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IcyPeas

(21,856 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 07:20 PM May 2020

Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent NBC, predicted this in 2016:

I’ve long worried how Trump would react when forced into a corner/ nervous/angry. For 3 years, he’s mostly gotten his way - passing though impeachment proceedings and various scandals; but times could be changing and reaching a head. The signs look dangerous.



watch this clip

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Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent NBC, predicted this in 2016: (Original Post) IcyPeas May 2020 OP
K&R UTUSN May 2020 #1
KnR Hekate May 2020 #2
⭐️K&R⭐️ spanone May 2020 #3
Oh, and don't forget to thank Senate Republicans gratuitous May 2020 #4
THIS. roamer65 May 2020 #5
Engel has long foreign experience with a range of leader and mob types. empedocles May 2020 #6
Trump's people thrive on chaos and disaster that they create. Baked Potato May 2020 #7
My god, he nailed it back then! CTyankee May 2020 #8
That second clip was eerily prescient. smirkymonkey May 2020 #9
+1 dalton99a May 2020 #10
I remember watching that night. His words were only badhair77 May 2020 #11

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Oh, and don't forget to thank Senate Republicans
Fri May 29, 2020, 07:52 PM
May 2020

Each and every day during this nightmare of an administration Mitch McConnell's Senate Republicans have enabled, assisted, and escorted Needy Amin every step along the way. When they were presented with a case for his removal, they couldn't even be bothered to call witnesses before acquitting him. 100,000 dead and 40 million Americans out of work later, and Senate Republicans couldn't be more serene about the mess they've made.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
7. Trump's people thrive on chaos and disaster that they create.
Fri May 29, 2020, 08:37 PM
May 2020

It builds an alternate reality for them to step outside of. Then, they point at what they have done and it gives them comfort in knowing they can hurt people.

CTyankee

(63,901 posts)
8. My god, he nailed it back then!
Fri May 29, 2020, 08:42 PM
May 2020

I have always liked Engel. He always made sense to me and I trusted his judgments from wherever he was.

badhair77

(4,214 posts)
11. I remember watching that night. His words were only
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:03 PM
May 2020

part of the reason I couldn’t sleep. But I still remember his exact words without this video reminder. His thoughts carry a lot of weight.

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