Trump has a strategy. Hide in plain sight.
Trump campaigning: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you will find the 30,000 emails that are missing."
Trump to Stephanopolis: "This is somebody that said 'We have information on your opponent.' Oh, let me call the FBI. Give me a break. Life doesn't work that way."
Trump to Ukraine: "I would like you to do us a favor though."
In Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Purloined Letter" the object that was sought was placed openly on a desk. Since the searcher's assumption was that the hidden letter would be well hidden, they ignored it. It was hidden in plain sight.
Richard Nixon left office because of a frame of reference. Democrats, Republicans, and Nixon all agreed that it was morally and legally wrong for a president to use the power of the office to obstruct an investigation of a crime by falsely telling the FBI that this was in fact a secret CIA operation and they should not investigate it.
Nixon did that and hid it. When that truth was revealed, he was done. He knew, and his actions demonstrated, that what he was doing was both wrong and important--a basis for impeachment.
Trump has changed the frame. In the Russia probe he claimed "No collusion, no collusion, total exoneration." The issue there was whether there was unmistakable proof he intentionally coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
But now, in the face of strong evidence of collusion with Ukraine, Trump says of course. Collusion is in plain sight, which means the issue simply must be something else, and Trump supplies it: did Hunter Biden, and therefore Joe Biden, do anything wrong, maybe, possibly.
But now, in the face of strong evidence of collusion with Ukraine, Trump says of course. Collusion is in plain sight, which means the issue simply must be something else, and Trump supplies it: did Hunter Biden, and therefore Joe Biden, do anything wrong, maybe, possibly.
Trump does not need an answer, only an arguable basis for there to be a question, and there can always be questions, especially from people who refuse to accept any answer.
The power of shamelessness. Donald Trump has an astonishing ability to be non-self-reflective, and his partisans want desperately for him to be guiltless, so they accept his story. He seems so confident.
Trump apparently feels no need to be consistent. He criticized Obama for golfing, then golfs many times more. He criticized deficits, then raises them. He says Mexico will pay for a wall, then he does it. He says 'no collusion' then says of course he colludes, with Russia, Ukraine, Australia, and now China, openly, proudly, so it cannot be a crime or impeachable offense. Otherwise he would have been embarrassed, right?
Trump apparently feels no need to be consistent. He criticized Obama for golfing, then golfs many times more. He criticized deficits, then raises them. He says Mexico will pay for a wall, then he does it. He says 'no collusion' then says of course he colludes, with Russia, Ukraine, Australia, and now China, openly, proudly, so it cannot be a crime or impeachable offense. Otherwise he would have been embarrassed, right?
He put the smoking gun on display, so the issue at hand simply must be something else. Hunter Biden.
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so remove Trump and replace him in 2020 with the democrat who used ukrainian corruption first by getting a $50k a MONTH job for his unqualified son who had been cashiered from the navy for cocaine use. get all exorcised about trump and give joe/hunter a pass? that's principled behavior?
There is so much we don't know about the wealthy elites in both parties. It's not a simple as mainstream media presents as the following article explains:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/here-dirt-trump-wanted-about-bidens-and-why-zelensky-doesnt-want-give-it-him
Andy Seles
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