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Donald J. Trump
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Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.
5:22 am - 5 Mar 2018
gc
it is obvious that DJT is being careful about untangling the mess.
One false move and the shrieking about politically partisan attacks on virtuous public servants will be deafening and everywhere.
The Democrats / corporate media have been maniacally trying to provoke a mis-step for 18 months - I hope DJT keeps out of it beyond opining as above until (after trial probably) somebody gets to court ...
Don't blame me if you come away with a subscription to air conditioner filters, a laser shooting practice system and boxes of survival food.
puts all the scampering around by Mueller in perspective
Mar 5, 2018 at 6:57 PM | tomo
Apart from the occasional tweet, he has yet to shoot from the hip.
Mar 5, 2018 at 9:40 PM | tomo
Definitely plausible! (apart from the aircon filters)
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)? 11:56 AM - Oct 19, 2017
"It's unclear what Fusion GPS had dug up by the time Perkins Coie hired it or how much money was involved in the transaction. The Clinton campaign and the DNC paid Perkins Coie more than $9 million – although it’s uncertain how much of that money, if any, went toward the dossier."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/10/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-sues-buzzfeed-russia-dossier
"Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is suing news website BuzzFeed almost exactly a year after it published an explosive dossier containing serious and salacious allegations about collusion with Russia."
Michael Cohen posted on Twitter on Tuesday night: “Enough is enough of the #fake #RussianDossier. Just filed a defamation action against @BuzzFeedNews for publishing the lie filled document on @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and me!”
Source inside Trump campaign reported concerns to FBI, new transcript suggests
Cohen told Bloomberg News he had also filed a second defamation suit against political intelligence firm Fusion GPS, which compiled the dossier, in federal court."
IF as Dan Bongino states, repeately, the appointment of Mueller was a smokescreen, to draw attention away from Democrat crimes against private citizens, whilst still in the White House, then Libel claims are not going to be at the top of the list of worries for some.
gc
I though the aircon filters were quite reasonably priced - compared to the UK that is....
I think DJT's use of defamation against Buzzfeed and Fusion GPS is pretty good tactics as it avoids political confrontation and friction with DoJ and FBI - while still applying pressure. It sounds like Buzzfeed in particular are rattled - Fusion GPS will be a tougher nut and if he can get something on the Perkins Coie lawyers - that'd be grand.
Slowly slowly catchee monkey maybe.
The possible Russian poisoning in Salisbury is likely moving a spotlight back onto Mr Steele who was MI6 Russia desk chief until 2009 - covering the period Colonel Skripal was operating ...
It isn't unreasonable to believe that as a western asset Skripal's usefulness had waned and that he didn't present much of an ongoing threat to Russian intelligence - on the other hand it isn't beyond belief that the present fraught circumstances of Mr. Steele would make compromising material on him potentially valuable ...
We'll see - or not.
Shame this thread can't be re-named conspiracy corner :-).
Slowly slowly catchee monkey maybe.
Mar 6, 2018 at 12:50 AM | tomo
Yes, I think that is what he is doing.
Everything changes when someone is arrested under US Criminal Law. Trump cannot be perceived to have interrupted, or interfered with, the Mueller investigation.
An investigation should be able to conclude that no stone was left unturned, in the search for evidence and proof. Mueller may be operating under instructions that limit the stones he can even see.
There must be some people within the FBI who know exactly which stones to turn over, and exactly what they will find underneath, but their voices have yet to be heard.
Trey Gowdy becomes a Legal Gun for hire after the Mid Term elections, and the FBI may have lost some of their retained experts on Law by then.
Mar 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM | tomo
On Radio 4 10pm news, they had someone from Spur (?) Bank providing an opinion about the Russian poisoning. Would that would be the same Spur Bank featured in Dan Bongino's piece?
Russians were almost certainly involved with this poisoning, and British Secret Squirrels will know who his enemies were, and possibly why he was poisoned. Whether it was Kremlin, Putin or rivalry between Russian Oligarchs, I have no idea, but gangland hits are either revenge for previous actions, or to prevent future actions by the victim and/or his associates - a warning that you can't hide.
A lot of "Russian" money is invested in London property, and many Russians live in London, considering it provides better personal and physical safety, and also improved immunity from Russian Law. This gentleman was not poisoned in London.
Why do you think Trump's team continues to lose its important people ? Another one, an economics advisor, gone yesterday. It really is odd and I would welcome explanations - speculations or excuses.
Supertroll, here is a list from Reuters.
From inauguration, there are those that were "set-up" by outgoing Democrats.
There are those that were exposed by mud flingers from the swamp.
There are those that had a "clash of personalities" with Trump.
Trump is used to being surrounded by subordinates who will action his ideas and orders. He is not a Diplomat. He has very good evidence NOT to trust people. I don't imagine he is very good at delegating, and then accepting the decisions of others, if they disagree with his own ideas.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-staffing-factbox/factbox-cohn-resignation-is-latest-trump-administration-departure-idUSKCN1GJ07O
Factbox: Cohn resignation is latest Trump administration departure
Reuters Staff
5 Min Read
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, resigned on Tuesday, a move that came after he lost a fight over Trump’s plans for hefty steel and aluminum import tariffs.
White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn and U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster join White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
The following is a partial list of officials who have been fired or have left the administration since Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017, as well as people who were nominated by him for a position but did not take the job:
2018
Hope Hicks - the White House communications director, one of Trump’s longest-serving and most trusted aides, resigned on Feb. 28. She was the fourth person to hold the post since Trump became president.
Rob Porter - the White House staff secretary, a senior adviser in charge of much of the documentation that went to Donald Trump for his signature, resigned in early February following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives.
2017
Richard Cordray - the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s first director resigned in November. Trump designated White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as acting director, but Cordray named a deputy director as his replacement, triggering a political and legal battle. Four days later, a federal court ruled in Trump’s favor.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned under pressure from Trump on Sept. 29 in an uproar over Price’s use of costly private charter planes for government business.
Stephen Bannon - Trump’s chief strategist, who had been a driving force behind the president’s anti-globalization and pro-nationalist agenda that helped propel him to election victory, was fired by Trump in mid-August. He had repeatedly clashed with more moderate factions in the White House.
Reince Priebus - the former chairman of the Republican National Committee was replaced by John Kelly as Trump’s chief of staff in July. A confidant of the president said Trump had lost confidence in Priebus after major legislative items failed to be approved by Congress.
Anthony Scaramucci - the White House communications director was fired by Trump in July after just 10 days on the job after profanity-laced comments to The New Yorker magazine were published.
Walter Shaub - the head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, who clashed with Trump and his administration, stepped down in July before his five-year term was to end.
Michael Short - senior White House assistant press secretary, resigned in July.
Sean Spicer - resigned as White House press secretary in July, ending a turbulent tenure after Trump named Scaramucci as White House communications director.
James Comey - the Federal Bureau of Investigation director, who was leading a probe into possible collusion between the Trump 2016 presidential campaign and Russia to influence the election outcome, was fired by Trump in May.
James Donovan - a Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker who was nominated by Trump as deputy Treasury secretary, withdrew his name in May.
Michael Dubke - founder of Crossroads Media, resigned as White House communications director in May.
Mark Green - Trump’s nominee for Army secretary withdrew his name from consideration in May.
Todd Ricketts - a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team and Trump’s choice for deputy secretary of commerce, withdrew from consideration in April.
Katie Walsh - deputy White House chief of staff, was transferred to the outside pro-Trump group America First Policies in March, according to Politico.
Philip Bilden - a private equity executive and former military intelligence officer picked by Trump for secretary of the Navy, withdrew from consideration in February because of government conflict-of-interest rules.
Michael Flynn - resigned in February as Trump’s national security adviser after disclosures that he had discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador to the United States before Trump took office and had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations.
Gerrit Lansing - White House chief digital officer, stepped down in February after failing to pass an FBI background check, according to Politico.
Robin Townley - an aide to Flynn, was rejected in February after he was denied security clearance to serve on the U.S. National Security Council, according to Politico.
Vincent Viola - an Army veteran and a former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange, nominated by Trump to be secretary of the Army, withdrew his name from consideration in February.
Caroline Wiles - Trump’s director of scheduling, resigned in February after failing a background check, according to Politico.
Sally Yates - acting U.S. attorney general, was fired by Trump in January after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce Trump’s immigration ban.
Gosh, even more than I thought. Wonder how this compares with previous administrations?
Mar 7, 2018 at 10:15 AM | Supertrol
I expect it is the highest.
Has an incoming President ever had so many people relying on dodgy dossiers and fake news, to save their corrupt and criminal enterprises?
How many people should have been fired by Obama, but weren't?
Meanwhile, North Korea has hinted at reducing its nuclear capabilities. This is probably as a result of pressure from China, because they want to avoid a trade war with the US. Trump's version of Diplomacy seems to have paid off, as China's new capitalist culture dominates their failed Political Dogma.
Mar 7, 2018 at 10:15 AM | Supertrol
I expect it is the highest.
Has an incoming President ever had so many people relying on dodgy dossiers and fake news, to save their corrupt and criminal enterprises?
How many people should have been fired by Obama, but weren't?
Meanwhile, North Korea has hinted at reducing its nuclear capabilities. This is probably as a result of pressure from China, because they want to avoid a trade war with the US. Trump's version of Diplomacy seems to have paid off, as China's new capitalist culture dominates their failed Political Dogma.
re: Administration appointee churn
Obamah - Eric Holder and Rahm Emmanuel come to mind....
There seems to be two essential areas of difference between the BHO and DJT administrations.
The Democrats never seemed to talk up their appointees or feel the need to "sell" them as fit for purpose and their departures were largely unremarked by the media. If you look at BHO appointees they seem time served/connected Dems or aspiring bureaucrats whose existence is generally driven by simply being in power - DJT seems to have brought in people from outside Washington with existences outside The Beltway (more than BHO anyway) and has not been afraid to replace them when they've under performed or diverged from their allotted tasks.
- which bring us to the second area - the media -
when you've MSM following the minutiae of DJT's day to day existence not quite to the point of counting and timing his bowel movements it's obvious that the comings and going of staff are going to figure in MSM coverage. I'd pay a bit more attention if there were comparative tables of employment between this administration and the previous one - not that they'd actually reflect anything of value .... - less hiring/firing = more stable/capable ? I've seen companies fail very badly indeed because they didn't fire/replace incompetents (and indulged in risible gender tokenism)
One thing that I found quite striking is DJT's focus on removing layers of bureaucracy - a subject that has received scant attention in the MSM beyond a bit of usually wildly inaccurate scaremongering.
Not that the MSM are interested in bowel movements or anything.
My comment about the frequency of departures concerned the Administration, especially the White House staff. These are people appointed by Trump himself, many formerly quite close to him. All administrations suffer some change, but not so many, so soon in the administration's term, nor such important members. Four different Press Secretaries in just over a year. Unprecedented?
Supertroll
You might well be correct about the frequency of departures - but Trump didn't arrive with a well oiled machine and a political administration background so it is safe to assume imho that he's had to wing it with a certain amount of untested staff.
The press secretary attrition is understandable - the sourness, antipathy and antics of much of the MSM has also been unprecedented - going onto the rostrum to deliver press releases is likely less popular with staff than cleaning the WH toilets (with a toothbrush).
I somehow think Nixon's post-Watergate Press Secretary had it worse.
Supertroll, I expect Nixon was happy to keep paying him, and he was happy to carry on being paid.
As tomo says, Trump brought in people from outside The Swamp. Some got dragged down by The Swamp, in their attempts to drag Trump down.
If some of the Press Secretaries had decided to ban those members of the press that persisted in repeating lies fed to them, there might have been more productive Press Briefings.
Where are the stories from the MSM, about who was feeding them lies to undermine Trump?
oh I don't know ... having to deal with WH reporters who are so presumptuous and utterly up themselves that they presume to tell the president's crew how to run the press briefings - and who've just been insulted and humiliated by your boss and are looking for some revenge however small must be up there....
I'm guessing that Obamah's press team might well have strategy gamed a "Plan B" by now
Supertroll & tomo
It has been an Unprecedented 2 years in US Politics, broadcast by the internet around the world. Trump has been President for just over half of it.
The Obama administration left the most poisoned and scorched earth in Washington since the British set fire to it:
Wikipedia: Burning of Washington
"The was a British invasion of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross occupied Washington and set fire to many public buildings, including the White House (known as the Presidential Mansion), and the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the U.S. government.[2] The attack was in part a retaliation for the recent American destruction of Port Dover in Upper Canada. Throughout the history of the United States, the United Kingdom is the only country to have ever captured Washington, D.C.; the Burning of Washington also marks the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the United States capital."
Here's an update on Corsi's work on those fighting Trump:
Jerome Corsi / March 6, 2018 / Killing the Deep State
It is about 37 minutes long.
If it disappears, which it might as it's youtube :) , search for the title, or you may find it on gab.ai though I am not yet up to date on exactly where he would be: try searching for 'Jerome Corsi'.
! doooooh....! - that's gonna sting ...
that might sting too......
Awan infiltration of Democrat computers
http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dailycaller/awan/awanoffices.html