to do something illegal - you people seem to think that type of meeting is fine. This is a political game & our country is being harmed! Our foreign policies are not set by gossip & lies & Democrats are throwing us into a war with Russia. We spy on Russia & have for years. Your beloved Obama thought Russia was doing nothing wrong- blame him!
Dear Anne,
Those of us unhappy with Donald J. Trump representing our country on the world stage have every right to gripe. That's what free speech is about. Toughen up and retain your pride in your choice for president and don't read the NY Times if it bothers you that much. He is in office and you should be relaxing and enjoying your win!
Those of us unhappy with Donald J. Trump representing our country on the world stage have every right to gripe. That's what free speech is about. Toughen up and retain your pride in your choice for president and don't read the NY Times if it bothers you that much. He is in office and you should be relaxing and enjoying your win!
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Poor fake president Tweetie Pie. He appointed Lil' Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions III because he thought he'd be a loyal minion. Then Lil' Jeff got caught with his hands in the Russian cookie jar. Now Daffy Don wants another chance to stack the deck. Nyet. GRUSTNYY!
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I'm sittin' on my front porch, or any of the myriad places that people spend time and during that time their thoughts turn to all manner of things; a new car?, will my son ever quit arguing with me? can we afford that add on to the back of the house? should we turn the presidency of our nation over to someone that is not a politician?. Your inner voice would at that point say; "..well it's been so terrible for so long that this person, whoever it is couldn't be worse". Now since you're so caught up in the day to day (you're not a political wonk) you got "stuff" to do..so you go back to diggin' a new well, cutting you and your neighbors grass (he's been sick), attending your granddaughters recital. But what just happened ?, i mean i really thought I was doin' the right thing I really thought this was gonna' work out, look I said to myself we need someone there that can just get around all these..these political things. Didn't Joe, Mike and I sit down at the donut shop the other morning and while there for less than an hour figure that whole middle east muslim thing out didn't we about a week ago figure away to teach our kids better manners, solve the problem of Teds 4 in. drain along with solving the countries trade imbalance issues with China over a long john and a glazed chocolate.
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The most damning sentence in this entire article: "I did a great thing for the American people." Donald Trump has never done anything for anyone other than himself and his family. It's why the current fascist-leaning GOP keeps him in office - he's only interested in himself and is, therefore, easily manipulated.
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Most alarming to me is that after a few years of consistent abuse by this man, we act incredulous when it happens again. We are textbook abuse victims. We know what's coming, but after each beating, we kind of forget and hope for the best. And, when it happens again, we are surprised as much as we were the first time it happened. We should be taking about our own repetitive patterns of response. He knows what he's doing, or doesn't - either way he doesn't care. We can't care enough to make a difference if most of what we doing is slapping our hands to our foreheads exclaiming "How could this happen?"
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III and Donald John Trump, Senior is a match made in the bowels of the Kremlin by KGB/FSB Cupid Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
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I think what Trump means is, if I thought Sessions would unnecessarily implicate himself under oath during his conformations hearing, I wouldn't have appointed him.
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Fake POTUS Trumpkin well not only throw you under the Trump bus he will back up and roll over you and back up and roll over you and back up and all of you several times.
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Every GOP Senator and Representative is an enabler, supporting Trump. Even those who oppose Trumpdon'tCare are enablers because they support McConnell and Ryan. If there is any justice in the world they will pay dearly for this prostitution of their responsibilities.
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Trump must have just caught "conflict of interest" from a Fox scroll, because he surely never heard of it before and can't imagine it might apply to him and his large family and their motley businesses. If he knows what it means. Now it's his favorite smart-sounding buzz phrase.
Poor guy, you could almost feel sorry for him, up to his neck in quick sand and just making more as he struggles. Just before he goes under squeaking, “I’m not under investigation. For what? I didn’t do anything wrong.” So reminiscent of another GOP giant crazy, Nixon's "I yam not a crook".
This is like watching a spinning top running down, worn-out, wobbly, bouncing off walls, flailing. And it will go round and round for months into years. The man has a very low threshold for boredom.
Poor guy, you could almost feel sorry for him, up to his neck in quick sand and just making more as he struggles. Just before he goes under squeaking, “I’m not under investigation. For what? I didn’t do anything wrong.” So reminiscent of another GOP giant crazy, Nixon's "I yam not a crook".
This is like watching a spinning top running down, worn-out, wobbly, bouncing off walls, flailing. And it will go round and round for months into years. The man has a very low threshold for boredom.
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His Sessions comments are equivalent to saying "I don't care if you did bad stuff...lies, undisclosed ties to Rusdia...only that you got caught.
And ...everyone else in Washington has "conflicts of interest" except Trump? I don't think so. It's his defensive modus operandi ...lie, lash out, criiticise, sow doubt, blame others. Is there anyone who actually believes this stuff anymore?
It will all come out. Follow the money.
And ...everyone else in Washington has "conflicts of interest" except Trump? I don't think so. It's his defensive modus operandi ...lie, lash out, criiticise, sow doubt, blame others. Is there anyone who actually believes this stuff anymore?
It will all come out. Follow the money.
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Ethical behavior
Following the law
Integrity
No one expects the mentally disturbed Dear Leader Don to understand these concepts.
No one expects the Great Showman to apply these principles to the Trump Crime Family Coven.
Following the law
Integrity
No one expects the mentally disturbed Dear Leader Don to understand these concepts.
No one expects the Great Showman to apply these principles to the Trump Crime Family Coven.
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The leader of the 'deplorables.' Maybe we shouldn't look so critically on Hillary's characterization.
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Trump makes this too easy. If a Hollywood script writer dreamed this up and tried to get it made, nobody would buy the script, it's just too unbelievable! Trump is panicked, and the reason is because he's dirty through and through; so is his family, and so is the Kushner family, including Jared. It's always and only been about the money flowing in from Russia and how easy it was to launder it through real estate deals of various kinds. There's a reason the same players from Russia keep appearing again, and again, and again, in the dialog! And Trump, already laboring under a weakened brain (from whatever cause), is unable to keep either his narrative or his continual lies straight. Every time he opens his mouth, he digs his own grave deeper and deeper. I have never witnessed anybody as self-destructive as this Fake *president.
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At this rate, Mueller is the next to be 'fired' by a Trump who is not only unfit to be president , but is downright dangerous for the country...along with the new evil Efimovich Rasputin, called Steve Bannon. Rasputin exercised great influence on Tsar Nicholas II, to the eventual destruction of Tsarist Russia...
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"A priest has entered our household..." was written by Tsar Nicholas III in a letter to a relative, announce the appointment of Rasputin to cure the hemophilia of his son with magic, in 1905. Ominous words.
I know this because it was an answer on Jeopardy just recently.
Bannon is a Rasputin. I wonder if he can be poisoned and shot only to live on to drown in a river.
I know this because it was an answer on Jeopardy just recently.
Bannon is a Rasputin. I wonder if he can be poisoned and shot only to live on to drown in a river.
I believe that president by statute cannot fire an independent council.
I really don't see anything, in terms of a likely crime by the Trump admin that warrants Mueller investigating Trump. My personal opinion is that he is being investigated because his opponents would like him to be obstructed and possibly impeached.
My guess is that after enough looking, they will eventually find some wrong doing and that it will have nothing to do with the original issue of working illegally with Russia.
There are real Russia related things to investigate like the Democrats and the Ukrane, the Uranium deal and Clinton Foundation, and Obama having flexibility after the election. However, I expect this is about damaging Trump and not Russian interference in our election.
I really don't see anything, in terms of a likely crime by the Trump admin that warrants Mueller investigating Trump. My personal opinion is that he is being investigated because his opponents would like him to be obstructed and possibly impeached.
My guess is that after enough looking, they will eventually find some wrong doing and that it will have nothing to do with the original issue of working illegally with Russia.
There are real Russia related things to investigate like the Democrats and the Ukrane, the Uranium deal and Clinton Foundation, and Obama having flexibility after the election. However, I expect this is about damaging Trump and not Russian interference in our election.
This is fake news from a fake newspaper according to Agent Orange supporters.
Part of me wants Trump to tweet every thought that comes into his head, get everything on his legislative wish list, live his dream. Let the country see where that takes us, and then decide if they are up for yet another four years of this, God help us. That is the irresponsible part of me, the anarchistic Steve Bannon part, that doesn't care how that would shake down. Trump behaves like he is the kid who stuck his fist in the bees nest for fun, and is enraged that those bees had the nerve to sting HIM! ("But I bought the bees! I bought the nest! Bad, disloyal bees!")
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Funny to read the ramblings and ravings of our poor Little Boy president.
What a sap!! His mother (did he have one?) should slap his little behind for all his lying!
What a sap!! His mother (did he have one?) should slap his little behind for all his lying!
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Sickness will surely take the mind where minds don't usually go..........
Dear Leader Don's mental illness becomes more and more manifest.
He is incapable of understanding any simple complexities.
He is free of any fault.
He is free of any responsibility for his words or deeds.
His enemies are all conspiring against him.
He will not go quietly, relinquishing the power the White House provides attention and profit for the Trump Crime Family Coven.
And like a glioblastoma, his tendrils of corruption and cruelty cannot easily be excised (think DeVos, Pruitt, Price, ReXXon, Sessions, Munchkin, et. al.)
Dear Leader Don's mental illness becomes more and more manifest.
He is incapable of understanding any simple complexities.
He is free of any fault.
He is free of any responsibility for his words or deeds.
His enemies are all conspiring against him.
He will not go quietly, relinquishing the power the White House provides attention and profit for the Trump Crime Family Coven.
And like a glioblastoma, his tendrils of corruption and cruelty cannot easily be excised (think DeVos, Pruitt, Price, ReXXon, Sessions, Munchkin, et. al.)
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Sessions is little more than a weasel in the scheme things.
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Condensed version: If it comes down to it, I will defy Congress, trash the Constitution, make the country an international laughingstock and fire anyone and everyone involved the criminal justice system, government ethics enforcement and US intelligence in order to protect my corrupt personal and political interests. Now when's my tee time?
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Are we sure that John McCain is the one with brain cancer?
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Our blameshifting, narcissistic, immoral, unloyal, huckster, of a President.
Our Commander in Chief.
The preeminent representative of The United States of America to the World.
Formally the position of leadership of the Free World. No longer.
How quick this nation, The United States of America, my nation, has fallen into state of crassness, a state of total lack of grace, a state of total rejection of dignity.
Unbelievable, humiliating, embarrassing.
Michael Bain
Glorieta, New Mexico
Our Commander in Chief.
The preeminent representative of The United States of America to the World.
Formally the position of leadership of the Free World. No longer.
How quick this nation, The United States of America, my nation, has fallen into state of crassness, a state of total lack of grace, a state of total rejection of dignity.
Unbelievable, humiliating, embarrassing.
Michael Bain
Glorieta, New Mexico
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The bottom line is that Trump is a traitor and should be impeached immediately.
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After he's impeached, watch him brag -- like Bernie Madoff -- about how long he was able to keep the scam going. He will brag that he could have stayed in office longer if he'd wanted to.
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Trump: Mueller shouldn't go look next to the Oak Tree at my Bedminster golf course because I do not have any financial records buried there - that would be crossing the line. Next day's news: The AP is reporting that Mueller will be looking near the Oak Tree at the Bedminster golf course for Trump's financial records.... (Americans rub their temples and shake their heads).
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Breaking News: Grand Dragon of Klu Klux Klan too moral and ethical for so-called president's cabinet.
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Our poor CRY BABY POTUS!
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Trump be dissin' his homey the real slim shady Sessions
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He is disappointed. He wanted accomplices and did not count on ethics, independent thought or laws getting in the way. The vacillations between angry, sarcastic bully and put-upon victim are dizzying.
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As with Nixon and All the President's Men, "follow the $$$$"..
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Let's see the tax returns!!!
What an ungrateful wretch! I'm amazed people will still go to work for Trump after his demonstrated practice of throwing anyone and everyone under the bus...except his children.
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He doesn't want his AG recused from Russia investigation because the President wants to call the shots on that investigation and have the AG bend to the president's will. Harder to do that with a special prosecutor. Only hope here is that we'll see impeachment proceedings sooner rather than later. God save America and the world from the treasonous Trump family.
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The foam spitting, air clawing rage that Trump has all the right folks in justifies almost anything he does, for as long as he can hang on and keep doing it. I don't expect to have this kind of protracted fun again in my lifetime, so rage on lunatic left, press, establishment political class, rage on...
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Sad that our country is so sick that it would elect, even by the slimmest of margins, an obvious con-man so antithetical to the ideals of our democracy.
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This is my commetn abgout Trump in poem/song form https://soundcloud.com/mertona/heartless-artless-deals
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Nice one !
I see a comment to the effect that "a nation gets the leaders it deserves". Sounds cute but means nothing. What is the meaning of "deserve"? The world, or Europe, not even Germany "deserved" Adolf Hitler.
What one can maybe say is that a democratic system has to be carefully and constantly nurtured in order for it to survive, and intelligence must be used to determine when and how it is threatened. But who is to do the nurturing and who is intelligent and disinterested enough?
The chief menaces to freedom in the US today are the power of plutocracy (bordering on kleptocracy) and dumbing down of the population. You are rapidly approaching the "one dollar (or a million dollars) one vote" principle, with millions applauding the trend.
But what can you expect from a populace brought up to believe in the New Washday Miracle?
What one can maybe say is that a democratic system has to be carefully and constantly nurtured in order for it to survive, and intelligence must be used to determine when and how it is threatened. But who is to do the nurturing and who is intelligent and disinterested enough?
The chief menaces to freedom in the US today are the power of plutocracy (bordering on kleptocracy) and dumbing down of the population. You are rapidly approaching the "one dollar (or a million dollars) one vote" principle, with millions applauding the trend.
But what can you expect from a populace brought up to believe in the New Washday Miracle?
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Well as Lincoln once said, 'you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time'. Trump is unique only in that his public statements made clear that he did not care about facts and accuracy, and had only a flimsy grasp of foreign affairs, government, law, and domestic affairs. That should have told everyone two things. First, the man would not be able to offer any real solutions because his grasp of reality was tenuous at best. Second, he was going to have big problems taking over the responsibilities of the job because he did not understand any of the basic concepts and history needed to do so. Electing him under the circumstances was a failure on the part of those who voted for him to consider whether they could expect good results from doing so.
So to be a friend of Trump you need only to be loyal to him. That means providing cover even though the truth gets bent and the ethics and laws get stretched. He doesn't seem to get that this is not about loyalty and friendship.
If friendship were the only criteria in this investigation then he has proven what a really 'bad' friend he is.
Enough of this already. Trump is too ignorant to realize how guilty he looks. It's just a matter of time before the whole story is known and he see when it comes to friendship and loyalty he's his own worst enemy.
As for Sessions recusing himself, that would not have happened until he was already the AG so what does Trump think recusal is?
In fact, what does Trump know about how the 3 branches of government work anyway...very little it seems. This is not about what YOU want, Trump, it is about what corruption is part of your so called presidency.
If friendship were the only criteria in this investigation then he has proven what a really 'bad' friend he is.
Enough of this already. Trump is too ignorant to realize how guilty he looks. It's just a matter of time before the whole story is known and he see when it comes to friendship and loyalty he's his own worst enemy.
As for Sessions recusing himself, that would not have happened until he was already the AG so what does Trump think recusal is?
In fact, what does Trump know about how the 3 branches of government work anyway...very little it seems. This is not about what YOU want, Trump, it is about what corruption is part of your so called presidency.
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What experience shows is that Trump will let his friends down when anyone else would not. I'm not sure what kind of people consider him to be their friend. Trump can offer lucrative opportunities because of his businesses and access to great wealth but even in that respect many people have lost instead of made money in deals with him. Anyone who offers Trump some advantage and can flatter his ego can be seen as Trump's friend but outside his family I doubt if anyone has Trump's unconditional loyalty as a friend.
Trump does fail to understand that the separation of powers means that the legislative, executive, and judicial branches are of equal status and power, so his attitudes towards Congress and the judiciary as being out of control and disloyal reflects his expectation that he is the sovereign power in government, the boss.
Trump does fail to understand that the separation of powers means that the legislative, executive, and judicial branches are of equal status and power, so his attitudes towards Congress and the judiciary as being out of control and disloyal reflects his expectation that he is the sovereign power in government, the boss.
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How can he fire someone he didn't appoint? Can presidents choose their own special prosecutors? This is ridiculous!
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What a great hit piece.
Where was the Times when Obama lectured us all about not simply doing things his way?
Crickets.
Where was the Times when Obama lectured us all about not simply doing things his way?
Crickets.
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Please read the background on how this interview came to be. He's doing it to himself. As decided bty POTUS, only one staffer present for the interview, no prior legal clearance, no briefing, no input from staff or aides. Impromptu and the real deal.
After that, think of what the second "chat" with the Russian leader must have been like.
The "hit" is on the American people, us.
After that, think of what the second "chat" with the Russian leader must have been like.
The "hit" is on the American people, us.
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How can it be a 'hit piece' when so much of it are Trump's own words?
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Its getting old. Stop reporting this nonsense, move on.
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Hopefully you can escape the means that are forcing you to read it and also comment on it.
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"... he should have told me before he took the job..."
The King has spoken.
The King has spoken.
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What concerned me the most going through the comment section was the number of comments cheering him on. That level of cognitive dissonance is way more alarming than the rantings of the orange one. This dysfunction will remain long after he is sent packing. Your nation has a huge problem. \i wishyou well in solving it..
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When will a full transcript of this trainwreck be available for us to read?
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NYT - Please stop giving this buffoon front page space!! Enough with his distractions. The best thing all press outlets could do is to virtually turn your backs on him and not provide him with free press.
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They're (NYT) documenting his malfeasance and deteriorating mind.
Trump tried to decapitate the American criminal-Justice system and anyone who opposes his insanity. Instead he shot himself in both feet and nearlly took off his own head.
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Mr. President, When your hands are bloody the truth will out. Just ask MacBeth.
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What's most baffling is that people seem to believe that a person so lacking in self-censorship, discipline and long term strategic thinking, he had the wherewithal to pull off a super secret collision conspiracy with Russia.
Trump ain't to Nixon and his win was the biggest black swan event in history.
Trump ain't to Nixon and his win was the biggest black swan event in history.
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Think of the old expression, Mr.Sessions. "When you sleep with a dog, don't be surprised when you have fleas in the morning."
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Melania popped in on his meeting with Putin. Now Ivanka's popping in on his interview with the NY Times. What a strange coincidence. And why, pray tell, is he calling his 6 year old granddaughter "baby"???
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Waiting for Trump to declare that this is fake news since it is in the NYT!
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This guy is a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR. He is also a CRIMINAL. Only criminals say "don't investigate this." He IS going to jail and he will be wiped from the record books as if he never existed and was never elected. Thus we can end one of the most shameful chapters in this nation's history.
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Nice try to get Sessions to resign to make way for a new AG who'll have the authority to interfere in Mueller's ongoing investigation but glad that it's not working. Thank you Sessions for saying today that you have no plans to resign. Since you already disgraced yourself (by being an early and eager supporter of this megalomaniac and have already paid steep price), you do have a chance to redeem yourself a fair bit. Hang on to your job and tell everybody (in private) how much you regret getting on this bus although most of us can see that you are being dragged under it.
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Stupefying
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Good God. The man is an incoherent ignoramus with a 750-word vocabulary. Perhaps he is very ill. In any case, I had to stop half-way through the transcript for my own mental health.
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Same stupid illogical arguments as his son.
"If I had known he was going to recuse himself, I wouldn't have appointed him ..."
So Sessions is supposed to be telepathic? To know in advance what might crop up?
(Parallel to Donald Jr arguing that his Russian meeting was before people were into the Russia thing ...)
Trump is a stranger to both truth and logic.
"If I had known he was going to recuse himself, I wouldn't have appointed him ..."
So Sessions is supposed to be telepathic? To know in advance what might crop up?
(Parallel to Donald Jr arguing that his Russian meeting was before people were into the Russia thing ...)
Trump is a stranger to both truth and logic.
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Oh look another day. I wonder who I get to fire today. Being on television is so much fun. Thank goodness this isn't real life. Is the script ready yet?
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Trump thinks he is Geppetto, and all his cabinet members are his puppets.
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Of course, Trump is actually Pinocchio.
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"Mr. Trump said Mr. Mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest and warned investigators against delving into matters too far afield from Russia."
Surely Mr. Trump is a leading authority when it comes to conflicts of interest, so his opinion here must carry great weight. (Sarcasm alert)
However, as to telling Mr. Mueller what he "can" or "can't" investigate, Mr. Trump is his usual clueless self. The President doesn't get to dictate relevancy to a special prosecutor. Unless, of course, he is a dictator. To quote Glinda The Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz, "Be gone, before somebody drops a house on YOU."
Surely Mr. Trump is a leading authority when it comes to conflicts of interest, so his opinion here must carry great weight. (Sarcasm alert)
However, as to telling Mr. Mueller what he "can" or "can't" investigate, Mr. Trump is his usual clueless self. The President doesn't get to dictate relevancy to a special prosecutor. Unless, of course, he is a dictator. To quote Glinda The Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz, "Be gone, before somebody drops a house on YOU."
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Trump. Is. The. Nothing Burger. He and his need to be paired up wiith some Mueller time. Nothing more American than a burger and a beer, don't forget the American sleaze.
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Every last thing that has happened in the last 6 months of this "presidency" was completely predictable. Why people continue to be surprised baffles me. Americans are just not that smart or perceptive.
We have 'The Reality Show Presidency' that America deserves. Starring that bloated buffoon who perfectly represents this ignorant country.
Anyone who didn't vote for Hillary is a fool.
We have 'The Reality Show Presidency' that America deserves. Starring that bloated buffoon who perfectly represents this ignorant country.
Anyone who didn't vote for Hillary is a fool.
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I haven't seen anything this crazy since that interview in Silence of the Lambs.
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Trump will fire, Mueller? That's a 110% probability because Trump himself essentially tells us that his policies towards Russia have been compromised by the millions he's already made off of rubles. We already are well aware that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's backbone has the consistency of vapor.
Trump ignores the fact that his title is, president, not king. That's fine, because firing Mueller will be the beginning of the end of this nightmare of a presidency. By all means, Trump, fire Mueller, the faster we can get you on your way back to Trump Tower the better it is for all. Don't forget the presidential pardons for your family on your way out.
Trump ignores the fact that his title is, president, not king. That's fine, because firing Mueller will be the beginning of the end of this nightmare of a presidency. By all means, Trump, fire Mueller, the faster we can get you on your way back to Trump Tower the better it is for all. Don't forget the presidential pardons for your family on your way out.
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America will not tolerate firing Mueller
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Mr Trump what would you Do if you realize that the columns in the basement of your golden tower are collapsing? - I would immediately call all my really good friends of the GOP to go down and hold up the beam till I finished my phone call with this beautiful irish journalist and got down and out. And... then? Oh don't bother! I will get a credit to build a new one! Even more beautiful. More gold! Golf court on top TRUST ME.
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It's just a matter of time before Trump's indebtedness and Russian money laundering scheme is exposed .. he can huff n puff all he wants, threaten Mueller to sat away from family finances. He's merely telling people where to look .. and, assuredly, his day is coming.
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"Really, pleasantries more than anything else. "
This is an accidental President who stars in his soap opera. I find him fascinating - he is at the same time utterly transactional yet other people are unreal to him, as if he can blast everyone away like he would in a Warcraft simulation. I can't see this turn out well.
This is an accidental President who stars in his soap opera. I find him fascinating - he is at the same time utterly transactional yet other people are unreal to him, as if he can blast everyone away like he would in a Warcraft simulation. I can't see this turn out well.
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I don't believe anything that comes out of this man's mouth. He is disgusting and a national embarrassment.
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Why should President Trump be happy with Sessions or even Nunes recusal? After all the DIMS never recuse themselves from anything. This proves how awful DC really is... the president, rightfully elected to be president, is being attached by all dims and all media and even those who are supposed to be on his side, are not.
Donald is sounding more and more like Louis XIV:
"L’Etat, C’Est Moi"
"L’Etat, C’Est Moi"
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Trump and Sessions deserve each other. We and our USA deserve neither.
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If this falling out with Jeff Sessions is real, Trump risks alienating the whole Department of Justice. If it's just a ploy, he is seeking to force Sessions to pull himself together and stand by him to weather the storm of investigations.
Trump blames Sessions for recusing himself, saying he wouldn't have hired him had he known it. Perhaps he had no idea that the mischief he and his team had indulged in during the campaign that aimed to hurt Hillary Clinton would one day come back to bite him.
Trump blames Sessions for recusing himself, saying he wouldn't have hired him had he known it. Perhaps he had no idea that the mischief he and his team had indulged in during the campaign that aimed to hurt Hillary Clinton would one day come back to bite him.
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About Trump: a nation ends up with the leaders it deserves.
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Don't blame the victims
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It's always someone else's fault. This man never takes responsibility for anything.
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And never Admits he's wrong or made a mistake
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I remember when he was bragging about his net worth he claimed his brand, by itself, was worth perhaps $7,000,000,000. Now maybe it would sell for almost nothing on Ebay. It's a name that will never be used alongside the word "truth", and his legacy to his children and grandchildren is going to be like that of the family names Madoff, Ponzi, Judas and Benedict Arnold. And of course the GOP will forever be known as the party of Trump.
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"The buck stops there, and there and there and over there and ..."
How far America has fallen from Presidents who were looked up to for leadership, to this. Shame America, shame.
How far America has fallen from Presidents who were looked up to for leadership, to this. Shame America, shame.
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My word! If Sessions had any self respect he'd have resigned last night.
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I read the Times interview transcript, and I found it very hard to believe that this was the result of a long conversation with a person who purportedly has a functioning brain. I finished reading, asking myself "So, what did he actually SAY here?" This whole conversation was like reading white noise! Trump's comments are confusing, erratic, meandering, insubstantial, and rife with unfinished sentences and incomplete thoughts. My brain smelled like marshmallow Fluff.
One thing that struck me and stayed with me: "Mr. Trump said Mr. Mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest..."
Finally! A topic Trump can speak to, with expertise.
One thing that struck me and stayed with me: "Mr. Trump said Mr. Mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest..."
Finally! A topic Trump can speak to, with expertise.
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When Richard Nixon is not looking so bad now. THAT is how bad it is with Trump. Mueller? Please hurry up. Our patience is wearing very thin...
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It was years in the digging, but the Republicans finally completed the canal whereby the Creature from the Black Lagoon of NYC real estate development could swim all the way to the D.C. swamp. Now the Creature thrashes about in this swamp, dredging up murk from its bottom. tearing muck from its embankment, and further polluting its stagnant pools.
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Now Mr. Trump wants to keep the special investigation on Russia and not expand to his family finances. I guess there's lots there to keep hidden as well.
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He is unfit. And so are the Republicans who will be forever known as being traitors to this country.
NPR just reported that there is, indeed, a Russian-American 'cybersecurity' (!) commission being formed. Can this be possible? Is Rod Serling having a big joke on all of us because this is surely The Twilight Zone!
Who is going to protect us from this unfit president? Will the country fall because no one in any kind of powerful position in the Republican party will take the right and moral stand? Is it always Party Over Country now? If so, I'm afraid we've already lost our country.
NPR just reported that there is, indeed, a Russian-American 'cybersecurity' (!) commission being formed. Can this be possible? Is Rod Serling having a big joke on all of us because this is surely The Twilight Zone!
Who is going to protect us from this unfit president? Will the country fall because no one in any kind of powerful position in the Republican party will take the right and moral stand? Is it always Party Over Country now? If so, I'm afraid we've already lost our country.
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The GOP , Pence Ryan are complicit in every aspect of the Trump fiasco
Once again, Mr. Trump has demonstrated that his concept of the office of president is completely warped. He thinks he is king. In Trump's medieval world, the Attorney General the entire DOJ, the Director of the FBI and the entire Bureau are his to command. Absolute loyalty is required, and when the time comes they are expected to act as human shields. By recusing himself, Mr. Sessions has diminished his usefulness in that role. No wonder the king is miffed.
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I wonder if the folks perpetuating this sham realize that half of the American people wanted Trump, wanted the wall on our Southern border, wanted immigration reform, wanted ObamaCare repeal, wanted tax reform, etc.? Do they honestly think we will sit back and let this coup happen? Do they think we are so stupid as to not realize what this whole sham is about? Go ahead, take Trump down, Mueller and the rest of the leftists are going to keep "expanding" the investigation until they have something they think they can use against him and then that will be all we hear about. Do you leftists think we don't remember fast and furious, all of the disasters in Libya, the IRS targeting conservative groups, Clinton and all of her lawless shenanigans, etc. ? Johnson was as corrupt as the day is long, but they took down Nixon. Bill Clinton and his cohorts gave new meaning to the word corrupt, but we went after Bush like there was no tomorrow, Obama sold us out and bankrupted us and tried numerous other tactics to ruin our republic but now we go after Trump. A great many of us in the U.S. ARE that stupid, but enough of us are not. Keep it up wack jobs, see how this ends. We have allowed a lot, way too much, but that time is at an end. A direct nullification of our votes we will not allow.
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Theres no "half the country with Trump."
The electoral college and fear heightened by how awful Clinton is plus the feeling of exclusion via Sanders humanistic but absurd socialist ideas, the lack of action on illegal on immigration through decades of both democratic and republican administrations. Too much Hollywood in our faces. Now we are in a mess and the states whose electoral votes led to his won suffer the obstruction of justice, conflicts of interest and emoluments clause violations as well as Russian collusion. His businesses will be investigated as part of the conflicts. The wall is bogus but border enforcement and removing illegal felons from the US. Is super important! The viscous related gangs recently chopping up people with machetes for any reason in Islip NY have to go. Sessions was on point in going there and the Justice system should prevail with swift action. Trump is not king and he's alienated all allies. He's despicable and erratic
The electoral college and fear heightened by how awful Clinton is plus the feeling of exclusion via Sanders humanistic but absurd socialist ideas, the lack of action on illegal on immigration through decades of both democratic and republican administrations. Too much Hollywood in our faces. Now we are in a mess and the states whose electoral votes led to his won suffer the obstruction of justice, conflicts of interest and emoluments clause violations as well as Russian collusion. His businesses will be investigated as part of the conflicts. The wall is bogus but border enforcement and removing illegal felons from the US. Is super important! The viscous related gangs recently chopping up people with machetes for any reason in Islip NY have to go. Sessions was on point in going there and the Justice system should prevail with swift action. Trump is not king and he's alienated all allies. He's despicable and erratic
I hope somebody, somewhere, is keeping count of the number of times trump has used the word 'unfair' in relation to himself over the last six months. How cruel life has been to him! I wonder if President Obama ever used the same word in the same context? Not a man to indulge in self pity, I think.
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How can anyone believe anything that this disgrace occupying in the Oval Office says? The Liar-In-Chief is the last person to expect the truth from.
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What happened to Trump hating the NYT? Now he's giving them exclusive interviews?
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"I cannot tell a lie."
"You're fired."
"You're fired."
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"Jeff Sessions should have told me he was going to behave in an ethical manner. I never would have hired him. "
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Since Our Fake So Called President is oblivious to statements that he made previously and when reminded of them, brushes them aside as Fake News, then what is the point of paying any heed to anything that he says today or tomorrow?
He is not worthy of being taken seriously.
Ignore the mad uncle who lives in the attic and spends the day yelling at the TV.
He is not worthy of being taken seriously.
Ignore the mad uncle who lives in the attic and spends the day yelling at the TV.
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Notice Donald Trump's deflections. He'll claim no ownership in Russia, but does not mention the billions he's borrowed from Russian sources. He's already fired the New York-based US attorney Preet Bharara who was "hot" on many cases involving Donald Trump and his criminal ventures in finance. Perhaps that is why he will not reveal his income tax returns which document the money he owes and to whom he owes it. If there is a "Daniel Ellsberg" in the IRS to leak those documents as Ellsberg did the "Pentagon Papers", we need him now. Hopefully, the investigation into Deutsche Bank will reveal some of the puzzle. ... all fodder for a real John Grisham real "blockbuster".
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Near the end of WWII the Allied Forces developed a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler to help them predict how he would react when facing a domestic crisis or a military defeat. This profile could just as easily be applied to Donald Trump:
“(Trump’s) behavior will become increasingly neurotic and his capacity to make clear statements and correct decisions, to devise effective strategy (carry out a legislative agenda) and to encourage his followers, will diminish steadily. He will experience a breakdown of his psychic strength and seek solitude where he will pace the (White House) alone, stamp the floor, shriek with rage and eventually collapse and become inert. (Trump) will not have the ability to sustain a defense and cannot face his people if his star is not ascending. Without confidence he is paralyzed and he will not able to appear or speak in public. He may even go insane since he has the make-up of a paranoid schizophrenic, and the load of frustration and failure that is coming to him may crack his resistance, causing him to yield his will to the turbulent forces of his unconscious."
“(Trump’s) behavior will become increasingly neurotic and his capacity to make clear statements and correct decisions, to devise effective strategy (carry out a legislative agenda) and to encourage his followers, will diminish steadily. He will experience a breakdown of his psychic strength and seek solitude where he will pace the (White House) alone, stamp the floor, shriek with rage and eventually collapse and become inert. (Trump) will not have the ability to sustain a defense and cannot face his people if his star is not ascending. Without confidence he is paralyzed and he will not able to appear or speak in public. He may even go insane since he has the make-up of a paranoid schizophrenic, and the load of frustration and failure that is coming to him may crack his resistance, causing him to yield his will to the turbulent forces of his unconscious."
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Money can buy tall buildings, the presidency, and even a hot wife, but not respect. You will never have ours, Mr. Trump.
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To the Negotiator-in-Chief: here are a few pro-tips you might consider:
1 - you don't bluff when everybody knows you're bluffing, i.e., zombie healthcare, again, and
2 - you don't telegraph your weaknesses by making constant reference to them. How do we all know there's real, personal vulnerability in the Russia probe, and la Cosa Trumpsta finances? Because he canNot let them go. Any good negotiator would bury those concerns, deep.
These are undergraduate mistakes. I would flunk my MBAs if they persisted in making them. He's not even any good at what he claims to be good at doing.
1 - you don't bluff when everybody knows you're bluffing, i.e., zombie healthcare, again, and
2 - you don't telegraph your weaknesses by making constant reference to them. How do we all know there's real, personal vulnerability in the Russia probe, and la Cosa Trumpsta finances? Because he canNot let them go. Any good negotiator would bury those concerns, deep.
These are undergraduate mistakes. I would flunk my MBAs if they persisted in making them. He's not even any good at what he claims to be good at doing.
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Of all the stupid things to share regarding Putin, the adoptions is the WORST.
Everyone knows that's cover for lifting sanctions.
Wow, if Trump told the Times reporters all this stuff...imagine what he gave away to Putin.
Everyone knows that's cover for lifting sanctions.
Wow, if Trump told the Times reporters all this stuff...imagine what he gave away to Putin.
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This little man never realized his Real-Estate-Antics would never find their place in his new position. While I have nothing but loathing for Donald Trump; it is quite pathetic to watch someone in their seventh decade of life[sic] unravel before the world. He is a comic-strip character; the unfunny kind-- with as much depth perception as a stick figure drawn on a piece of paper.
I can only imagine the volume of writing that will be devoted- someday to examining how America came to accept someone like Donald Trump.
I can only imagine the volume of writing that will be devoted- someday to examining how America came to accept someone like Donald Trump.
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“. . . The president also accused James B. Comey . . . of trying to leverage a dossier of compromising material to keep his job.”
How stupid! In January, Comey — who had a ten-year term — still had more than six-years left to serve. Why? Oh why, would he ever feel the need back in January to have to leverage to keep his job — except in the bizarre world of Donald Trump. Such a statement by our President shows how delusional Trump’s mind is. This is another example demonstrating that our President is mentally unstable.
How stupid! In January, Comey — who had a ten-year term — still had more than six-years left to serve. Why? Oh why, would he ever feel the need back in January to have to leverage to keep his job — except in the bizarre world of Donald Trump. Such a statement by our President shows how delusional Trump’s mind is. This is another example demonstrating that our President is mentally unstable.
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In most circles integrity, honor, and loyalty are integral to a good relationship between two human beings. They form the foundation of a strong lasting friendship. Trump with his narcissistic mentality, throw anyone under the bus to get what he wants attitude, has made the United States the mockery of the world. Vlad Putin and his boys, for all their serious appearances when meeting said Trump, must be ROTFL each and every night thinking about what they have pulled off.
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Three NY Times reporters (Fake News) in the Oval Office? He must be getting desperate.
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The reason this abomination became president was because of the lack of brains, education and ethics of the Midwestern segment of society. They were promised thousands of jobs (how many has the Abominable One created?). Idiocy and ignorance only pays off among the lesser-educated and despised KKK. All others, the Great Majority, are part of the 3½ million educated voters with brains.
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Many are asking why Donald Trump would give an interview to NYT. Easy answer. If he gets into any trouble because of what's in it, he has the perfect out: "The NYT got it wrong. I never said that. What can you expect from a failing newspaper that only prints fake news?"
This way he gets to blurt out his real message without worrying that it will work against him. A few hours from now (or less) when he performs one of his signature 180's, he can claim immunity. After all, everyone knows what losers run the NYT.
This way he gets to blurt out his real message without worrying that it will work against him. A few hours from now (or less) when he performs one of his signature 180's, he can claim immunity. After all, everyone knows what losers run the NYT.
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How many people never take responsibility for their own lives? How many of them are also extreme Trump fans? Because unless you do the same in your own life, how can you support somebody - especially a President - who constantly avoids responsibility? There are too many things where it's obvious it's his own fault and he just tries to wipe the blame off on someone else. Is the lack of votes for your health care bill the Dems' fault when you have both houses of Congress - or is it because your plan stinks? Is it a witch hunt for Russian influence -or is it because there is real evidence of their interference in our election, and they had contact with your campaign, whether you were wittingly involved with them or not? Is the press totally mean to you, or are they simply calling you out because you don't know when to shut up on Twitter and don't seem serious about policy? Mirror, meet Trump.
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Oh, please, Trump is absolutely correct. Sessions should have advised Trump that he was going to recuse himself. This persecution of Trump is inexcusable. He is not whining, but he is the only one telling the truth. Sessions should step down. This Russian investigation has gone nowhere in six months and is ridiculous. Let the man do his job, and you, the NYT, are deplorable in your reporting of him. He should go as deep and as loud as he wants to tell the truth as fask news never does.
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Trump can't govern his own conduct, how could he possibly govern a country?
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The article suggests that Trump was upset with Sessions for not disclosing his meetings with the Russian ambassador to the Senate Committee during confirmation hearing. It sounds like the real reason Trump was upset is for Sessions not continuing to lie that he did not meet with the Russians. Unlike Trump, Sessions seems to have a little bit of conscience to not to continue lying! That's what is irritating Trump!
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This story by the New York Times without an accompanying and reasoned analysis of Trump's total disregard for our doctrine of Separation of Powers etc., is an outrage.
The NYT was complicit in electing one of the worst and most unfit presidents in our modern era, Trump. They were willing accessories after the fact in the theft and publication of news related to stolen emails and Trump engineered manipulation of the news.
Incisive stories about Russia rigging our elections, Maggie Haberman's odd relationship with Trump, and the one legged efforts to regain credibility have been called into question by this meaningless interview.
Trump used the Times to undermine our democracy, threaten Mueller, and Jones is Rosenstein et al. in this interview of noise and his fluttering utterances.
There is no redeeming purpose to this tale of the anti- intellectual ramblings of our Russian elected president. Is the NYT back to the news at all costs days of 2016? Have they forgotten their role as the safeguard of our now fragile democracy?
Shame on the Times for running this article with no critique or true context of Trump's sometimes illegal jabber!
The NYT was complicit in electing one of the worst and most unfit presidents in our modern era, Trump. They were willing accessories after the fact in the theft and publication of news related to stolen emails and Trump engineered manipulation of the news.
Incisive stories about Russia rigging our elections, Maggie Haberman's odd relationship with Trump, and the one legged efforts to regain credibility have been called into question by this meaningless interview.
Trump used the Times to undermine our democracy, threaten Mueller, and Jones is Rosenstein et al. in this interview of noise and his fluttering utterances.
There is no redeeming purpose to this tale of the anti- intellectual ramblings of our Russian elected president. Is the NYT back to the news at all costs days of 2016? Have they forgotten their role as the safeguard of our now fragile democracy?
Shame on the Times for running this article with no critique or true context of Trump's sometimes illegal jabber!
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Another rewording for the title of this article would be "My Way Or the Highway". There is little Trump does to amaze me anymore.
Leave it to Trump to step on Session's announcement of his latest big busts. Of course, as with the recent Medicare fraud busts, the investigations were begun and largely completed under Obama ... but Trump could have been crowing. Instead, he is shooting himself in the head again.
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djt's hubris, temperament, incompetence and childish, silly tweeting would normally eventually lead to his downfall. However, the greater worry is before we get to the point when he either quits or is impeached for malfeasance is that it could lead first to a military coup d’état. You don’t think that’s possible in a nation under some god or another? Think again. All the pieces are falling into place. A fake, highly disliked president who lost the popular vote, a highly partisan congress acting against the self interest of a shrinking middle class, a professional non-drafted military (or worse a military based on mercenaries) and djt’s need to always blame someone else for the many messes he has and will yet create. What do you think will be the response by our professional admirals and generals to djt ordering a full military strike on North Korea? Especially if they view it as an attempt by the president to distract attention from some calamity of his own making. I hope they would simply say to him, “No, it’s not going to happen”, in effect taking charge of the nation and overruling the war making powers of the president. Powers that should have never been relinquished by the congress in the first place. It can easily happen here.
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If the Democrats had the will to apply Trump's own bullying techniques, they would tag him with a nickname that he'd hate. My leading candidate is "Crybaby".
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When will moderate GOP leadership separate themselves from Trump? McConnell and Ryan I think see Trump as a distractor from their own actions. But what about the rest of the GOP? How can they support a bully and a thug? How? Why? The GOP (except for McConnell and Ryan) are better than Trump, they can do better, why don't they exerting control over Trump, not enable him in his plundering and destruction!!!
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It seems whenever the ball is not underhanded to him and he is not allowed four strikes, he complains about how unfair it is.
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Hope Hicks was by the Insane Clown President's side during this interview?
The same Hope Hicks who helps the donald in the wee hours of the night and early morning with his tweets?
And was by his side in a black veil when the donald met the Pope?
This Hope Hicks?
https://images.washingtonpost.com/?url=http://img.washingtonpost.com/new...
Does anyone else wonder what Hope Hick's real job might be?
The same Hope Hicks who helps the donald in the wee hours of the night and early morning with his tweets?
And was by his side in a black veil when the donald met the Pope?
This Hope Hicks?
https://images.washingtonpost.com/?url=http://img.washingtonpost.com/new...
Does anyone else wonder what Hope Hick's real job might be?
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OK NYT and WaPo... the trail now leads to his personal finances... Go. To. It.
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NY Times artists:
I noticed that you've updated your lies count. Or, we could call it a "Pinnochio count."
If your artists drew this as a Pinnochio graphic, what would it look like?
I noticed that you've updated your lies count. Or, we could call it a "Pinnochio count."
If your artists drew this as a Pinnochio graphic, what would it look like?
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Can I say this, as a supporter of the NY Times: You cheapen solid reporting like this by putting stupid pictures of Trump up next to it (see the still in the video). That's such a Fox News move (i.e. angry pictures of Hillary, Obama grimacing at the camera). When I see things like this, or some of the "News Analysis" articles that hit the top of the site that are essentially editorials, it makes me cringe a bit because I then wonder, am I any better than someone who reads FoxNews.com and sees their "news bubble" views that support their worldview?
I want to go after Trump for his actions, not his ridiculous hair or facial expressions. You're better than that.
I want to go after Trump for his actions, not his ridiculous hair or facial expressions. You're better than that.
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If he crosses that "red line" he can bomb an practically empty airfield again.
Normally for a paper or news site to be fair it would post in a timely fashion thoughts and ideas contrary to the editorial positions of the paper
I've noticed my comments supporting the idea that many of this sites comments are disrespectful of the president are not posted in a timely manner so as to be read
Is it any wonder your paper is struggling?
To be the news you need to include all thought and not primarily yours ...
Otherwise you end up with a day like today where the hatred of individuals for the president reaches a fever insane pitch ....in the comments of your online news
Your bias filter is on
Here's a thought ... your polls are worthless ... Trump will most likely win the next Presidential election as well
And BTW ...posting my humble thoughts long after the conversation is over but giving it a time stamp hours early does indeed bury comments you do not like but it also makes you dishonest
Which also means you can forget about me subscribing to your paper despite the constant emails requesting such ... why would I seeing how you treat people with ideas different than yours?
I've noticed my comments supporting the idea that many of this sites comments are disrespectful of the president are not posted in a timely manner so as to be read
Is it any wonder your paper is struggling?
To be the news you need to include all thought and not primarily yours ...
Otherwise you end up with a day like today where the hatred of individuals for the president reaches a fever insane pitch ....in the comments of your online news
Your bias filter is on
Here's a thought ... your polls are worthless ... Trump will most likely win the next Presidential election as well
And BTW ...posting my humble thoughts long after the conversation is over but giving it a time stamp hours early does indeed bury comments you do not like but it also makes you dishonest
Which also means you can forget about me subscribing to your paper despite the constant emails requesting such ... why would I seeing how you treat people with ideas different than yours?
So stop whining about feeling neglected by the Times and go over to Breitbart. You'll be right in your element.
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What never ceases to amaze me is how normal people voted for this fool and how they are still behind him.
To be a conservative American is a disease by itself but to support such a joker is beyond that. It's like being rotten to the core.
Knowing about how conservatism and intransigence it's not surprising though.
To be a conservative American is a disease by itself but to support such a joker is beyond that. It's like being rotten to the core.
Knowing about how conservatism and intransigence it's not surprising though.
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Wow. A president who doesn't give a hoot about 32 million citizen's healthcare can care so deeply about adoption... from a country that routinely adopts out children with severe attachment disorders. Good to know he is thinking about the little guy.
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Was no one else horrified by DT's "musing about having a military parade down a main avenue in Washington."? This is who he is, a lying, corrupt, kleptocratic wanna-be dictator.
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I was mortified. I show a video to my art history classes on the Bauhaus, a design school in Germany, that has frightening footage of Nazis parading through the streets of Germany. These images are unforgettable.
This wanna-be dictator's wish also conjures up images of military display from North Korea.
This wanna-be dictator's wish also conjures up images of military display from North Korea.
Trump has to be the dumbest president ever, and hope no one dumber is ever voted into office. Though with Betsy running the Dept. of Education, we'll see a decline in intelligence.
He's our president ?!?!
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With the Waco Trump as president, the danger to our country is not as bad as the Civil War but it is getting there. Congress needs to come to the rescue. Does the word Impeach ring a bell ?
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Donald Trump is the President Of The United States. All personal / business dealings should be held to legal and public scrutiny, from the very first dollar he ever made. I hope Mueller digs so deep into the real life of Donal Trump and his family that by the first of next year, we have a new sitting President.
Let's Make America Great Again - impeach Donald Trump.
Let's Make America Great Again - impeach Donald Trump.
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Just another indication that Trump only wants people that are going to do what he wants and another indication that Trump was involved in the Russian thing that helped elect him. This is the most disgusting presidency of all times.
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President Trump also revised his campaign boast:
"When I'm president, there's going to be so much whining! You're going to get tired of whining!"
"When I'm president, there's going to be so much whining! You're going to get tired of whining!"
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I guess the interviewers felt it was adequate to keep the president* talking to reveal his ignorance and incompetence, but I really expect more probing questions and followups from this paper. Fail better next time.
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I wish people would stop saying that Trump has a mental illness based on his pernicious behavior and actions. There is a difference between moral bankruptcy and mental illness.
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Even with all the marathon developments in less than a week and the clear continuous abuse of power by Toddler-in-Chief NOT one person has stood their ground and said enough is enough except one - Brad Sherman, who finally filed articles to impeach. Impeaching or even a slap on the wrist wouldn't be enough.
Even the professionally inexperienced are familiar with boundaries and basic decorum. How is this behavioural pattern still acceptable?! And I am not even considering the bizarre NYT interview with fully displayed his frightening bunker mentality.
His so-called trusted paid and unpaid advisors clearly have no influence.
This has gone beyond getting out of hand. I'm mortified and beyond embarrassed that this is the face of Our Country and more so, considered THE reflection of who we have become as a Nation in the eyes of others watching our fall from Grace!
Even the professionally inexperienced are familiar with boundaries and basic decorum. How is this behavioural pattern still acceptable?! And I am not even considering the bizarre NYT interview with fully displayed his frightening bunker mentality.
His so-called trusted paid and unpaid advisors clearly have no influence.
This has gone beyond getting out of hand. I'm mortified and beyond embarrassed that this is the face of Our Country and more so, considered THE reflection of who we have become as a Nation in the eyes of others watching our fall from Grace!
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"He [Trump] expressed no second thoughts about firing Mr. Comey, saying, "I did a great thing for the American people.”"
I know another great thing you can do for he American people, Trump, quit!!
I know another great thing you can do for he American people, Trump, quit!!
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naw; surprising my own self, i'm with trump on this one.
There could not be, on any radar i see or imagine, a worse atty general than that sessions fellow.
his every word and action suggests repression.
So, my call is, as a matter politic (and protective self-interest, appointed 'politicians' have been known to hold)
Sessions should resign,
and do it now,
lest down the road, he may have to own further implications with this "presidency".
just sayin' . . . !!
There could not be, on any radar i see or imagine, a worse atty general than that sessions fellow.
his every word and action suggests repression.
So, my call is, as a matter politic (and protective self-interest, appointed 'politicians' have been known to hold)
Sessions should resign,
and do it now,
lest down the road, he may have to own further implications with this "presidency".
just sayin' . . . !!
ha. everything you do is messy. whats worse is the difficulty making him accountable...following the laws of the land and putting Russia in check w a corrupt administration.
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"Attorney General Sessions, would you like to respond?"
. . .
"Not Sessions. . . Reek."
. . .
"Not Sessions. . . Reek."
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Oh yes, please fire Mr. Mueller. That will unequivocally establish obstruction of justice.
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"I didn't have conversation with the Russians."
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Dear Peter, Maggie and Michael - my sincere condolences to the 3 of you.
First, excellent reporting. It must be extraordinarily challenging to sit there, listening to this person (Trump) who is clearly incapable of a serious conversation, no intelligent and coherent thoughts, and is a growing embarrassment to America. It is getting to the point where there must even be a few Repubs who are beyond thinking this guy will ever really have the stature of President. The idea that this guy is the POTUS is amazing. And the 3 of you cannot really go beyond stenography in your reporting because if you added your own intelligent commentary and critical thinking (which I'm sure you are all quite capable of), you'd never be invited back to the WH. Quite a bind you must find yourselves in. Perhaps you can share your real thoughts and feelings about Trump over some good single malt with a few million readers. Where and when shall we meet up? You can come disguised as Breitbart "journalists".
Maybe it's time we all just accept the fact that we have a real clown, an intellectual buffoon for President and will be a lesson for us all - NEVER again.
First, excellent reporting. It must be extraordinarily challenging to sit there, listening to this person (Trump) who is clearly incapable of a serious conversation, no intelligent and coherent thoughts, and is a growing embarrassment to America. It is getting to the point where there must even be a few Repubs who are beyond thinking this guy will ever really have the stature of President. The idea that this guy is the POTUS is amazing. And the 3 of you cannot really go beyond stenography in your reporting because if you added your own intelligent commentary and critical thinking (which I'm sure you are all quite capable of), you'd never be invited back to the WH. Quite a bind you must find yourselves in. Perhaps you can share your real thoughts and feelings about Trump over some good single malt with a few million readers. Where and when shall we meet up? You can come disguised as Breitbart "journalists".
Maybe it's time we all just accept the fact that we have a real clown, an intellectual buffoon for President and will be a lesson for us all - NEVER again.
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Please show the entire interview. In a few places I have a feeling that the president was baited into making some statements. It will be essential for the readers to know in what context something was said. I find it necessary to point out that I am not a supporter of the man who is our president.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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What else can we call this "resurrection" of repeal but an evil act. The bill that died was a sop to the Koch brothers and their plutocratic ilk, but this spiteful step by the Senate leadership is pure bile and ugliness that if passed will hurt over 30 million people 18 of which almost immediately. To what purpose? What to the Republicans really want. 1929 all over again? The disruption to insurance markets will be unprecedented. We have to stop this at all costs!
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No matter the problem, with Trump it's always someone else's fault. What a leader.
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It may be enlightening for us to understand why Trump speaks so much to your reporters while he keeps attacking you at the same time. How do we reconcile the vile attacks with the need to talk to you?
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Because he's a narcissistic attention seeker?
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According to the President, the NY Times was a "sad" and "failing" "fake liberal main-stream media"....now Trump sits down and has a long interview to express his points of view? Which is it, sir? Is CNN only OK when they are giving you unfettered air time, like they did last summer?
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Would it be possible for someone in Russia to adopt our president? Because unless or until that happens, I'm about as inclined to believe these meetings were about adoption as I am that Santa Claus is coming back.
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On the plus side ... finally a picture of the Donald smiling!
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Why is that a plus? They must have taken the photo when someone was talking about him. It's the only time he's happy.
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Is that a smile - god help him.
America, you know the feeling that you feel when you see a major accident is about to happen but you can't do anything about it? Words cannot express...
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My holy God, I cannot believe what I've just read. To use a slightly vapid expression, I can't even.
Anyone who supports this man at this point, from Republican elected officials on down to ordinary citizens, is supporting a terrible affront to democracy. You need to love our country more than you love your Congressional seat, your coal mining job, your tax breaks if you're in the 1%, your hatred of Hillary Clinton, your dislike of liberals, your prejudices, your religious intolerance, your fear that somebody, somewhere, is getting a "handout", or whatever else it is that you feel is so important that you need to throw your weight behind this caustic thug that has installed himself in the Oval Office. He is so terribly, terribly unfit to lead, and so terribly, terribly dangerous.
Anyone who supports this man at this point, from Republican elected officials on down to ordinary citizens, is supporting a terrible affront to democracy. You need to love our country more than you love your Congressional seat, your coal mining job, your tax breaks if you're in the 1%, your hatred of Hillary Clinton, your dislike of liberals, your prejudices, your religious intolerance, your fear that somebody, somewhere, is getting a "handout", or whatever else it is that you feel is so important that you need to throw your weight behind this caustic thug that has installed himself in the Oval Office. He is so terribly, terribly unfit to lead, and so terribly, terribly dangerous.
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From some of the comments I'm reading on the internet, the only reason his hard core base is still standing behind him is "He makes liberals mad", which should tell you all you need to know about the median IQ of his hard core base.
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STAY AWAY FROM MY FINANCES! More evidence that Trump is doing something illegal or underhanded financially.
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People loyal to Trump need to realize it is a one way street. Session's just learned that the wheels of the Trump bus are made for throwing people under.
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Well, Donald, just go ahead and fire the special counsel. Please! Please! Please!
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The most surprising thing of the article for me was that trump (for him) used a "big" word - retrospect.
Sad state of affairs when that is the case !
Sad state of affairs when that is the case !
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Why does the NYT feel obliged to make every inane utterance front page news? Would it be possible to ignore some of the nonsense that comes spews daily out of our President's mouth and focus on other issues? If you can't think of any, here are a few suggestions: infrastructure, climate change, homeless, housing, medical research, education.
One has only to look at the main page of CNN.com this afternoon to understand why the US is mired in this miasma of shame.
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" Adoptions" are the NEW Russian Money Laundering.
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He said we'd get tired of whining...or something like that!
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"In a remarkable break from one of his earlier supporters..." no, not really all that remarkable. As Ross Douthat pointed out in his piece last week it happens to everyone who comes into his orbit.
Perhaps he can ask the Kebbler AG to resign and appoint someone who is let's say, a little less racist or anti-equality?
Perhaps he can ask the Kebbler AG to resign and appoint someone who is let's say, a little less racist or anti-equality?
Why did he give this interview to a newspaper which has numerous negative articles and opinions about him and never anything positive? How could this help anything?
I understand the need to have a channel open to the president and that you have to worry about being sidelined like CNN, but this was a softball interview -very little hard follow-up, just letting him prattle on. Especially about the Don Junior meeting and his potential revelations in a press conference about Clinton. And I'm still waiting for reporters to call him on unequivocal absolute lies.
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Asked if Mr. Mueller’s investigation would cross a red line if it expanded to look at his family’s finances beyond any relationship to Russia, Mr. Trump said, “I would say yes.”
But how can anybody know if his family's finances are involved UNLESS they look at them?
But how can anybody know if his family's finances are involved UNLESS they look at them?
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Peter Baker, please closely read a response you received from Pres. Trump when you were questioning him. It was in regarding to the email chain between Don Jr. and Rob Goldstone. Mr. Trump’s telling response came after you asked him about the Don Jr. email and the reference in the email to the Russian government aiding Trump’s campaign. Mr. Trump denied reading until it surfaced recently. Mr. Trump said, “Well, I never saw the email. I never saw the email until, you know.” He said he read it after the email had recently surfaced. However, at this point in the interview Mr. Trump didn’t say that he didn’t know what was in the emails.
Much later in the interview, you again questioned Mr. Trump further on the Russian support issue raised in Goldstone’s email to Don Jr. Here’s his response: "TRUMP: I just heard there was an email requesting a meeting or something — yeah, requesting a meeting. That they have information on Hillary Clinton, and I said — I mean, this was standard political stuff.”
Mr. Trump confesses to knowing about the email and the meeting before it happened mostly likely because Don Jr., Kushner and/or Manafort briefed him about both the emails and the meeting. And we can assume with confidence that he approved of the meeting. This may be the most important revelation from your interview. I wish you had pressed Mr. Trump further because you’d clearly caught Mr. Trump adding some important information to his story regarding the Don Jr. emails and meeting.
Much later in the interview, you again questioned Mr. Trump further on the Russian support issue raised in Goldstone’s email to Don Jr. Here’s his response: "TRUMP: I just heard there was an email requesting a meeting or something — yeah, requesting a meeting. That they have information on Hillary Clinton, and I said — I mean, this was standard political stuff.”
Mr. Trump confesses to knowing about the email and the meeting before it happened mostly likely because Don Jr., Kushner and/or Manafort briefed him about both the emails and the meeting. And we can assume with confidence that he approved of the meeting. This may be the most important revelation from your interview. I wish you had pressed Mr. Trump further because you’d clearly caught Mr. Trump adding some important information to his story regarding the Don Jr. emails and meeting.
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Why not publish the whole interview? We don't know what you're "editing" and why. We need the full sweep of Trump's 3rd grade approach to the English language.
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Unbelievable. (Not really).
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If Jeff Sessions had any self respect he would quit immediately.
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That's a big "if" for anyone endorsing a crazy birther.
I am no expert, but couldn't much of this mess have been circumvented by a legal requirement of full financial disclosure in order to run for President?
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Seriously, what good is an Attorney General if he is going to follow the law?
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Trump's comments about health care insurance are just astounding. He clearly doesn't even understand how it works. "...you're paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you're 70, you get a nice plan?" What is he talking about?
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Add "recusal" to the long list of things our President does not understand, but should, and complains about -- blaming others -- when things don't go his way. He mistakenly assumed he'd be on a throne and able to dictate his wants and see the fulfilled. Wrong form of government, Mr. President!
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Simple Question 1: How many millions of rubles does Trump owe Russian oligarchs? Including Putin.
Simple Question 2: Since Manafort owed the Russian oligarchs $17 million bucks, why did he offer to work for the Trump campaign for free?
Lots of smoke Mr Mueller, and probably just the tip of the iceberg.
Simple Question 2: Since Manafort owed the Russian oligarchs $17 million bucks, why did he offer to work for the Trump campaign for free?
Lots of smoke Mr Mueller, and probably just the tip of the iceberg.
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How can anyone with any self respect stand working for this man. He has no virtues of leadership. He has the psychology of a helpless spoiled child who just demands what he wants and waits for others to just give it to him. If he is disappointed in anyway it's the fault of everyone else but himself. He will defend his kids and anyone who flatters and comforts his fragile ego without any concern for anything that requires some thinking to appreciate. He never learned how to discipline his ego to do any really sophisticated reasoning nor reflection which provides insights into life and other people. It seems that without all the money that he has had all his life he would likely be an automobile salesman or a real estate agent, and living in some middle class suburb of people like his base supporters. Trump is truly an outlier as President, but it's at the lower end where the individuals are particularly unsuited for the job.
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Here is what we have learned about Donald Trump in the last six months....
1. He takes no responsibility for his weaknesses or inability to lead including his failure of "repeal and replace" even though Republicans are the majority in the Executive as well as the Legislative branches, he does not "own it."
2. He has surrounded himself with individuals (including his own son) who have admittedly believed they were meeting with representatives of the Russian government to get dirt on Hillary Clinton and who wants to help Donald Trump get elected to the presidency. Yet he fails to see why this might be a problem.
3. He consistently attacks and denigrates the US free press, mainstream journalists, his own Department of Justice, including his own Attorneys General as well as ranking members of the FBI etc. as well as established members of Congress, but tells Putin, a proven adversary who's Russian government has tampered with our free and open election process "It is an honor to be with you."
4. He is so egotistical and/or paranoid he would rather spend time and money chasing a mistaken belief that the only way Hillary Clinton could have won the popular vote is that there was voter fraud.
This man is sorely lacking in the attributes to be a good leader let alone a great one.
1. He takes no responsibility for his weaknesses or inability to lead including his failure of "repeal and replace" even though Republicans are the majority in the Executive as well as the Legislative branches, he does not "own it."
2. He has surrounded himself with individuals (including his own son) who have admittedly believed they were meeting with representatives of the Russian government to get dirt on Hillary Clinton and who wants to help Donald Trump get elected to the presidency. Yet he fails to see why this might be a problem.
3. He consistently attacks and denigrates the US free press, mainstream journalists, his own Department of Justice, including his own Attorneys General as well as ranking members of the FBI etc. as well as established members of Congress, but tells Putin, a proven adversary who's Russian government has tampered with our free and open election process "It is an honor to be with you."
4. He is so egotistical and/or paranoid he would rather spend time and money chasing a mistaken belief that the only way Hillary Clinton could have won the popular vote is that there was voter fraud.
This man is sorely lacking in the attributes to be a good leader let alone a great one.
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I'm seeing that the only possible saving grace to this whole sorry period of our nation's history is if being "president" would lead to indictment of all the underlying illegalities within the entire Trump machinery. Wouldn't this be a wonderful way to illustrate the definition of "hubris?"
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What is the truth regarding the private dinner discussion between Trump and Putin?
As earlier reported:
". . .a one-on-one discussion over dinner that lasted as long as an hour and relied solely on a Kremlin-provided interpreter."
And in this article:
"Mr. Trump said they talked for about 15 minutes, mostly about “pleasantries.”
Which is it? Was this discrepancy raised in the interview? If not, why wasn't it?
As earlier reported:
". . .a one-on-one discussion over dinner that lasted as long as an hour and relied solely on a Kremlin-provided interpreter."
And in this article:
"Mr. Trump said they talked for about 15 minutes, mostly about “pleasantries.”
Which is it? Was this discrepancy raised in the interview? If not, why wasn't it?
Of course how his skin-cell thick ego feels won't affect how he reacts to Foreigners / - Countries where his companies did not give loans to his son-in-law.
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"Vladimir let's discuss something close to my heart - adoption"
"Of course Donnie I've made many kids orphans - how many do you want?"
"Of course Donnie I've made many kids orphans - how many do you want?"
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Perhaps the one saving grace that might come of this sorry period of our nation's history is that all the illegalities of the Trump machinery would be laid open to scrutiny, so much so that he and his ilk might be properly prosecuted and imprisoned (dare one hope?) What is becoming clear is that they have much to hide, and what they are hiding is nothing innocent.
He seems to believe that becoming president is only another means to filling his coffers, by hook or by crook.
What we have seen and learned in these last few months is that Trump is a master of projection. What he accuses others of is exactly what he knows himself to be guilty of. All those shouts of "lock her up" really points to "lock ME up, if you only knew...."
He seems to believe that becoming president is only another means to filling his coffers, by hook or by crook.
What we have seen and learned in these last few months is that Trump is a master of projection. What he accuses others of is exactly what he knows himself to be guilty of. All those shouts of "lock her up" really points to "lock ME up, if you only knew...."
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What happened to "You're Fired"?
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I wonder how many Trump supporters would now say they would have never voted for this guy if they had known he would be so childish and ineffective.
There is a Yuge elephant in the room that everyone is tiptoeing around. The man is suffering from early onset dementia. The biggest giveaway is his constant perseveration. His brain gets stuck on certain concepts and phrases and they keep on coming out, over and over again.
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You are correct. I listened to 2004 interviews with him. He was articulate, clarity of thought, a dramatic difference from now.
Yes dementia.
Yes dementia.
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So Trump thinks that looking into his family's finances is "a violation." Thanks to Robert Mueller's hard work, we will soon see if his statement is more brer rabbit, "Don't throw me in the briar patch" or Lady MacBeth, "Out, damned spot!"
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Wow, what a great manager of people. Can you imagine working for this jerk?
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Man! We need a huge broom. And, we need an even bigger broom for congress swamp.
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How undignified. Trump again reveals himself as a whiny -- well, you know, what Bill Maher said.
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I have a counter intuitive thought. I hope President Trump keeps going with all of his crazy behaviors including possibly firing Mr. Mueller. This will add a mountain of evidence against him and compel Congress to start impeachment and perhaps move the Justice Dept. to start actual indictments. There is an old saying that if your opponent is doing things to hang themselves, don't just do nothing; give them more rope.
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This statement makes it sound like he's guilty and has something to hide. Moreover, if he doesn't have anything to hide then why shouldn't the family's finances be scrutinized. He just keeps digging the hole deeper and deeper. He may be a good negotiator, but he is a lousy public servant. He should do us all a favor and resign now.
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Kara - have you no understanding of the 4th Amendment ? This "Investigation" was about the Democrats' claim that Russia caused Hillary to loose... Trump family finances - how many years back - if not connected to "Russian hacking" have ZERO to do with this witch-hunt.
If the Police pull you over for speeding 1 mpg over the limit, can they then go search your dresser drawers ?
If the Police pull you over for speeding 1 mpg over the limit, can they then go search your dresser drawers ?
Meantime the whole scummy bunch are stuffing more billions into their pockets. How will we ever get it back"
The damage to our nation is even bigger than just money. The Supreme Court for example, unless some of the judges turn out to be better people than we have reason to anticipate, will be a petty political club of 9 members for the foreseeable future.
What else have we lost and are now losing?
The damage to our nation is even bigger than just money. The Supreme Court for example, unless some of the judges turn out to be better people than we have reason to anticipate, will be a petty political club of 9 members for the foreseeable future.
What else have we lost and are now losing?
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So, Republicans and Trump supporters, how's it working out to have a narcisstist, with decades of experience operating as a shyster, working out for your party?
It's been a disaster for our country.
It's been a disaster for our country.
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Actually, they have stopped the drunken spending spree of Obama... Criminal Hillary is no longer sellout to the Russians, Democrats keep loosing seats in government, not matter how many millions they spend, etc...
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President Trump has said nothing about firing AG Sessions , he said Sessions made a mistake in recusing himself,( Which he did), and that has caused a great deal of problems for President Trumps
's administration , in the world of politics where truth is rarely spoken , that was shocking, in the world of business , not so much, ( who has not had a boss who let you know in no uncertain terms when you screwed up?).
's administration , in the world of politics where truth is rarely spoken , that was shocking, in the world of business , not so much, ( who has not had a boss who let you know in no uncertain terms when you screwed up?).
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This should be like a red flag to a bull. Dig, Mueller, dig. Everywhere!
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This is insanity. Pure and simple. Trump is more than incompetent. He is duplicitous, disingenuous, vindictive, and dangerous. The Republicans should be ashamed for letting this go on as long as it has, Russian Inquiry be damned.
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From the transcript:
"By the way, I would say, I don’t — I don’t — I mean, it’s possible there’s a condo or something, so, you know, I sell a lot of condo units, and somebody from Russia buys a condo, who knows? I don’t make money from Russia."
I don't, I don't... oh wait, possibly I sold "a condo" to a Russian, but I don't make money from Russia."
No profits from "Russia," but of course possibly from "Russians." He sells a lot of condos, but not at a profit.
Which is it? Do or don't? Master businessman or loss-leader? Profits or huge loans or money laundering? Transparency or something to hide?
As a pathological liar, DJT always includes enough possibilities that -- in his mind -- he can always weasel in another direction when he undercuts his options by being the human salad-shooter. (With apologies to cheap plastic devices sold on late-night TV.)
Where the hell are the Democrats? Why aren't they making front-page news bringing our case to the American people?
"By the way, I would say, I don’t — I don’t — I mean, it’s possible there’s a condo or something, so, you know, I sell a lot of condo units, and somebody from Russia buys a condo, who knows? I don’t make money from Russia."
I don't, I don't... oh wait, possibly I sold "a condo" to a Russian, but I don't make money from Russia."
No profits from "Russia," but of course possibly from "Russians." He sells a lot of condos, but not at a profit.
Which is it? Do or don't? Master businessman or loss-leader? Profits or huge loans or money laundering? Transparency or something to hide?
As a pathological liar, DJT always includes enough possibilities that -- in his mind -- he can always weasel in another direction when he undercuts his options by being the human salad-shooter. (With apologies to cheap plastic devices sold on late-night TV.)
Where the hell are the Democrats? Why aren't they making front-page news bringing our case to the American people?
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It seems The Donald has always wanted to be the sole owner of all the Nation's business interests.
He thought he had the means to make America his sole proprietorship.
He thought he had the means to make America his sole proprietorship.
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We all agree. trump is mentally unfit, imbecilic, incompetent, uncouth, a liar, ridiculous, criminal, narcissistic, vapid, stupid, thin skinned, inattentive, incurious, vindictive, duplicitous, arrogant, unpatriotic, and embarrassing. Now what?
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Help me out here. Why did President Trump spend all this time with NYT journalists when he has branded the entire class of journalists as the world's most dishonest people? I find it difficult occasionally to arrange this president's pronouncements and actions into a coherent pattern.
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Don't be surprised when Pres Trump exercises his constitutional right to pardon all the folks being investigated (and perhaps even himself) so that Mueller's investigation folds. Not so far fetched.
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The thing is, I think he would've already done that if people like Flynn really had nothing to hide.
He could've pardoned, then fired, Flynn for lying to Pence. But if he did that he'd be exposed to Flynn "telling his story," which must be one helluva story because Flynn wants immunity in exchange for it and Trump hasn't pardoned him already.
He could've pardoned, then fired, Flynn for lying to Pence. But if he did that he'd be exposed to Flynn "telling his story," which must be one helluva story because Flynn wants immunity in exchange for it and Trump hasn't pardoned him already.
I understand the premise in theory, but why is the Times giving him this platform at all? Public matters no longer publicly available, cameras barred from routine press briefings, when do the news organizations draw a line and stop covering? The precedents will just keep getting worse and worse without pushback and resolve by the media.
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The leopard does not lose its spots. The NYT was complicit in enabling Trump's ascension to the presidency, knowingly or not.
This is a reminder that despite their role in unearthing Russia's role in rigging our elections to elect Trump, their main focus still remains boosting readership.
NYT, the anything goes publication.
To think I believed they were more present and aware of the guile and manipulation of the one man collusus of all things anti-democratic. How utterly naive of me.
This is a reminder that despite their role in unearthing Russia's role in rigging our elections to elect Trump, their main focus still remains boosting readership.
NYT, the anything goes publication.
To think I believed they were more present and aware of the guile and manipulation of the one man collusus of all things anti-democratic. How utterly naive of me.
In one interview, Trump attacks the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, the special counsel, the acting FBI director, and the former FBI director.
In the movies, this is where the evil paranoid megalomaniac descends into the bunker, locks the huge vault door, and plots the utter destruction of his enemies...and the end of the world....
In the movies, this is where the evil paranoid megalomaniac descends into the bunker, locks the huge vault door, and plots the utter destruction of his enemies...and the end of the world....
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Yes, this appears to be the same man you elected. There are enough lies here for 40% of Americans to support him, and since they're the ones who vote...
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As the Clown-in-Chief himself said, it's all politics. If his family asked for dirt on Hillary from a country that's maybe not officially an "enemy," but certainly one that would like to see our country destroyed, is "just politics," then what the hey, you brought your family and your businesses into politics. Touche.
I voted for Clinton. I don't particularly like her and god knows when she announced she was running, I said, god, everything her husband did and more is going to be dredged up endlessly. But how anybody in this country except Russian operatives can still believe she wouldn't have been a better president is incomprehensible.
My wife and I have taken to watching reruns of the various Star Trek series, partly to avoid TV newscasts. It weirdly gives me comfort to watch shows where the U.S. and our planet are putatively still around and prospering in 3 centuries or so. Because sometimes I have a hard time seeing it myself.
I voted for Clinton. I don't particularly like her and god knows when she announced she was running, I said, god, everything her husband did and more is going to be dredged up endlessly. But how anybody in this country except Russian operatives can still believe she wouldn't have been a better president is incomprehensible.
My wife and I have taken to watching reruns of the various Star Trek series, partly to avoid TV newscasts. It weirdly gives me comfort to watch shows where the U.S. and our planet are putatively still around and prospering in 3 centuries or so. Because sometimes I have a hard time seeing it myself.
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The supposed grievance against Sessions is ONLY for public consumption and Sessions will do everything in his power to protect Trump and his associates.
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Investigators won't have to go into matters "too far afield from Russia." It appears that virtually ALL of the Trump family's personal finances are tied up with Russia. So no problem there.
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If Sessions does go (voluntarily or otherwise) , then perhaps he will tell the truth as to who was in the room when Trump spoke to Comey. A third person to at least testify that yes, Trump did order everyone to leave the room, would be a big start. And while Sessions is in office, we can hope that he will protect the DOJ from over reaching POTUS
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On adoption -- we don't really need Russian orphans, although coming here would certainly help them. To "Buy American, hire American" I would add, adopt American! There are many thousands of children in the US who have been removed from their abusive and neglectful parents and are free for adoption. Subsidies are available in many cases. I promise you, there is a child in your community right now that needs a loving forever home. Just contact your local child welfare officials.
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The fact that his name will forever be in history books as a US president just makes me physically sick. The past 6 months have been a nightmare. Please make it stop
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If Trump wants to bring down Hillary and Obama, the Russian fiasco is the wrong way to go about it. All he needs to do is dig into what they did, and focus on the laws broken and investigate until they have the evidence they need to put them both away. This Russian deal is just a distraction from other truths being hid. Between the RINOS and a lack of focus on what is most important the Republicans feud breaking their party further. We the people are expecting results and the lack of infighting. The Re-pubs are not earning their pay.
"President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged his presidency, calling the decision “very unfair to the president.”
..."had he known"--his words(!)--they say he doesn't care to know about anything! If true, is it fair to the people of such a powerful/influential country in human history? !:(.
..."had he known"--his words(!)--they say he doesn't care to know about anything! If true, is it fair to the people of such a powerful/influential country in human history? !:(.
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Republicans beware- this president does not have your back. He will throw any and all under the bus in his efforts to obstruct justice.
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Maybe the adoption thing means now all of us will be adopted by Russia...
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I'm convinced that our President would like Mr. Putin to adopt him. That's why they talk about it so much. After all, his own family is a pretty big disappointment.
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Nov 16, 2016 Sessions selected by Trump
Feb 8 Sessions approved
March 2 Sessions recuses self
July 19 Trump says he would not have selected Sessions...recuse himself
Did Trump commit criminal conspiracy by selecting someone he thought would not investigate his actions?
Feb 8 Sessions approved
March 2 Sessions recuses self
July 19 Trump says he would not have selected Sessions...recuse himself
Did Trump commit criminal conspiracy by selecting someone he thought would not investigate his actions?
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A grifter wants to break the law with impunity. And the Republicans are standing by this?
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The hatred in some of these posts is a commentary of sorts on the mental health and moral standing of America itself ... I realize not everyone comments on current events but the news also shows violent protests ... obscenity ... threats of murder etc
The proper term for the elected head of state is Mr President ...
The term for this person trying to protect this nation from terror and illegal entry is Mr President
The term for the person trying to get congress to write a comprehensive health care bill that will truly lower premiums and truly allow people to keep their doctors is Mr President
The head of state trying to confront ISIS and N Korea is Mr President
The head of state who is turning the economy around bigly is Mr President
Respect for the person and office is a requirement for those claiming to be Christian
The proper term for the elected head of state is Mr President ...
The term for this person trying to protect this nation from terror and illegal entry is Mr President
The term for the person trying to get congress to write a comprehensive health care bill that will truly lower premiums and truly allow people to keep their doctors is Mr President
The head of state trying to confront ISIS and N Korea is Mr President
The head of state who is turning the economy around bigly is Mr President
Respect for the person and office is a requirement for those claiming to be Christian
Did you and others respect the prior President when he was in office?
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There was violence and obscenity expressed by some of Trump's supporters before the election. (That does not mean everyone who is a supporter of his exhibits that.) Some of us do not greatly respect the person of Donald Trump because of what he is doing with the Office Of President, which we do respect.
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Proponents of President Trump admonish his opponents to honor the office of the presidency even if they find it difficult to respect the man who occupies that office. We all should acknowledge the following facts:
(1) Mr. Trump's political career was largely founded on the falsehoods of birtherism--the falsehoods that severely dishonored President Barack Obama.
(2) Mr. Trump himself disrespects the office of the presidency. He persistently refuses to act presidential or to evidence the traits of character generally appropriate among reasonable adults.
(3) Mr. Trump callously disrespects whole classes of persons. In particular he disrespects those he perceives to be critical of him or in opposition to his objectives. He is a thin-skinned, vengeful narcissist and bully.
(4) Mr. Trump's buffoonish, narcissistically unreflective and generally coarse behavior places him far beyond the pale of civil social discourse and the decorum requisite for responsible leadership.
(5) The thoroughly abnormal does not admit of normalization.
(6) As John Dewey noted in his "Theory of the Moral Life": Persons become responsible only by being held responsible.
Thoughtful and responsible adults do not accept irresponsible behavior on the part of the emotionally and psychologically immature. They instead urge the immature to grow up, to become responsible. When mature persons find that terminally immature "adults" are incapable of growth and responsible behavior, they avoid and shun them.
(1) Mr. Trump's political career was largely founded on the falsehoods of birtherism--the falsehoods that severely dishonored President Barack Obama.
(2) Mr. Trump himself disrespects the office of the presidency. He persistently refuses to act presidential or to evidence the traits of character generally appropriate among reasonable adults.
(3) Mr. Trump callously disrespects whole classes of persons. In particular he disrespects those he perceives to be critical of him or in opposition to his objectives. He is a thin-skinned, vengeful narcissist and bully.
(4) Mr. Trump's buffoonish, narcissistically unreflective and generally coarse behavior places him far beyond the pale of civil social discourse and the decorum requisite for responsible leadership.
(5) The thoroughly abnormal does not admit of normalization.
(6) As John Dewey noted in his "Theory of the Moral Life": Persons become responsible only by being held responsible.
Thoughtful and responsible adults do not accept irresponsible behavior on the part of the emotionally and psychologically immature. They instead urge the immature to grow up, to become responsible. When mature persons find that terminally immature "adults" are incapable of growth and responsible behavior, they avoid and shun them.
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This guy is beginning to make Nixon look like a saint.
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America is a victim of voting. What does that say?
Could someone explain to POTUS the logical impossibility of being omniscient-- that is, knowing that in the future, you would find yourself in a situation where a recusal would be a consideration. But then, the day brains and how to use them were distributed, logic was not what they handed out to Trump!!!
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Yeah, and we wouldn't have chosen Trump if we'd known!
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We have terrible health care, education and infrastructure and we are told by our republican politicians its the best in the world.
We as a nation are sick and delusional so of course we elected a sick and delusional president.
It's not complicated.
We as a nation are sick and delusional so of course we elected a sick and delusional president.
It's not complicated.
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No surprise. As we and he awaits the upcoming testimony of Manafort, Donald Trumps Jr and other, it heighten his anxiety. His resentments are a compulsive obsessive disorder. He never lets go. It's doing a lot of harm to the country and the world. Obama, Clinton, Comey, Sessions all forever on his list. He seems to literally be going mad, insane obsessing and reacting. He's flailing in reactiveness with unmeasured decisions.
The VP and Paul Ryan and the entire GOP are complicit by their lack of action. It's so crazy now one thinks it can't get more vindictive and unbridled yet each day he horrify us anew. The Republican Party, the GOP, should pay dearly for their complicity in obstruction of justice, conflicts of interest and related emoluments clause violations. The least transparent President financially and his federal employee daughter and son in law with security clearance and their Chinese deals for her products in the breath of their visit along with Kushner's pitch to Chinese investors for his Jersey City real estate project promising White House access and expedited citizenship. I believe late night television ridicule sends him flailing with real time reactions. As they applaud the defeat of the health bill, revoking Obama care intensity increases. He must have discussed with Putin State control of all media. He thinks the media and all of the American people are his employees or servants or should be. He has no respect for a free press.
The VP and Paul Ryan and the entire GOP are complicit by their lack of action. It's so crazy now one thinks it can't get more vindictive and unbridled yet each day he horrify us anew. The Republican Party, the GOP, should pay dearly for their complicity in obstruction of justice, conflicts of interest and related emoluments clause violations. The least transparent President financially and his federal employee daughter and son in law with security clearance and their Chinese deals for her products in the breath of their visit along with Kushner's pitch to Chinese investors for his Jersey City real estate project promising White House access and expedited citizenship. I believe late night television ridicule sends him flailing with real time reactions. As they applaud the defeat of the health bill, revoking Obama care intensity increases. He must have discussed with Putin State control of all media. He thinks the media and all of the American people are his employees or servants or should be. He has no respect for a free press.
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Truly the embodiment of every one of the worst human qualities and not a single one of the noble ones.
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Trump's every action has been the action of a guilty man.
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The NYTimes should point out that when the Trump administration says 'adoption' they are really talking about 'U.S. sanctions'. When Obama employed sanctions, Russia stopped the program allowing US parents to adopt Russian babies.
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Mr. Trump is the most petulant child to ever occupy the Oval Office.
He has no understanding of his Oath to the Constitution and absolutely no respect for the Rule of Law,
Just like a dictator of mafia don, absolute loyalty is the only thing that counts for Mr. Trump. Laws, loyalty to the USA, truth and even basic decency have no place in Mr. Trump's world.
At this point in his term, it is now very obvious that Mr. Trump and his supporters are living in their own bubble.
He has no understanding of his Oath to the Constitution and absolutely no respect for the Rule of Law,
Just like a dictator of mafia don, absolute loyalty is the only thing that counts for Mr. Trump. Laws, loyalty to the USA, truth and even basic decency have no place in Mr. Trump's world.
At this point in his term, it is now very obvious that Mr. Trump and his supporters are living in their own bubble.
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This wild man "serving" as president poses a danger to himself and the rest of us, including every living being on the planet.
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We all know Trump admired Richard Nixon. He has a letter from him on the wall of the oval office, stating how Nixon thought Trump might make a good president.
So with Trump's highly competitive nature, is he going to try going down in flames worse than him? Sure looks like he's well on track to do so.
So with Trump's highly competitive nature, is he going to try going down in flames worse than him? Sure looks like he's well on track to do so.
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Session is rather soft and more conservative than nationalist.
I think part of the reason why the current administration had to resort to people like Sessions is due to the lack of ideologically pure nationalists in the American system. People like that have to be cultivated over decades, so Trump shouldn't expect good helpers right away. He should put in motion the wheels of nationalism, and also prevent leftism from growing by going after academia, media, etc. That's what will be a winning strategy against egalitarianism in the long run.
I think part of the reason why the current administration had to resort to people like Sessions is due to the lack of ideologically pure nationalists in the American system. People like that have to be cultivated over decades, so Trump shouldn't expect good helpers right away. He should put in motion the wheels of nationalism, and also prevent leftism from growing by going after academia, media, etc. That's what will be a winning strategy against egalitarianism in the long run.
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You are joking, of course.
Really? Down with egalitarianism? Bring on fascism/nationalism? Hmmmm
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Loyalty before integrity in the Trump administration.
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Integrity would have been to let Trump know the he planned to recuse himself before securing his job. Trump is 100% on this. Sessions didn't just sell Trump out, he sold us all out in this sham.
One important angle that the headlines aren't mentioning is the president's absolute lack of understanding of healthcare policy. It's clear from the transcript that he has zero comprehension of how the health insurance market functions, and the potential impact of Congress' "healthcare" bills. Instead of focusing so much on the political process, collusion, loyalty, and other dramas, I'd love to see a reporter press the president to describe, in his own words, what the Senate's bill would actually do.
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Didn't Trump get a short-course on how the US government works? Or a simple chart breaking down the laws prohibiting the president from certain actions-there are a few.
"Adoptions' were discussed? this means sanctions. Russia wants the compounds back with the sources of information as well as other limits on Russian actions.
"Adoptions' were discussed? this means sanctions. Russia wants the compounds back with the sources of information as well as other limits on Russian actions.
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If I am Mueller, I am writing the memos outing the Trumps, and updating every day. Then I put the file, along with supporting evidence, in a time capsule that automatically releases the contents to the Times and WaPo the instant I get fired.
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The Attorney General is not the president's private lawyer for crying out loud. Donald is not being adequately contradicted on this point.
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"Dear President Trump,
I voted for you in November because 1) you promised to enforce existing immigration laws, and 2) your last name isn't Clinton. I was a BIG fan of Jeff Sessions years ago. If I had to choose between you and him, I would back Sessions 100 times out of 100."
I voted for you in November because 1) you promised to enforce existing immigration laws, and 2) your last name isn't Clinton. I was a BIG fan of Jeff Sessions years ago. If I had to choose between you and him, I would back Sessions 100 times out of 100."
near Boston and you voted for Trump? Sure you did!
No one will believe the historians...this will have seemed like the imagination of a novelist who decided to transition into science fiction...
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Trump has demonstrated there is no one he won't throw under the bus. If I were Don Jr. I'd be extremely worried.
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The question is not whether Trump has a stake in Russia, the question is whether Russia has a stake in Trump.
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Bingo.
(It almost certainly does...)
(It almost certainly does...)
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I'm an admirer of Maggie Haberman’s reporting & personality(!). But I must say I'm shocked about her reply to Trump’s whining that Sessions wouldn't disclose that might recuse himself before he took the job. Instead of asking him "How would Sessions have known that before taking on the job?", Maggie lets slip "No heads up???" It took a few cable news hosts to point out this fact. But why wasn’t it mentioned in the NYT writeup?
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It's clear to see why so many people who have done business with Trump have a low opinion of him. He expects total loyalty from others but will turn on his associates and subordinates if it suits his needs. Jeff Sessions is just the latest example.
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The next headline: "Citing Trump's Failure to Disclose Russian Involvement, Sessions Says He Wouldn't Have Taken Job"
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What kind of person speaks in the first person and in the third person within the same sentence? Does he think he's royal? He's an organized crime boss. No different, no better.
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The lack of respect this man has for the checks and balances of our system of government and complete inability (or unwillingness) to consider the ethical implications of what he says and does still amazes me. Someday this too shall pass.
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The majority of us knew that Trump wasn't fit to be president. The most important issues are that Sessions had to recuse himself because it would be a conflict of interest if he didn't (and, of course, hurt Trump) and that Russiagate is not fake news. If Trump fires Mueller, Trump is all but confessing. Nixon's abuse of power did nothing to help him, but Trump makes him look like an amateur.
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Adoption almost always comes up when I exchange pleasantries.
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Adoption is a Trump Crime Family euphemism
Very similar to "hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Very similar to "hiking the Appalachian Trail"
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The truly sad thing about this is that no matter how many times I write to my Republican senators, John Cornryn and Ted Cruz, or my representative, Michael McCaul, begging them to press these investigations further, they continue to stonewall and act as if nothing is wrong.
These folks are complicit in enabling the president's unlawful and unethical behavior, and they must be voted out of office. Ted Cruz is up for re-election in 2018, as is McCaul. They are both going to be out of a job soon, if they don't shape up and start doing something to oust the demagogue occupying the Oval Office.
These folks are complicit in enabling the president's unlawful and unethical behavior, and they must be voted out of office. Ted Cruz is up for re-election in 2018, as is McCaul. They are both going to be out of a job soon, if they don't shape up and start doing something to oust the demagogue occupying the Oval Office.
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They're just an imaginary God's pet fools, waiting to see what their "Lord" has in store for them next. They're in Rapture already.
Allison, my family and I are stuck with the same sorry bunch. My dau. and I actually visited all their offices to complain in person. Cornyn and I are both alums of Trinity U. (San Antonio), and he was featured in one of their tv ads--complained about that after his anti-education, anti-science stances. Sure hope we can field candidates strong enough to take out Cruz and McCaul! If only all Demos will go vote. . . .
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So he admits that he chose Sessions because he thought as Attorney General he would quash the Russian interference investigation? In itself that is not surprising. It is amazing that he would publicly admit it. Well, maybe not ...
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I got the strong feeling that Trump doesn't know the meaning of the word "recusal" and that he also doesn't understand the job of Attorney General. Sessions recused himself only from the Russia investigation, not from the remainder of his job. He's been quite busy undoing as much as he can from the Obama administration, just like a good little soldier following his master's instructions. Trump is showing his utter ignorance in this interview. Of course, Sessions isn't going to resign. He's got a whole agenda outside of Russia, and he understands what power he has. Trump doesn't, and he would do well not to make an enemy of his own AG.
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I suspect that Trump got the kind of loyalty oath from his cabinet members that he expected and did not get from James Comey.
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Now that Trump mentioned it, I'm curious about Christopher Steele's report on damaging information on Trump that the Russians collected in connection with the Russian hacking investigation. How long have the Russians been cultivating a relationship with Trump?
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It's clear from this report that Trump doesn't understand the phrase "conflict of interest." Comey, Rosenstein, Mueller, McCabe, the entire city of Baltimore all have conflicts of interest.
To Trump, conflict of interest means that they conflcit with "his" interests. If they're an irritant, they're a conflict of interest.
To Trump, conflict of interest means that they conflcit with "his" interests. If they're an irritant, they're a conflict of interest.
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Yes it is astounding that he can criticize Sessions for recusing himself, and then accuse Comey, Rosenstein, Mueller, et al. of having conflicts of interest.
He doesn't understand what that means or doesn't care.
He doesn't understand what that means or doesn't care.
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Exactly. Donald Trump can only see through the lens of "how does this affect me". That's it. How do things affect his brand, his immediate family, his assets. This is why he has never done the difficult work of wading into the details of the Health Care 'issue'. Nothing that is decided will have any impact on Donald Trump, so he just wants SOMETHING to sign. He doesn't really care what's in legislation, as long as his well-heeled pals will praise him for signing it. We are in deep trouble.
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Trump supporters, I hope you have enough money for health care and you have a business that can sustain the future destruction of this POTUS policies. You wanted someone who can spout out what he thinks and be unapologetic to anyone (America, other countries etc.) but he is what other countries call a Dictator. When he doesn't get what he wants, he bullies his way to getting it. The GOP has enabled him because they want the same things he is advocating but they don't want to be the focus. The only way to stop a Dictator is to make sure our Democracy works with all three branches independent of each other. For those in disbelief on what is happening. You have the right to vote out your representative if they are part of this destructive Government before you discover it's too late and your own health and well being is threatened. Government is for the people, by the people and not by one person or group.
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Mr. trump doesn't seem to grasp that the office (job) he sought and won is that of the chief public servant. He was elected (allegedly) to carry out the will of the majority. In that role, he is no longer a private citizen. His personal finances are, indeed, open to a degree of scrutiny. His adamant refusal to do so - and now his open threats - an attempt to cow the special counsel only serves to beg the question: WHY?
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Sessions is, I think, the longest remaining non-relative in the Prez's orbit.
One can only hope he continues to find willing people, as the shrinkage will be debilitating. Four years is a long time.
One can only hope he continues to find willing people, as the shrinkage will be debilitating. Four years is a long time.
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The idea that Trump would even understand what 'conflict of interest MEANS is laughable. As is the idea that this person is actually acting as President of the United States.
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cloud has silvery linings maybe.
Sessions has an easy out here: he could 'redeem himself'
in everyone's eyes actually.
He could resign.
what is not to like with that move?
seriously.
Sessions has an easy out here: he could 'redeem himself'
in everyone's eyes actually.
He could resign.
what is not to like with that move?
seriously.
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He could appoint a servile, conniving enabler who won't recuse him (or her) self and would be more than happy to fire Mueller or anyone else who displeases der Donaldt. That person would then be the chief enforcement officer in the land; unfortunately, he wouldn't be enforcing the law as we know it.
As a US citizen whose parent came from a country of corrupt politicians and who currently pays my fair share of taxes, I expect Mr Mueller to look out for my interests and hence to investigate Trump's financial dealings because I know that Trump and his family are not looking out for America's interest but for their own personal financial gain.
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The trump phenomenon is temporary. America is better than him. Journalists are better than him and most politicians are better than him. Hold strong and keep pushing back. We will get through this!
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I don't know Luke, ironically we can't just "Use the Force Luke".
The defiance, petulance, narcissism, proud ignorance, and consistence thereof,,...is mighty strong in this one.
The defiance, petulance, narcissism, proud ignorance, and consistence thereof,,...is mighty strong in this one.
Regardless of how much Putin impacted the election, he must be absolutely gleeful at the destruction Trump has wreaked upon America. And we are still a stunned country, in brand-new territory, with a rudderless White House and no plan--or perhaps no way--to fix this catastrophe.
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Trump's only interest is in himself and enriching his family - anything that might interfere is in direct conflict of his self interests. Ergo referring to Muellers team as rife with conflicts of interest.
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