Life-Long Republican, former FBI chief. lashes out at Trump, Republicans Former FBI director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump on Monday for telling "lies" and undermining the rule of law, and urged Republicans to stand up to the president. "The FBI's reputation has as taken a big hit because the president of the United States, with his acolytes, has lied about it constantly. In the face of those lies, a whole lot of good people... believe that nonsense," Comey told reporters in the halls of the US Senate. "People who know better, including Republican members of this body, have to have the courage to stand up and speak the truth." Comey spoke after a spurt of anti-FBI tweets from the president over the past week alleged that the investigative body abused its powers in probing his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and his former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
Trump's buyer's remorse being played-out; the dotard doesn't like his appointed Fed Chair raising interest rate on 17 Dec 2018 Trump and his surrogates double-dared Trump-appointed Fed Chair, J Powell, to raise the interest rate https://dealbreaker.com/2018/12/the...og-daring-jay-powell-to-raise-interest-rates/ on 19 Dec 2018 Trump-appointed Fed Chair, J Powell, raised the interest rate, the fourth time this year. fwiw Powell's predecessor, Janet Yellen, was more dovish; she had incurred the wrath of Trump when she didn't raise the interest rate, cos (as per his tweet) he didn't like a weaker US dollar. So, when her term was up, Trump opted to replace her w the more hawkish Powell, whose hawkish monetary policy has strengthened the US dollar, but at the expense of the global economy, ex-US. to the extent that many US firms are multinational, the US stock market has been adversely affected by the rate hike
effectively, a "FU, I quit" letter from Trump's Sec of Defense Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told reporters that Mattis' departure should concern the public. "The kind of leadership that causes a dedicated patriot like Jim Mattis to leave should give pause to every American,"
Supreme Court turns down Trump request to restart asylum ban in a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts voted w the liberals; both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh voted the other way https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-trump-request-restart-asylum-ban/2369589002/
the Obama admin had entered into a trade agreement w 11 other nations, the TPP, that was aimed at curtailing China's unfair trade practices, in particular as they relate to Intellectual Properties one of Trump's first acts as POTUS was to pulled out of the TPP 11 countries have signed the TPP trade pact without the United States The TPP countries are Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Canada and Mexico. Leaders from Mexico, Canada, Japan and other nations officially signed TPP on Thursday, 27 Dec 2018, at a ceremony in Santiago, Chile. https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/08/news/economy/tpp-trump-tariffs/index.html
Former US commander Stanley McChrystal calls Trump dishonest and ‘immoral’ Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said that contrary to Trump’s claim, Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has not yet been defeated. “I don’t believe ISIS is defeated. I think ISIS is as much an idea as it is a number of ISIS fighters. There’s a lot of intelligence that says there are actually more ISIS fighters around the world now than there were a couple of years ago,” the four-star Retired Army Gen. sharply criticized President Donald Trump , calling him immoral and untruthful and taking aim at his foreign policy decisions. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” McChrystal told host Martha Raddatz of Trump, “I don’t think he tells the truth.” The general also responded affirmatively when asked whether he believes Trump is “immoral.” https://www.stripes.com/news/us/for...al-calls-trump-dishonest-and-immoral-1.562590
After blasting Gen Mattis and Gen McChrystal, Trump said, in a Cabinet meeting on 2 Jan 2019, that he'd make a great general to which Anderson Cooper tweeted "The world will never know General Trump, in part because the president never set foot in a combat theater until last week with his trip to Iraq", w the innuendo that Trump's Dad had effectively paid off a physician to vouch for "Trump supposed having a club-foot" as a reason to avoid military service.
Trump, the modern day Benedict Arnold By dictionary definition, a traitor is one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty. Refusing to preserve, protect and defend the U.S. Constitution is a betrayal of duty. Trump undermines the free press, the judiciary, the intelligence sector regularly and does not ever defend democratic norms. When he stood next to a Russian despot he could find no fault with his many crimes of aggression into neighboring lands and meddling in the US 2016 Presidential elections. It is becoming clear where our president's allegiance lies. https://madison.com/wsj/opinion/let...cle_cfc30fb8-4cdd-53b5-a6d6-cfe257e8c75c.html
The b****-slap heart around the world ! Schumer Says He Hopes Trump Has Learned ‘A Lesson’ After Shutdown Cave https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/schumer-says-he-hopes-trump-has-learneda-lesson-after-shutdown-cave Pelosi Says "Have I not been clear about the wall?" “Our unity is our power, and that is what Trump underestimated.”
The difference being Benedict Arnold was an extremely competent military officer before selling out to the enemy.
GOP lawmaker from a border city flips off Trump, switches political party https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...er-switches-parties-criticizes-trump-60603043 Dem lawmaker from Pelosi's state mocks Trump being schooled by the mother of 5 and grandmother of 10
Trump's Own Intelligence Chief Contradicted Him While addressing the Senate, Director of U.S. National Intelligence Dan Coats released the results of the Worldwide Threat Assessment, which describes the biggest international dangers facing the United StatesI; the results contradicted many of Trump's lies. Coats never mentioned the southern border as a threat. but he reported that ISIS continues to be a threat to the US, contradicting Trump's convenient lie while North Korea has halted its nuclear program for now, the country doesn’t appear willing to give up on the weapons entirely, contradicting another Trump convenient lie Russia continues to pose a danger to the U.S. political process, hopes that U.S. intelligence will concentrate on the threat posed by the country currently under scrutiny in the Mueller probe, contradicting another Trump convenient lie
Senate Republicans defy Trump in vote opposing troop withdrawal in Syria The Senate voted 68-23 Thursday to advance a measure opposing President Trump’s move to abruptly withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan — an amendment added to a broader Middle East policy bill expected to easily pass the Senate next week. https://www.axios.com/senate-republ...tan-ab0e2377-5804-43e9-b59d-1758a6f7d9e7.html
to the extent that we're there arming / training and the Syrian opposition, and not "nation-building", we should not abandon them. more importantly, Trump is adopting Putin's policy there, to drive out US / Allies presence; we should not be kowtowing to that commie b*stard, who continue to inflict harm / discord on the USA. Screw that mofo!
