Trump pressures McConnell to "protect him" from Russia.

[SummerSnow]

Trump Blew A Gasket Because Mitch McConnell Won’t Protect Him From The Russia Investigation

By Jason Easley on Tue, Aug 22nd, 2017 at 6:16 pm

The real reason why Trump is angry at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is that he blames McConnell for not doing enough to protect him from the Russia investigation.



The New York Times reported on a profane phone call between McConnell and Trump, “During the call, which Mr. Trump initiated on Aug. 9 from his New Jersey golf club, the president accused Mr. McConnell of bungling the health care issue. He was even more animated about what he intimated was the Senate leader’s refusal to protect him from investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Republicans briefed on the conversation.”

The hostilities between Trump and McConnell are very real. McConnell is outraged that Trump refuses to learn about governing, and continues to attack his own party’s senators. Trump is blaming McConnell for not protecting him from the Russia investigation.

There are a couple of important points to keep in mind. Innocent people don’t need to be protected from investigations, and it seems that Trump’s plan to avoid going down for the Russia scandal was to use the entire Republican Party to hide his potential crimes. Mitch McConnell enabled Trump to do whatever he did with the Russians by not issuing a joint statement with Obama condemning Russian election hacking, but there is a clear dividing line when it comes to covering for Trump and going down with the administration.

Republican Senators feel no loyalty to Trump, and there will be no hesitation to push Trump overboard if he and the Russia scandal become a liability.

The whole Trump gets mad because he thinks someone should have protected him from the Russia investigation should sound familiar. Trump was angry at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the same reason.

If there were nothing to the Russia investigation, Trump wouldn’t need protection. The fact that the President thinks he does is an indication that the surface has just begun to be scratched in the Russia scandal.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/08/22/trump-blew-gasket-mitch-mcconnell-protect-russia-investigation.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. If you did nothing wrong then nothing to be afraid of Donnie

GUILTY AS HELL --------GOING TO BURN ------- then his brand will be worthless and then lawsuits and he becomes broke

I like that picture

[BigmanPigman]

3. If they don't seize his and his family's assets when they are found guilty

they will go broke from their law fees. I know that Clinton was almost broke when he left office and had to pay millions in law fees from his impeachment. This time he and his family will be broke...sweet justice!

[Angry Dragon]

4. ............

[Elwood P Dowd]

2. Trump needs protection from himself. IOW, he needs to be locked up

to protect himself and our country from total meltdown.

[Squinch]

5. McConnell conversations are almost never leaked. I would bet this was leaked by McConnell or with

his approval.

This seems to me like McConnell preparing the road for getting rid of Trump(R).

Fingers crossed.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. These days, being "briefed" on something makes it sound more official and trustworthy.

Like every brainfart out of Washington is now a State Secret. No longer is it just written that "McConnell told colleagues that they wouldn't believe what that asshole just said to him." Times change.

That said, it's hard to choose which asshole to root for in this dustup.

No, it isn't. In this case, you go, Mitch. Whack his pee-pee.

[FSogol]

7. Cough, cough...ABUSE OF POWER... cough

We'll that's another incident/group of people for Mueller to interview

[Johnny2X2X]

8. Debt Ceiling

The US will default on its debts this time, many Republicans want this to happen and the President doesn't have the maturity to lead any efforts to avoid it.

Hold onto your hats, if this happens, the stock market might drop 10,000 points over a few weeks.

[annabanana]

9. Trump will think it's normal.

After all, he's spent his entire life thinking "accounts payable" is, you know, just a suggestion.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. And he'll blame Obama

When the economy tanks because of it, he'll say, "look at the mess I inherited!" Even though he's been talking about how great the economy is for 7 months.