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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21565 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:01 micronesia wrote: So apparently POTUS has been advised not to discuss the possibility of tapes. What is the procedure for verifying if there actually are Oval Office secret recordings or not? I think this is damaging for the administration either way because forcing the administration to answer a yes/no of if tapes exist results in one of two possibilities: 1) admit the tweet was referring to fictitious tapes, or 2) admit the tapes exist which is bad in and off itself. The thing to watch out for, I suppose, is attempts to block efforts to get that question answered. In an ideal world I assuming it would be a hearing and a high level WH aid (or ideally Trump himself) would be asked under oath if the tapes exist. And if they do they can be requested/demanded. Sadly with the investigations being as partisan as they are that is unlikely to ever happen. And no fictitious tapes would not harm the administration. He has already lied a 1000 times. The 'tapes' isn't big enough to change that. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44078 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:19 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: The same meeting US Media wasn't allowed to take part, but Russian media was. Zero people are shocked that Trump has leaked classified information to the Russians. And as the world burns, a quarter of America will claim "but her e-mails!!!!" | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:44 Nevuk wrote: I swear it's like someone bet Trump that he couldn't get the GOP to impeach him and he's desperately trying to win that bet He'd probably take it as a challenge. Anyone who challenges his authority has to be proven wrong. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:19 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: The same meeting US Media wasn't allowed to take part, but Russian media was. https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/864226663470555137 The news story that this tweet is referencing | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12070 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:44 Nevuk wrote: I swear it's like someone bet Trump that he couldn't get the GOP to impeach him and he's desperately trying to win that bet This is actually giving him too much credit, this assumes that he can produce a coherent direction for his actions. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:19 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: The same meeting US Media wasn't allowed to take part, but Russian media was. https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/864226663470555137 Check the tapes! | ||
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prplhz
Denmark8045 Posts
“The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,” National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, who sat in on the meeting, told the Post. “At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly.” Apparently McMaster says nothing happened. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Zero people are shocked that Trump has leaked classified information to the Russians. And as the world burns, a quarter of America will claim "but her e-mails!!!!" yeah remember when she killed that guy with her server? | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Wulfey_LA
932 Posts
Read carefully. WaPo says city targeted was revealed. McMaster does not deny that critical fact. McMaster's statement would include Trump's leaks in "common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation". | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On May 16 2017 06:44 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Literally every other Republican candidate (besides Carson when he was sleepwalking) could speak in complete sentences, which is a low threshold for the President of the United States but at least disqualifies Donald Trump. I don't understand why you're so closed-minded when it comes to politics. Why is "being a Democrat" automatic disqualification, in your opinion? I'm not close minded to anything. My political values distinctly align with the political Right. When the democrats start pushing a Right-leaning agenda, then I'll consider voting for them. | ||
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Uldridge
Belgium4718 Posts
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
By alienating the foreign intelligence community he's jeopardizing the US's national security against terrorist threats. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44078 Posts
On May 16 2017 07:24 xDaunt wrote: I'm not close minded to anything. My political values distinctly align with the political Right. When the democrats start pushing a Right-leaning agenda, then I'll consider voting for them. So your values "distinctly align" with killing healthcare, killing education, taking from the poor to give to the rich, and suppressing civil rights? Because in 2017, we're way passed saying something as unnuanced as "I'm a Republican because I believe in fiscal responsibility". There is sooo much more to that party, and it's killing our country. Like, excuse us Republicans, we're trying to have a society over here... | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
I can't remember, didn't the Republicans think leaking classified information was a big deal before? | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44078 Posts
On May 16 2017 07:07 ticklishmusic wrote: yeah remember when she killed that guy with her server? Totally! And I remember this too... ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/0OzdfXo.jpg) | ||
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