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Gidney N Cloyd

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Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:16 PM Jul 2018

When Trump was informed of Russian hacking 2 wks before his inauguration, what should he have done?


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When Trump was informed of Russian hacking 2 wks before his inauguration, what should he have done? (Original Post) Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2018 OP
Conceded. N/T LisaM Jul 2018 #1
i agree with you. Conceded for Hillary Clinton trueblue2007 Jul 2018 #2
Agree. That would have been the Patriotic thing to do. nt Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #3
Constitutionally too late, though. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2018 #6
The same thing Adlai Stevenson did when Horse with no Name Jul 2018 #4
Conceded. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2018 #5
+1000! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #10
False premise- he already knew because he partnered with them on it. bettyellen Jul 2018 #7
But even so now, arguably, the jig was up and he had a choice to correct or ignore. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2018 #9
True. I just hate to see anything framed like this- I get we have to play along bettyellen Jul 2018 #11
The question is invalid... techne7319 Jul 2018 #8
Maddow pointed our he has to act as if Putin's suggestion to give him Americans is something normal bettyellen Jul 2018 #12
Same Thing O.J Did When He Was Informed His Wife Had Been Killed ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2018 #13
 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
11. True. I just hate to see anything framed like this- I get we have to play along
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 01:12 AM
Jul 2018

since the world is still - somehow!- giving him the benefit of the doubt on this. But jeeze! C’mon!!!

techne7319

(173 posts)
8. The question is invalid...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:39 PM
Jul 2018

Trump did exactly what “Trump” should’ve done. He “grudgingly” views the information because he already knew what had happened and probably was upset that his “secret” had been uncovered. He’s been trying to cover it up again ever since, even more so over the past few days.

What would any normal, rational, and reasonable person with even a tinge of decency and morality...what would a person like that have done. Well, I suppose a real Man or Woman would’ve had the moral integrity not to involve himself or herself in such a situation in the first place.

We’re dealing with a coward and someone who’s less than a rational, caring human being here folks. We can’t expect him to have acted, act, or ever act in a way that is decent and responsible.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
12. Maddow pointed our he has to act as if Putin's suggestion to give him Americans is something normal
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 01:15 AM
Jul 2018

because he’s got to go along w Putin’s crazy conspiracy theories, rather than give our intel’s investigations any credibility. We are in full bizarro world.

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