One possibility we should consider is that Trump is admitting the Ukrainian call

[pnwmom]

because the stuff in the whistleblower report is even worse.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Trump is creating the Fog of Truth.

Or as we from the Farm would say,you throw enough shit against the wall,some is bound to stick.

[Grasswire2]

2. yes, like they admiited to the Trump Tower meeting but kept saying that..

....the principles left the meeting because the Russians wanted to talk about adoptions and didn't bring any dirt.

Same playbook.

[empedocles]

3. Or, there just might have been 8 calls a-coming along, perhaps.

[Rustynaerduwell]

4. Exactly.

[brush]

5. He knows it's going to come out someway.

[customerserviceguy]

6. I refuse to get my hopes up that way

Been there, done that, with the Mueller Report/testimony.

I refuse to believe that Trump is capable of playing out any strategy, that would assume that he possesses reasoning powers that no one has to date seen so far.

[Ligyron]

18. His attorney appears to lack any strategy or powers of reason either.

Unless it is to drunkenly blather on national teevee using as many networks as possible that Trump has committed several felonies and admit to having participated as well. Evidence will be forthcoming and it will undoubtedly be worse than we have imagined. There will be stuff coming out no one has even thought of as yet.

These evil, power and money hungry criminals haven't gotten away, not by a long shot and there is a limit to what even their enablers in Congress and their dim witted constituents will ignore or tolerate.

The only question is how much damage will they do until they're brought to Justice and how long it will take to undo it.

[customerserviceguy]

19. Gholiani has gone full ape-shit bozo

I'm rather surprised that the Trump administration still has ties with him.

[Karadeniz]

7. It's dribbling out because he can't stop it. We still haven't heard what his promise was exactly.

[Qutzupalotl]

8. He knows there's a transcript

and it’s likely to be released to Congress at some point.

It looks as though he’s trying to soften the blow because he knows the content will be damning. He’s doing what Barr did with the Mueller Report: gradually releasing/admitting to parts of the story so we don’t absorb it all at once, to keep us numb to it all.

[Brother Buzz]

9. I can entertain the idea the whistleblower had a list of grievances....

and the Ukrainian mess is but one item on the list.

[dlk]

10. When Trump is Involved, it's Almost a Given the Full Truth is Much Worse

Trump’s lifetime of criminal activity may finally be catching up with him. I wonder if he understood the level of public scrutiny that comes with the presidency. Or, more likely, he saw multiple dollar signs and thought the risks would be worth it. Regardless, it’s beginning to look like most of the Republican party belongs behind bars. The GOP has evolved into a well-organized crime family.

[EveHammond13]

11. he certainly knows how to turn the media into dogs chasing their tails

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Very unlike Trump to do the actual dirty work

He let Michael Cohen handle Stormy Daniels, and I'd bet he let Rudy handle Ukrainian formulations

[EndGOPPropaganda]

13. Of course that is true. This is the Mussolini "plucking the chicken" strategy

[EndGOPPropaganda]

14. p.s. Rudy's appearance on TV was also part of the plan. They WANT to admit it

[Stuart G]

15. Yes, I believe you are right.."the stuff in the whistleblowrl report is even worse" no text..

[Viz]

16. Yes! agree that since Trump is admitting to this story...

There is another element of the story that is missing. Worse than
conspiring with a foreign government to bring scandal to a political foe, the full
story has even more far reaching implications that affects our national security.
What gives me hope is that we have 2 members of our government, the IG put into
place by Trump himself and the other -the whistleblower possibly a previous member of the Trump
Administration ( possibly Coates, or John Bolton) who are willing to bring this to light. They would
not have undertaken this course without having eyes wide open of what obstacles they would face, and
are willing to risk their futures by speaking up.

[KPN]

17. And like everything else, he/they are also trying to normali

normalize it — with the help of M$M.

[GeorgeGist]

20. Yup