The latest Russia bombshell bolsters Democrats' demand for evidence

[usaf-vet]

Last edited Fri Dec 20, 2019, 04:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Washington Post

“One former senior White House official said Trump even stated so explicitly at one point, saying he knew Ukraine was the real culprit because ‘Putin told me.’ Two other former officials said the senior White House official described Trump’s comment to them.” In short, “The concern among senior White House officials that Putin helped fuel Trump’s theories about Ukraine underscores long-standing fears inside the administration about the Russian president’s ability to influence Trump’s views.” Finally, "Three former senior administration officials said Trump repeatedly insisted after the G-20 summit that he believed Putin’s assurances that Russia had not interfered in the 2016 campaign.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/20/latest-russia-bombshell-bolsters-democrats-demand-evidence/

[certainot]

1. putin's been using talk radio for at least a decade. collusion right under our noses

putin tells him that, gets it to limbaugh who pumps it out and spreads it through 1500 radio stations to millions of dittoheads/teabags/trumpers, including a lot of gop congress asshats

been happening for at least 10 years, since they used lmbaugh to push palin on mccain

[DallasNE]

10. Must Mean Putin Is Somehow Paying Limbaugh

Which oligarch is it?

[certainot]

11. they'd play golf and he'd end up with the scorecard with a swiss bank account on it

pretty easy

he'd already been helping putin since 2008 at least

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. I know that the media keeps reporting that

Putin "led Trump* to believe Ukraine was interfering."

I firmly believe that Trump* knows full well, and has from the beginning, that the Ukraine story is complete bullshit. He wasn't misled by Putin. Shitler does whatever Putin tells him to do.

* - Donald J Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives on December 18, 2019

[ScratchCat]

3. Thank You, I'm with you there completely

I'm tired of reading reports which mention "Trump Believes......" regarding this because he "believes" no such thing. He knows what Russia did and why they did it; Putin knows he got caught and the sanctions aren't getting dropped and this is their "desperation" nonsense.

[Botany]

4. Trump knows that "the Ukraine did it" is just a cover story but he is owned by Putin and will ....

... say and do whatever his boss tells 'em to. Misinformation and a con act are part and parcel
of Trump's make up.

[wishstar]

5. Trump knowingly latched on to the Putin propaganda to help them both

Trump adopted the Ukraine lie since it conveniently takes focus off of the Trump/Russia collusion. He doesn't really believe it any more than he believed his previous lies that Russia didn't interfere and that he and his campaign had no contacts with Russians.

[Dave Starsky]

8. No kidding. What utter bullshit.

Trump doesn't need to be "misled" into lying his ass off. He does it unprompted, just as naturally as breathing.

[certainot]

12. it is clear that trump has been colluding with putin through rw radio

kremlin can plant a meme or story and push it out of lmbaugh's ass and pretty soon 1500 radio stations present it as truth

the kremlin took over rw radio in 2008 at least, and media is really fucking dumb not to figure it out

[Omaha Steve]

6. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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[Omaha Steve]

7. Title fixed

Good to go.

[Pantagruel]

9. The public deserves to know

why Trump defers to Putin and has since before the election. Simple logic says it may be financial ties ,ergo, we need to see his biz records.

[sarcasmo]

13. All roads lead to Vlad.