Typical politics day against the POTUS
#ImpeachTrump
#TrumpTreason
Same shit......Different day
#ImpeachTrump
#TrumpTreason
Same shit......Different day
Even long time Twittler Toadie Drudge knows what's going on:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-meeting-putin-dubbed-treason-summit-173450979.html
Trending: Trump and Putin at the #TreasonSummit
David Knowles
,Yahoo News•July 16, 2018 https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-meeting-putin-dubbed-treason-summit-173450979.html
At the conclusion of President Trump’s extraordinary joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, critical reaction flooded in from members of the media, political analysts and government officials, but none resonated more than that of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
“You have been watching one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president at a summit in front of a Russian leader that I’ve ever seen,” Cooper said in reaction to Trump’s repeated deflections on the question of whether Putin’s government had meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
On Friday, Trump’s Department of Justice announced the indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers for their roles in hacking the Democratic National Committee’s computer server and passing damaging information to WikiLeaks so as to aid Trump’s campaign against Hillary Clinton.
In Helsinki, Trump insisted that he held “both countries responsible” for the poor relations between the countries, notwithstanding the conclusion of his own intelligence agencies that the Kremlin interfered with the 2016 elections and has continued its attempts to subvert American democracy. Russia continues to be under sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union over its invasion and annexation of Crimea.
The lengths that Trump went to in defending Putin seemed to surprise just about everyone who watched the performance, including commentators on the president’s favorite network, Fox News.
“That was quite something,” Fox News host Bret Baier proclaimed at the conclusion of Monday’s press conference. “Almost surreal at points. … The way that [Trump] dealt with it, defending himself — really not going after President Putin — was pretty interesting to watch.”
Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney: "It was not a very forceful presentation from President Trump with Putin standing right next to him."Fox's Neil Cavuto: "I'll give him the benefit of the doubt to maybe jet lag and time differences, but holy moly." pic.twitter.com/UIQWme3BIk
9:11 AM - Jul 16, 2018
The gravity of what had transpired in Helsinki was also not lost on ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, who framed the news conference as a watershed moment.
.@GStephanopoulos on Trump-Putin presser: "All of you who were watching today will be able to tell your friends, family, your children, your grandchildren you were watching a moment of history. It may not be for the right reasons." https://abcn.ws/2uod48o
10:32 AM - Jul 16, 2018
Even Drudge Report could not help but conclude that Putin had gotten what he wanted from the meeting with Trump.
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Perhaps more important than the media verdict on the news conference was what members of Congress made of it, starting with House Speaker Paul Ryan.
“There is no question that Russia interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy here and around the world,” Ryan said in a statement. “That is not just the finding of the American intelligence community but also the House Committee on Intelligence. The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally. There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals.”
Arizona Sen. John McCain, who had voiced his reservations about the summit before it took place, pulled no punches about his assessment over what had transpired.
John McCain✔@SenJohnMcCain
Today’s press conference in #Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.
My full statement on the #HelsinkiSummit: https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=press-releases&id=A99FDA26-673D-4560-B4EA-5AEDF0685EC5 …
11:03 AM - Jul 16, 2018
Frequent Trump critics in Congress were especially appalled by what they had witnessed.
“America wants a good relationship with the Russian people but Vladimir Putin and his thugs are responsible for Soviet-style aggression,” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said in a written statement. “When the President plays these moral equivalence games, he gives Putin a propaganda win he desperately needs.”
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., saw Trump’s remarks as a violation of his sworn constitutional duty.
“For the President of the United States to stand next to Vladimir Putin — who personally ordered one of the largest state-sponsored cyber-attacks in our history — and side with Putin over America’s military and intelligence leaders is a breach of his duty to defend our country against its adversaries.”
Jeff Flake✔@JeffFlake
I never thought I would see the day when our American President would stand on the stage with the Russian President and place blame on the United States for Russian aggression. This is shameful.
9:14 AM - Jul 16, 2018
Chuck Schumer✔@SenSchumer
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In the entire history of our country, Americans have never seen a president of the United States support an American adversary the way @realDonaldTrump has supported President Putin.
Chuck Schumer✔@SenSchumer
For the president of the United States to side with President Putin against American law enforcement, American defense officials, and American intelligence agencies is thoughtless, dangerous, and weak. The president is putting himself over our country.
9:56 AM - Jul 16, 2018
Dan Coats, Trump’s own national intelligence director, took the remarkable step of issuing his own statement that refuted the president following the press conference.
“The role of the Intelligence Community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments possible for the President and policymakers,” Coats said in his statement. “We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security.”
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Trump’s statements at the news conference were enough for Congress to consider impeachment.
“Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous,” Brennan tweeted. “Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???”
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering was also left aghast.
“It’s a breathtaking denial of something that is so clearly obviously true that it represents the epitome of President Trump’s effort at self-promotion over defending the national interest of the United States,” Pickering said on MSNBC.
For Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the summit represented, at best, a “missed opportunity.”
Lindsey Graham✔@LindseyGrahamSC
Missed opportunity by President Trump to firmly hold Russia accountable for 2016 meddling and deliver a strong warning regarding future elections.
This answer by President Trump will be seen by Russia as a sign of weakness and create far more problems than it solves. (1/3)
9:11 AM - Jul 16, 2018
The reaction to Trump’s defense of Putin was so strong on Twitter that the hashtag #TreasonSummit quickly topped the list of trending topics. (Other commenters preferred #SurrenderSummit.) The conclusion of many observers was equally intense.
David Axelrod✔@davidaxelrod
I always resist these comparisons but Trump’s performance today will go down with Neville Chamberlain’s at Munich.
He just gave aid and comfort to a despot who invaded our elections.
9:02 AM - Jul 16, 2018
Suffice it to say that the takeaway for many Americans was not what Trump had hoped for.
Axios✔@axios
Neil Cavuto of Fox Business calls Trump's press conference "disgusting", "That sets us back a lot."
9:23 AM - Jul 16, 2018
Not all of the reaction to the news conference were negative. The praise from Vice President Mike Pence was notable, however, for just how out of step it sounded.
“What the world saw, what the American people saw, is that President Donald Trump will always put the prosperity and security of America first,” Pence said in a statement.
Christopher Wilson contributed reporting to this story
It was the meeting with Jung
Then the immigrant kids
Now this will be the theme for about 4 days
The we go on to another hate Trump subject
Then the immigrant kids
Now this will be the theme for about 4 days
The we go on to another hate Trump subject
President Donald J. Trump
Eat your hearts out Liberals
Suffer for another 6.5 years
Eat your hearts out Liberals
Suffer for another 6.5 years
:think2:
Ahhh, so, PUTIN says it, so, of course, it must be TRUE. You really ARE a moron, aren't you? The fact that even YOU can't gush over Dump's performance as you almost always do, but instead try a feeble attempt at deflection, is indicative of just how bad it was.
C'mon, Righty Whack Jobs, doesn't anybody wanna gush over what a breathtaking performance Dump gave?
ointer:
DaBitch couldn't wait to get home from his dishwashing job....LMAO
But where was DaBitch the night of the SCOTUS pick?????
Yeah,no where to be found....LMAO
Phony ass Liberal
But where was DaBitch the night of the SCOTUS pick?????
Yeah,no where to be found....LMAO
Phony ass Liberal
Liberals are in misery
They swing for the fences everyday
Better go to Dick sporting goods and stock up on plenty of bats & balls for the next 6.5 years....LMAO
They swing for the fences everyday
Better go to Dick sporting goods and stock up on plenty of bats & balls for the next 6.5 years....LMAO
The clown who posted just ahead of your post has 90,000 posts, about 20,000 more than anybody else, and I'm still waiting for an intelligent one. Speaking of Faux News, here's one of their top (ex) guys who also knows what's going on:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...-STILL-colluding-with-Russia?detail=emaildkre
Fox News Top former Political Correspondent says Trump is STILL colluding with Russia
In an exclusive interview with Thinkprogress one of Fox News original hires, Carl Cameron, who rose to be become their top political correspondent during many of the Bush years has come out and said that Trump and his campaign not only colluded with the Russians during the election, they’re still doing it.
Former Fox News Channel chief political correspondent Carl Cameron has a warning for America: “The Trump team were colluding with the Russians in 2016 – and they are still colluding.”
“Roger Stone’s success,” as Cameron had put it to ThinkProgress, “was having the connections and creating the opportunities for [Russian intelligence officer] Guccifer2.0 and other Russian groups to really start taking advantage of social media and pounding these negative memes that Hillary’s a crook, etc.”
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In the weeks since the June 5 post, Cameron has told ThinkProgress that the cyberattack isn’t over, warning “the exact same type of Russian cyberattacks on the United States are ongoing.”
Indeed, McClatchy reported last month that “a new Russian influence operation has surfaced that mirrors” the 2016 cyberattack effort to help elect Trump. Just last week, HuffingtonPost reported that “Russian bots appear to be fueling a wave of criticism targeting Democrats” using the hashtag #WalkAway.
We are still at war with the Russians. Or rather, the Russians are asymmetrically at war with us while the President and his allies dismiss the findings of his own Justice Department and intelligence agencies.
Trump continues to promote Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims that the Kremlin has not been running any such operation—while smearing the intelligence agencies and experts who say otherwise.
“Whenever the President denies the entire idea of Russian interference in U.S. elections — and labels investigations into such interference a hoax or witch hunt,” Cameron told ThinkProgress, “he is enabling the biggest cyberattack in U.S. history.”
Continued…. “Roger Stone’s success,” as Cameron had put it to ThinkProgress, “was having the connections and creating the opportunities for [Russian intelligence officer] Guccifer2.0 and other Russian groups to really start taking advantage of social media and pounding these negative memes that Hillary’s a crook, etc.”
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In the weeks since the June 5 post, Cameron has told ThinkProgress that the cyberattack isn’t over, warning “the exact same type of Russian cyberattacks on the United States are ongoing.”
Indeed, McClatchy reported last month that “a new Russian influence operation has surfaced that mirrors” the 2016 cyberattack effort to help elect Trump. Just last week, HuffingtonPost reported that “Russian bots appear to be fueling a wave of criticism targeting Democrats” using the hashtag #WalkAway.
We are still at war with the Russians. Or rather, the Russians are asymmetrically at war with us while the President and his allies dismiss the findings of his own Justice Department and intelligence agencies.
Trump continues to promote Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims that the Kremlin has not been running any such operation—while smearing the intelligence agencies and experts who say otherwise.
“Whenever the President denies the entire idea of Russian interference in U.S. elections — and labels investigations into such interference a hoax or witch hunt,” Cameron told ThinkProgress, “he is enabling the biggest cyberattack in U.S. history.”
Cameron has it precisely on the head. The “collusion” has been in Trump and his campaigns ridiculous and annoying denials which have DEFENDED THE RUSSIANS in their attack on our elections even when at least three members of his campaign — George Papadopoulos, Carter Page and Donald Jr. -— had all been specifically told that the Russians had “Emails and Dirt” on Hillary months before that information had become public knowledge.
None of them did the right thing, which is report what they’d been told to the FBI — instead they all helped the Russians to COVER IT THE FUCK UP!!!
They’ve been obstructing this investigation from day one and that itself IS THE COLLUSION.
Just again listen to Donald Jr. losing his mind with denials and phony outrage after Robby Mook originally said that the Russian were responsible for the DNC hack.
“Well, this just goes to show you their exact moral compass. They’ll say anything in order to win this, it’s time and time again, lie after lie. He’s won’t say ‘Well, I say this...” he says “experts say...” his house cat at home once said that this is what’s happening with the Russians? It’s disgusting, it’s so phony.
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I can’t think of bigger lies, but that’s just an example of the Clinton Campaign will do.
He’s calling it a “disgusting lie” here because he knows for a fact that it’s. the. truth., because without that the intensity of his reaction doesn’t make sense. Why would he otherwise want to defend Russia so badly, if he didn’t know they were guilty — and the fact that he already knows they’re guilty also implicates him and the rest of his campaign?
Trump is still doing exactly that when he says — in the wake of 12 Russian Military Intel officers being indicted for their involvement in the hack, which is addition to the other 13 Russian nationals who were previously indicted for trying to influence and suppress the pro-Hillary vote with fake online ads and trolls — that this is all just a “rigged hoax” and a bunch of “stories.”
NO, these are criminal felony charges in U.S. Federal court that can, and have, sent people including his former Campaign Chairmen to JAIL.
It’s not a fucking “hoax”, it’s real damn serious and his repeatedly lies about it make it seem more and more that he’s been complicit with it all along.
Tomorrow Trump is going to have a private one-on-one “Summit” meeting with his handler Vladamir Putin in Helsinki without anyone else in the room except an interpreter, not staff, nobody taking notes, nobody to document what they really fucking say to each other.
It’s they might as well be having this meeting in the middle of a park with each of them on opposite facing benches, pretending their not really even having a conversation like a scene from a spy movie or show like Homeland or Scandal. It’s transparently obvious bullshit.
But Trump yet again thinks America (or most of it) will fall for it, because we’ve pretty much fallen for every smoke and mirrors slight-of-hand parlor trick he’s tried to pull so far, right?
