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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's what's going to happen regarding Browder, McFaul, etc.
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1. Today I suspect the White House Press Departmentbut not Trump personallywill issue a brief statement saying of course they wont extradite Ambassador McFaul to Russia for questioning.
2. In the next few days to weeks, certain Trump media synchophantslikely Sean Hannitywill start playing the Browder $40 million donation claim spewed out by Putin.
3. Eventually they will start working McFaul into the story as being a member of the Obama Deep State who aided and abetted.
4. Trump will start tweeting out about this story, first in generalities, but soon mentioning Browder and McFaul by name.
5. Essentially, Browder and McFaul will get the Peter Strzok treatment from Trump and will be labeled enemies of the people or something to that extent.
6. Even if this still isnt enough to get support to turn Ambassador McFaul over to Russia, it will have poisoned his and Browders name to many gullible Americans
7. Trump will use this as ammunition as both Browder and McFaul are personally knowledgeable about certain facts in the Mueller investigation (See my post yesterday at: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210891514 and my follow up today at https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210896439)
ck4829
(34,977 posts)ck4829
(34,977 posts)All things said by Russians and right wingers.
progressoid
(49,825 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)K&R
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Ty.
DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)trump's White House staff will threaten to resign like they did to make trump come out and clarify his putin/russia statements about the Nov 2016 election.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)opponents like Putin treats his. The thing is, turn about is fair play. Everything these ugly Americans, GOPs have done will come back and bite them hard. They seriously need to stop and smell some flowers.
DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)I've been waiting since reagan for the repubs to get paid back.
rainin
(3,010 posts)They are running a few plays over and over a. We're Charlie Brown to their Lucy. It will keep working until we get their game.
If your post doesn't get to the top, I hope you will repost again as a reminder. Education is the anecdote to their poison.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)spewing forth so clearly every day from this WH? And that Fox is Trump state media? Isn't that FACT newsworthy? Should be the most newsworthy story in a decade...but, crickets.
Ever hear the word even mentioned by the Big Three even as it slaps them in the face every day?
DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)folks to watch Rachel on MSNBC at 9:00 pm EDT. She has a big following and connects the dots Monday through Friday.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)He said if it's necessary, he will depend on a judge to eventually rule in his favor.
I'm scared for this man, really scared. I'm scared for our country!
DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)I wake up every morning wondering what trump has tweeted or done. I fear that we won't win big in November.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)ScratchCat
(1,957 posts)path to impeachment and this idea will be shut down quickly. Seriously. You'll be able to count on one hand the GOP nutjobs who would get behind him on this. The bulk of the GOP would begrudgingly come around to the truth that he is under Putin's sway if they go any further talking about this.
elmac
(4,642 posts)"I Could Stand In the Middle Of Fifth Avenue And Shoot Somebody And I Wouldn't Lose Any Voters" Now, change the last part to "and the GOP wouldn't impeach me" .Fascists are in control, they will sell us out to the highest bidder, even if its putin, and the dumbasses who voted for them could care less.
DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)they already have come to the conclusion that trump is putin's puppet. But the repubs in DC will do nothing to stop trump. They are afraid of trump and his cult followers. All they care about is winning their coming elections.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Dale Carnegie once wrote a book called. "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living." In it, one persons message was..."If you fear a result, or something will happen, ASSUME that result will happen on a date certain (Nov 6th 2018?) and do everything in your power to NOT let that result happen" When you feel scared...get some signs in your lawn. Say no to coffee. Go for a walk. BE supportive. Help read a book to seniors at a home. Lots to do to stop worrying. That book was SUCH a great eye opener for me. Keep your chin up.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)Tweet it to Maddow.
And other media types who might want to immunize the country against this sequence---as much as possible anyway.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Eventually a staffer or two in the MSM will realize the strategies used by Fox/Trump/Putin (ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY AND THE CONSTITUTION) and start STATING it as such.
*Fox has stated in court, in order to deflect lawsuits, that it is entertainment and opinion, not news. Never call it Fox News kids. Never.
**As a self-appointed leader who jails and kills his adversaries, it is more salient to tie Putin to the word "oligarch" than to "president."
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)he has limited public opinion upside at this point, and he continues to firebomb the intelligence community. This can only go on so long. It's a paranoid 'everyone is against me' mindset. The American people will not accept Putin as his character witness.
BSdetect
(8,989 posts)All part of their vast game.
C Moon
(12,188 posts)Then we move on to the next chapter of losing our republic.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)You left out that part of how this ends.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)And unfortunately, as Browder is in the UK and there's already a track record of Russian covert assassinations/attempted assassinations in the UK, it's a legitimate concern.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)He's the final piece to this whole shitfest. Putin is so triggered by this guy he mentions him by name these days. If Browder winds up committing suicide with two gunshots to the back of his head, you'll know what happened.
Botany
(70,291 posts)And it was and still is Vlad Putin, the GRU, Donald Trump and Company, Mitch McConnell,
Paul Ryan, the Mercers, the Koch Brothers, Fox News, the 7 GOP senators who went to Russia,
Devin Nunes, Dana Rohrabacher, and all those GOP congresspersons who held those non stop
and unneeded hearings into nothing about HRC.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142113507
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election. The evidence included texts and emails from Russian military officers and information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation.
"disinformation" = HRC's and her email server.
Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)Especially with this gang of Nazis we're having to suffer these days.
stopbush
(24,378 posts)in mere DAYS, weeks, at tops. Thats because with tRump, every newsday feels like a month in pre-tRump newstime. A strategy that in the past would take months to roll out to give it a sense of happening organically - rather than on a planned schedule - is now initiated on Monday and brought to conclusion on Friday.
Rs dont waste any time at all getting their ploys into the political dialogue.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Amaryllis
(9,523 posts)and very credibly.