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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI Really Question Whether Trump Is Suseptible To Blackmail.....
he's gotten away with so much crap over his life and now as pResident everything seems to bounce off of him. Some of the things he said and done over the last year have been so vile - and yet he gets a pass. His Party circles the wagon around him to protect him and the furor dies down in a few days (news cycle) and we just chalk it up - oh - that's Trump - you'd expect that from him.
So to me any attempt at blackmailing Trump will go the same route. It's like he's immune to blackmail.
The American People have also become so sensitized by the outlandish things Trump does and says - that it's become matter a fact and he skates by. Nothing sticks.
So now if Putin releases a pee tape - I think he'll be excused of that too.
I've become so jaded in the last year. I've come to believe that if Trump shot someone in the middle of Times Square - he'd get away with that like he said.
He buys his way out of everything.
samnsara
(17,606 posts)..of his supporters who have seen the light...they all have their ick factor limit.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)He gets away with everything because his followers allow it.
The media has normalized him.
Those are the real problems. IMO
quartz007
(1,216 posts)of the sheeple are going gangbusters.
But when the market crashes, then tRump crashes along with it.
unblock
(52,126 posts)Managing to become the most unpopular first year president in history, despite the backdrop of full control of all branches of government, a solid economy, low unemployment, a stock market making record after record, and no major war.
Thats a special brand of political incompetence.
And once again, the stock market is soaring because of 10 years of 0% interest rates. Even today, interest rates are ridiculously low in a historical perspective.
quartz007
(1,216 posts)There is simply no place for spare cash to go except stock market and real estate. We sold our condo after owning it for just 5 years at 50% profit.
Instead of saving money in banks/MM funds, the sheeple are piling onto stocks & houses. But nothing goes up for ever. Not even a helium filled balloon. The next crash in asset prices will make the 2009 crash feel like a walk in the park.
Yavin4
(35,423 posts)And watching CNBC oooh and ahhhh about the market is sickening. In fact, it should be even higher given how low interest rates have been and are.
unblock
(52,126 posts)MFM008
(19,803 posts)big on him.
Must be something really depraved.
Mister Ed
(5,924 posts)I suspect he is guilty of a huge slate of crimes that, if revealed, would ruin him and imprison him. If my suspicions are correct, then yes, he would yield to blackmail rather than having those crimes revealed.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Nothing seems to matter.
TeamPooka
(24,210 posts)so I think your theory is a false premise.
He is probably being blackmailed by Russians right now.
global1
(25,225 posts)he nips it in the bud. He's been successful all his life doing this. That's why he has his battery of lawyers working for him.
He has people sign NDA's - to keep them from talking.
He has an angle on everything and always gets away with it. Oh well - that's just Donald!!!!!