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To be frank, this may be literally stable. In the sense that it seems consistent.
C'mon: Trump's retired. He seems to have been caught entirely by surprise by this win, and frankly, has no intention of doing as much work as would normally be expected of a POTUS. His goals appeared to be to leverage his media mogul career into maybe an alt right channel, but the POTUS win puts that on the backburner, and now I think he's intending to use this to maximize the family wealth, and play as much golf as possible until the hips give out. He spent a few years showing his kids the ropes of his business network, and now they're moving into their roles on the board of directors in the White House Subsidiary. I think we're seeing four factions in the WH:
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I don't think it's going to get to the point where Dump needs a pardon. Obviously, I hope I'm as wrong as wrong can be.
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Pence thought experiments...
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****.
Who was it that said Satire is Dead? [White House deflects questions about Trump and Russian inquiry by pointing a finger at Obama administration] |
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That's kinda curious. How could the GOP have aided hacking the Democrats, unless they've already performed some hacking themselves?
And I'm not sure that I think that's very plausible yet. Obviously, I could be totally wrong and perhaps we'll see, but it's not high on my list of possibilities yet. |
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The video is even better.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/847941360401485826 He shrugs off Flynn bringing to his attention he didn't sign the EO. |
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Could this be a Russian attempt to get the Trump/Russian pressure off Trump's back?
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Oh puhleese!
It wasn't just a conversation with the ambassador, it included a discussion about sanctions, hardly some minor side issue you simply forget about. And if Flynn forgot he was an agent of Turkey, seriously? This is a general and cabinet post here, not some low level flunky. Maybe you should read the details before making up a knee-jerk defense. Here’s What Prompted Michael Flynn To Register As An Agent Of Turkey |
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Ben Garrison is a conspiracy theorist and racist and overall lunatic.
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You can tell it is fake news because Trump looks trim and well-dressed.
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The majority of the claims of Trump colluding with Russia to steal the election have been debunked!!!
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