Posted on 05/10/2017 2:39:21 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Accused of being Nixonian and trying to bury an investigation of ties to Russia, the president meets and greets Russian officials and Nixon’s most famous aide.
Imagine you are the president of the United States. Now, imagine you have just fired the director of the FBI, for a nonsensical rationale. You are being accused of firing the director in order to stifle an investigation into your campaign’s ties to Russia, in a move a wide range of critics are calling Nixonian. What do you do?
If you are Donald Trump, the answer is clear: You make sure the first people you’re seen with are a pair of Russian officials and Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s former right-hand man.
In a crisis, a president has several options. He can act contrite. He can go on the offensive. He can simply hunker down and try to let it blow over. But Trump’s favorite option is often simply to troll.
How else to interpret his moves Wednesday?
~snip~
And then there’s Kissinger, the maraschino troll cherry on top of the troll sundae.
~ see link for Reuters picture of Trump and Kissinger ~
Trump, however, is not the only one with the impulse to troll.
First thing this morning, Lavrov did a brief photo op with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, where a reporter asked him about the Comey dismissal. “Was he fired? You are kidding, you are kidding,” Lavrov smirked. Later, he told reporters, “I thought we are all adults here. I didn’t know I would have to answer these types of questions in your democratic America.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Firing Comey for loss of confidence is hardly nonsensical.
Trump also should have called Chuck U., Mad Maxine, and a host of other moon-bat democrats over the to White House to party and celebrate the fact that Comey was fired.
After all, this is what they’ve been calling for for months now, right?
Picture Trump in the East Room with a big cake, bottles of champagne, lots of festive party decorations. But no democrats.
“Where are the democrats? I’m throwing this party for them. This is what they wanted, right? Why aren’t they celebrating?”
Well it is the Atlantic...so no wonder they can’t see things as they are and develop the “comedy” skit this article reflects.
Actually Trumps meetings were just perfect to carry on with as was planned ahead for.....and which the Atlantic well knows leaders do plan their visits pretty far ahead of happenings.
What I think is quite bold and direct is Trump isn’t going to let the whiles of the media and journalists to dictate his agenda nor his plans.....he just keeps on keeping on and leaves them in their own dust they kick up!
Yes, or course. But the idiot author at VF would not be expected to know the facts. Even if he did, he would parrot the lies of the party line.
If all the world leaders start laughing at the US media maybe they will figure out they are making fools of themselves and the whole world is laughing at them
Yes he is. Trump seems happy to give these idiots just enough rope to hang themselves with.
The Russians trolled the press by playing “ RESPECT” and “ I Cant Get No Satisfaction” at the embassy while they waited for questions. .
Our press is a huge joke
Nbc saying source says this was like a horse in the bed warning..because it was done in a ruthless public way.
The Atlantic . ***FAKE NEWS**** The Atlantic . ***FAKE NEWS**** The Atlantic . ***FAKE NEWS****
I just watched the tmz video of conrad hilton acting like a nut behind Shapiro as the judge was talking. Maybe he is trying to build an insanity defense..
Whatever the case..it is a good reminder once again that ivana and donald trump did a good job in raising their kids..even if princess is a bleeding heart lib
” Trump seems happy to give these idiots just enough rope to hang themselves with.”
Trump has a right to a bit o fun : )
Indeed.
I often remark at how I had more respect for Pravda in the old USSR days than I do for our US media today.
At least Pravda was honest about their agenda.
If CWII ever escalates into violence - the Enemedia will be among the major casualties.
“Nbc saying source says this was like a horse in the bed warning..because it was done in a ruthless public way.”
This is called “draining the swamp.” To President Trump. Carry on with draining the swamp. Comey was one of the alligators in the swamp.
Cernovich claims rice is asking for immunity
That part at least I agree with.
Trump trolls better than anyone!
And the left doesn’t know what to do now...they hated Comey only slightly less than they hated Trump, not that self-consistency has ever been a big thing for them. Colbert’s audience cheered the news til someone told them it was bad. It’s so hard to know which way to go when you have no moral compass.
LOL, real good suggestion, Responsibility...
It's like watching a master at work.
David Graham is a pseudo-intellectual. Bigly.
Man, I love Trump. It doesn’t get better than what he’s been doing to the hypocritical Dims and their media servants.
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