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Is this a move to try to prove Ted Cruz's dad helped Lee Harvey Oswald? (Original Post) bigtree Oct 2017 OP
He's probably worried Ted Cruz will primary him n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #1
Area 51 too please Not Ruth Oct 2017 #2
He must think it helps him in some way or he wouldn't bother. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #3
Yep, gotta be an angle that he thinks helps him AND hell save the release till 4139 Oct 2017 #4
Everything he does has an angle for him. Maybe just another PR stunt Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #5
No. former9thward Oct 2017 #6
It is almost like he wants us to think it was HIS idea to release them. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #7
Poppy Bush poo poos plot ponderings Achilleaze Oct 2017 #8

Irish_Dem

(47,226 posts)
3. He must think it helps him in some way or he wouldn't bother.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:54 AM
Oct 2017

That is how he operates.
Totally self-serving.

4139

(1,893 posts)
4. Yep, gotta be an angle that he thinks helps him AND hell save the release till
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 11:07 AM
Oct 2017

He can cover a bad press day... big distraction

Irish_Dem

(47,226 posts)
5. Everything he does has an angle for him. Maybe just another PR stunt
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 11:08 AM
Oct 2017

to detract from his usual BS.

former9thward

(32,064 posts)
6. No.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 11:10 AM
Oct 2017

They were scheduled to be released at this time decades ago. The only thing to stop the release was whoever was the president on this date had a right to hold them if they wanted to if it was in the national interest. Trump decided to let them go.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
7. It is almost like he wants us to think it was HIS idea to release them.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 11:13 AM
Oct 2017

And some of his fans will believe that.
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