More reporting on Trumps documents

[Queen Margo]

A few adults in his administration knew he was a danger to us.

Then why did nothing bad happen during his term? All this boogey man danger of which you speak

 

[Logician Man]

Then why did nothing bad happen during his term? All this boogey man danger of which you speak

You don't consider a sitting POTUS willfully and intentionally lying to the American people about the severity of a deadly pandemic, endangering 10s and 10s of millions of American lives to be "bad"?

 

[Queen Margo]

You don't consider a sitting POTUS willfully and intentionally lying to the American people about the severity of a deadly pandemic, endangering 10s and 10s of millions of American lives to be "bad"?

He did what probably any sitting POTUS would do, he tried to mitigate panic!
What I do consider "bad" is Fauci giving us misinformation over and over and over!

 

[Logician Man]

He did what probably any sitting POTUS would do, he tried to mitigate panic!
What I do consider "bad" is Fauci giving us misinformation over and over and over!

Ok. So you are now on DP record as declaring you would prefer a POTUS willfully lie to you, as well as your loved ones, about a deadly disease, rather than tell you the truth about a deadly disease, so you can make your own health decisions without going into panic mode. Sounds awfully needy to the rational, critically thinking among us who prefer the truth when making life or death decisions on personal/family health matters. But you do you.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

It bothers me that our country allows someone who tried to overthrow the election system to use it again in the next election.

The founders figured we might have such a scumbag as president. What they didn't count on was millions and millions cheering on said scumbag.

 

[Helix]

The founders figured we might have such a scumbag as president. What they didn't count on was millions and millions cheering on said scumbag.

Washington's farewell address called some of it.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Washington's farewell address called some of it.

About the parties, sure. I don't think they counted on a third of country cheering the destruction of our electoral process based solely on the word of a psychopath. I think they figured we would all at least agree on defending that.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Facts of the report aside, O’Donnell doesn’t do himself any credit by repeatedly mispronouncing the name of Traitor Trump’s country club/residence, calling it “Mar-a-Largo”,

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Every day I am more convinced that djt was a 'manchurian' president.

As of the birth of the Tea Party I am convinced that the entire Republican Party is "manchurian".

 

[mike2810]

"i was simply looking for my BigMac that I dropped"

or making sure Stormy Daniels underwear was not dropped there by mistake.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Envision a scenario in which Trump announces his intentions to run for POTUS in 2024 on national tv, and 15 minutes later Merrick Garland holds a press conference on national tv announcing multiple federal crimes which the DOJ is filing against Trump which involve matters of U.S. national security, involving top secret documents Trump lied about illegally holding hostage at his unsecured private residence Mar-a-Lago.

Too little too late, needs to happen today, or three months ago, or....

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

I think that he would have liked to become an autocrat pretending to be a legitimately elected president after having righted the self perceived "wrong" of his defeat with the help of his loyalists. It's not quite the same dynamic as pre-nazi Germany, as our economy had not been decimated after a major military defeat.

And that's WHY it's been so easy for him to hide in plain sight and able to pull the wool over the eyes of the yokels.

 

[Cardinal]

If Tweety were to run again and win, I don't see how he could be given a security clearance. I mean, I understand that he already can't do the job due to being a hopelessly unqualified, malignantly narcissistic sociopath, but without a security clearance, he can't even pretend to do the job. That's another significant problem on top of all of the other serious issues.

Unfortunately, winning the Presidency is being given a security clearance.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

You don't consider a sitting POTUS willfully and intentionally lying to the American people about the severity of a deadly pandemic, endangering 10s and 10s of millions of American lives to be "bad"?

No. It thinks that was a stunning display of patriotism and that all the participants are hero patriots.
Of course that's when it isn't spewing out the other side of its mouth and claiming they were all Antifa dressed up insurrectionists.

 

[Cardinal]

Then why did nothing bad happen during his term? All this boogey man danger of which you speak

Hey, can anybody think of anything bad that might have happened during Trump's term? Anything at all?

 

[Cardinal]

MSNBC?

The story was broken by the Washington Post.

 

[Emlee]

Is there any doubt that he wanted to make money off of classified information?
His advisor Hannity once again trying to guide him on how to respond. So looking forward to Dominion lawyers grilling Hannity under oath.

 

[Cardinal]

He did what probably any sitting POTUS would do, he tried to mitigate panic!
What I do consider "bad" is Fauci giving us misinformation over and over and over!

"Everybody relax, the ship has not hit an iceberg, and there will be music and refreshments shortly."

 

[year2late]

He did what probably any sitting POTUS would do, he tried to mitigate panic!
What I do consider "bad" is Fauci giving us misinformation over and over and over!

BS.

I have been in the health care field for over 40 years. He created a culture of lies and conspiracy that was quite harmful to containing the pandemic.

 

[azgreg]

Unfortunately, winning the Presidency is being given a security clearance.

Technically the president doesn't get a security clearance.

 

[Arlette]

Wow.

The floodgates have opened. It's gonna be one shoe after another to drop from now on.

 

[ashurbanipal]

Then why did nothing bad happen during his term? All this boogey man danger of which you speak

Nothing bad happened during Trump's administration? Are you srsly right now?

Various racist demonstrations of a size not seen since the 1950s took place around the country during Trump's (four-year) administration. More Americans died under his administration than had died in all the wars of the 20th century. The economy took a worse downturn during his administration than it had done since the Great Depression. A violent mob stormed the Capitol Building of the United States and interrupted Congress' constitution-prescribed duty to certify the 2020 election.

Most seriously--more seriously than all of the above (well, except maybe for the folks dying)--is that an army of distinctly moronic maniacs, whose members had previously been without focus and with wavering or indistinct will, were brought together under a banner of evil stupidity that makes the mental processes of hate-sex orgy child of Emperor Palpatine, Countess Bathory, Luis Garavito, and Ilsa Koch look like those of a well-ordered tea party hostess. We will be dealing with the horrible effects of all of this, especially this latter fact, for a very long time.

 

[Ouroboros]

Nothing bad happened during Trump's administration? Are you srsly right now?

Various racist demonstrations of a size not seen since the 1950s took place around the country during his Trump's (four-year) administration. More Americans died under his administration than had died in all the wars of the 20th century. The economy took a worse downturn during his administration than it had done since the Great Depression. A violent mob stormed the Capitol Building of the United States and interrupted Congress' constitution-prescribed duty to certify the 2020 election.

Most seriously--more seriously than all of the above (well, except maybe for the folks dying)--is that an army of distinctly moronic maniacs, whose members had previously been without focus and with wavering or indistinct will, were brought together under a banner of evil stupidity that makes the mental processes of hate-sex orgy child of Emperor Palpatine, Countess Bathory, Luis Garavito, and Ilsa Koch look like those of a well-ordered tea party hostess. We will be dealing with the horrible effects of all of this, especially this latter fact, for a very long time.

Speaking only to what you call the racist demonstrations-- are you of the opinion that if Hilary had been elected, all those (real) white nationalists groups would have just quietly folded their tents and stolen away?

That proposition seems unlikely. A lot of money was spent to set up the expansion of those groups. Hilary could not have done anything legal against, say, the locally approved demonstrations in Charlottesville, and her record is not so sterling that her opponents would have just abandoned their cause for fear of losing traction by her condemnation. The WN groups still would have done what they did, and probably would have used Hilary as the poster girl for Vile Socialists (or the like). Implying that Spenser and the rest came out of the woodwork thanks to Trump is nonsense.

 

[brianpatrick]

Then why did nothing bad happen during his term? All this boogey man danger of which you speak

Many of his aides and advisors stifled his attempts. Turns out it’s harder to throw a coup these days in America than it was thought to be.

 

[ashurbanipal]

Speaking only to what you call the racist demonstrations-- are you of the opinion that if Hilary had been elected, all those (real) white nationalists groups would have just quietly folded their tents and stolen away?

No, not exactly. They'd never have pitched so many tents, especially not so close together, to begin with. By now, the link between the Trump administration and an uptick in hate crimes has been well-documented, and even some causal links have been established:

The Effect of President Trump's Election on Hate Crimes

This Essay empirically evaluates the relationship between Donald Trump’s rise to power and the recent increase in reported hate crimes. A number of critics pred

papers.ssrn.com

https://ashford.zone/images/2018/09/followtheracist_v2.pdf

Never in my whole life living in this country (and I'm old enough to have paid attention to the news since Nixon) has there been anything like Charlottesville or the frequency of smaller racist demonstrations, until Trump came along. You can watch any number of interviews or documentaries in which various racist leaders express the sentiment that Trump opened the way for them. Certainly, the election of a black man to the Presidency inspired a sense of fear and urgency among white supremacists, but it was Trump's immediately subsequent election that showed the racist scum that they could win. And the data shows us that racist incidents rose in connection to Trump in a number of ways. See:

When the ‘Alt-Right’ Hit the Streets: Far-Right Political Rallies in the Trump Era

Introduction Between 2016 and 2018, Americans witnessed a major upswing in street mobilization by far-right groups, making it one of the most active periods of on-the-ground, extremist activity in decades. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has documented 125 rallies, marches and protests...

www.splcenter.org

That proposition seems unlikely. A lot of money was spent to set up the expansion of those groups. Hilary could not have done anything legal against, say, the locally approved demonstrations in Charlottesville, and her record is not so sterling that her opponents would have just abandoned their cause for fear of losing traction by her condemnation. The WN groups still would have done what they did, and probably would have used Hilary as the poster girl for Vile Socialists (or the like). Implying that Spenser and the rest came out of the woodwork thanks to Trump is nonsense.

Hard to imagine anyone paying less attention than you seem to have been. Thanks to my position I occasionally have to speak to racists, and they were quite clear why they were "coming out of the woodwork" during Trump's term.