Dan Rather 7/16

[G_j]

(FB post)


There has been no shortage of historic summits in American history - but nothing like what is happening today.

No American president has ever appeared as a supplicant to a foreign power who attacked us - an attack that the intelligence community says is ongoing.

No American president has been so eager to placate a hostile foreign power. And no American president has been under a credible shadow of allegedly conspiring with a hostile foreign power.

No American president has so attacked our allies and heaped scorn on his fellow citizens while heaping praise on a hostile foreign power.

No American president has been so ill-prepared for diplomacy and statecraft and then insisted on handling negotiations with a hostile foreign power alone.

We do not know what was discussed. We will not be able to trust what President Trump or Putin say was discussed. Their words fail even the most minimum standards of political truth telling.

This is a historic summit indeed, but historic in terms of the damage it can do (and likely already has done) to our nation and a democratic world order.

[mnhtnbb]

1. Today is 7/16.

Typo?

[G_j]

2. yes

now changed, thanks!

[Moostache]

3. He is not a legitimate President, there can be no doubt about it...

He is a subservient piece of shit, a colossal stooge, an ignorant bloviating bag of pus...he a thousand other things, but one thing he will NEVER be is a legitimate, proper President of the United States of America.

The sooner he dies of a massive stroke, the better the world will be instantly.

[smirkymonkey]

4. He needs to go.

Now. There is no excuse for this. Not even the lying, cheating republicans can excuse this behavior.

[G_j]

5. pay no attention to that man..

[lagomorph777]

7. Good ones!

[G_j]

6. today's Twitter so far:

The President of the United States trusts the word of a former KGB agent over the consensus of the American intelligence community backed by a ton of facts. That is a shocking reality. Everyone who excuses Trump’s behavior must answer that now, and when history inevitably judges.

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With the sound off, or the sound on, it didn't matter. From body language, to post-summit statements, to the optics, to the desperate handshakes, Putin was running this show - relaxed and in charge. Trump looked weak and desperate. Unbelievable. American power has been weakened.

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American journalists have shown more bravery and honesty in questioning Putin about the Russian attack on American sovereignty than the President of the United States.

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. I can still remember the right endorsing films and shows like Red Dawn and Amerika

Where they ramped up the fear of Russia taking over the US. Mostly to get obscene military spending approved.

Now they seem perfectly fine with it. Bizzaro world.

[mgardener]

9. Treason

Call it by its name.
Time for "pussy footing" around what Trump is doing is over.
He and his family are traitors.
I wonder how many other republicans will get caught with Trump.
And the NRA?

[lpbk2713]

10. Go Dan.

You nailed it.