What if the Blackmail tape is a Trump false flag to discredit the media and intelligence agencies?

[yellowcanine]

And once that happens Trump can skate on all of his ethical entanglements. Just a thought.

[madamesilverspurs]

1. What if it isn't?

[angstlessk]

2. Oh, so he pretends to be a traitor in order to protect his business deals?

great plan, orange man!

[yellowcanine]

5. Hear any talk about the tax returns lately?

Just sayin'

[Denzil_DC]

19. Yes, I have.

I've seen quite a number of pundits and others saying that some of these allegations could be proven/disproven if he were to release his tax returns.

[riversedge]

3. Well, that would be a disaster.

[FarCenter]

4. Who stands to win from bad US - Russian relationships?

Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic States, etc.

Note that the sources of some of the information are said to be Eastern European intelligence services.

[yellowcanine]

7. Who stands to win if the media and intelligence agencies get discredited?

Trump and Putin.

[bettyellen]

11. They were discredited For telling the truth - not for pushing rumours about Hillary.

Those are the facts.

[Warpy]

6. Comspiracies, conspiracies everywhere!

The world is ruled by what if and maybe and other weasel worlds and conspiracy fans jump right into the breach.

I'm using the piddle allegation as another reason to laugh in Trump's ugly fascist face. It's the other stuff in there that is incredibly disturbing.

[yellowcanine]

8. The piddle stuff could be to distract from the "other stuff."

Discredit the piddle stuff and it makes it harder to accept the rest of the dossier.

[Warpy]

15. Oh, stop it.

Please.

[bettyellen]

9. We KNOW that if it exists, Putin would never release it now. Next question?

[Thinkingabout]

10. Trump was too fast on twitting denials, he knows it is true. Probably called

Putin and ask him if it was true his master had something ready to go and Putin did not admit it so Trump thinks he is in the clear. Remember these events was before Trump decided to run for president so he still behaved badly.

[yellowcanine]

13. Trump decided to run for President in 2012. That is what the birther stuff was about.

That is what I think. Besides, it is not at all clear how much "control" Trump has over his sexual behavior. It appears to be an addiction. Still I could believe just about anything at this point.

[Thinkingabout]

14. I think he was not very careful in his antics before he decided to run, he now says

He warns those traveling with him to be careful but with his attitude he could get away with anything because he was a "star" does not play well now. He was sort of a trailer on the birther issue.

[LittleBlue]

12. I thought the same thing

Reeks of Russian psy ops to discredit the media before doing something outrageous.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. I keep on thinking of the Dan Rather

thing back in 2004. This feels a lot like that to me.

[Doug.Goodall]

17. Word of the tape comes out

First we heard about this Russian blackmail tape

Then the media grabs the story and runs with it

Then as quickly as it hits the news, it is discredited

Trump wins, everyone else loses

Did the name Karl Rove come to anybody's mind as this was playing out?

[NanceGreggs]

18. And how can they be "discredited" as a result?

If the "blackmail tape" never surfaces, that doesn't prove that it doesn't exist.

In fact, it goes to fuel speculation that Putin is holding onto it as leverage to be used in future, thus explaining its non-release.

[Generator]

20. No, do some reading there is lot's of info in the British press

Names of real people. ALSO the Dems know he is compromised are pissed and the senate is going to investigate Trump and Russia.

[Generic Brad]

21. His ego won't permit a false flag operation like that

You give him way too much intellectual credit.

[retread]

22. You mean the fiasco we just went through during the so called "election" didn't

discredit them??