Trump Goes on TV to Solicit 2020 Foreign Collusion
Trump Goes on TV to Solicit 2020 Foreign Collusion
By Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer, New York Magazine
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/trump-goes-on-tv-to-solicit-2020-foreign-collusion.html
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Of course, in the last election, Russia stole emails from Trump’s opponent, and Trump not only exploited that crime but also made repeated attempts to get more stolen emails.
Perhaps more revealingly, Trump reiterated his view that he would not go to the FBI. Trump hates flippers, he’s a stand-up guy, not a rat, and he respects the omerta:
“I’ll tell you what, I’ve seen a lot of things over my life. I don’t think in my whole life I’ve ever called the FBI. In my whole life. You don’t call the FBI. You throw somebody out of your office, you do whatever you do,” Trump continued. “Oh, give me a break — life doesn’t work that way.”
Trump continues to show every sign of hoping and expecting to benefit from foreign collusion in 2020. In May, he intended to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to pressure the government to supply dirt on Joe Biden. He and his ally, Mitch McConnell, are blockingmeasures (including ones with bipartisan support) to help safeguard elections against foreign attacks and social media propaganda. His message to Russia, or any other government that wants a close relationship with him, is obvious: do anything you can to help me win.
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