Do you think TFG intended to sell the purloined documents?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[Wingus Dingus]

1. I doubt he was trying to sell them, I think he just liked having them.

Or he didn't know what he had, because he's dumb as ass.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. He wouldn't try to sell them, imho, because of moral qualms but for fear of getting caught.

[Model35mech]

23. IMO -someone- wanted to make hay with them...

Maybe it's not Don but Jared selling them to Nuttyyahoo, or prince SMB bs.

Hay can be made by selling a story about the US nuclear force, or by directly selling the content of the documents.

Considering the Trump family is involved, money was likely the object. Somehow.

[unblock]

2. I think he already sold some, or at least sold access to some.

Lots of dots suggesting saudis.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

6. I agree.

Traded for LIV golf tournament and $2 billion for Jared. I’m sure he got his cut.

[Haggard Celine]

9. I agree.

The Saudis have practically unlimited funds, and that's the only thing Trump loves, besides himself. That $2 billion Jared got from the Saudis wasn't because Jared is a phenomenal businessman.

[mn9driver]

19. The Saudis have been throwing a crap ton of unexplained money at the Trump gang.

Now we have an explanation for that.

[gohuskies]

4. 'Russia, if you're listening.....'

I am sure some classified info got to Uncle Vlad, lil Kim, MBS, and Ji.

[demtenjeep]

5. he already did

MBS

Jared and Meadows $$$$$

[Scrivener7]

11. Yup.

[onecaliberal]

7. The verb should be in the past tense.

[Shermann]

8. I think he had them due to incompetence

His presidency failed due to incompetence and ineffectiveness.

His insurgency failed due to incompetence and ineffectiveness.

[Mr. Ected]

10. I think he's been blackmailed since the day he first announced his candidacy

He's been in Putin's grip for a long, long time. Some of this info was definitely lifted for future sale or use as blackmail material. The rest of it was a gift for Vlad and Friends.

[andym]

12. The main reason he took them is that he considers the Presidency to be his personal possession

The documents help assure him he is still the real President in his own addled self-centered mind, even though I'm sure he know he lost he could never accept losing, as Mary Trump has stated. The possession of the documents are to him "proof" he is the real President. He can show them off.

Since he thinks they belong to him, I could envision that he could sell them at some point as a matter of course, but don't think that is the main reason.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. That was George Conways' take.

Basically, Trump felt no nerdy librarian/archivist was going to tell him what to do.

[LeftInTX]

25. That's how I see it

Also knowledge is power.
Why sell it?

He can use the knowledge to run for office again.

[meadowlander]

26. Agree.

In my mind he either took them:

1. to sell.
2. to show other people to impress them.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Donald would sell them to the Saudis and give them to Putin.

Donald would sell them to the Saudis and give them to Putin.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

trump monetizes everything.

[Turbineguy]

17. Well, let's not say we trust trump...

[SheltieLover]

18. Undoubtedly already has!

[empedocles]

20. Why would bonesaws 'invest' $2billion with kushner?

[Dale in Laurel MD]

21. Sell some, use others for blackmail....

nt

[broiles]

22. Duh!

[LeftInTX]

24. Who knows??

I think he may have wanted to run a "shadow presidency" at MAL...
He never stopped campaigning. Those documents could also be used to his political advantage.
With him, it's all about power.

If he sells them, he loses power.

He's not the smartest guy, but everyone knows that knowledge is power...Why sell it?

FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, but gave no clear hints on what they are
https://archive.ph/zlJ16

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Is water wet?

[kirby]

28. Blackmail...

He and National Inquirer already did stuff like this in past. Ask Cohen. Fits Trump MO.