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Gabriel Sherman article in Vanity Fair:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/the-west-wing-revolts-after-trump-embraces-putin
Trump had weathered epic crises of his own making before, from the Access Hollywood tape to Charlottesville to shithole countries. Each time he survived withering criticism by doubling down and counterattacking. But as he woke up Tuesday morning, Trump had to recognize that his embrace of Putin on the world stage was a crisis of a different magnitude, and he personally stepped in to try to manage the fallout.
While National Security Adviser John Bolton, according to a source, thought Trumps remarks were ill-advised, he believed that walking them back would only add fuel to the outrage pyre and make the president look weak. But Chief of Staff John Kelly was irate. According to a source, he told Trump it would make things worse for him with Robert Mueller. He also exerted pressure to try to get the president to walk back his remarks. According to three sources familiar with the situation, Kelly called around to Republicans on Capitol Hill and gave them the go-ahead to speak out against Trump. (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan held televised press conferences to assert that Russia did meddle in the election.
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The White House -- via Kelly -- gave GOP lawmakers permission to speak out against Trump?
So for at least some of them it was a pretense coordinated with the White House?
Was the idea to have those "brave" lawmakers speak out against Trump, and then forgive him after he "clarified" his remarks?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)the president's approval to criticize AND act on his treasonous behavior.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,531 posts)All that cooperation makes them bedfellows in my eyes.
Infuriating!
highplainsdem
(48,918 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Not just yes, but HELL YES!!
They are all treasonous!
Freethinker65
(10,001 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)nature-lover
(1,468 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)As in this criminal organization, your Capitol suspects are mere 'underbosses'.
[Who may someday, conspire to depose/dispose of, the mob boss trump].
Lucky Luciano
(11,248 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,605 posts)spanone
(135,795 posts)fuck them one and all.
highplainsdem
(48,918 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,793 posts)highplainsdem
(48,918 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,289 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 17, 2018, 10:14 PM - Edit history (1)
Past time. Come on, Kelly, save the damned country already and turn on him. Others will follow.
docgee
(870 posts)After that he double walks it back to treasonous. Fux only reports on the walk back statements and the red hats don't believe the treason.
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)これはとてもばかげて、私はほとんど信じられない。 大統領はそんな嘘つきです!
(This is so stupid, I can hardly believe it, the President is such a liar! )
gademocrat7
(10,645 posts)They are complicit in the attack on our country.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,373 posts)kairos12
(12,843 posts)demmiblue
(36,824 posts)demmiblue
(36,824 posts)sandensea
(21,604 posts)DallasNE
(7,402 posts)Just changed the problem. Trump said that Putin made an "extremely strong and powerful" case that Russia didn't hack our election. He then concluded "I don't see any reason why it would be (Russia)" that was responsible. While a stupid thing to say, it passes the logic test. When you change "would" to "wouldn't" it now fails the logic test because it now contradicts "extremely strong and powerful". He wants it both ways - will the media let him off the hook? They have so far.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Twice, the public and republicans rejected trump's actions and were effective in changing him. Separating families and treason.
It is so telling. We could take this guy down if the republicans got on board.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)"Can I vote against--"
"No!"
"Oh, okay. What ever you say, boss."
You'd never think they're in an equal branch of government.
KT2000
(20,568 posts)from the Executive. So much for the Constitution, but we already knew that. That should at least be the topic of news stories. Just frightening.
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)After he thought he had "nailed it!". Can you imagine that tantrum baby Trump threw? Hope all present learned how to duck. What a clueless moron.
niyad
(113,079 posts)those gutless cowards don't need "permissin", they need integrity, decency, honour, ethics. NONE of which ANY of them possess.