A stalling tactic for Trump? The longer they string out the possibility that Trump will talk to Mueller, the less chance Mueller will come out with anything, albeit likely pitifully weak, right before the midterms?
I think Trump is playing a serious game of chicken with Mueller - holding back on declassifying all the FISA/Russia stuff in case Mueller unleashes an "October Suprise". This way the declassifaction release would be sure to overtake anything that might hurt Trump.
I think it's brilliant, BTW.
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AGREE!!!!
A stalling tactic for Trump? The longer they string out the possibility that Trump will talk to Mueller, the less chance “Mueller will come out with anything, albeit likely pitifully weak, right before the midterms?
I think Trump is playing a serious game of chicken with Mueller - holding back on declassifying all the FISA/Russia stuff in case Mueller unleashes an “October Suprise”. This way the declassifaction release would be sure to overtake anything that might hurt Trump.”
I HOPE SO!!
Yeah I think that might be the angle, too.
I hope you are right.
But my instinct agrees with all those who would advise President Trump to NOT get anywhere near Mueller for any kind of interview.
I think Trump will do an October surprise no matter what Mueller does even if Mueller does nothing by then!
“I think Trump is playing a serious game of chicken with Mueller - holding back on declassifying all the FISA/Russia stuff in case Mueller unleashes an “October Suprise”. “
I think this is like Trump’s tax returns. He strung that along for quite a while before saying “no, forget it”.
As for declassification, I think they want to hold a lot in reserve. So as more things are revealed (eg. Steele / Ohr) they can release other disputed stuff like the unredacted Carter Page FISA and still have plenty of ammo.
DeClassification is also a huge weapon against the Deep State. They classify everything, not to ensure “national security”, but to cover up their incompetence and wrongdoing.
The threat of declassification is big leverage against them.
This is a fight to the death. At the end only one will remain standing: either Trump or the Deep State UniParty Swamp.
Trump needs to use every weapon to maximum advantage, including timing.
It’s frustrating, but the Swamp is powerful.
Also, there are people caught in the middle (eg Rosenstein, Wray) who realize that one side or the other will win. At heart they are Swampers but they don’t want to choose sides and end up choosing the losing team.
If Trump starts to look like winning this thing, Rosenstein and Wray will jump on board: “Hey, we were with you all the way.”
If Trump looks like he will go down, Rosenstein and Wray will stab him in the back for sure.
Pray for President Trump !