The impeachment hearing eviscerates Trump and shows how he broke the rules of diplomacy

NBCNews* ^ | 11-13-2019 | Brett Bruen

[richardtavor]

Was that Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Diplomats?”

[Vigilanteman]

Exactly right.

This reminds me of an old story about George Schultz, Secretary of State for Ronald Reagan.

New hires would be called to his office before they went on their first assignment and be asked to show him the country they would be representing on a world globe on his desk.

Inevitably, they would point to the location of their first posting and Schultz would explode and point to the United States, saying "No dammit, that is the country where you have your first assignment, but this is the country you well be representing! Don't ever forget it."

Schultz has been gone many years and almost all of them have forgotten.

[CatOwner]

And here is the problem. Low information voters don’t watch, they simply wait for NBCABCCBSCNNMSNBC to tell them what they think.

Pretty much, but good luck convincing the experts here of that.

[centurion316]

OMG! Trump broke the rules of diplomacy. I can’t imagine the horrors of this. The rules of diplomacy must be obeyed, by everyone, including the President. This is not an impeachable offense, it is far worse. These hearings must be ended immediately. Mr. Trump should be marched from the White House straight to the firing squad. We can only hope that it’s not too late.

[MarvinStinson]

Brett Bruen is a former U.S. Diplomat who served as Director of Global Engagement at the White House. Brett is a specialist in using strategic communications to influence the course of crisis and conflict. Bruen created some of the government’s most innovative international programs for reaching new audiences around the world.

Brett also unified public and private entrepreneurship programs for the first time under one banner, as part of President Obama's Spark Global Entrepreneurship initiative. Bruen served in the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Guinea, Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina, Zambia, and Eritrea.

He serves as an adjunct faculty member of the Federal Executive Institute, where he trains senior U.S. Government leaders on strategy and world affairs. Bruen founded GSR with a vision to democratize internationalization and give every business and organization the tools to navigate in foreign markets.

[Artcore]

Some of us just choose not to pearl clutch with every Fake News report.

[Dr. Sivana]

High crimes, misdemeanors and break the rules of diplomacy.

That's nothing, today they are going to bring in "Little Richard" and an expert witness to demonstrate that the president has broken "The Commandments of Love".

[outpostinmass2]

What was his opinion on V.P. Biden holding up aid? This is getting ridiculous. The President can ask for a corruption probe on anyone. And he can withhold aid for any country. I did not elect an ambassador to Ukraine and I really don't care for his opinion. If the ambassador has a problem with the President deal with him or resign.

[CatOwner]

The Dems are NOT going to impeach Trump!

Wanna bet? How about a $25 donation bet to FR? If between now and Election Day 2020 Trump is impeached, you owe a $25 donation to FR. If he hasn't been impeached by Election Day 2020, I owe a $25 donation to FR.

[PGR88]

You are seeing the corrupt deep-state PRAVDA in action here. Regardless of what you may have seen with your own eyes, the party line will be the opposite.

[blackdog]

Rules of diplomacy, like Madeline Albright laundering money thru bribes to North Korea? These state department diplomats work on commission. They are angry Trump threatens that.

[MarvinStinson]

“My former diplomatic colleagues Bill Taylor and George Kent”

[grey_whiskers]

Hang Breuen for treason as an accessory after the fact.

[maggief]

“Boom. No need to ask for special presidential favors or arm-twisting in the murky world of Ukrainian politics. We can handle it all back here at home. Trump’s team could simply present the evidence they collected to the FBI, who would build a case and then swiftly bring charges.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Travis McGee]

[jospehm20]

So we should give corrupt regimes stuff just because Congress voted for it? Ok. So why was Obama not impeached? BTW, President Trump did give them the missiles before the end of the fiscal year so he actually held nothing back.

[MNJohnnie]

Shameless liars

The President, not the State Department bureaucrats, sets US policy. Elections have consequences. If they don’t like the policy maybe they should try winning next time.

[Boomer]

And still the boneheads in the media don’t get it. The standard methods of diplomacy have been corrupted. See Biden threatening Ukraine to fire a prosecutor or not get the financial help as proof.

Why is it when Biden did this it was perfectly within “diplomatic norms” but when Trump attempts to correct this kind of corruption it isn’t? Purely rhetorical question. We all know the answer to this.

Just because Biden is running for President; it doesn’t immunize him from criminal investigations into his wrong doings as VP. Why is this half-brain-baked pedo running anyway?

[MNJohnnie]

LIAR.
READ THE TRANSCRIPT you lying scumbags in the Fake News

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf

Here is the problem for the Democrat Fascists and their toadies in the Fake New Media.

We will let them assume EVERYTHING is true and accurate in the “transcripts. We allow this nonsense of hearsay, feeling and assumptions to be allowed as “evidence”.

There is still no crime here.

If “Quid Pro Quo” or “bibery” or what ever they are lyinging call it today is a “Crime”, Joe Biden is guilty of one while VP.

Watch the video of him bragging about it.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/27/flashback_2018_joe_biden_brags_at_cfr_meeting_about_withholding_aid_to_ukraine_to_force_firing_of_prosecutor.html

The President would have a legal obligation to investigate this “crime” So if it is a crime, Trump was doing his duty, it is is NOT a crime what Biden did it would still need to be investigated to verify. In either case Trump is not guilty of anything.

It is either a crime or it is not. It cannot be a crime for Trump but not for Biden. If it is a crime, Trump is legally obligated to help investigate Bidens actions. .

Either way there is no legal standing to this continuing farce in the US House.

[Artcore]

I have as much reason to believe they Won’t as you believe they do.

Yesterday was a disaster! Taylor hurt their cause!

The Dems are NOT going to take a vote on impeachment.