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Posted on 11/02/2025 10:41:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
I will never forget the moment when I realized that President Trump had transformed the way we think about political scandals.
It was in September 2019, right after Trump released the memorandum of his July 25, 2019, call with Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. There, in black and white, was one of the clearest examples of an improper quid pro quo in foreign affairs that I’d ever seen.
Zelensky told Trump that he would like to purchase Javelin anti-tank missiles for Ukraine. Trump responded with his own request. “I would like you to do us a favor,” he said, and proceeded to demand that Ukraine investigate a bizarre conspiracy theory prevalent in MAGA circles that Ukraine was actually responsible for election interference in 2016, and Russia had been wrongly blamed. Trump also demanded that Ukraine investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
But it’s what happened next that convinced me that Trump was transforming politics. He called a clearly corrupt call “perfect” and kept calling it perfect until virtually every Republican rallied to his side or remained silent.
It’s as if he had reversed the old saying “It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up” into something entirely new. If there is no cover-up, then there must not have been a crime.
If there is a word that describes the second Trump administration, it’s brazen. While I certainly hold open the possibility that dark deeds are being done in secret, one thing that is remarkable is how open and obvious he is with his self-dealing.
He accepted the gift of a plane to serve as a new Air Force One (later to be handed over to the Trump presidential library) from Qatar — a nation that has supported Hamas for years...
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“Why the nyt is suffering from TDS”
Frenchin’ Biden’s butt.
Writer John Zmirak came up with a great nickname for former conservative David French: “Vichy French.”
I will never forget the moment when I realized that David "French A Lefty's Butt" French was a Lefty stooge, and NOT a conservative icon.
Trump is exposing the entire corrupt Rat Regime. They are holding the budget hostage in the Senate with the filibuster because the “health care” they so desperately want is actually welfare for the illegals they registered to vote so they can steal elections in Blue States. It will be made clear to all who want to see it. Yet, they accuse Trump of destroying democracy while they import voters to illegally vote for them. Enough!
Frenchie parsing Trump’s idioms... lol
[PRESIDENT Trump is exposing the entire corrupt Rat Regime]
YES. Yes he is.
NY Times.
You don’t say. You’ve known “for years “ that Qatar supports Hamas but it’s just now become un-kosher?
[David French]
My goodness. What a lying moron.
Reminds me of Bill Kristol.
“bizarre conspiracy theory”
Every bizarre MAGA conspiracy theory has turned out to be true. The only remaining conspiracy to be exposed is Obama’s birth which proves that he was not qualified to be president. I hope Trump has the bandwidth to work on that one. Obama is still causing damage.
If I was the president of France I’d demand that French change his name. He’s damaging their brand.
Truth is a vanishing commodity.
Bkmk
David French is pond scum.
Exactly…. None of liberals will admit almost every Trump “wrong” was made right by a democrat setting the precedent….. leaving future leftist critics toothless and looking like blatant hypocrites when they try and pull the “gotcha” moments.
It's okay for him to openly engage in this kind of brazen self-dealing because the corrupt Democrats did it and tried to cover it up?
How the hell is that making America great again?
A deal is not quid pro quo
If so then every transaction from buying chewing gum to renting a car is quid pro quo. Such an idiot. Worse are those that read that and nod yes.
David French took a break from writing about how his fellow Christians are so disappointing to him to actually talk about something meaningful for a change.
So is the mockingbird media's customer base.
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