And it Begins:Special Prosecutor To Investigate Trump And Russia

[Tibs]

We'll see real soon if Trump kicks Bannon to the curb or let's this go without a response.

Aaaaaand we had to wait what, 15 minutes to get President Trump's response. Holy **** this is a FUBAR presidency if there ever was one.

Trump: Bannon has 'lost his mind'
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367253-trump-bannon-has-lost-his-mind

 

[IndySteel]

Ha ha! Trump broke out the sledge hammer! Awesome.


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[Superman]

Sure thing, boss. Problem is, you sound just like the Republicans in Congress. You're missing the point completely about what they testified about.

Of course there is nothing to see here. Let's pretend none of this is happening and just wish it goes away.

look at this objectively, Tibs, if you can.
we all know Trump had business deals with the Russians. you know, since Trump was a businessman and real estate developer. would it not be expected that a businessman who had deals in place with Russians prior to declaring his candidacy to have communications with the very people he has the deals with? shouldn't a businessman be expected to be able to separate himself from personal affairs and business proceedings? as such, shouldn't the businessman of Donald Trump also strive to achieve maximum return on investments for all his stakeholders regardless of what he is doing in his personal life? wouldn't you expect, if you were a stakeholder in a Trump business, for Trump to soothe any questions about his dealings with the very people he's tied to in regards to how his business would operate going forward if he were to be elected President?

and, most interestingly, why were you not screaming over the previous president's communications with russia when he said he would have more latitude after the election? didn't your beloved bomma tell Mitt Romney that "the 80s called and want their foreign policy back" in regards to any suspicions over Russia? Didn't you have a nice belly-laugh about that? oh, you did. you did.

but now... NOW ... oh ****... both Clinton and Trump have ties to Russia. We know Trump had BUSINESS dealings with Russians. What about Clinton's profiteering from her husband's dealings? just "wish it goes away"?

you own a restaurant or a few, from my understanding. as such, in Hungary, I would expect you've had a few Russians or even Muslims visit your establishment. Can we now call on Senate Committees to identify your personal affections to both Russians and how you've profited from relations with people loosely tied to ISIS?

 

[Tibs]

"Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency." The most predictable statement ever, in the history of mankind. Trump always distances himself from those that turn against him. Manafort had nothing to do with his campaign (in fact was his campaign chief), Papadopoulous was a no name intern (in fact held high level meetings on Trump's behalf) and now this. It's only a matter of time until he disavows his own son and son-in-law. 'Hardly knew them, no connection, they did nothing for me.'

Bannon was the head of the Trump campaign in the critical final four months leading up to the election, then his chief strategist for seven months in his first year in office. But he had 'nothing to do with Trump or his presidency."

 

[Tibs]

 

[IndySteel]

If Bannon really thinks that the insignificant meeting at Trump Tower was treasonous, then he is a flat out dumbass. No information was exchanged, nothing was purchased, no uranium was sold to them and no pallets of taxpayer money were shipped to them. Just imagine though, if Trump had paid the Russians to create a fake dossier on Hillary with the intent of tarnishing her reputation in order to influence the outcome of the election in his favor. The level of apeshit from the socialists would register on the Richter scale.

 

[Tibs]

look at this objectively, Tibs, if you can.

Supe, to answer simply and swiftly, Trump's 'business dealings' with Russians were nothing of the likes regular, legitimate businesses undertake. We're talking about numerous joint venture projects involving deep immersion with illicit, illegal criminal groups with mafia ties and connections to Putin and the Kremlin. This was during a period American banks refused to finance Trump's real estate and other ventures, so he had to turn elsewhere. Those relationships severely compromised Trump to hold any type of political office, much less the presidency. Plenty of light will be shed on all of this, just giving you the cliff notes. As I've been doing for the better part of a year now. You won't be able to say I didn't warn you and that was long before election day rolled around.

 

[Superman]

Supe, to answer simply and swiftly, Trump's 'business dealings' with Russians were nothing of the likes regular, legitimate businesses undertake. We're talking about numerous joint venture projects involving deep immersion with illicit, illegal criminal groups with mafia ties and connections to Putin and the Kremlin. This was during a period American banks refused to finance Trump's real estate and other ventures, so he had to turn elsewhere. Those relationships severely compromised Trump to hold any type of political office, much less the presidency. Plenty of light will be shed on all of this, just giving you the cliff notes. As I've been doing for the better part of a year now. You won't be able to say I didn't warn you and that was long before election day rolled around.

IF it was as egregious as you make it sound, then please tell me why it has taken THIS long for anything of substance to come to light. In your profile of Trump, he's a buffoon. He has mental issues and is psychotic. Wouldn't something have slipped up by now? Please, inform the class, as well all await your objective teachings. As you say... "waiting with bated breath"

 

[Tibs]

lol, from way back in November of 2016, seems like ages ago:

Donald Trump named two top advisers to his administration Sunday, tapping Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus to be his new chief of staff and Steve Bannon, the Trump campaign CEO and executive chairman of Breitbart News, as chief strategist and senior counselor.

"I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country," Trump said in a statement.

"Steve and Reince are highly qualified leaders who worked well together on our campaign and led us to a historic victory. Now I will have them both with me in the White House as we work to make America great again," Trump said in the release.

"Bannon and Priebus will continue the effective leadership team they formed during the campaign, working as equal partners to transform the federal government, making it much more efficient, effective and productive,"it said.

Trump January 2018: "Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency"

You can't make this **** up.

 

[Superman]

"said in the release"

because Trump wrote the ******* press release.

unfuckingreal

 

[Tibs]

IF it was as egregious as you make it sound, then please tell me why it has taken THIS long for anything of substance to come to light. In your profile of Trump, he's a buffoon. He has mental issues and is psychotic. Wouldn't something have slipped up by now?

Ask Robert Mueller that. You're barking up the wrong tree, I'm just a casual observer like you are. And hardly a day passes without Trump proving to the world he has mental issues and is psychotic. But that's besides the point. The special investigation is probably taking this long due to the amount of ground they have to cover in building a bullet-proof case.

 

[Tibs]

"said in the release" because Trump wrote the ******* press release. unfuckingreal

What are you arguing here? That Bannon wasn't the head of Trump's campaign during the four months leading up to the election? That Bannon wasn't Trump's hand-picked chief advisor and strategist for seven full months of his presidency? That Trump didn't release that press statement back in November of 2016?

 

[Tibs]

 

[Troglodyte]

Ha ha! Trump broke out the sledge hammer! Awesome.

LOL! You’ve got to be kidding! He accuses Bannon of “losing his mind” the very day the world is speculating that Trump is losing his mind. Trump could not have possible picked a worse phrase. He might have well have ended it with “and WTF is up with Steve’s hair?”

 

[Troglodyte]

The deep state and MSM got to them.

Not even a year in office!

 

[oneforthebus]

So you will join me in calling on Congress to release the full 21 hours of testimony given by Fusion GPS before three congressional committees? Since - according to you - there's nothing incriminating regarding Trump, why not demand Republicans release the testimony that exonerate him and prove him right? The American people deserve to know the truth, one way or another.

I couldn't care less if they release it. You know as well as I do If there was anything of note in that testimony we would have heard about it already. You think Hillary's lackeys wouldn't leak it?

 

[BAS]

lol, from way back in November of 2016, seems like ages ago:



Trump January 2018: "Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency"

You can't make this **** up.

MAYBE you should learn about the concept of 'verb tense'.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/verb-tenses/

Seems that the President is 100% correct in using 'has' - meaning the present, and not 'had' - meaning the past.

 

[madinsomniac]

So im confused... Is bannon a trustworthy source or not now? I keep getting confused as everyone keeps swirling their viewpoints to meet their agendas... Im pretty sure when he was crucifying Obama and Clinton everyone's perspective was flipped on him... is Brietbart now a good source for dems and despised by repubs or is it still Fake news to dems and a voice of truth in the wilderness for the conservatives?

I wish you guys at least took a few years to flip viewpoints... this is giving me a headache

 

[IndySteel]

As another testament to how far off course Meuller's witch hunt has gotten, Manafort is suing him.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his legal team are suing Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, alleging the Russia probe has gone beyond the scope of the special counsel regulations, according to an 18-page civil complaint filed with the district court in Washington.

More on this: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ein-claims-russia-probe-has-gone-too-far.html

 

[Spike]

hahahahaha


Manafort files lawsuit charging Mueller probe is illegal

Calling the indictment “fanciful,” attorney Kevin Downing’s suit in U.S. District Court says Mr. Mueller was appointed in May with a mandate to investigate possible Russia-Trump campaign collusion in the hacking of Democrat Party computers.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/3/paul-manafort-files-lawsuit-charging-mueller-probe/

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The funny thing is that Sessions and Rosenstein recused themselves from the Trump-Russia B.S. -- which probably means they can now be called as witnesses by Manafort.

LOL.

Sic em!

 

[hamster]

I think Bannon is out selling books.

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[Tibs]

Seems that the President is 100% correct in using 'has' - meaning the present, and not 'had' - meaning the past.

That's a valid point. Let's continue to parse his words then and see if my overall point of him trying to desperately distance himself from Bannon holds ground.

"When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind"

I seem to recall the divorce was somewhat amicable, that Trump praised and thanked Bannon. Bannon said from that point forward he was going to support the president's agenda 'from the outside' and that he fully believed in Trump. So at this point, he had already lost his mind, according to Trump?

"Steve was a staffer that worked for me..."

Bannon was the head of his campaign for four months through the election, then served as Chief Stategist in the WH. Who characterizes the lead man of their campaign as a 'staffer?'

"Steve had very little to do with our historic victory."

Bannon as head of Breitbart and hero to the alt right got fully behind Trump's candidacy and spurned the America First movement that eventually helped Trump get elected. Saying 'Steve had very little to do with our victory' is pure revisionist history.

"Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of the Senate seat in Alabama."

Sure, just as much as Trump did, who endorsed and campaigned for Roy Moore all the way up until the election. Classic blame game /pointing fingers scenario.

"Steve doesn't represent my base."

Again, who represents 'the base' presumably the Alt Right movement? Who the **** knows? But to diminsh Bannon's role in that is disingenuous at best.

"He spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media."

WTF? He was your Chief Stategist and a member of the US National Security Council for seven ******* months! How in the world would you allow someone like that to 'spend his time' leaking false information to the media?'

"Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me."

Why even say something like that? Who in their right mind believes Trump didn't have indepth, intimate conversations with a man who was running his presidential campaign then served as his Chief Stategist for seven months?

 

[BAS]

That's a valid point. Let's continue to parse his words then and see if my overall point of him trying to desperately distance himself from Bannon holds ground.

"When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind"

I seem to recall the divorce was somewhat amicable, that Trump praised and thanked Bannon. Bannon said from that point forward he was going to support the president's agenda 'from the outside' and that he fully believed in Trump. So at this point, he had already lost his mind, according to Trump?

"Steve was a staffer that worked for me..."

Bannon was the head of his campaign for four months through the election, then served as Chief Stategist in the WH. Who characterizes the lead man of their campaign as a 'staffer?'

"Steve had very little to do with our historic victory."

Bannon as head of Breitbart and hero to the alt right got fully behind Trump's candidacy and spurned the America First movement that eventually helped Trump get elected. Saying 'Steve had very little to do with our victory' is pure revisionist history.

"Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of the Senate seat in Alabama."

Sure, just as much as Trump did, who endorsed and campaigned for Roy Moore all the way up until the election. Classic blame game /pointing fingers scenario.

"Steve doesn't represent my base."

Again, who represents 'the base' presumably the Alt Right movement? Who the **** knows? But to diminsh Bannon's role in that is disingenuous at best.

"He spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media."

WTF? He was your Chief Stategist and a member of the US National Security Council for seven ******* months! How in the world would you allow someone like that to 'spend his time' leaking false information to the media?'

"Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me."

Why even say something like that? Who in their right mind believes Trump didn't have indepth, intimate conversations with a man who was running his presidential campaign then served as his Chief Stategist for seven months?

Oh there's no doubt he's completely contradictory with his statements.

 

[Tibs]

Breaking up is hard to do.

"...Well, I have a very good relationship, as you know, with Steve Bannon. Steve has been a friend of mine for a long time. I like Steve a lot. Steve is doing what Steve thinks is the right thing...." Trump Oct 16 '17

"Steve Bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at @BreitbartNews...maybe even better than ever before. Fake News needs the competition!" Trump Aug 19 '17

"I want to thank Steve Bannon for his service. He came to the campaign during my run against Crooked Hillary Clinton - it was great! Thanks S" Trump Aug 19 '17

"...you want to know the truth, OK? He's really -- you know, they give him a -- a bad rap. Bannon is a very decent guy who feels very strongly about the country. Likewise, Jared. And they're getting along fine." Trump May 1 '17

 

[Confluence]

Dow at new high
S&P at new high
Trump and friends create stir to fill post holiday void.
Markets yawn, go higher, leftists still on winter break from their government/tenured positions lose their minds rubbing their hands with glee , like the MSM, as they don't understand, again, that Trump is just raising their hopes to heighten the continued despair when nothing happens.


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