"Nothing like this has been attempted or even imagined in the history of the American presidency. Throw away the history books; discard feeble comparisons to scandals of the past. There is no analogy with any previous action by any past president."
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"The brazenness of the self-enrichment resembles nothing seen in any earlier White House. This is American corruption on the scale of a post-Soviet republic or a postcolonial African dictatorship."
It is absolutely stunning and aggressively mindless that the US is subject to the whims of a crazy, paper tiger, tin pot dictator who has no courage or character. That we could lose all we’ve become because this hate filled coward took us down is STUPID!
My feeling is that Trump is aiming not to finish his term of office but to run away maybe to Russia or some other country which is similarly corrupt and will provide him with security that they will not return him to US or send him to the Hague. His sycophants, he will leave behind to face the law.
It’s naive to think of it as purely about a single actor (or celebrity I guess) and their immediate circle of enablers. This will profoundly change the USA, institutional, ethical and moral norms aren’t going to reset to normal in the advent of a change of administration. It’s definitional.
Agreed. And yet, somehow when you confront a Trumpist, their VERY FIRST rebuttal is "What about ... 's " where the Bogeyperson set contains, non-exclusively, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and George Soros. Frustrating.
Let's face it, they probably still bang on about how he "can't be bought" because he's so rich ... steadfastly ignoring his constant invitations to overseas oligarchs, super-rich Americans & criminals foreign & domestic to stuff his pockets with loot, in anticipation of favours to be rendered.
#ETTD We must end the imperial Presidency or we are going to be in a never ending circle of this BS with every future Republican President. This current version of governance is not viable and the Democratic Party will not win every election. We need radical reorganization of American governance.
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What possible explanation can there be for this level of incoherence?
Will anybody, can anybody, stop him and his family?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLT4HTjaBsA
-RC Huffman ©️
There’s a reason the emoluments clause was there. Our highest leaders needed to be the most neutral & principled.
That Trump has reversed this is reprehensible. We don’t deserve this. We deserve so much better
Does the GOP really not care? Do independents really not care?