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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2 Grandiose Surprise Actions n 2 days, Trump knows Mueller has the goods.
The surprise moves on Tariffs and North Korea in 2 days coming right after the revelations that Eric Prince actions as Trump negotiator meeting with Putin banker in the Seychelles can mean only one thing:
Trump knows that Mueller has the evidence to prove collusion.
On top of that his lawyer's inability to keep Stormy Daniels off the front page has created a perfect storm where the President of the United States wakes up every morning with only one thing on his mind: What outlandish grandiose action can he take that will suck all of the oxygen out of the media.
Expect more big moves, some of which like the NK move may appear to appease Democrats. Perhaps he will do an executive action on DACA or background checks, anything that will keep people's attention away from the damning facts of his crimes and illicit behavior.
On top of this Trump is desperate to push Saccone to victory in the PA special election
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/republicans-pennsylvania-special-election-445221
Tuesdays special election, which is being held in a district President Donald Trump won by 20 percentage points, has emerged as the latest testing ground of whether Republicans are headed for a midterm bloodbath. A loss would be wholly embarrassing, many Republicans privately acknowledge, given that it would take place in a state that Trump made a cornerstone of his 2016 victory. And the themes that the GOP has highlighted in the special election namely tax cuts and opposition to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi are the centerpieces of the partys 2018 campaign plan.
But as election day grows closer, the national GOP is increasingly pinning the blame on Saccone. In interviews with nearly two dozen administration officials, senior House Republicans and top party strategists, Saccone was nearly universally panned as a deeply underwhelming candidate who leaned excessively on the national party to execute a massive, multimillion-dollar rescue effort. It was complete with visits from the president, vice president and several Cabinet members.
They describe a candidate who largely ignored pleas to raise the money he needed, who blindsided the White House and the national party with his choice of a political strategist, and whose amateur-style social media feed included low-quality videos of him at a local bar and yukking it up with Santa. To make matters worse, Saccone is up against a Democratic rival the party could hardly have engineered had it tried: Conor Lamb, an Ivy League-educated 33-year-old Marine veteran and former federal prosecutor.
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Particularly concerning, they say, is the fact that the millions of dollars Republicans have spent much of it highlighting the GOP tax cuts and attempting to tie Lamb to Pelosi has failed to move the needle.
Trump is growing more erratic by the hour. You can smell the desperation in the air. A Prince indictment is likely to push him over the edge.
dchill
(38,321 posts)Believe it or not, I'm walking on air
I never thought I could feel so free
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me
grantcart
(53,061 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)all the things he and the Republicans are tearing down...
America is holding it's breath, waiting to exhale.
Not very good for our standing in the world.
Quemado
(1,262 posts)of Trump right now.
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)He and his band of rethugs are treasonous bastards.
ancianita
(35,812 posts)Grammy23
(5,808 posts)If there is any BIG announcement, proclamation or declaration coming from the White House,
They are hoping it will deter you from paying attention to something else. Guess which
one is the most important?
Part of the strategy is to keep things coming so thick and fast, we just give up in frustration. If
You cant dazzle em with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t.
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)rainin
(3,010 posts)if he'd listened to the immigrant woman. Enjoy jail, criminalassholedickheadjackass!
D23MIURG23
(2,833 posts)The shit is going to keep coming and he can't distract from it all the time. Plus it's getting worse. This chump is in over his head and it should be fun to watch him thrash. (Assuming he doesn't destroy the country completely.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)D23MIURG23
(2,833 posts)I have a close friend who is a physician, and this person thinks he is likely suffering from some form of senile dementia. It's pretty scary. I have some slight hope that Trump is extreme enough that he will wake some people up, though. Particularly if he ends up exposed by Mueller's investigation and (hopefully) parallel investigations at the state level. If trump's brand of insane impulsiveness/incompetence/crookedness can't produce support for a sea change in conservative politics, then I don't think anything ever will