Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now.
'Our democracy is in serious danger.
President Trump is either totally compromised by the Russians or is a towering fool, or both, but either way he has shown himself unwilling or unable to defend America against a Russian campaign to divide and undermine our democracy.
That is, either Trumps real estate empire has taken large amounts of money from shady oligarchs linked to the Kremlin so much that they literally own him; or rumors are true that he engaged in sexual misbehavior while he was in Moscow running the Miss Universe contest, which Russian intelligence has on tape and he doesnt want released; or Trump actually believes Russian President Vladimir Putin when he says he is innocent of intervening in our elections over the explicit findings of Trumps own C.I.A., N.S.A. and F.B.I. chiefs.
In sum, Trump is either hiding something so threatening to himself, or hes criminally incompetent to be commander in chief. It is impossible yet to say which explanation for his behavior is true, but it seems highly likely that one of these scenarios explains Trumps refusal to respond to Russias direct attack on our system a quiescence that is simply unprecedented for any U.S. president in history. Russia is not our friend. It has acted in a hostile manner. And Trump keeps ignoring it all.
Up to now, Trump has been flouting the norms of the presidency. Now Trumps behavior amounts to a refusal to carry out his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. Heres an imperfect but close analogy: Its as if George W. Bush had said after 9/11: No big deal. I am going golfing over the weekend in Florida and blogging about how its all the Democrats fault no need to hold a National Security Council meeting. . .
My guess is what Trump is hiding has to do with money. Its something about his financial ties to business elites tied to the Kremlin. They may own a big stake in him. Who can forget that quote from his son Donald Trump Jr. from back in 2008: Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross section of a lot of our assets. They may own our president.
But whatever it is, Trump is either trying so hard to hide it or is so naïve about Russia that he is ready to not only resist mounting a proper defense of our democracy, hes actually ready to undermine some of our most important institutions, the F.B.I. and Justice Department, to keep his compromised status hidden.
That must not be tolerated. This is code red. The biggest threat to the integrity of our democracy today is in the Oval Office.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/opinion/trump-russia-putin.html?
Turbineguy
(37,342 posts)shit about who or how many he hurts. That's why all his idiot supporters voted for him.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)which is why he likes fast food.