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Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials
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Fenderputty
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Hahaha this is amazing
TheCochese
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TheContact
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Fuck this orange piece of shit he belongs in jail
acheron_xl
Member
I'm partial to Trump-a-Lago myself. I think using Watergate as a high bar with which to measure scandal is in the past.
Flying Toaster
Member
At this point I would prefer he loose his businesses and branding see his kids go to Jail and he is out in the cold.
I think it might.
Mr.Shrugglesã
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I'd like it to get an entirely new name, so we can use it as a suffix for future political fuckups. I have no idea what that name should be though.
Shit is absolutely happening. I might have been with you a couple months ago, but we're finally starting to see a little bit of fire among all the smoke.
TheCochese
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*exasperated* Who's turn is it this time...
benjipwns
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Watergate only got its fame because Nixon resigned, there's been way bigger crimes committed.
Hell, Nixon's use of the IRS against his enemies is a thousand times the crime that a break-in and bugging of DNC HQ (that eventually led to them gaining absolutely nothing of value which is the funny part about Watergate) is imo
Not to mention that whole thing he did regarding Vietnam before becoming President.
Hell, Nixon's use of the IRS against his enemies is a thousand times the crime that a break-in and bugging of DNC HQ (that eventually led to them gaining absolutely nothing of value which is the funny part about Watergate) is imo
Not to mention that whole thing he did regarding Vietnam before becoming President.
sturgboski
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I apologise for that. Keep seeing it used here and thought it meant a general Awakening to the truth/reality but I misinterpreted, and so I am truly sorry for that.
As for seeing something different, the Republicans seemed to give sessions a handy Jay yesterday and have been impugning Comeys trustworthiness compared to Trump since last week. I will grant that the Senate seems to be signaling not being all in on Trump, but I don't trust the House and that is my concern. I mean the man who would bring impeachment charges said Trump is too dumb to know what he did and blamed Comey for not telling Trump what he was doing is wrong. Now, maybe after Trump shit on them and the ACHA bill they passed might change some tunes, but...*sigh* I mean Ryan said that would treat a Dem President the same and got called out and then today a representative blamed Dems and their reaction to Trump for the shooting today.
I want to believe. I desperately do. This bill today is nice but I'm not going to assume that we are in a new better timeline.
Common Knowledge
Member
It'd be such a delicious irony if, in the end of all of this, Trump actually was not personally implicated in the whole Russia thing and could have walked away scot-free but instead ended up being in deep shit because he kept trying to obstruct the investigation as a result of his fragile ego and obsession with his image.
I done it.
benjipwns
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I actually consider this to be the most likely proposition of all for Trump personally by far.
GoldenEye 007
Member
This is what I want. In addition to them finding a shitton of financial crimes from over the years and Russian mob connections. Then he gets pardoned only to have various states convict him anyway.
Sounds about right.
http://nypost.com/2017/06/13/trump-made-a-mistake-naming-sessions-as-attorney-general/
I love the idea that people couldn't possibly dislike Trump because he is a self-serving asshole and buffoon with severe and pronounced complexes and an awful, destructive agenda.
BAH GOD STOP THE DAMN MATCH
BoogieWoogie
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I wouldn't mind seeing his empire crumble, stripping his name from his buildings, and locking up Ivanka, Eric, and Donny Jr, along with Donald's cabinet of nightmares.
More_Badass
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We've been saying this since last year
Well his name is in there, so he can read that much, Bannon can read the "now being investigate for obstruction" part to him.
Michael F. Assbender
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But that was different.
Life was different; times were different.
America now faces extremists around the globe who seek to destroy us, which is something totally unlike what Obama faced.
Calling out Republicans for trying to have Obama removed from office for the birth certificate crap is meaningless because the world faces greater challenges now, and the threat of impeachment undermines our government when we need it most.
Kidding aside, I do wonder what it was about Obama that made Republicans so angry, and why they were desperate to cast him as an other who doesnt deserve to run our country.
He was a proud black man. Republicans hate that.
TheCochese
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Look closer.
TestOfTide
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The Sessions hearing very likely disproved the possibility of that irony becoming reality. Sessions very likely worked as a messenger between Trump and Kislyak for the Mayflower meeting considering that Sessions is now admitting that he both had a meeting with Kislyak at the Mayflower AND that at the time he was working on Trump's foreign policy team.
I was listening to the Doom 2016 Soundtrack while reading this thread and got bored so I made this.
It's terrible.
It's terrible.
Netherscourge
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It's a safety measure for Mueller.
By announcing Trump is under investigation for obstruction, it makes it almost impossible for Trump to fire him without making it look like he's committing another act of obstruction.
By announcing Trump is under investigation for obstruction, it makes it almost impossible for Trump to fire him without making it look like he's committing another act of obstruction.
lol
I wonder how long it's going to take for the Republicans to try to pass a law that says nothing a Republican does is illegal, but if a Democrat tries the same thing, it's treason. It kind of seems like that's all they've got left at this point, because otherwise too many of the things they've said in the past about Clinton and Obama are going to come back to haunt them.
Man this shit is scary. If Trump does get impeached, I won't feel safe here as a brown dude. Conservatives are going to come out with their pitch forks.
Master Yoshi
Member
Only if the Obamas foster Barron.
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
Damn, well played.
Things have been happening. And they're starting to build up.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
The leaks about Trump's reactions to these various stories really do seem to show someone who thinks he's innocent and that this all is a witch-hunt. This, to me, lends credence to the "Trump was barely or not involved in any of the illegal shit people in his campaign may have been doing, but is totally implicating himself because he's a spoiled, privileged baby who thinks he can just make annoying problems go away like he did as a CEO" theory.
The question is whether or not this is one of Trump's "It's not a lie if you believe it" things, or genuine innocence and incredulity.
The question is whether or not this is one of Trump's "It's not a lie if you believe it" things, or genuine innocence and incredulity.
who says?
I think it's more accurate to say he doesn't think he's done anything wrong (even if he realizes its illegal) and that he believes people like Obama and Hillary have gotten away with worse.
Indeed. He's so far in the bubble he believes it as reality and him (and the people around him) just look at the world through a totally different lens. It's kind of amazing to think about when you step back.
Why don't they just pass a law that allows the entire constitution to be incinerated if a Republican deems it necessary
NullPointer
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Yeah, thats my take.
Trump working with some unsavory contacts to get a leg up and hurt Hillary during the election absolutely seems like something he'd be all for. Its just playing hardball right? Politics is a dirty business and he knows it better than anyone, right? He knows it first hand. And lying and avoiding any and all personal responsibility is second nature to this guy. We've all seen it, time and time again.
This whole idea that he was blissfully unaware of the machinations of his close inner circle, who worked collectively and in secret without any input from their big boss doesn't pass the smell test at all.
Woo-Fu
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Don't think it is possible for him to get impeached. He'd resign and say, "The swamp is too deep to drain, folks." before impeachment would go through.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Nah
He'll cite "health" reasons so he doesn't look like a coward to his base supporters
Imperfected
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You seem to think he has enough humility to ever admit to having health problems.
Need I remind you that he maintains a relationship with an embarrassing sham of a doctor just so he can fake immaculate health and not have to face his own deficiencies?
Master Yoshi
Member
Such a toxic thought process.
This is what's currently happening. The fall is inevitable.