NY Mag Intelligencer gets it: That was a threat.

[Grasswire2]

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“If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation,” he said, “It just doesn’t work that way!”

It is worth lingering over the utterly categorical nature of that statement. Trump did not decry partisan investigations, or excessive or duplicative investigations. He insisted Congress should not investigate his administration at all.
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The threat reflects not only Trump’s assumption that he is entitled to the legal impunity the Republican Congress had afforded him. It also reflects his bizarre view of negotiations. Trump seems to have held onto his experience in business, in which he is typically dealing with counterparties who have (or think they have) something to gain from a deal. Democrats have no such incentive. The more they cooperate, the better Trump looks, and thus the easier time he has winning reelection.

Trump seems not to grasp this. He has intermittently dangled bipartisan cooperation before Democrats in the apparent belief it can bring them to heel.

A bit more at the link.

[lapfog_1]

1. so why did peace v. war come into this?

I read it as... if you continue to investigate me and my family... I will start a war with someone.

If you drop the investigations, maybe I will sign some of the legislation that you want (an empty promise so long as the repukes control the Senate).

[Grasswire2]

3. pretty much nt

[spanone]

10. He's threatening war if they continue to investigate him. Period.

[SunSeeker]

2. It was sickening how Republicans did a standing ovation to that unconstitutional declaration.

[Achilleaze]

5. republicans have turned their backs on truth, integrity, and US democracy

They are a sold-out bunch of hacks, lacking in honor and loyalty to America. Sad.

[sharedvalues]

7. Right. Sold-out to billionaires. They're apparatchiks

The only patriots left are on the Dem side.

[BamaRefugee]

4. "Or we go to the mattresses!" Chris Christie can do the pasta.

[malaise]

6. It was a threat

It was also obstruction of justice. What was scary is that ReTHUGs cheered.

[kentuck]

8. Strange comment...

Is he threatening war?

[90-percent]

9. If Frank Zappa was still with us................

"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation,”

Orange Julius said, “It just doesn’t work that way!”

Frank would update the lyrics to circa 1988 song Rhymin' Man to fit our Kremlin Kommando.

In the same way FZ updated "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" to "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" during the 1988 tour.

-90% Jimmy

PS - Der Trumpenfeuhrer has the whole Nazi Big Lie down pat, along with a lot of other Nazi propaganda methods. However I don't think rhyming was a part of Goebbels mass mind control technology?

[Grasswire2]

11. his "It doesn't work that way" said in very snide and threatening manner and it triggered me...

..straight back to my emotionally abusive, narcissistic spouse.

[90-percent]

12. agreed

body language is straight Mussolini.

Why the hell the speech got 75% general approval from republics is incomprehensible. These people walk amongst us....BIGLY!

-90% Jimmy