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Politicalgolfer

(317 posts)
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 05:48 PM Nov 2020

Whatever Trump Has Over GOP Senators, He Will Sill Have When He Leaves

In other words, he will keep running the show....or shall I say that Vlad will still run the show! They still will be terrified about what the animal can reveal about them at his whim. This is bigger than just the usual sick bastard Mitch & his wrecking ball😠

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Whatever Trump Has Over GOP Senators, He Will Sill Have When He Leaves (Original Post) Politicalgolfer Nov 2020 OP
OR..... Vlad will decide Trump is worthloess to him and dump what HE has on Trump. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #1
I agree with you OLDMDDEM Nov 2020 #3
Russians are telling Vlad to milk trump while he can. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #5
'Milk tRump' Cirque du So-What Nov 2020 #10
Dumpy OLDMDDEM Nov 2020 #18
From Prison? pwb Nov 2020 #2
The senator I'm most curious about is Ron Johnson. Mike 03 Nov 2020 #4
He's one of the ones who went to Russia on the 4 th of July. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #6
wow!! scum bastards uponit7771 Nov 2020 #21
Isn't he refusing to run again in 2022? Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #16
And Lindsey Graham too Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #17
Russian asset. nt. OLDMDDEM Nov 2020 #19
When he is gone...our job is to make sure he is prosecuted, all the dirt comes out Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #7
I dont think he has anything over them. They know his followers love him and will do anything napi21 Nov 2020 #8
"running the show" won't be his motivation: It will be Mob *retribution/vengeance*. UTUSN Nov 2020 #9
Putin. Not Trump. PUTIN. dchill Nov 2020 #11
The question in my mind has always been where Trump gets his blackmail information kurtcagle Nov 2020 #12
His power is he can give them a primary challenger with a tweet Trenzalore Nov 2020 #13
Skeletons never die. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #14
Putin has dirt on Trump and gave Trump the dirt on the congressmen. Patterson Nov 2020 #15
K&R, Trump will control MINIMUM 5% of kGOP voters per county nationwide who are True Believers and uponit7771 Nov 2020 #20
There is only one solution to this problem. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #22

OLDMDDEM

(1,575 posts)
3. I agree with you
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 05:52 PM
Nov 2020

I think Vlad will turn on Dumpy. He is worthless to him at this stage of the presidency.

OLDMDDEM

(1,575 posts)
18. Dumpy
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:53 AM
Nov 2020

has been milked. There really isn't much more he can do. He's being watched to closely. That's why he put the morons in DOD the other day. They will distract and bow to their leader.

Demsrule86

(68,565 posts)
7. When he is gone...our job is to make sure he is prosecuted, all the dirt comes out
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 05:55 PM
Nov 2020

and in general...loses all credibility. His security clearance needs to be revoked and anyone feeding him classified information will face jail time.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
8. I dont think he has anything over them. They know his followers love him and will do anything
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 05:58 PM
Nov 2020

he asks of the. THEY need his followers to vote for them, & they know if wthey upset him, he'll badmouth them & they'll never get their votes. You're right about his voters stickig with hin when he leaves the WH. That means all those Pub congress critters will have to still kiss his butt to get their votes. Must really piss of those Pubs weho were thinking about a Presidentialo run in 2024.

UTUSN

(70,691 posts)
9. "running the show" won't be his motivation: It will be Mob *retribution/vengeance*.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 06:00 PM
Nov 2020

Last edited Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:19 AM - Edit history (1)

dchill

(38,489 posts)
11. Putin. Not Trump. PUTIN.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 06:04 PM
Nov 2020

If it walks like an asset, talks like an asset, and tweets like an asset - guess what? IT'S AN ASSET.

PUTIN holds their crud. And their debt. Obviously, they can't turn back.

kurtcagle

(1,602 posts)
12. The question in my mind has always been where Trump gets his blackmail information
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 06:20 PM
Nov 2020

Trump did not, four years ago, have much of an intelligence network, and I cannot imagine that the CIA, NSA, or other agencies would bend over backward to help him directly once they realized what a security risk he was. This leaves the obvious source - Russia. Once Trump is out of the White House, that intelligence will dry up fairly quickly. Private citizen Trump may also be able to threaten with his Bully boys, but I expect Trump's support to fade quickly especially as it becomes harder and harder to back up his words with actions.

There's another key point here. Trump's Twitter account ceases to be an official channel in two and a half months. Twitter can at that point muzzle him permanently at which point he has no real public outlet. His cash on hand is about to become non-existent fairly quickly, see even buying a media outlet (OAN?) will be difficult for him to pull off by himself, assuming he manages to avoid jail.



Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
13. His power is he can give them a primary challenger with a tweet
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 06:25 PM
Nov 2020

That is what they are afraid of.

Time will tell if that fades when his supporters have to acknowledge he was a loser.

uponit7771

(90,336 posts)
20. K&R, Trump will control MINIMUM 5% of kGOP voters per county nationwide who are True Believers and
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:55 AM
Nov 2020

... worship him.

This is not ending

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