Trump threatens retaliation against whistleblower

[RandySF]

President Trump expressed disgust with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer and those White House aides who helped him or her as “almost a spy” and suggested it was treason, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Said Trump: “I want to know who’s the person who gave the whistle-blower the information because that’s close to a spy. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart with spies and treason, right? We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.”



https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/26/trump-suggests-whistleblower-committed-treason/

[TruckFump]

1. Holy F/N shit.

He's a mad man.

Totally and completely nuts and should be under a conservatorship.

[ArcticFox]

32. Just more projecting by Trump

He only accuses others of what he knows he himself to be guilty of. Trump likely knows he has been acting as a spy against Our Republic and has committed treason.

[MarcA]

66. +1,000 n/t

[Perseus]

48. Someone should have asked him if he knows what we used to do with traitors

Very different than we do now...we may end up doing it again, but now it takes so much longer...

[Bob Loblaw]

78. Or just under a ship

[Initech]

2. Because nothing says "I'm innocent" like threatening your accuser.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. +1

[flibbitygiblets]

35. Like the women who accused him of sexual violence during the '16 campaign

He threatened to sue them "after the election". I haven't noticed a peep from the Peach Menace since the election on that front.

His whole MO is to threaten anyone who dares stand up to him, to get them to back off. It's a ploy, and unfortunately it works much of the time.

[Initech]

49. Yeah true, and like I keep saying:

Innocent people don't spend every waking minute of the day trying to convince you that they're not guilty. If you're accused of a crime like that, you shut the fuck up. Every time you open your mouth, no matter what, you're just digging that hole.

[Brainfodder]

62. I had to take a double, HE SAID WHAT?

I suspect not much quality sleep for him & it's showing?

KARMA gonna need a nap!

[bigbrother05]

3. This breaks the law./full stop/end of

[malaise]

4. That's a death threat

Lock him the fuck up in a straitjacket

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Public recorded Game Changer.

But,we knew this sucker would most likely go there.

[malaise]

8. This will get prime time coverage

He's a raving lunatic

[Wellstone ruled]

13. And the Cable Newsies

are full on reading GOP talking points. Notice in the last hour,Bloomberg is pushing the narrative that the Dems overstepped their bounds and it will cost them at the polls.

Here is a kicker,Wall Street is refusing to support a Warren Candidacy in favor of backing Trump.

[joost5]

54. And he's only going to get more unhinged. Buckle up!! n/t

[Initech]

30. Seriously, Donny keep digging that hole!

[demosincebirth]

79. Let Hillary yell out "lock him up."

[empedocles]

5. That evidence will resonate in the court of public opinion

[Celerity]

7. he has totally snapped, MSNBC is saying he wants the whistleblower shot

plus this

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-26/trump-at-private-breakfast-who-gave-the-whistle-blower-the-information-because-thats-almost-a-spy

“You know, these animals in the press,” Trump went on. “They’re animals, some of the worst human beings you’ll ever meet.”

Someone in the room shouted out “Fake news!” egging the president on.

“They’re scum,” Trump continued. “Many of them are scum, and then you have some good reporters, but not many of them, I’ll be honest with you.”

He then accused Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.), who met with Zalensky in Kyiv this month, of pressuring the Ukrainian leader to accuse Trump of improper behavior.

“Democratic senators went over there and strong-armed the guy,” Trump said, affecting Murphy’s voice for a moment. “‘You better damn well do this or you’re not going to get any money from Congress.’ Oh, I see, that’s OK?”

“And then you have Sleepy Joe Biden who’s dumb as a rock,” Trump went on. “This guy was dumb on his best day and he’s not having his best day right now. He’s dumb as a rock. So you have Sleepy Joe and his kid, who’s got a lot of problems, he got thrown out of the Navy — look, I’m not going to, it’s a problem ... so we won’t get into why. He got thrown out of the Navy and now this kid goes into Ukraine, walks away with millions of dollars, he becomes a consultant for $50,000 a month and he doesn’t know anything compared to anybody at this firm. He’s a stiff. He knows nothing. He’s walking away with $50,000.”

[bdamomma]

20. oh, he is really mentally ill

calling the press animals, he has got to go. Fucking tyrant. No one needs this kind of abuse from this POS, NO ONE.

[Celerity]

24. I am so afraid of violence from MAGATS, if just 1/100th of 1% of them (not all voted)

go full lock n' load shooter mode, that is around 10,000 armed and active lunatics out there.

That rotten RW site Free Rethuglic has so many death threats on it, I cannot believe that FBI has not started a mass investigation of those rotters, hopefully they have. They are making clear and present danger shooter threats and incitements to open civil war.

[flibbitygiblets]

39. Yeah, "strong-arming" and threatening to withhold money is only OK if your name ends in "rump"

"Oh, I see, that’s OK?”

[superpatriotman]

9. Donald Duterte

The dictator

[3catwoman3]

10. "I'll be honest with you."

Sure you will, Donnie, sure you will."

[Stuart G]

11. That comment will convince a few more people (perhaps senators) that Trump has lost it.

And also, Trump has not lost it .."a little", Trump has lost it "a whole lot"

And threatening like this is totally wrong. (last sentence) It also shows that he..cannot "shut the fuck up" when he needs to "shut the fuck up."...another sign he has "lost it"

.....Also..this comment shows he does not support the Constitution of the U.S. , something he has sworn to uphold....
.........“You know, these animals in the press,” Trump went on. “They’re animals, some of the worst human beings you’ll ever meet.”

And that last one was the key.."..animals in the press"

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. I don't think he is crazy. I think he us just crazy angry

that he got caught. He is just a total asshole.

Now he is threatening everyone he can think of.

He's starting to realize he has blown it. He has made so many enemies that he is going to be standing there all by his asshole self. He's known all along what he was doing was unethical or illegal. But these narcissist jerks think they are so smart that no one will ever catch them.

But Pelosi got him. And he is raging.

[SergeStorms]

53. He can't "out-lawyer" the United States of America.

That was his go-to weapon against any lawsuits brought against him when he was nothing more than a lying-sack-of-shit real estate swindler. He'd bury them in writs, continuances, etc. and just have his army of lawyers make it too expensive to continue their lawsuit. He can't outspend the United States government. He's not smart enough to know the difference between his business plan and how government works. He truly is a "fucking moron", as Rex Tillerson once said.

[joost5]

60. He's in Trump University's Step 3 of "How to negotiate out of treasonous acts."

1) Deny, Play the victim, Claim how everything is fake and unfair
2) Accept parts of the truth that are undeniable but Deflect and blame others
3) Whataboutism -accuse the accuser of doing exact same thing
4) Threaten to sue for libel, obstruct further truths from seeing light of day
5) Manufacture diversion by being even worse of a human being (i.e. go into war, pardon horrible people, belittle teenagers that seek to better their futures, etc.)


He's caught. But that makes him very dangerous.

[bdamomma]

27. Just deplorable

Also..this comment shows he does not support the Constitution of the U.S. , something he has sworn to uphold....
.........“You know, these animals in the press,” Trump went on. “They’re animals, some of the worst human beings you’ll ever meet.”


No you are a animal. Can't we arrest this POS?? he is threatening people. During a mental assessment they said is the person a threat to himself or others, in this case we can equivocally say He is a threat.

[littlemissmartypants]

61. He's a sociopath. They have no concern for the law because they

Literally believe that laws don't apply to them, hence there's no need to conform to something that doesn't apply to them so talking about it otherwise doesn’t make sense.

Trump: It's just the law (shrug) and it doesn't apply to sociopaths and psychopaths like me.

[leftyladyfrommo]

84. And they think they are so much smarter than everyone else

that they can get away with anything.

[uponit7771]

87. +1

[Kingofalldems]

14. That is also an admission of guilt.

Thanks Trump, you POS traitor and golf cheater.

[Eyeball_Kid]

15. The old days were when Trumpy's grandfather ran a brothel. n/t

[woodsprite]

16. Does someone need to remind him of the Rosenberg's?

Seems like he, and a few others in his administration, could be looking at the same.

[bdamomma]

17. sounds very Kim Jong-un of him

Said Trump: “I want to know who’s the person who gave the whistle-blower the information because that’s close to a spy. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart with spies and treason, right? We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.”

Is that a threat you POS, now you sound like Putin, what's next poisoning.

[MineralMan]

18. Like you "handled it" in any way, you obsequious blob of orange goo!

You never met a spy. You never served in our military. You've never done anything but boss people around and steal their money. Time's up, Donwald. Your secret is out. Resign now, while you still can!

[rogue emissary]

19. So add a charge of witness tampering to the Impeachment.

[spanone]

21. Another impeachable offense.

[Sugar Smack]

22. "That's close to a spy"

Kid, it's never too late to begin reading books. It'll enhance your vocabulary.

[gibraltar72]

23. Well now that you've brought it up.

[albacore]

26. Classic stochastic terrorism...

"the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted."

[spooky3]

28. I'm sure Rudy will advise him that if this is a protected complaint (which

I believe it is), Trumpy has just violated the law again, because it protects complainants from retaliation.

[Mr.Bill]

38. Rudy is as nuts as Trump is. n/t

[spooky3]

58. and dishonest, and incompetent, and narcissistic, and.....nt

[ScratchCat]

29. No way any GOPers

Can defend this.

Everyone must call for his resignation at this point.

[Bleacher Creature]

31. "When we were smart with spies and treason". How is that not the end of this???

There's no other way to interpret this.

[PaulRevere08]

33. Yep, no coded talk here either.

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[SunSeeker]

34. Holy shit, he just threatened to KILL the whistleblower. WTF?

[dhill926]

36. still defending this shithead there repubs.....

god almighty, if this doesn't change things, what will. And yep, I'm reminded of the shooting someone on 5th Ave quote.

[onecaliberal]

37. Where is the fucking FBI?

[FiveGoodMen]

40. And yet I saw TWO opinion pieces today in the Guardian

saying we shouldn't have impeached.

Treating the whole thing like political gamesmanship.

WTF!

[flibbitygiblets]

43. you know what they say about opinions...

just saying, the Brits are not asshole-free either

[ffr]

41. There again, he's violating the law, one that specifically protects WBs from criminals like HIM!

IMPEACH. IMPRISON. THROW AWAY THE KEY!

[Catch2.2]

42. Witness Tampering??

[TygrBright]

44. Somebody take the shovel away from him. It's painful to watch him dig... n/t

[Gothmog]

45. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[triron]

47. Fucking Michael Schmidt again.

[Gothmog]

73. I really do not like Schmidt

[Gothmog]

83. I am told the NYT cancellation wait time on the phone is up to 130 minutes

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

95. More from the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[MFGsunny]

85. Another effing "outing" of a CIA officer, as whistleblower? Aww, Schmidt - you coulda been somebody.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT.

What kind of fugging policy at NYTimes permits THIS? On a whistleblower no less!

Have you no decency????????????????????????

STFU. How about listening to your in-house counsel who advised against it???????

I wish you an avalanche of cancelled subscriptions - digital and otherwise.

Let market forces tell YOU a story.

[triron]

46. Trump just keeps digging his hole deeper.

[Texin]

50. "...We used to handle it a little differently than we do now."

Irony has died more than once today. Careful you old buckaroo. This comment will be remembered when you're on trial for treasonously consorting with a hostile foreign adversary.

[duforsure]

52. This is exactly how a criminal with power

Acts out after getting caught, and again shows his intend to obstruct anyone who exposes him by threats, and intimidation .

[littlemissmartypants]

55. For anyone not believing our president is a thug,

This should remove all doubt.

[Buns_of_Fire]

56. "...in the old days..." Yeah, as if he'd know...

(Actually, Jimmy Cagney never said "You dirty rat," but this comes close.)

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

57. Would someone explain to Fat Donnie and his shit-for-brains enablers what treason is?

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court." United States Constitution, Article III, Section 3

It doesn't say anything about hurting a politician's feelings.

[Bradical79]

59. "I didn't do it!"

Link to tweet

?s=19

[coti]

63. Of course, that's illegal too. 25th Amendment yet? nt

[johnnyfins]

64. What a thug

[Marthe48]

65. We have met the enemy and he is you

you traitorous thug turncoat money-grubbing p.o.s.

[garybeck]

67. witness intimidation....

[MarcA]

68. Not wise to threaten intelligence agencies. n/t

[Alwaysna]

69. Sometimes I surprised one of his own hasn't put him out of their misery

Because when he goes down they are going under the bus. I think we need a bigger bus.

[mike_c]

70. somebody get that man a bigger shovel....

He's not ready to stop digging yet.

[Grokenstein]

71. Hey there God Emperor Puppet Sharpie

"You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart with spies and treason, right? We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.”

I know it's not in your, um, "skill" set, but maybe think before you speak? You really don't want us executing traitors again.

[duforsure]

72. They should now remove him today

Use the 25th for his threatening a whistle blower, and all his threats to our National Security. We're not safe with him there.

[yellowcanine]

74. Yeah that is also an impeachable offense.

[The Liberal Lion]

77. My thoughts exactly

Let him keep running his big ass mouth.

[uponit7771]

89. +1, " ... I was just kidding ... " isn't going to cut it this time either

[yellowcanine]

75. Rudy needs to tell Trump to stop talking.

[Grokenstein]

80. Heh! Talk about the incompetent leading the incompetent!

Link to tweet

[The Liberal Lion]

76. Whatever trump

[Blue_Tires]

81. Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment

Hmm.. They've been kinda quiet this week?

[Kaleva]

82. I take it as Trump threatening the person(s) who suposedly gave the whistleblower the info

" “I want to know who’s the person who gave the whistle-blower the information because that’s close to a spy."

[ProfessorPlum]

86. Oh, it's treason all right.

the treason you committed, trumpo.

[dalton99a]

88. Trump Calls for Killing of Whistleblower

is what the headline should read

[Gothmog]

90. #CancelNYT

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

91. +1

[hughee99]

93. If the whistleblower has access to information they should

Not have had access to, is this not cause for some concern? According to the quote, it sounds like Trump is going after the whistleblower’s source, who is not a whistleblower.

[Gothmog]

94. NYT is making it hard to cancel

Link to tweet