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kentuck

(111,102 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2022, 04:05 PM Aug 2022

It's not that big of a deal.

All of the presidents do it.

They take classified documents with them when they leave the White House. Some of the documents, they want for a souvenir and some might be of monetary value to them.

But Donald Trump is not an exception. Just because he took Top Secret documents and just because Democrats do not trust him as far as they can throw him, that does not mean he did anything wrong. It is all political.

The Democrats and the FBI just wanted to make Donald Trump look bad and try to keep him from running for the White House in 2024. Everybody knows that.

Even if he was negotiating with the Russians and the Saudis for the best price, it's not that big of a deal. They all do it. They have to make a living after they get out of the White House.

He was trying to cooperate with the NARA and the FBI. He only had the documents for a couple of years. Why should he have thought that after all that time, they would still want the classified documents?

Nobody went after the documents that Barack Obama stole from the White House. There were millions of them.

Donald Trump is the most persecuted president in history.



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It's not that big of a deal. (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2022 OP
George Washington had an overdue library book. Returned 211 years later. Beakybird Aug 2022 #1
But Donald Trump.... SergeStorms Aug 2022 #2
Stable Genius (Wait, that's Mister Ed) usonian Aug 2022 #3
Sounds like Mr Puzzles. JanMichael Aug 2022 #4
what makes you think it was an either or deal? WhiteTara Aug 2022 #5

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
2. But Donald Trump....
Sun Aug 21, 2022, 04:56 PM
Aug 2022

is the smartest businessman in the world! Didn't you see his TV show, or listen to any of his speeches?



So I guess that blows that "needs money" crap right out of the water, huh? 😉

Donnie does like making easy money though. If he doesn't have to work for it (has he ever?) that's a big plus in his book.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
5. what makes you think it was an either or deal?
Sun Aug 21, 2022, 07:19 PM
Aug 2022

I'm thinking the ice cream double dipper was negotiating with both and maybe China too.

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