laxman3221 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:41 pm
Imagine claiming that President Trump was a Nazi Russian Spy for 2 years and then settling for "Trump wasn't very success full from 1985 to 1995."
What a win for Libs today
Imagine calling losing over a billion dollars in ten years "wasn't very success full"
And that was before the casinos all went bankrupt, and the US banks all cut him off for good.
I'm not a "Lib", and I stand by every accusation that Trump is an authoritarian wannabe, at a minimum bordering on fascist. Indeed, I'll go all the way and say he reads from the fascist playbook, adopts the language and strategies of fascists, and lends succor to white nationalism in all its ugliness. So, yeah, fascist. "Nazi" is a bit specific, but yeah, a lot lines up the same.
On Russian "spy", I think the more apt terminology remains "agent", whether witting or unwitting.
The Mueller report makes clear that the Trump Campaign was aware of, and desirous of, the Russian support and interference in the election. They welcomed it, they shared polling data, they trumpeted in favor of the interference. Then lied about it. Again and again and again. Denied that they'd had ANY contacts with Russians. Heck, denied again and again that the Russians had even interfered at all. All lies. Still won't confront Putin, won't tell him to back off.
So..."agent" still feels right to me, after Helsinki, after this week's call with Putin.
But nope, Mueller makes clear that he was unable to prove all elements of a criminal conspiracy between the Russians, beyond a reasonable doubt. But "collusion" is all over the place.
And why couldn't thy prove criminal conspiracy? Well, Mueller also makes clear that the investigation was met with all sorts of lies and obstruction. Was there actual full blown conspiracy and the investigation simply couldn't prove it? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe we'll learn later, one way or the other.
But now Trump doesn't want Mueller to talk to Congress...sure, he doesn't have anything to hide.
Again, I'm no "Lib".