Pence, Bolton, Kelly confronted Trump in Oval Office about Russia comments
Source: LA Times
Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office. Top aides gathered to persuade the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments he'd made raising doubts about U.S. intelligence conclusions of Russian election interference as he stood alongside Vladimir Putin.
Vice President Mike Pence, national security advisor John Bolton and Chief of Staff John F. Kelly stood united in the West Wing on Tuesday in their contention that Trump had some cleanup to do. They brought with them words of alarm from Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, as well as from a host of congressional leaders and supporters of the president for whom Trump's public praise of Putin proved to be a bridge too far.
Even for Trump, a leader who has increasingly come to cast off the constraints and guidance of aides, the him-against-the-world position proved untenable. Trump may like doing things his way, eschewing advice and precedent like no president before, but he never likes being alone.
Walking off stage with Putin after their joint news conference in Helsinki, Trump was riding high after his second summit with an adversarial leader in as many months. The highly choreographed affairs had been sought out by the U.S. leader as a way to boost his credibility abroad and his favorability at home, and he believed the latest one had accomplished the task.
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I call BS given that they said nothing as Trump walked into a private 1 on 1 with Putin, then agreed to invite Putin to the White House. How cute of them to pretend that they have a spine.
What is next? Some secret report that Nunes was the voice of reason talking Trump into cooperating with the Mueller investigation?
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The toadies all tell him how brilliant & wonderful he is, and that's their full-time job. I doubt that anyone would do that if they weren't getting paid. For a while it was Steve Bannon, but he's gone. So I guess now it's Bolton and Kelly.
There was probably a lot of back-slapping, a lot of attaboys, and a few way to go's.
Today's republicans have no shame, much less morals or ethics.
And, dare I say, all, or at least the majority of them, are traitors.
That would put Donny in an orbit to hell.
Good post and I hope it's true, although the outcome was comical and typical tRump. Only problem I see is that neither LAT or AP quoted a source for this White House insider info on the confrontation.
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WTF? The only "boost" was would be to his deplorable and craven 35% "base" and himself. The other 65% of the U.S. and the rest of the world, outside of the white supremacist/neo-Nazi brigades, can't stand him.
met with the fucking murderer at the Kremlin.....................this is just more smoke being blown up everyone asses, the paper should be demanding paper ballots.....................every day its the same stuff, the grand standing by the chief malignant grandstanding with his psychopathic eyes.....................he and his bunch and his enablers are fucking traitors..............and his newest supreme court nominee is a Federalist Society POS who does not believe in the rule of law .................................and every talk show is going to be the same shit........Cohen of will he or won't he........................."the guy is fucked"....................the "guy" in the Virginia jail is fucked.....................he was with a fucking lackey of the Kremlin that basically was an enabler of murder against a country for money...............................but noting about election integrity in this country, not one peep in the ASPEN meeting about Paper Ballots ...........I mean nothing mentioned about PAPER BALLOTS..................not one word.................
But the right wing masses will get another pony and dog show and be waiting to ride the pony and wait in line......................
There all fucking traitors.........................
And yes I am frustrated,......................this is just fucking insane...........................same shit different day, the day that the orange hair asshole will be "fuming" again...................all he is a "fume" ...............a sexual predator fucking "fumier".........that blames everyone for his irresponsible criminal behavior ........................and "fumes"....................like a spoiled brat...
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?p0=263&iso=20181106T12&msg=2018%20Midterm%20Elections
I feel better......................
The seasoned pros showing us how they're capable of reining in Shitstain.
Uh-huh. 
