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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump: The 'blame America first' president - By Karen Tumulty
July 16 at 1:28 PM
President Trump has turned the Republican Party into what Jeane J. Kirkpatrick once contemptuously branded the Democrats: the blame America first crowd. Even by the upside-down standards of 2018, the sight of a U.S. president standing alongside a Russian one and attacking an investigation by this countrys Justice Department was disgraceful.
Just three days after a grand jury in Washington indicted 12 Russian intelligence officials and charged them with attempting to subvert the 2016 U.S. election, Trump said were all to blame but found specific fault only with special counsel Robert S. Mueller IIIs investigation. The probe is a disaster for our country, he declared. Its ridiculous whats going on with the probe.
Equally stunning was that Trump did not challenge what he said were Russian President Vladimir Putins extremely strong and powerful denials of his governments attack on this countrys democratic processes. Instead, he suggested that there is something fishy about the Democratic National Committee servers that were hacked.
He even sold out his own top intelligence officials. My people came to me, [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me, some others, they said they think its Russia, Trump said. I have President Putin. He just said its not Russia. I will say this, I dont see any reason why it would be.
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Donald Trump: The 'blame America first' president - By Karen Tumulty (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2018
OP
Remember when everybody lost their mind when Michelle Obama was 'disappointed' in the USA?
apnu
Jul 2018
#1
He didn't end up getting Moscow or St. Petersburg. He ended up getting his orange asshole boned
Trust Buster
Jul 2018
#2
apnu
(8,749 posts)1. Remember when everybody lost their mind when Michelle Obama was 'disappointed' in the USA?
Where are those folks now?
Oh I know, crotch sniffing Trump.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)2. He didn't end up getting Moscow or St. Petersburg. He ended up getting his orange asshole boned
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)3. Ughhhh.
If he's going to blame America...get specific...like WHO exactly is doing these things he claim "we do too."? Bush/Cheney? Obama/Biden? Clinton/Gore? etc etc etc. I'm tired of a few people doing stuff..(supposedly)..but the whole country has to pay. If what they say is even true, spell out who exactly is doing these bad things don.
Johnny2X2X
(18,973 posts)4. WOw
Putin's words were strong and forceful, so I believe him...,
What a clown and a child.