NYT Opinion piece is brilliant. Predator in Chief and James Comey

[Justice]

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/opinion/james-comey-and-the-predator-in-chief.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0&referer


"In the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, Mr. Trump said of any woman he wanted: “I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” And he added: “Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.” With the power of the presidency at his disposal, Mr. Trump thought that he could use the psychology of coercive seduction on the nation’s chief law enforcement officer.

Victims of sexual harassment often face skepticism, doubts and accusations when they tell their story. That’s part of the predator’s power. But I’m here to tell James Comey, and all the women and men who have suffered at the hands of predators, I believe you."


Author connects Trump's behavior toward Comey to his Access Hollywood tape statements about how he treats women.

I love one of the comments on the article where some dolt says Comey was very big, should have been able to handle it.

[blm]

1. Exactly how he handles GOP congress - he grabbed em by the pussy and they let him do anything

because they admire his star power within the RW, fascist asshole wing that now controls the GOP's entire governing agenda.

[Zoonart]

2. Boy ...do I ever have experience with this kind of behavior...

and this take is spot on in every way.

I have lived with an abuser and suffered sexual harassment in the workplace and I know EXACTLY what Comey was feeling.

[jmg257]

3. Brilliant. Admittedly I would never have seen the symmetry.

Thank you for posting.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Fantastic......

go to the link and read the other "comments!"

[Madam45for2923]

5. Trump was grooming w/talks of I hope, I demand loyalty BS.

[anneboleyn]

19. Exactly! "I hope we have sex" when said by a boss to an employee isn't just about "hope" is it.

The idiots trying to exonerate Trump are acting like the "hope" expression was said in a vacuum, that it's just hope (!), and that the context wasn't significant at all. Context is everything with language of course, as every language philosopher has ever told us. The president ordering everyone out of the room to say "I hope" to Comey isn't some innocent expression of "hope." It's so stupid and so dishonest for them to pretend otherwise.

Why don't these geniuses think how they'd feel if a teacher said "I hope I can see more of you outside of class" to a young student asking about a low grade? Or a boss saying to an employee "I hope we can go out on a date someday?" Or a police chief saying to the new guy (as in Serpico) that the corrupt guy being investigated is a "good guy...maybe you can see a way to let this go?"

Oh I forgot, Trump is just too dumb to know the rules/laws. Wonder if that works for your average person in court? It doesn't, does it...

[Madam45for2923]

22. and why did the "I hope" convo have to happen with 2 of them alone if it was so innocent?

Because he knew he was breaking the rules.

[mnhtnbb]

6. I read this opinion piece this morning at breakfast and was just about to post it

when I saw that you had already done so.

I find the tweets in response (on-line) to the piece very interesting. People get it.

Here's one:

Link to tweet

[Marthe48]

7. I worried about Comey's family

when trump said he'd invite Comey's family next time, I was concerned that trump was aware Comey had a family. Call me crazy, but I felt that trump was menacing Comey in the broadest possible terms.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. That's not how Trump works.

He doesn't actually threaten people in a real or serious way. He's used to bluster and bullying that usually gets people to do what he wants. His employees are the best ever until they disappoint him in some way, then he fires them, which is what he did to Comey. So as far as Trump is concerned, it's all over. Plus, I saw on the interwebs this morning that Trump is saying that he won, Comey lied, let's move on. He's delusional, of course.

Not to mention he doesn't always pay his contractors, but that's quite different from this topic.

[Skittles]

15. that's how his deplorables work

[Marthe48]

25. yes

and he's let them loose.

[Marthe48]

26. We don't know what he does

He showed what he wanted people to see. Now, we'll see exactly how he operates. My cynical old brain read a very vague threat into trump mentioning Comey's family. I hope I am wrong, but I don't trust trump.

[YCHDT]

12. That'll come soon enough ... Benedict Donald is a wanna be gangster

[niyad]

14. "you have a nice family. . . would be a shame if anything happened to them. . . . "

[anneboleyn]

20. I agree. Trump was threatening Comey. Comey intimidates the SHIT out of baby Trump

Trump was definitely menacing Comey. I think it was just a bit more subtle than he's done with others because I honestly think Comey intimidates the shit out of Trump (it is so obvious on the tape of Trump blowing kisses at Comey, wtf, and summoning him over to try to hug him -- Comey resisted the hug and just shakes his hand, and Trump stares up at Comey stunned at how tall he is -- because Trump is so self-obsessed he doesn't notice others until he wants to use them for some person -- and Trump's face looks like a scared little boy, a toddler, or the bully-loser meeting the new guy who can kick his ass.

[OldRedneck]

8. Neither Trump nor the people around him . . .

Neither Trump nor the people around him understand they are now in the big leagues where the big boys and girls play. They aren't about to have mercy on a rookie.

[Mr. Evil]

9. In his whole life Trump just takes what he wants

and abuses it like it's his personal toilet. Then when he's finished destroying it he uses it finally as his personal toilet paper and discards it.

[barbtries]

11. it is and i had not looked at it from the same perspective.

it makes it so accessible, so much easier to put oneself in Comey's shoes during these excruciating meetings he had with trump.

some very good comments at the page too. highly recommend

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

13. And then there's McCain's reaction

People noticed.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[niyad]

16. SPOT ON!!!!!

[Scurrilous]

17. K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. There should something empowering about this analysis, AND

About the many women (and men) affirming the similarities to sexual predator situations.

[Hekate]

21. What I said last night: it was a seduction scene. All the men with good reputations now soiled...

...by proximity to Donald Trump's White House -- I've been wondering what he did or said to them that brought them over even momentarily? (I say momentarily because it seems Rosenstein has learned his lesson, or so I hope. McMasters is toast.) Now we know what kind of seduction scene he sets. Rubio and Cotton were utter fools to come to dinner at his bidding the other night.

Comey escaped intact from Trump because his instincts are good and his ethical sense is that strong, and I say that as one who was absolutely outraged at his treatment of Hillary last year. Trump and his creepy lawyer are attempting character assassination against Comey now, but I don't think it's going to work.

Trump is going down hard. Not today and not next week, but he's going down.

[Ilsa]

23. Using the "power" of being physically present in the Oval Office,

The president wants to wine and dine him, etc. Yes, there was predatory manipulation.

[Madam45for2923]

24. In the meantime few GOPers at the hearing try to minimize the situation!

Ugh you got bad feelings, what's wrong with you, it was nothing.

[trueblue2007]

27. I can't even post this on my FB anymore. Have young relatives. So sad the Pres of USA is so Potty

mouth that we can't even post his comments anymore

Filthy man, he is Evil.