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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017 09:53 AM EDT
Trump is becoming obsessed with Russia. Not the country, but the investigations about his dealings with Russia
MATTHEW ROZSA
Back in January, only weeks before Donald Trump became President of the United States, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told MSNBCs Rachel Maddow that Trump may regret his habit of taking potshots at the intelligence communitys competence due to its conclusion that Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential election.
Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you. So even for a practical, supposedly hard-nosed businessman, hes being really dumb to do this, Schumer observed.
Trump and his White House will probably never publicly admit it, but it seems like theyre starting to see Schumers point.
Both Trump and many of his top aides, including chief strategist Steve Bannon, believe that the leaks being directed against Trump and his administration are part of a deep state conspiracy against the Trump presidency, according to a report by Politico. One outside adviser to the president told the site that the more people talk to him about it, the more he obsesses about it. Meanwhile, a White House official pointed out how the cascade of negative stories is causing Trump to lose control of his own presidency, observing that we are letting others dictate entirely how we are perceived. The calendar changes every day. There is no rhyme or reason to a lot of it.
One possible casualty of Trumps increasing uncertainty is chief of staff Reince Priebus, who has often been criticized by White House senior aides who talk about Trumps woes to reporters.
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leftstreet
(36,076 posts)How many times, HOW MANY TIMES, have Democrats been told that a President just can't fulfill the promises from their campaigns because 'omg you know THEY take them into a room and let them know who's really in charge'
When is someone going to do that with Trump?
FM123
(10,050 posts)Wait. Sorry. He doesn't think.
C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)There has always been a 'deep state'... it's called The Constitution,
the Rule of Law and the American way of government. You swore an
oath to protect it. It transcends political parties and it transcends YOU.
And its mortal enemy is criminal organizations like that family you got there.
Now fuck off with your odious deceptions.
underpants
(182,271 posts)Everyone knows the sham that talk radio is. Even those who do it know it's pure distraction, disinformation, and nonsense.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)He's just trying to change the narrative. Why is Salon falling for this crap?
librechik
(30,663 posts)the above ground government is showing how useless it is during a bank robbery.Like the TV commercials. "I just monitor the bank for robbers. I don't do anything about the robbery. That's department 3B."