Vlad, stop it, your laughter is killing me
(It will "save your ass"
from falling off, too)
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos
within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and
Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are
laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!
5:11 AM - 18 Feb 2018
Details behind his story and his tweet above set the
tone:
Trump fumed on Twitter on
Saturday night (February 17) and Sunday morning (February 18) after 13 Russians and three Russian entities
were indicted by S/C Robert Mueller for allegedly interfering in the 2016 U.S.
election.
Trump pointed to the various
committee hearings and investigations as evidence that Russia succeeded in its
goal of stirring up chaos, and right on cue as so many
times in the past, he would not blame the Russians directly, plus they again were curiously
absent from his list of enemies and tweet storming.
Trump’s way out – he apparently believes
is this: Even though Trump said
Sunday that he never denied there was Russian election meddling (or a 400-lb.
guy or even the Chinese) he again emphasized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
denial saying:
“Every time he sees me, he said: ‘I didn’t do that.’ And I believe — I
really believe — that when he tells me that, he means it,” (Trump first said in
November 2017).
Trump then went on to blame former
President Barack Obama for Russian interference, mocked a U.S. congressman, and
gloated over Democrat Hillary Clinton’s loss.
He started off by re-litigating
the money exchanged during the controversial Iran nuclear deal that focused on reducing the
country’s nuclear stockpile saying the Obama administration said the settlement
was to resolve a dispute between the countries that was decades old.
(I note: It was and the international court gave the go ahead on the
deal and thus release of Iranian money that was being held by sanctions in several banks around the globe - not just in the U.S. – but it was NOT a
payoff in American money – not on bit that Trump and most of the GOP right wing implies 24/7). More on that “deal” below.)
The Iran “nuclear deal” was signed by an international accord in 2015
with six world powers (US, UK, France, German, China, and Russia) all agreeing that if they saw and had verifiable
proof that Iran was curbing its nuclear program, they would in exchange lift many
of the international sanctions against Iran – including releasing a lot of
their money held in various banks – if the money did not go to more nuclear
weapons production, etc. (the proof part). Trump continues to call the nuclear deal “terrible and the
worst deal ever negotiated.”
However, facts don’t match Trump’s hype – a few examples:
1. Secretary of Defense James
Mattis has testified before Congress that the deal is in America's best national
security interest to remain in it.
2. The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) keeps repeatedly
finding that Iran is complying with the deal as stipulated and agreed upon.
3. Plus, the other signers: The UK, France, Germany,
China, and Russia all say Iran is complying and that it should not
be discarded in any way.
Trump also tweeted a thank you to Rep.
Adam “Little” Schiff (D-CA) for saying the Obama administration shared part of
the blame for Russian interference (as if that excused the false blowback from
Trump and others).
Schiff had earlier said on NBC News that Obama should have established
a “more forceful deterrent” against potential cyberattacks after North Korea
went after Sony in 2014.
Trump’s tweetstorm came following
Mueller’s indictment announcement that carefully outlined the trail of those 13
Russians and Russian companies, including the Internet Research Agency (IRA), basedin Saint Petersburg, and known for its online trolling.
The indictment said the
Russian propagandists conspired to sow discord in the U.S. political system by
adopting fake online personas to push disruptive messages and staging political
rallies posing as Americans, among other tactics.
According to Mueller’s
office, which has not finished its investigation, this Russian propaganda was
intended to discredit Clinton and bolster support for Trump. Related of course
are that two Trump campaign officials, including former NSC Adviser Michael
Flynn and have pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
Those Flynn and other lies were about not
having contacts with Russia – but Flynn is now cooperating with Mueller’s probe
along with the other being Paul Manafort, dealing or not – we do not know for
sure.
Then Trump tweeted that FBI officials were spending “too much time” on the Russia investigation
while weakly linking the issue to last week’s school shooting in Parkland, FL.
(I note: BTW those two things are not in any way linked. The FBI admitted they missed following up on
a tip about the shooter – but still Trump and others paint the entire FBI (over
30,000 agents and staff, et al) as to blame – which is totally absurd).
My 2 cents: When will the country wake up to this man in the White
House as being the worst President ever and the #1 cause for the turmoil and
chaos he now blames on others
And, all the while Trump keeps praising Putin – which I guess in the end he
plans on that benefiting himself and Putin when they share a Nobel for what being
“Great Deal Makers” – a strong possibility – keep that part in mind.
His tactics - Art of the Con not deal: Cause turmoil, chaos, and as much structural damage as possible and
then settle back with some sort of monetary of TV show deal and say:
“See that is what I always call ‘The Art of the Deal’ and it is what I
have always advocated – believe me – and now you see it again in action.” /s/
Donald J. Trump.
As least that’s how I see things based a lot of years of assessing
people. But we must stay vigilant, too. It ain’t over yet.
Thanks for stopping by.
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