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Keep tweeting, keep tweeting, oh Lordy, keep tweeting. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2018 OP
Never, however, is it done with Russian spies. Zoonart Aug 2018 #1
He is someone who had all of the phones bugged in MargoLago AC_Mem Aug 2018 #49
I know, right? Zoonart Aug 2018 #63
Yes Donnie Asshole! Get out there and do your butt show vlyons Aug 2018 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author mucifer Aug 2018 #3
It was a meeting to get information on an opponent? I thought it was about Russian adoptions oberliner Aug 2018 #4
Yes, his story keeps changing, he tells blatant lies and yet Cult45 still idolizes him. nt WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #13
Nothing will move those folks off him oberliner Aug 2018 #18
So true. I watch them & am reminded of the Jim Jones cult... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #20
He will do something, though. greymattermom Aug 2018 #26
he asks them for money every day scarytomcat Aug 2018 #41
Trump really was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. and not lose support oberliner Aug 2018 #32
He's been losing support from women, which is great. bettyellen Aug 2018 #56
Good answer, oberliner! pazzyanne Aug 2018 #22
Thanks - looks like CNN/MSNBC is picking up on this as well oberliner Aug 2018 #30
I've noticed that too. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #42
So much for that defense Takket Aug 2018 #43
They have officially reached the "It was collusion, but there's nothing wrong with that" phase oberliner Aug 2018 #46
Yes and might I add............... Takket Aug 2018 #50
Wouldn't the "gift" be considered an illegal campaign contribution? oberliner Aug 2018 #54
most likely.............. Takket Aug 2018 #57
Mueller warned him....gave him a heads up...told him he was looking at his tweets.... kentuck Aug 2018 #5
Trump is Custer; Mueller is Jack Crabb. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2018 #15
Hey dumbshit: Your Fake News shtick is boring. dalton99a Aug 2018 #6
Hey idiot edhopper Aug 2018 #7
Did he just Varaddem Aug 2018 #8
Everyone in that room must be calling Mueller right now at this point if they are smart.... sunonmars Aug 2018 #14
Just what I thought. Pobeka Aug 2018 #28
The lawyers for the two Donalds must be shitting bricks. rzemanfl Aug 2018 #9
Enough bricks to build that wall! peekaloo Aug 2018 #12
DUzy! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2018 #52
What was that Jim Carrey movie about the cursed liar? peekaloo Aug 2018 #10
What an idiot SHRED Aug 2018 #11
Hi ignorance and arrogance are really beyond comprehension! MoonRiver Aug 2018 #16
I suspect that Trump was on a conference call. I'm sure he will eventually SweetieD Aug 2018 #17
I think that watoos Aug 2018 #19
I agree. fleur-de-lisa Aug 2018 #61
By the end of this thing, we'll find out... Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #65
So Now It Was Not About Adoption DallasNE Aug 2018 #21
Oh yeah! Same thought I had when I saw this. n/t LuckyCharms Aug 2018 #23
"I wuz framed !!!" C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #24
The con man in him never gives up duforsure Aug 2018 #25
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #39
dangerous individual heaven05 Aug 2018 #27
The stupid just keeps on coming orangecrush Aug 2018 #29
... catbyte Aug 2018 #31
I thought it was about adoptions? Renew Deal Aug 2018 #33
For some reason he doesn't think tweets are the same as any other statements Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #34
I understand now why he has such diehard supporters. Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #35
lol jcgoldie Aug 2018 #58
Every day is a new revelation of the depths of differences between us and Trump supporters. Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #62
"Bob Mueller just put a pot of coffee on." PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #36
Mueller always uses his favorite coffee mug too FakeNoose Aug 2018 #60
I want one! Nevilledog Aug 2018 #64
OK, off to Google to find that cup! Must have! Thanks! PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #67
You may not find this cup anywhere :-) FakeNoose Aug 2018 #68
He just admitted that his son knowingly violated federal election laws DesertRat Aug 2018 #37
I remember the old days when there was no meeting then there was one about orphans then ...... BSdetect Aug 2018 #38
He can't claim that this tweet was ghostwritten by someone else, either Mr. Ected Aug 2018 #40
trump denied a meeting ever happened and continues to lie about not knowing about it.... beachbum bob Aug 2018 #44
I keep telling everyone who will listen ScratchCat Aug 2018 #45
Hey can you drill down on your opinion a bit? PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #69
And give him a microphone so every utterance can be heard by the faithful grantcart Aug 2018 #47
A ships doctor can relieve a captain. SCVDem Aug 2018 #48
25th amendment? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2018 #53
I just commented on another thread. Mueller doesn't need to interview trump, he's onecaliberal Aug 2018 #51
Say that under oath POS!!! asiliveandbreathe Aug 2018 #55
Who would that be - your "wonderful son"? FakeNoose Aug 2018 #59
No,not as "part of the support for (ones) campaign from a foreign adversary's government" it is NOT! mr_lebowski Aug 2018 #66
K&R Gothmog Aug 2018 #70

AC_Mem

(1,979 posts)
49. He is someone who had all of the phones bugged in MargoLago
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:37 AM
Aug 2018

and would listen in on private conversations and then use that information (read this in one of the articles about him) - honestly, does anyone believe he was not on a conference line listening to that call (if indeed he was not physically there)? And it shouldn't be hard to prove. find the time that the meeting took place, find out if ANYONE was on a conference/vants line, check cellphone or land line records - jesus, nothing is private in these days and it would be a bit of nothing to connect to him listening in on the call (even if he used a disposable phone, the number can be traced!!!).

Dear Creator, please allow justice to be served soon. We must save who and what we can from the damage he has done and the damage is still yet to do!

VOTE - AND TAKE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WITH YOU!!!

Zoonart

(11,845 posts)
63. I know, right?
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 12:00 PM
Aug 2018

Junior was jumping for joy... who does not think he ran directly to daddy for a pat on the head and a plotting session?
Rump was definitely conferenced in on that meeting.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
2. Yes Donnie Asshole! Get out there and do your butt show
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 08:56 AM
Aug 2018

Show everyone how demented you are. Because, --- well --- you are demented.

Response to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
20. So true. I watch them & am reminded of the Jim Jones cult...
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:02 AM
Aug 2018

And what happened in Jonestown... not that I think Trump will pull a Jones at the end but that most of them are disturbingly like those that willingly served and then drank poisoned grape the Flavor-Aid on Jones command.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
26. He will do something, though.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:22 AM
Aug 2018

Probably ask them for money. He's already telling them that they are the elite.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
32. Trump really was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. and not lose support
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:37 AM
Aug 2018

I think that is not just figuratively true, but literally.

Takket

(21,551 posts)
50. Yes and might I add...............
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:39 AM
Aug 2018

If Russia finds some "dirt" and passes it on as a "gift" I'm not sure there is anything wrong with that.... and that is I think the strategy they are going for................

BUT................

If you know they committed a CRIME to get the "dirt" (I.E. hacking) and that you offered them something as payment for the dirt (I.E lifting sanctions), well NOW you have your collusion and conspiracy and that IMO is what Mueller needs to show. That drumpf was beholden to Putin as payment for helping defeat Hillary.

I think drumpf's defense is essentially going to be "hey, they just left this envelope full of documents on my doorstep. Nothing wrong with looking inside it!"

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
54. Wouldn't the "gift" be considered an illegal campaign contribution?
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:47 AM
Aug 2018

"A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value, or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation, in connection with any Federal, State, or local election."

It seems like paying some foreign national to dig up dirt on a political opponent would not violate this law, but getting it for free would. Is that not a fair reading? I also guess it depends if said "dirt" is considered a "thing of value".

Takket

(21,551 posts)
57. most likely..............
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:49 AM
Aug 2018

said "dirt" is considered a "thing of value"

expect a battle over that point............. a battle they are going to lose sinc eit can pretty easily be shown that the "dirt" effected their campaign tactics, so obviously it was valuable

kentuck

(111,074 posts)
5. Mueller warned him....gave him a heads up...told him he was looking at his tweets....
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:01 AM
Aug 2018

...and still, he marched onward into Crazyland.

edhopper

(33,554 posts)
7. Hey idiot
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:04 AM
Aug 2018

doesn't matter if it went nowhere.Still illegal to meet with foreign nationals for campaign.
If you offer a cop a bribe and he turns it down...still a crime.

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
14. Everyone in that room must be calling Mueller right now at this point if they are smart....
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:13 AM
Aug 2018

Dopey just hung them out to dry.

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
28. Just what I thought.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:29 AM
Aug 2018

Mr. vindictive and untrustworthy just threw everyone in the room under a bus. Count on a pardon from Mr. Untrustworthy, or make a guaranteed plea deal with Mueller?

If Trump was on a speakerphone and multiple people flip, there can be multiple people testifying about Trump's knowledge of the meeting.



rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)
9. The lawyers for the two Donalds must be shitting bricks.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:10 AM
Aug 2018

What a moron the Russians chose as their useful idiot.

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)
10. What was that Jim Carrey movie about the cursed liar?
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:10 AM
Aug 2018

"Liar, Liar" Hope had the steam setting on high and set his pants on fire.

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
17. I suspect that Trump was on a conference call. I'm sure he will eventually
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:18 AM
Aug 2018

Amend this statement to say that he didn't know about it beforehand, but they called him and he attended by telephone.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
19. I think that
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:47 AM
Aug 2018

he only wants to convince his base that the meeting was legal. But, oh my, what a stupid Tweet.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
61. I agree.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:56 AM
Aug 2018

Trump called in and Mueller had several of them under surveillance. It’s all on tape. Dumb Ass will change his story multiple times, but it won’t matter in the end. SIGINT!

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
65. By the end of this thing, we'll find out...
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 12:11 PM
Aug 2018

That Trump was there, was nude, and that underaged hookers peed in his mouth while his son and the other attendants there clapped and laughed.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
39. +1000
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:49 AM
Aug 2018

The psychiatrist's take on Trump was very interesting. I found the interviewer a little annoying, but definitely worth watching.

You should cross-post this in Video & Multimedia if you haven't already.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
27. dangerous individual
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:29 AM
Aug 2018

because he's so goddamn stupid and unhinged The many is crazy and leading our country to ruin. Oh well, this is what Putin wanted and further trained him to achieve during those 2 hours in Helsinki, among other 'lessons' .

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
34. For some reason he doesn't think tweets are the same as any other statements
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:41 AM
Aug 2018

Of course any statement can be used as evidence, whether a tweet, a phone call, a conversation or any other means. He seems to think tweets are somehow unofficial and therefore he is not accountable for them. I think he is in for a rude awakening.

Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)
62. Every day is a new revelation of the depths of differences between us and Trump supporters.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:59 AM
Aug 2018

The word "abject" seems to apply to how far they will go. As in abject stupid, abject racist. Abject Trumpeter.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
36. "Bob Mueller just put a pot of coffee on."
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:43 AM
Aug 2018

hahahahahaha! Yeah, no shit! That really cracked me up!

All the newsers on TV have their mouths hanging open right now!

Donnie, you're such a dumb shit. How's it feel to step on your own dick and run over Jr. at the same time?

Keep on tweeting, dumb ass!





FakeNoose

(32,617 posts)
68. You may not find this cup anywhere :-)
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 09:47 AM
Aug 2018

PearliePoo, this pic is photoshopped and somebody posted it on a Twitter thread.
I don't believe it's actually screenprinted on the cup, because the artwork doesn't curve around the face of the mug.
That's a pretty good clue, I think somebody was being creative and clever. (I can't take any credit for this.)

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
37. He just admitted that his son knowingly violated federal election laws
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:44 AM
Aug 2018

Now we need Cohen to testify that DT knew about the meeting with Russians to get "dirt" from Russian govt in advance and we have a criminal conspiracy.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
40. He can't claim that this tweet was ghostwritten by someone else, either
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:50 AM
Aug 2018

"...my wonderful son, Donald". No one else could make that statement.

This really just confirms that what the media is reporting is true, that Junior's time in the barrel is upon us. Trump isn't worried about fabrications by the press - after all, they're not fabrications at all! (and if anyone knows that, the PERP knows that) - he's scared shitless because he was likely briefed on the status of the investigation last week and this is what he was told.

This looks to be a huge week.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
44. trump denied a meeting ever happened and continues to lie about not knowing about it....
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:06 AM
Aug 2018

lol,
a micro manager that trump is not knowing???

lol

ScratchCat

(1,980 posts)
45. I keep telling everyone who will listen
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:11 AM
Aug 2018

Junior is being charged and The Donald will be listed as an un-indicted co-conspirator at the end of the day. That seals obstruction as well. It is a foregone conclusion. The only question is how many sealed State charges there will be waiting for him after he resigns.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
69. Hey can you drill down on your opinion a bit?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 09:54 AM
Aug 2018

For some of us who are embarrassingly ignorant in legal speak, what does an un-indicted co-conspirator mean?

How does this play out and how does it conclude?

State charges? Really? In New York? Man, that sounds good!

Thanks for any explanation and more information you can provide!

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
47. And give him a microphone so every utterance can be heard by the faithful
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:31 AM
Aug 2018

Comey doesnt need an interview, Trump will tweet it out line by line

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
48. A ships doctor can relieve a captain.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:34 AM
Aug 2018

Don't we have a Surgeon General who can certify our dear leader as insane?

I also want a real doctor giving dump a physical.

There is clearly something wrong with the orange ass!

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
55. Say that under oath POS!!!
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:47 AM
Aug 2018

What part of foreign initiatives in US elections..this meeting was about quid pro quo...I give you this..you give me "lifting sanctions"

What a BS artist...No offense to artists...

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
66. No,not as "part of the support for (ones) campaign from a foreign adversary's government" it is NOT!
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 01:07 PM
Aug 2018

THAT ... is NOT 'done all the time in politics', dipshit.

If HRC or any Dem had done such a thing, then HID it for a year, THEN offered ever-changing stories about who was involved, who knew what when, AND clear and obvious preferential treatment were continually proffered by the now-POTUS who obviously got PUBLIC HELP in winning from that adversary beginning shortly after such a meeting? One in which 'sanctions against said adversary' were ADMITTEDLY discussed? AND now-POTUS was refusing to implement addt'l sanctions against said adversary, which had been passed near-unanimously by Congress?

Are you freaking KIDDING ME right now?

This is NOT 'done all the time'. At least, not LEGALLY anyway.

The f***ing Reich-Wingers would be absolutely losing their SHIT over this if the shoe were on the other foot.

They'd be Linda Blair in The Exorcist demented over the scenario of this meeting if Podesta and Chelsea and Hillary's personal lawyer had been there. Period.

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