Posted on 09/30/2019 1:48:42 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain.
President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help Attorney General William P. Barr gather information for a Justice Department inquiry that Mr. Trump hopes will discredit the Mueller investigation, according to two American officials with knowledge of the call.
The White House restricted access to the call’s transcript to a small group of the president’s aides, one of the officials said, an unusual decision that is similar to the handling of a July call with the Ukrainian president that is at the heart of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Mr. Trump. Like that call, the discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia shows the extent to which Mr. Trump sees the attorney general as a critical partner in his goal to show that the Mueller investigation had corrupt and partisan origins, and the extent that Mr. Trump sees the Justice Department inquiry as a potential way to gain leverage over America’s closest allies.
And like the call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, the discussion with Mr. Morrison shows the president using high-level diplomacy to advance his personal political interests.
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Yes they are and they are Communist vermin who must be exterminated.
But John Kerry’s last minute whirlwing trip pushing New Zealand on the Israel settlements vote at the UN was accepted by the press as just a trip to see Antarctic ice.
The lies just never stop.
The MSM is working to construct a new narrative; that everything Trump does is either treasonous or for personal gain.
Drudge is completely gone. Has been for over 2 years.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/367541-fbi-launches-new-clinton-foundation-investigation
What Did Australia Get From the Clintons? - TruNews
https://www.trunews.com/article/what-did-australia-get-from-the-clintons
Jan 18, 2018 · The FBI has launched an investigation to determine the motives behind $88 million in taxpayer-funded contributions from Australia to the Clinton Foundation between the years 2006 and 2014. According to Australian investigative journalist Michael Smith, a former law enforcement officer, the FBI has asked him to provide documentation he has gathered related to his reporting on the potentially …
So the object of a witch hunt is somehow guilty of something if he investigates the investigators?
let’s see...
Trump asks for dirt on Mueller.
Doesn’t coerce, doesn’t blackmail - asks a question.
That’s worthy of a red headline on drudge?
BS. It’s not an offense unless he coerced the info.
Yknow.. like Biden did.
reply to: It’s getting real close to that. This scenario is what the military considers to be a domestic enemy of the Republic one. These traitors can be labeled as enemy combatants tomorrow thus opening the door to full scale destructive suppression.
And close to 50% of all this is being egged on by the media to generate profits...but what they don’t get is that they have crossed the line big now...folks have had enough...had enough of this sh*t this time...and the line of harassment against TRUMP has finally been too much...way too much for so many of the normal voting public to just sit back and take and handle every day - day in and day out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me see if I get this straight.
Our DOJ is looking into potential corruption and election interference matters that may involve foreign players.
In lieu of falling into multinational bureaucratic quagmires, the President decides to throw the full weight of the USA behind our DOJ to get help from our allies to resolve this mess.
This is an impeachable offense....
Unbelievable. These people are hell bent on starting a shooting war.
Thanks! I was pretty sure I recalled an Australian connection in the whole mess, but I couldn’t remember exactly what it was.
Great point!
So Trump wanted to find out the origins of this fake “Collusion” BS, good for him..so now the left will accuse him of colluding with Australia LOL
It’s not a secret that AG Barr is investing the predicate for the witch hunt.
This ain’t news, it’s Very Fake News.
Yeah man it is.
What a shame.
We have a msm worse than Tass ever was.
They are intent on destroying Trump and then us eventually.
The time for typing and talking is close to coming to an end.
Very close I think.
reply to: even Lindsay Grahamn was unsteady and looked rattled. Guiliani waving papers around and referencing all these Ukrainian names that no ones ever heard of, not too mention his annoying nervous laugh...
I noticed this too....we are all getting a little UNSTEADY here listing to all of and seeing all of this treason and sedition before our eyes and yet it keeps going on and keeps getting worse and the dems and deep state thinks we are stupid and will do nothing for how f’ing long????????
reply to: I wish they wouldn’t refer to Deep State Swamp Weasels as “American officials”. That’s fake news. It knocks all the credibility out of their fake news story.
DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I assume the USA and Australia have had treaties in place for a long time where either country could call on the other to investigate possible corruption.
The NYT claims that Trump ‘pressed’ Australia, when the reality most likely is something like Trump said: “and by the way we are still looking into who manufactured the Russian Hoax and we would appreciate any help you can give us.”
It seems clear to me that the left is gearing up to characterize any efforts to assure the integrity of the upcoming election as Trump misusing his office for personal gain.
reply to: The MSM is working to construct a new narrative; that everything Trump does is either treasonous or for personal gain.
HATE the MSM - Include FOX - See them turning last two days with big lies against TRUMP....even the LIVER GIVER on AN AMERICA....jeez
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