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SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:49 AM Apr 2017

National Enquirer leads the way in explaining Trump's Russia problem

I know, the National Enquirer...but I found it funny and thought I'd share ~


I guess the story they're hoping the base hears is that, yes, he was surrounded, balls deep, by Russian operatives and traitors!

But he didn't know! And everybody goes under the bus...

This, more than any other reporting convinces me he's guilty as hell ~



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National Enquirer leads the way in explaining Trump's Russia problem (Original Post) SticksnStones Apr 2017 OP
Ya mean to tell me the National Enquirer turned on tRump? meow2u3 Apr 2017 #1
No, not turning! SticksnStones Apr 2017 #3
Yep, the Reagan was senile during Iran-Contra defense. Trump knew nothing, of course, since L. Coyote Apr 2017 #6
Exactly... Homeoutside Apr 2017 #14
It's like a photo negative. Just reverse the image and you get the truth. byronius Apr 2017 #18
Bingo! BadgerMom Apr 2017 #19
The Enquirer is fake news because: Marcuse Apr 2017 #25
I guess they figure leftynyc Apr 2017 #42
These are the guys that got John Edwards. DK504 Apr 2017 #2
Every now and again they get a scoop SticksnStones Apr 2017 #4
True, that.. whathehell Apr 2017 #27
Not a scoop. They are always violently pro-tRump, so this is know-nothing excuse cover for him. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #23
The Enquirer is never anti trump SticksnStones Apr 2017 #29
When are they going to correct the title? It is the Nationalist Inquirer. n/t L. Coyote Apr 2017 #5
.. SticksnStones Apr 2017 #7
What Trump doesn't know would fill a thousand libraries. Qutzupalotl Apr 2017 #8
True that. SticksnStones Apr 2017 #9
Everything MFM008 Apr 2017 #10
The National Enquirer Trump's mouth piece Johnny2X2X Apr 2017 #11
I think it's huge that his mouthpiece is conceding the point SticksnStones Apr 2017 #13
So what about Jeff Sessions? Why did they leave him off the list? politicaljunkie41910 Apr 2017 #20
Not that the Enquirer would mention them TexasBushwhacker Apr 2017 #24
Too many heads in that picture and it might be too hard a sell he didn't know SticksnStones Apr 2017 #30
As well as little NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #32
Trump was going to surround himself with the best people NewJeffCT Apr 2017 #33
I think he's been laundering Russian mob money for decades SticksnStones Apr 2017 #34
Just like he never met any of the people standing next to him in photos that surface after Amaryllis Apr 2017 #15
Deeply Disturbing 90-percent Apr 2017 #12
What Trump didn't know. Is that what song they are going to sing. Fuck 'em! C Moon Apr 2017 #16
Well for me it stands to reason that if he did not even know what his own group was logosoco Apr 2017 #17
I don't think it occurs to him that governing is more involved than just cutting deals SticksnStones Apr 2017 #21
That would be a great song! logosoco Apr 2017 #22
Big difference between cheating NewJeffCT Apr 2017 #35
The old Sargeant Schultz defense. Turbineguy Apr 2017 #26
chris christie defense! Cha Apr 2017 #44
Bullshit Cover flying-skeleton Apr 2017 #28
Well now. NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #31
Trump: He's not incompetent! He's stupid! Buns_of_Fire Apr 2017 #36
.. SticksnStones Apr 2017 #37
That's exactly right. Iggo Apr 2017 #40
Here's an interesting point: flotsam Apr 2017 #38
Good catch...he definitely in damage control SticksnStones Apr 2017 #39
I'm amazed they're finally admitting to Russian hack and Trump being surrounded by Putinists wishstar Apr 2017 #41
Brawaaaaaaa! What trump doesn't know could fill the Cha Apr 2017 #43
No magazine should plaster the words GallopingGhost Apr 2017 #45

meow2u3

(24,745 posts)
1. Ya mean to tell me the National Enquirer turned on tRump?
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:58 AM
Apr 2017

I'll believe it when they call for his impeachment!

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
3. No, not turning!
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:07 AM
Apr 2017

Setting up the narrative that he had no idea it was going on!

Because it's all gonna come out ~

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Yep, the Reagan was senile during Iran-Contra defense. Trump knew nothing, of course, since
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:12 AM
Apr 2017

he is the divine leader, son of the chosen ones, progeny of the gods, and white.

byronius

(7,369 posts)
18. It's like a photo negative. Just reverse the image and you get the truth.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:01 PM
Apr 2017

Man, the Enquirer has sure gone Full Nazi since my mom used to buy it in the seventies.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
42. I guess they figure
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:14 PM
Apr 2017

it's better to portray him as an innocent dupe than a traitorous criminal.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
2. These are the guys that got John Edwards.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:58 AM
Apr 2017

"Men in Black" ... the intelligence reports/the dailies.

I may have yo go buy one.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
4. Every now and again they get a scoop
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:08 AM
Apr 2017

The rest of the time they just make shit up and print it...with pictures.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,790 posts)
23. Not a scoop. They are always violently pro-tRump, so this is know-nothing excuse cover for him.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:21 PM
Apr 2017

This is a sign something big might be breaking soon.

Sometimes, however, the Nat.Enq. is inadvertently tRumps enemy, they are that stupid:

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
29. The Enquirer is never anti trump
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:33 PM
Apr 2017

The put check marks next to all those accomplishments in hopes of it filtering into their low information voter base that he's on top of all of this.


Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
8. What Trump doesn't know would fill a thousand libraries.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:20 AM
Apr 2017

No explanation of why he hired so many Russian operatives.

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
11. The National Enquirer Trump's mouth piece
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:43 AM
Apr 2017

They are not publishing a word about Trump without Trump's approval.

That he had several Russian agents running his campaign is a foregone conclusion. This is the next narrative, that Trump knew nothing about any of it.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
13. I think it's huge that his mouthpiece is conceding the point
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:05 PM
Apr 2017

That those four men behind him in the photograph are,in fact, guilty.

And that comes from Trump, you're right. So here's Donny admitting their guilt essentially.

Huge tell.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
20. So what about Jeff Sessions? Why did they leave him off the list?
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:05 PM
Apr 2017

He covered up the fact that he had met with the Russian in his Senate office. Just maybe Trump thinks he needs Sessions in charge of the DOJ and that the two of them can ride this out. Jeff Sessions, former US Attorney just forgot to tell the Confirmation Panel that he had met with the Russian. It just slipped his mind.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
30. Too many heads in that picture and it might be too hard a sell he didn't know
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:36 PM
Apr 2017

and has horrible hiring skills.

Would backfire on their foolproof plan to convince the mouth breathers he was duped!

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
33. Trump was going to surround himself with the best people
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:39 PM
Apr 2017

the greatest! He picked these guys, so the buck should stop with him.

Personally, while I don't think Trump initiated it, I think somebody (Manafort or Page?) told him that Putin could help him out and Trump gave them the go ahead.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
34. I think he's been laundering Russian mob money for decades
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:40 PM
Apr 2017

And Manafort just taught him how to do that in politics...

Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
15. Just like he never met any of the people standing next to him in photos that surface after
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:39 PM
Apr 2017

he said he never met them.

90-percent

(6,828 posts)
12. Deeply Disturbing
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:01 PM
Apr 2017

"10 spies buried in 15 months...."

To the best of my knowledge, and I get most of my news from DU, then social media and sirius 127, this is 100% TRUE!!!!!

In almost all murder mysteries and most of what little I know about Shakespere, doesn't one murder to cover the preceding murder eventually blow up? All of this is so public domain and "national bureau of factual journalism certified" that if you take the time to put this stew of internet puzzle together, this is unfolding to be the worst Constitutional Crisis in USA history.

Lots of info floating around about the real possibilities of treason, traitor, collusion with the enemy, lying under oath, not registering as a russian agent, Benedict Arnold on steroids.

Trump is so in cornered rat mode. The entire upper chain of Repub party chain of command, or succession will within months all be the subject of being raped in prison meme's. Putin's probably much better under pressure, as somebody so casual and aggressive about his still active kgb licence to kill anybody anywhere, could run a kleptocracy in one hand, and run a mafia murder inc. in the other.

-90% Jimmy

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
17. Well for me it stands to reason that if he did not even know what his own group was
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:47 PM
Apr 2017

doing, then how can we trust him or expect him to be the head of our country? How can someone like that really work with Congress? How could he work with his cabinet if he doesn't know what anyone is really doing?

(perhaps this line of reasoning is too much for trumpsters.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
21. I don't think it occurs to him that governing is more involved than just cutting deals
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:11 PM
Apr 2017

And when it comes to cutting deals he has honed his grifter skills like an Olympic athlete.

Nobody grifts greater than ol' 45...(damn, where's my guitar...I got a song to write!)

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
22. That would be a great song!
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:14 PM
Apr 2017

Springsteen came out with one. Heard about it yesterday, have not actually heard it yet. But he does use the "con" word!

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
35. Big difference between cheating
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:42 PM
Apr 2017

Ma & Pa Kettle and their small business providing a good or service to a new Trump hotel, and cheating a 3rd world country with nuclear weapons or a terrorist pipeline.

 

NewRedDawn

(790 posts)
31. Well now.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:36 PM
Apr 2017

According to them a few weeks ago Hillary , Bill, & Obama were the real Russian Colluders. So I guess something must be ready to fall?

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
38. Here's an interesting point:
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:56 PM
Apr 2017

All the "spies" are already out of the White House-see,nothing to see here-ALL the bad men are gone! Also Roger Stone is described only as "a dirty trickster"-why would a swell guy like Donald hire one of those?

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
39. Good catch...he definitely in damage control
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 02:07 PM
Apr 2017

We're way past denying Russian influence has infiltrated the WH.

He's crafting his alibi ~

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
41. I'm amazed they're finally admitting to Russian hack and Trump being surrounded by Putinists
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:11 PM
Apr 2017

They ignored the story before as fake news and were concentrating on blaming Pres. Obama and his CIA and shadow govt for all of
Trump's problems in WH.

Then they put all the blame on Flynn as the lone spy in WH- so this is quite an interesting development since Trump has lied all along insisting that he barely knows all of these people and they didn't have much to do with his campaign!

Cha

(295,929 posts)
43. Brawaaaaaaa! What trump doesn't know could fill the
Sat Apr 22, 2017, 02:10 AM
Apr 2017

freakin' Planet!

Mahalo for this, Stickenstones.. I know what you mean.. the nat enquirer is going this far?!!!!!

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
45. No magazine should plaster the words
Sat Apr 22, 2017, 02:26 AM
Apr 2017

kinky sex right above Donald's face, whether the articles are related or not.

Bring on the brain bleach.

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