@jaidy It's a gamble for them to expose him. He's powerful and can crush them. So far, no one who has come out against him has succeeded in turning others against him. For some, it has ended their careers. McConnell would have to turn first and he's got powerful money behind him. He is invested in ways we don't understand yet. Others may be invested because they've taken money or already done things that would get them in trouble too.
I believe it's just like my tarot cards said. For him I pulled The Emperor, The Devil, the Knight of Coins, The 6 of Swords, and Death.
I believe these cards were specifically telling me what he will end up doing to this country - exactly what he has done to all of his other businesses.
@lynnventura
Notwithstanding T's evident business interests and financial vulnerabilities in Turkey (or the intel Erdogan might have about Khashoggi's murder, etc.), T—like millions of people in this new upside down reality who now comprise the far right—has become a believer, a convert. Why threaten when you can politely convince?
Putin identified T years ago as a vulnerable (i.e., "useful") target (i.e., "idiot"), someone greedy enough for power and egotistical enough to be easily manipulated. The sort of person who so absolutely believes that his very destiny is to lead and lord power over others, that men and women everywhere fall over themselves to let him. And the sort of person whose weaknesses can be used to flatter and seduce him, and then, to exploit him—and thus, ergo, all of those people at his feet.
Lindsay Graham? Check. Moscow Mitch? Check. Rudy Giuliani? Check. Pat Robertson, Lou Dobbs? Check, check. [An irony is that a lot of these types—Steve Bannon for instance—understand this tactic preternaturally well, yet it's used against them all the time.]
The bigger issue is the reason that Turkey asked for and was given the green light by our so-called president to go hell-for-leather into Kurdish-held Syria. And that reason is oil. I wouldn't doubt if T was made to believe that he and his family will be given some secret stake in those resources once wrested and procured.
We should all be looking hard and seriously at Turkey's tentative new/periodic good terms with Russia. As Maddow discovered in the process of researching and writing her new book, because of Putin's corrupt mismanagement, Russia's economic viability is next to nil, and to-date, it's only got one game in town—oil. Should Russia (or its proxies) take control of a large enough fraction of the region, the entire world's economy would at their mercy.
We could see a global market crash overnight. Even without a crash, it would be an environmental tragedy.
I couldn’t imagine one lone wolf bringing down trump- I meant when the vote goes to the senate- they could collectively take him out without it resting on anyone’s shoulders and poof his power is gone. I can imagine many GOP senators have something to hide, but not all of them.
T changed course on the phone- there is the potential for another whistle blower if anything was said.
@vestralux the only thing I disagree with in your post is the word "ask". No one ask dump they TOLD him what he was to do. This is all about oil and has been planed for a longtime by Vlad. Sending our troops to SA to "protect" their oil fields when they are the ones who produced the majority of the 9/11 bombers is ludicrus. One retired general stated out troops are not mercenaries for hire. It would be worth whileto trace where the money from the SA royals paying for our protection goes. I doubt it will go back to our government. @Jaidy is right about doing business no the phone but when you are dealing with a narcissist whose arrogance knows no bounds this is what you get. Dump will just try to tie everything up incourt for as long as he can. Our only hope is that the Reps (althought I have nofaith in them at all) and the people (other than dumpers) get so tired of this that he has to go.
On another subject. A video has been released on youtube that was made and shown, at Mar-lar-go at a rally of some sort, by a extreme pro-trump group. If you haven't seen it you should. It shows Dump as an action figure violently disposing of his "enemies". The comments are as bad as the video. Although some comments are as discusted as I was. My favorite - dump couldn't move that fast if you held a bucket of KFC in front of him. The WH has of course condemmed it, but the video was shown at Doral so the idea that at least one of the dump family or their associates not knowing about it is a little rideculous.
Well as of Friday which I am sure he already did an appeal but T lost his appeal to hand over his taxes to the house.
Contrary to the President’s arguments, the Committee possesses authority under both the House Rules and the Constitution to issue the subpoena,” Judge David Tatel wrote in an opinion joined by Judge Patricia Millett.
Thanks. It still subject to more appeals. We or at least the House will know shortly. Maybe in November. Devastating month for T.
A leak may also happen.....
Well even John Bolton will have to testify soon. Especially after Fiona Hill's testimony to congress! Bolton wanted White House lawyers alerted to Ukrainian efforts, called it 'drug deal,' witness tells Congress