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it may look like a dictator who is just taking out his enemies. I guess that is one of the reasons why Trump is working slowly and stealthily.
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^This.

Something that awes me is how well-structured this take down has been, so far. Someone(s) spent a lot of time gaming it all out, treating it like a novel (IMO), envisioning every possible escape route/method and coming up with multiple ways to drive the perps into specific corners with every escape hatch blocked.

Doing this involved months and months of getting individuals and organizations on record and then skillfully using that record to let them indict themselves. The latest ploy by the baddies of getting testimony released so everyone can be on the same talking point is an example of the perps wriggling...or trying to wriggle...out of corners. But now, we have the 4-page memo and it is so damning not one donk on the committee wanted it released to Congress, let alone the public. Nunes saw this intel nearly a year ago(?), so the white hats have had time to prepare the battle ground.

Public statements that are contradicted by private communications. Check.

Denials under oath or at least in quasi-official interrogations. check

Drying up money source. Check.

Creating a Special Counsel that sucked up every defense law firm/litigator in DC and NYC. Check.

Exposure of internecine conflict that divides the enemy (Dem primaries). check.

White hats in place in key positions. check.

Canary traps. check.

Delegitimize media. Check.

Keep promises in order to retain base loyalty and convert the independents. Check.

Skillful use of social media by primaries and support staff. check.

Enough winning to incentivize the base and convince the fence-sitters. check.

Enough time allowed for everything to mature and ripen and the public outcry to build. check.

As skilled as POTUS is in many areas, he had major professional assistance in all of this. Managing this so it doesn’t fall prey to attacks of ‘partisan dictator’, ‘political payback’ was key and so far, all such attacks have fizzled because solid evidence existed.

I wonder how much they had beforehand? My guess is 90%. The art was in getting the other 10% through self-incrimination. Anyone could have intuited that 10%. Drawing it out into the sunlight was the craft.

If this was a novel or a film, I feel it is right at the beginning of Act 3: the Final Battle. Critical juncture, because there must be resolution.

This is an old-fashioned serial, writ large because it is real life with the highest stakes being played out on the world stage and we are all at risk.