Thu Mar 21, 2019, 07:01 AM

Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/20/rachel-maddow-trump-documents.html

Posted on Wed, Mar 20th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet

Rachel Maddow showed why Trump is setting himself up for failure by refusing to comply and turn over anything to Democratic investigators.

Maddow said:

In 1973 president Nixon tried to make history when he decided he tried not to hand over the congress anything that he did not want them to see that pertained to Watergate, specifically the white house tapes that they had learned of the existence of. That forced a subpoena on the white house for those tapes. Nixon defied the subpoena. That ended up in court. The special prosecutor’s demand for those materials, those tapes ended up going all the way to the U.S. Supreme court. And this is really famous. I mean, let’s say you only know three things about Richard what are the three things you know? You know like Nixon had to resign the presidency, had a dog named Checkers, Supreme Court made him hand over the tapes, right? Even if you only know three things about Richard Nixon, even if you know nothing else about Richard Nixon, you know that unanimously in U.S. v. Nixon, the president was not allowed to say no, no, you can’t visit. I say you can’t.

But that no, no, you can’t have it policy today was rolled out by the trump administration. They plan to give no documents, no materials to make no witnesses available. And, again, we’ll see how that works out. Honestly, in the courts, we know how it will work out. This has been tested before. This has been tried before. It doesn’t work out well for a president who tries this. But in the meantime, while we are starting down the path to get there, in the meantime, if that is where this is heading, the speed at which this is all going to unfold and how everybody looks in the history books when it’s all over will depend in large part on whether Republicans in Congress, members of the president’s only party in Congress can summon the energy to care about a president who is trying to not only do this to Democrats but trying to do this to them as well.

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Trump’s Just Say No Strategy Will Blow Up In His Face

There is zero long-term planning in this administration. The Trump administration is fighting the document requests because Trump is stalling for time. Trump is trying to use his presidential power to obstruct investigations with delay tactics until after the 2020 election. Trump is hoping that he wins reelection, Republicans win back the House, and all of these investigations go away in January 2021.

Presidents who have their backs against the wall and are fighting for the survival of their administration think about survival in terms of days and weeks, not years. Trump is hoping that if he stalls long enough, the House Democrats will go away, but we already know how this chapter of the story ends.

Trump is going to get subpoenaed and he is going to lose.

What should have been normal government oversight will be turned into a spotlight-stealing showdown, as the nation will watch Trump spectacularly crash and burn.

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet (Original post)	babylonsister	Mar 2019	OP
Maddow needs to book ex-senator Bob Kerry on her show so he can lambast trump	beachbum bob	Mar 2019	#1
What I find highly curious is here you have MSNBC's Top Rated Host, and the following day, MSNBC	OnDoutside	Mar 2019	#2
I know what you mean, sometimes I ask myself do these folks at msnbc ever even WATCH her?	FM123	Mar 2019	#3
I'd guess theyd tell you no, they don't...it's the 'network' equalivant of Plausible Deniability	Volaris	Mar 2019	#17
You are right, it is odd. And it's been like that since this	dewsgirl	Mar 2019	#6
I wait for 9:00 PM every night	katmondoo	Mar 2019	#4
His strategy has been exposed, and I have no idea why it's not getting	bullwinkle428	Mar 2019	#5
Not necessarily	Nevilledog	Mar 2019	#7
I've heard this from more than one seemingly sharp person in panel	bullwinkle428	Mar 2019	#10
Here ya go.... Page 22	Nevilledog	Mar 2019	#12
Here's more referring espionage and financial crimes	Nevilledog	Mar 2019	#13
Supposedly, if Trump is indicted on a crime, the limitattions clock stops until he is out of office.	TheBlackAdder	Mar 2019	#11
Not to be Debbie Downer but...	jcgoldie	Mar 2019	#8
I was thinking the same thing	rusty fender	Mar 2019	#9
Roberts is an odd duck--but he wants to protect his legacy	librechik	Mar 2019	#14
KnR	Hekate	Mar 2019	#15
The KGOP	Delphinus	Mar 2019	#16

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 07:07 AM

beachbum bob (10,437 posts)

1. Maddow needs to book ex-senator Bob Kerry on her show so he can lambast trump

with his bone spurs and cowardice to serve our country.....that would be an episode worth watching for sure

Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet

1. Maddow needs to book ex-senator Bob Kerry on her show so he can lambast trump

2. What I find highly curious is here you have MSNBC's Top Rated Host, and the following day, MSNBC

3. I know what you mean, sometimes I ask myself do these folks at msnbc ever even WATCH her?

17. I'd guess theyd tell you no, they don't...it's the 'network' equalivant of Plausible Deniability

6. You are right, it is odd. And it's been like that since this

4. I wait for 9:00 PM every night

5. His strategy has been exposed, and I have no idea why it's not getting

7. Not necessarily

10. I've heard this from more than one seemingly sharp person in panel

12. Here ya go.... Page 22

13. Here's more referring espionage and financial crimes

11. Supposedly, if Trump is indicted on a crime, the limitattions clock stops until he is out of office.

8. Not to be Debbie Downer but...

9. I was thinking the same thing

14. Roberts is an odd duck--but he wants to protect his legacy

15. KnR

16. The KGOP