Lawrence O'Donnell slams NYT for false reporting that was 'a total victory for Donald Trump'

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

16. Give Little Donnie a break. He's only doing what Putin tells him to do.

Putin's goal is to destroy the United States from the inside. It started with IQ45 screaming "Voter fraud!" during the 2016 election and threatening to not accept the results (which wouldn't have mattered, but that's spilt milk under the bridge). Then he appoints corrupt and incompetent people to his cabinet -- or refuses to fill critical positions at all -- and fires anyone who has institutional knowledge under the pretext that they aren't loyal to him.

He attacks the foundations of our country -- the judiciary, rule of law and its enforcement, intelligence apparatus -- and says, "Only I can fix it."

He spouts nonsensical revisionist history about Russia that are only found in the headlines only found in Russian media.

And worst of all, he meets with our worst adversary alone, without advisers or a note taker or even at times an American translator. This isn't unusual, it's unprecedented. It is the actions of an agent of the Russian state.

Sorry to go off like that. I spent a major part of my life as an Air Force officer who had taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Trump is clearly an enemy of the United States, and should not only be removed from office, but also tried as a traitor.

Fuck his base. The other 70% are slowly awakening to the threat The Orange One (who I call "Donnie" ) poses to our nation.