In no way should top brass allow Trump to meet with Putin in private!

[imanamerican63]

If they do? They are traitors too!

[Vinca]

1. How can they stop it? Don needs to negotiate his payments to Vlad in private.

[imanamerican63]

3. Just do it! Stop them from being together!

[GulfCoast66]

6. Vinca's question remains unanswered

He is the boss. How does anyone stop him?

[imanamerican63]

8. He hired the smartest people!

They had better find a way!

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

12. So, let's see, you're advocating for this country's military leaders . . .

. . . to intervene and control the actions of the (like it or not) elected President?

What do we call that when it occurs in other countries? Doesn't that more or less amount to the sort of thing that the right wing, Alex Jones-loving troglodytes are always claiming is being plotted by the "Deep State"?

[imanamerican63]

14. If that means selling Putin the kitchen sink?

Then yes! Trump will give away so much and all we will have have are the pipes that are left behind!

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

16. So you are in favor of military intervention . . .

into the operation of the civilian government, contrary to the Constitution?

Hard pass for me.

[denbot]

21. Treason is a hard pass for us..

But apparently not for you.

Enjoy your stay comrade.

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

22. People have started to throw around the word "treason" so carelessly nowadays . . .

. . . that it begins to lose its force and value, no?

And so as to illustrate, I might suggest that people who advocate that the U.S. military constrain the actions of the U.S. President, no matter who he or she may be, and not matter how abominable his or her actions in office may be, are the ones skirting very close to the line of "treason."

See how that works?

And while I post quite infrequently here, you might note that I've been a member on DU since 2003.

Dasvidaniya.

[stevenleser]

23. You guys still can't answer the question. Trump has the constitutional power to

fire just about everyone in the Executive Branch with the exception of the Vice President and a few others. He can fire any member of the military at a whim. So these folks have no constitutional power to stop him. No matter what he is planning.

If the President is planning bad acts, in the short term the only folks who can stop him are the Vice President and cabinet working together if they invoke the 25th amendment. In the long term stopping him requires impeachment.

Asking the top brass of the military to stop him is silly. They would be fired so fast and out the door they wouldn’t know what hit them.

[jrthin]

30. I am with you. These traitors are not using the rule book.

We can try to breath rarified air while they dismantle this country, but I suggest that's not a good idea.

[tavernier]

17. Yes!!! No classified materials should be allowed to accompany him!

I don’t give a rats ass if he goes in by himself, since he will only want to talk about himself, and hasn’t paid a lick of attention to reams of intelligence reports... but he shouldn’t be allowed to bring these materials in with him. They are not his personal property!

[PearliePoo2]

35. Do you remember when he had Lavrov/Kislyak in the Oval Office and was shooting his big mouth off?

He was bragging and crowing about firing Comey and they were all yukking it up!

Then the big-mouthed fucker revealed CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to them! American Press weren't allowed in, only the Russian press. Why was that? That's beyond outrageous!

Just out of the blue he starts blabbing away because, as you said, he has to brag and talk about himself, how much he knows and how SMART he is. He's like an eight year old telling his friends, "Guess what I know? I know stuff that YOU don't! So ha ha on YOU!"

It's absolutely terrifying.

As I posted earlier, can Congress do anything? Can a law be passed that forbids this treasonous asshole from being alone with Putin?

I think I'll call my Congress members and express my grave concerns! I don't know what else to do....

[tavernier]

36. Sure do.

And it terrifies other countries because now they too are compromised.

[kentuck]

2. Whatsa matter!

You don't trust the trump??

[imanamerican63]

4. Ya' think?

[Snotcicles]

5. Get his hair dresser to bug his wig. nt

[kacekwl]

7. You can guarantee Putin

will have his listening devices in place.

[imanamerican63]

9. You're absolutely right!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. He doesn't need them. Spanky will tell him everything.

[kacekwl]

34. All the more to blackmail the

DOPE with.

[Snotcicles]

10. Time to divvy up some spoils. nt

[secondwind]

11. They are meeting in Helsinki. Maybe the

Finns can help us. All we need is to bug the room.

[imanamerican63]

13. Putin will have their bugs too and that bug is Trump!

[tavernier]

15. He can go by himself as long as he brings NO documents with him!

He doesn’t read or listen to or retain or care about anything that is not related to him directly, and he will only talk about himself. But he can’t be allowed to bring in any briefcases or electronics that could contain classified materials.

[pangaia]

18. Top Brass? Who is that?

[Kotya]

37. The people who receive orders directly from the President of the United States. (n/t)

[pangaia]

38. Military?

[Zorro]

19. I suspect Putin will advise Trump

to fire Rosenstein and stop Mueller's investigation, creating chaos in the markets and our political landscape.

[dalton99a]

20. +1. Prolonged chaos is what Putin wants

Chaos and paralysis

[Achilleaze]

33. Yes, they are working overtime to divide America

and the republicans are cooperating in America's destruction like submissive little grubsters.

[pangaia]

39. To divide America from "Western" Europe and it's Asian allies.

[UTUSN]

24. Not funny, but sounds like Reno 911 skit:

Reno goofball cop, to perp: "Stop." (Perp keeps walking.)

Goofball: "Don't turn your back on me!1" (Perp turns back.)

Goofball: "Don't walk away from me!1" (Perp keeps walking.)

Goofball: "Don't run!1" (Perp runs.)

**********And on and on...

[Baitball Blogger]

25. More than half of the American public does not trust the president.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. How can they stop him?

[Ohiogal]

28. The question that I have, is

why does he NEED to meet with Poots in private?

[Chickensoup]

29. The man and the GOP that cover for him

Are in my opinion, traitors.
The Democratic leadership should
stop burring their heads in the sand
and say so loud and clear.
That is the price of leadership .

[PearliePoo2]

31. I agree he should NEVER be allowed to be alone with Putin! I don't trust this bastard as far

as I could throw him. I trust Putin even less. Donald is a blathering idiot who's nothing but putty in Putin's hands.

Uncle Vlad can play with him like a cat with a mouse (right before the kill).

Is there any way a law can be passed by Congress to forbid it?

He's GOT to be stopped. I'm absolutely terrified...

[enid602]

32. Lube

Maybe the FBI can hide a small speaker in the jar of Lube that tRump will bring to the meeting.

[DavidDvorkin]

40. I just hope someone plants a bug on him.