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docgee

(870 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:23 PM Dec 2018

So do you think Obama played tRump after the election?

When Obama told tRump not to hire Flynn, did he know tRump would do the exact opposite? If Flynn wasn't NSA director, would have Comey been fired? Would there be a Mueller investigation? Did Obama leave the evidence to start the ball rolling on Flynn and throw a Yuge monkey wrench in tRump's whole administration?

I like to think so.

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So do you think Obama played tRump after the election? (Original Post) docgee Dec 2018 OP
No TheRealNorth Dec 2018 #1
Nope. I think Manafort and Pence had the say in that. TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #2
Absolutely not. Obama is a straight-up guy who would never want to take chances The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #3
No he did it to save America. MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #4
He had an obligation to inform Trump about Flynn. Flaleftist Dec 2018 #5
no way. Obama said truml would probably be a pragmatic president AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #6
LMAO... Okay, okay docgee Dec 2018 #7
Obama warned them. They ignored him. Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #8

TheRealNorth

(9,462 posts)
1. No
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:29 PM
Dec 2018

Obama wouldn't put this country in a position to be compromised by a foreign agent. Only Republican weasels would do that.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,548 posts)
3. Absolutely not. Obama is a straight-up guy who would never want to take chances
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:30 PM
Dec 2018

with national security by intentionally duping Trump into hiring someone he knew was as compromised as Flynn. It's really kind of insulting to Obama to suggest he'd play that kind of dangerous game.

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
6. no way. Obama said truml would probably be a pragmatic president
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 10:23 PM
Dec 2018

so we should give him a chance. Didn’t last long of course. I think Obama wanted to help him as much as possible in the beginning. One of the biggest mistake dems made was thinking that both parties have the same goals just different ways of achieving them.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
8. Obama warned them. They ignored him.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 08:24 AM
Dec 2018

It's funny how all of this is really Pence's fault. He was leading the team. And yet it seems as if everyone gives him a free pass.

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