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Trump: I Was Right to Trust Putin Over US Intelligence Officials (Original Post) videohead5 Jan 2023 OP
Any GQP official who does no repudiate that remark publicly is a traitor. lindysalsagal Jan 2023 #1
He's a piece of shit! BlueLucy Jan 2023 #2
And the claudette Jan 2023 #3
Did you get that? He's FOR russia and against us. onecaliberal Jan 2023 #4
But he threw lollipops at Wall Street and the CEOcracy, and that's all the Repugs need peppertree Jan 2023 #36
We're completely fucked. Where are all the apologists? Where are all the excuses for us doing onecaliberal Jan 2023 #48
I hear you peppertree Jan 2023 #56
Whoa! Blue Owl Jan 2023 #5
So agree Rebl2 Jan 2023 #22
Benedict Donald or Benedict Don have a nice ring to them KS Toronado Jan 2023 #27
+ 1,000,000,000,000,000 TigressDem Jan 2023 #62
He should be allowed nowhere near the White House... spanone Jan 2023 #6
ADMISSION OF GUILT!!! 2naSalit Jan 2023 #7
I would love to know what dirt Putin has on Trump. Meadowoak Jan 2023 #8
More like what he wants from them. wnylib Jan 2023 #17
+1 I still think its video... Lucinda Jan 2023 #18
Me too. Meadowoak Jan 2023 #20
And I'm going to say it. It's not pee, it's... Captain Zero Jan 2023 #51
Putin likely has dirt on a lot of Rethuglicans. Recall they hacked the RNC's computers, too. OMGWTF Jan 2023 #31
And the ruskies funneled money to the repubs through the NRA. rubbersole Jan 2023 #42
I bet Putin has dirt on ALL the rethuglicans. Meadowoak Jan 2023 #54
+1, uponit7771 Jan 2023 #69
Trump knows that it will come out that he was very aware of the NYC's Field Office and Mcgonigle's Botany Jan 2023 #9
Trump probably laundered Russian money to... Captain Zero Jan 2023 #52
TFG should be in prison right now on any one of the # of crimes he has committed Botany Jan 2023 #60
Looking to make a run for it?? Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #10
Deport DjT Jrose Jan 2023 #11
And what exactly did Putin have Trump do/not do? Freethinker65 Jan 2023 #12
Judging by the topics of the classified documents he stole, Qutzupalotl Jan 2023 #19
Well, then he doesn't trust the US DoJ also. Justice matters. Jan 2023 #13
Appears that we will never see the records of Trump's NCjack Jan 2023 #14
Are we really surprised at this point? Prairie_Seagull Jan 2023 #15
And one MORE week he's free as a bird. Kablooie Jan 2023 #16
Yep. Garland's DOJ is looking like a milquetoast massive FAIL. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #68
Putin's Puppet Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #21
Imagine if a Democrat said this... dlk Jan 2023 #23
Oh no kidding!! PortTack Jan 2023 #24
In One Case They Were One And The Same DallasNE Jan 2023 #25
Trump now supports Iran. You can't go in on bronxiteforever Jan 2023 #26
He is one of them. Melanarnia too. twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #28
Remember Traitor Tot's "No collusion, no collusion" assertions? OMGWTF Jan 2023 #29
Did he really say this? How stupid can you be? He just proved he is a traitor... Stuart G Jan 2023 #30
Yes here's a screenshot of the "live" tweet FakeNoose Jan 2023 #34
I remember Helsinki, Don. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2023 #44
So, the "Moron Trump" just doubled up on his Putin "admiration" ..... Stuart G Jan 2023 #81
Wait. He's saying he was right to trust Putin because one of our momta Jan 2023 #32
You caught that when few ithers did. niyad Jan 2023 #58
Yep, he's a traitor. CaptainTruth Jan 2023 #33
the US would be right barbtries Jan 2023 #35
Money talks - especially where Cheeto's concerned peppertree Jan 2023 #37
P. S.: Jrose Jan 2023 #38
Sure sounds like "adhering to their (the United States) enemies". LudwigPastorius Jan 2023 #39
He is a traitor . . . and it's time to be held to account. Vinca Jan 2023 #40
Follow the $. NT SayItLoud Jan 2023 #41
Prediction, he'll flee to Russia for asylum. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 #43
No real reason for him to flee. He's perfectly free to finish destroying america from here onecaliberal Jan 2023 #49
Agree. Celerity Jan 2023 #74
I think fleeing to Russia would be a fatal error on TFG's part. Efilroft Sul Jan 2023 #66
A tool who doesn't even know he's a tool. Beartracks Jan 2023 #45
Is anyone surprised by this? Caliman73 Jan 2023 #46
'I Think Vladimir Putin Pays' Donald Trump Jarqui Jan 2023 #47
"How this lowlife traitor scum isn't in jail is beyond me." onecaliberal Jan 2023 #50
McGonigal believed in Putin above America, same as Trump. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #63
Obviously he didn't run that one by his advisors. lpbk2713 Jan 2023 #53
Trump's interests align more closely with Putin's markodochartaigh Jan 2023 #55
Putin must be getting desperate Yavin4 Jan 2023 #57
Stroke out already, you F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR**. niyad Jan 2023 #59
Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #61
Every politician knows the rule: America, right or wrong! bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #64
Fucking traitor. dalton99a Jan 2023 #65
YO, Merrick Garland! DO something about this dangerous treasonous traitor! Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #67
I can think of a million ways to.... cayugafalls Jan 2023 #70
He is what he is because he is allowed to be. nt Samrob Jan 2023 #71
TFG is Putin's puppet LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #72
He admits shit in public that some would be jailed for, shot at, or at least stopped by Intel. Samrob Jan 2023 #73
Hell I watched him orchestrate an insurrection against the United States Emile Jan 2023 #75
He probably made that up. nt leftyladyfrommo Jan 2023 #76
To be fair, it could just be that he's acquired a taste for Putin's boots. nt sl8 Jan 2023 #77
Of course contradicting himself at the time D_Master81 Jan 2023 #78
tfg has always been nothing more than Putin's Poodle, doing whatever daddy wanted. lark Jan 2023 #79
Trump needs to be charged, convicted and sit in jail for a long time. Stuart G Jan 2023 #80
I believe he'll be charged and convicted FakeNoose Jan 2023 #83
K & R...Trump just proved he is a "traitor" Stuart G Jan 2023 #82
Upon further reflection, it seems to me bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #84
Know Collusion Mr. Ected Jan 2023 #85

claudette

(3,578 posts)
3. And the
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:19 AM
Jan 2023

stupid magats will still vote for him. This traitor should not be permitted to run for the office of president.

peppertree

(21,639 posts)
36. But he threw lollipops at Wall Street and the CEOcracy, and that's all the Repugs need
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:20 PM
Jan 2023

The same goes for Big media (some more than others).

onecaliberal

(32,864 posts)
48. We're completely fucked. Where are all the apologists? Where are all the excuses for us doing
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:05 PM
Jan 2023

NOTHING?

peppertree

(21,639 posts)
56. I hear you
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:18 PM
Jan 2023

The intelligence community, for one, seem to be - as the Donald Sutherland character in 'JFK' put it - in "a state of make-believe."

National security doesn't even seem to matter much anymore - so long as sacred cattle (certain families, certain defense-related firms, the RW Isreal lobby, etc.) are kept good and coddled.

Cheeto understood that.

Blue Owl

(50,427 posts)
5. Whoa!
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:20 AM
Jan 2023

Benedict Donald -- LOCK HIM UP! He's siding with the sworn enemy of the U.S.A. for Chrissakes....

KS Toronado

(17,259 posts)
27. Benedict Donald or Benedict Don have a nice ring to them
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:48 PM
Jan 2023

MSM should call him Benedict Don while showing the world he trusts Putin more than U.S. intelligence officials.
We know FQX and their offspring won't say a word about this, will MSM other than late night MSNBC?

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
7. ADMISSION OF GUILT!!!
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:23 AM
Jan 2023

Treasonous bastard.

Can we sequester him now? We need to take away the microphone.

wnylib

(21,487 posts)
17. More like what he wants from them.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:17 PM
Jan 2023

I suspect that they don't need compromat to control the orange Nazi. Be willingly goes along with Putin because he admires him and hopes to get good. Isonesz deals from him or his oligarchs.

Captain Zero

(6,811 posts)
51. And I'm going to say it. It's not pee, it's...
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:09 PM
Jan 2023

Snuff. It's a snuff tape. A snuff tape of someone underage.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
9. Trump knows that it will come out that he was very aware of the NYC's Field Office and Mcgonigle's
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:29 AM
Jan 2023

... work in behave of the Trump Campaign and Russia.

"He's a motherfucking traitor!"

Botany

(70,516 posts)
60. TFG should be in prison right now on any one of the # of crimes he has committed
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 03:22 PM
Jan 2023

My take was Oleg Deripaska was paying McConigal which he wouldn't have been doing w/out
Vlad's OK as McConigal was in charge of investigating Russia interfering with the US elections.
I pretty sure that Durham knew that McConigal and part of the NYC FBI's Field Office were "Russian
dirty" and both Durham & Barr have kept that information quite. I would not be surprised if
Durham was "Russian dirty" too. Trump just admitted this AM that Russia did help his campaign
in 2016 but that help did not put him into the White House.

McConigal did get the NYC FBI office to push the Hillary email story late in the 2016 campaign
and got the NY Times to put on their front page "FBI says no evidence of Russian interference
in our elections." And as he brought that off he was being paid off by Deripaska/Vlad.

Yes Trump, his family, and his businesses have been laundering Russian money for years.

However the one thing that Durham was successful @ is that he kept Putin's Alfa Bank Computer connections
to a computer server in Lititiz, PA that was part of the Trump campaign's IT network out of the media. Alfa Bank's
computer had >2,700 link ups to TFG and another 200 to 300 links with Betsy DeVoss' computer server in Michigan
and that brings DeVoss' brother Erik Prince into play. Barr, Muller, Roger Stone, most likely Rudy, and along with
the NY Times were well aware of Alfa Bank's links to Vlad and Trump at different times.

As Speaker Pelosi said to Trump's face, "All roads lead to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin."

sorry to

Jrose

(827 posts)
11. Deport DjT
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:38 AM
Jan 2023

Deport DjT from this country, which he incited insurrection against, about which he spreads lies about our election system, in which he hoards and mishandles hundreds of our secret documents, and in which he publicly voices his alliances with our country's enemies.
Send him to live in, and be imprisoned by, the fascistic dictatorships he obviously belongs in.
Strip him of American citizenship and ban him from re-entering this country forever!

Qutzupalotl

(14,317 posts)
19. Judging by the topics of the classified documents he stole,
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:25 PM
Jan 2023

I would guess it involved outing spies working for us.

Or perhaps Trump's abrupt withdrawal from Syria shortly thereafter, ceding U.S. bases to Russia, and leaving our allies there to die.

Justice matters.

(6,933 posts)
13. Well, then he doesn't trust the US DoJ also.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:41 AM
Jan 2023

He refuses to "obey" their legally issued subpoena and not one punishment ever happens to him (and probably never will...). Hope I'm wrong, of course... but 25 months after his attempt at overthrowing the US government to install himself dictator, hair furhair is still free to spread hate and incite violence on a daily basis??

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
14. Appears that we will never see the records of Trump's
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:59 AM
Jan 2023

meetings and telephone conversations with Putin.

Prairie_Seagull

(3,329 posts)
15. Are we really surprised at this point?
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:09 PM
Jan 2023

I'v gone from maniacal laughter to some sort of anger back to laughing again. What a fucking roller coaster ride we are on with this guy. No offense to roller coasters.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
16. And one MORE week he's free as a bird.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:17 PM
Jan 2023

No indication of any indictments of anything anywhere.

I do not expect him to ever experience ANY consequences for his crimes.
And so there will be more committed soon.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
25. In One Case They Were One And The Same
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:44 PM
Jan 2023

And must be dealt with in the appropriate manner. But you don't throw out the whole barrel for one rotten apple.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
26. Trump now supports Iran. You can't go in on
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:45 PM
Jan 2023

Russia without supporting their key arms suppliers and major supporters, the rapist Iranian mullahs. Trump and the Russian GOPers are part of the “death to America crowd”.

Full report here warning very graphic details of rape
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/01/iran-quash-death-sentences-of-young-protesters-subjected-to-gruesome-torture/

OMGWTF

(3,959 posts)
29. Remember Traitor Tot's "No collusion, no collusion" assertions?
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:52 PM
Jan 2023

We executed the Rosenbergs for colluding with Russia. Just sayin'.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
30. Did he really say this? How stupid can you be? He just proved he is a traitor...
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:53 PM
Jan 2023

How could someone say this? Is it real?...So, he needs to move to Russia forever.
And guess what? I think he will move to Russia....forever...

No more rallies, no more running for President, no more GOP...

and NO MORE TRUMP
........AND.....someone who thinks straight, would never say anything like this.
...................NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, AND NEVER.............

Trump just blew his wad in front of everyone in the world....

You can't make this up, can you?

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
34. Yes here's a screenshot of the "live" tweet
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:10 PM
Jan 2023


It was taken from the OP link.

Sorry I refuse to post live tweets anymore but you can see it on the OP link.
Chump just confirmed his previous treason-level actions and comments from 2018.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
81. So, the "Moron Trump" just doubled up on his Putin "admiration" .....
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:06 AM
Jan 2023

How could anyone be that ...."STUPID"

TRUMP JUST "PROVED HE IS A TRAITOR."

momta

(4,079 posts)
32. Wait. He's saying he was right to trust Putin because one of our
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:05 PM
Jan 2023

"Intelligence" officials was working for...Putin?

I'm going back to bed.

peppertree

(21,639 posts)
37. Money talks - especially where Cheeto's concerned
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:21 PM
Jan 2023

You throw money at him, he'll say (and do) anything.

Like Melania.

Jrose

(827 posts)
38. P. S.:
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:34 PM
Jan 2023

DjT also recently said that he thinks Ukraine should surrender to Russia.
If he hijacks the White House again, he will attempt to link the U. S. to every fascist dictatorship on earth and destroy every trace of democracy.

LudwigPastorius

(9,155 posts)
39. Sure sounds like "adhering to their (the United States) enemies".
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:42 PM
Jan 2023

The evidence is out in the open. Trump isn't hiding it.

The Attorney General is not going to indict him for treason, but he could and should.

onecaliberal

(32,864 posts)
49. No real reason for him to flee. He's perfectly free to finish destroying america from here
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:07 PM
Jan 2023

No one will lift a finger to stop it.

Efilroft Sul

(3,579 posts)
66. I think fleeing to Russia would be a fatal error on TFG's part.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 10:01 PM
Jan 2023

The moment Trump and his family step out of the jet and onto the tarmac, Putin will have them killed on live TV. They will have served their purpose, and assets no longer of use will be liquidated. It's not like the United States government would retaliate on behalf of a criminal who fled justice. No, it's better for Trump to flee to a country that is warm, has golf, plenty of young women to ogle on the beach, and no extradition treaty with the US, like the UAE.

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)
45. A tool who doesn't even know he's a tool.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:59 PM
Jan 2023

Appropriately, this is post #45. Since that's who I'm referring to.

=========

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
46. Is anyone surprised by this?
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:01 PM
Jan 2023

Just wondering. Trump has never been loyal to anything in the world except to Trump. He isn't loyal to Putin. Putin is just the adversary of the people who are currently closing in on Trump for his crimes. Therefore, Trump will side with whoever he thinks will help him. Putin would not piss on Trump if Trump were on fire, unless it gave Putin some advantage.

It must be a miserable life. I have people in my life, that I know I can count on, and they know they can count on me. I don't have to trick anyone or hold them over a barrel to get them to do something for me. I have built a network of relationships on trust, confidence, loyalty, and integrity.

We've all known that Trump is disloyal. He says America First and Make America Great Again, but all he wants to to enrich Donald Trump.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
47. 'I Think Vladimir Putin Pays' Donald Trump
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:02 PM
Jan 2023
&t=2s&ab_channel=WashingtonPost

so why would Trump have a problem with McGonigal taking Putin's money?
Rhetorical question.

How this lowlife traitor scum isn't in jail is beyond me.

onecaliberal

(32,864 posts)
50. "How this lowlife traitor scum isn't in jail is beyond me."
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:08 PM
Jan 2023

This is what needs to be investigated. The inaction at all of the crimes.

markodochartaigh

(1,138 posts)
55. Trump's interests align more closely with Putin's
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:17 PM
Jan 2023

than they do with those of the US. Of course he feels that he was correct to trust Putin over US intelligence.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
64. Every politician knows the rule: America, right or wrong!
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 09:02 PM
Jan 2023

You stand up for our side, us, the U.S.A., America! That's what leaders do.

Sky Jewels

(7,113 posts)
67. YO, Merrick Garland! DO something about this dangerous treasonous traitor!
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 10:13 PM
Jan 2023

You've had plenty of time. TAKE ACTION, for fuck's sake!!!

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
73. He admits shit in public that some would be jailed for, shot at, or at least stopped by Intel.
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 03:01 AM
Jan 2023

Except that it appears that Intel is among his protectors.

Emile

(22,789 posts)
75. Hell I watched him orchestrate an insurrection against the United States
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 06:40 AM
Jan 2023

and he still goes unpunished.

Damn right he's a traitor and it pisses me off he's not in prison!

sl8

(13,787 posts)
77. To be fair, it could just be that he's acquired a taste for Putin's boots. nt
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 08:26 AM
Jan 2023

Last edited Tue Jan 31, 2023, 09:27 AM - Edit history (1)

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
78. Of course contradicting himself at the time
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 08:27 AM
Jan 2023

Are people just going to forget when the uproar happened he came out and said he misspoke. Of course everyone here knew it was BS but I remember him saying he said would or wouldn’t be, but meant the other way.

lark

(23,105 posts)
79. tfg has always been nothing more than Putin's Poodle, doing whatever daddy wanted.
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 10:16 AM
Jan 2023

He still is the tool of the international criminal and fascist oligarchs, especially Vlad's.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
83. I believe he'll be charged and convicted
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:27 AM
Jan 2023

Whether or not he gets a prison sentence ... well that remains to be seen. It's possible that a federal judge may sentence him to house arrest with an electronic cuff, I don't know. As long as Chump gets convicted of high crimes in office - he'll never be able to run for anything again. The appeals process will drag it all out, of course.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
82. K & R...Trump just proved he is a "traitor"
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:18 AM
Jan 2023

Oh ..........well.............I said it twice....OH WELL.............

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
84. Upon further reflection, it seems to me
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:54 AM
Jan 2023

this announcement may be a signal/warning that he has the full backing of Putin and info from old KGB intelligence. No telling what they've got or could manufacture on anyone. No wonder our side is proceeding cautiously. And we may not know or suspect what they've got.

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