Tweet: What's really frightening about the National Enquirer and Bezos....

[Julian Englis]

This is a “textbook example of blackmail and extortion” and “shows how frightening it should be to the citizens of the United States that the National Enquirer reportedly has a safe full of information about the president of the United States.”

Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

1. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Let the sunshine in. This shit has got to stop.

[Corgigal]

2. More likely,

that perceived enemy's of the President of the U.S. have more folders.

[salin]

3. maybe this will/would give a clue/concept to those who don't get the concept re: "compromised"

regarding a politician or high official ~cough~ Trump ~cough~ being in danger of being blackmailed by a foreign entity like Russia or KSA.

I think that many, who don't follow the news closely, don't think about/can't conceive of the idea that holding embarassing (or proof of illegal behavior) information could lead to blackmail - not for $$ but for acting on behalf of the blackmailing entitity's interest over the national interest. But the owner of Amazon (which is a very familiar company) - and his story might catch their attention. And perhaps, just perhaps, give a realtime example. In a story that is directly related to the President, or at least an entitiy already proven to "protect" the President.

[Sneederbunk]

4. Looks like Pecker messed with the wrong dude.

[Zorro]

5. Can't imagine why they thought it wise

to threaten the richest person in the world, one who has a big and influential megaphone.

[Cha]

6. Guessing.. stupid enough

to think he would cower under threat of exposing his private texts.

Wrong! This is surreal!

[tblue37]

7. The Steele dossier includes a passage where he says Russia gives Trump Kompromat

to hold over his opponents. You just know that's what caused Lindsey Graham to do his 180° spin. No doubt Trump's Republican enablers are up to their ears in rubles, but a bunch of them probably also fear what he has on them even more than they fear his rabid base. Maybe felling Pecker's blackmail operation will free a few of them up.