President Trump is behaving a lot like someone who colluded with Russia

[dalton99a]

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-russia-comey-20170513-story.html

President Trump is behaving a lot like someone who colluded with Russia



The photographs of President Trump taken by a Russian state photographer (American media were not allowed into the meeting) with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, the day after sacking FBI Director James Comey, are more pieces of circumstantial evidence that show Trump should be investigated by a special prosecutor. (“Russia's foreign minister has cordial talk at White House against a tumultuous backdrop,” May 10)

We know that many of the president’s men met with Russian representatives when their government was attempting to throw the election in his favor. Trump encouraged the illegal hacking by the Russians and celebrated WikiLeaks’ release of illegally obtained information. Trump officials took out of the Republican Party platform any mention of punishment of Russia for annexing Crimea. Trump praised Putin and Russia throughout the election campaign. After the election, on the very day President Obama announced sanctions against Russia, the now-disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was on the phone with the Russian ambassador discussing the sanctions, against which Moscow did not retaliate. Jared Kushner, Trump’s top advisor, also met with the Russians.

Now, after Comey asks for more resources for his agency’s investigation, Trump fires him. The Republicans sit idly by while the U.S. government is burning, and Trump is photographed meeting in the White House with his potential co-conspirators. No wonder the photos show them laughing — the joke is on us.

We need a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this now. If we do not, we will be living in Trump’s alternative universe, being told what to do by a dictator.

Dave McLane, Pasadena
The writer is a civil rights and criminal defense attorney.

[democratisphere]

1. Agreed. He is guilty as hell so he might as well confess.

Unfortunately, that will never happen.

[Moostache]

2. Does Trump even realize how much of a dupe he looks like there?

Christ crucified he is an incomprehensible mess of a human.

[2naSalit]

3. K&R

[elias7]

4. He looks like one of them, too

[cheyanne]

5. Trump is colluding with Russia. Putin keeps him on short leash.

Why does Trump invite Russians into the White House at the very time he is trying to bury his Russian ties?

Trump has failed to enact the agenda Putin has given him: lift sanctions, stop interference with Eastern Europe, and kill NATO. All while weakening our democracy.

So Putin pulls his chain and orders meeting Russian.

This is what blackmail looks like.

Trump's long history with the Russians has given the Russians a ton of evidence that could kill his career and they're using it.

[world wide wally]

6. A purposeful move by Trump so that he can say, "if I was working with Russia, would I

be stupid enough to invite them to the Oval Office right after firing Comey?"

That would be the kind of con he uses. Everything he does is part of the con.