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How Trump fulfilled a 30-year fantasy of becoming president, with a little help from the Kremlin
On July 13, President Trump defended his son, Donald Trump Jr, who was accused of colluding with Russians after he tweeted out a stream of emails showing him colluding with Russians.
“The meeting went very, very quickly, very fast, two other people in the room. I guess one of them left almost immediately and the other was not really focused on the meeting,” said Trump.
. . .
In other words, Trump was lying again, and the lies told by both the president and his son have made them the object of yet another inquiry revolving around questions of campaign finance law, security clearance violations, conspiracy, and treason.
Trump told another lie in that press conference that has been less examined: “I’ve only been in politics for two years,”
That’s not true. Not even close.
. . .
Donald Trump likes to present himself as a neophyte and political outsider, but that’s not even remotely true. He fantasized about a run for president as early as 1987. Now with the help of the Republican Party and, it seems, the Russians, he’s finally in. Debunking the “new guy” myth:
. . .
Trump’s pet proposals benefit Russia, not the American people
Other policy proposals he has mentioned – ending sanctions, dropping out of NATO, abandoning the interference investigation – benefit the Kremlin far more than they do the US public. His administration is
Here’s an earlier piece I wrote for De Correspondent on Trump’s ties with Russia. a veritable matryoshka doll of Kremlin sycophants, many of whom are now under federal investigation for the role in the election inference, along with campaign advisors Manafort, Stone, and Caputo.
Whatever the reasons are behind Trump’s actions, they cannot be attributed to political naivete. Trump spent thirty years planning for the presidency, collaborating with Kremlin associates, and working with the most extremist elements of the GOP. He knows what he’s doing. The real question is what Americans are going to do about Trump.
“The meeting went very, very quickly, very fast, two other people in the room. I guess one of them left almost immediately and the other was not really focused on the meeting,” said Trump.
. . .
In other words, Trump was lying again, and the lies told by both the president and his son have made them the object of yet another inquiry revolving around questions of campaign finance law, security clearance violations, conspiracy, and treason.
Trump told another lie in that press conference that has been less examined: “I’ve only been in politics for two years,”
That’s not true. Not even close.
. . .
Donald Trump likes to present himself as a neophyte and political outsider, but that’s not even remotely true. He fantasized about a run for president as early as 1987. Now with the help of the Republican Party and, it seems, the Russians, he’s finally in. Debunking the “new guy” myth:
. . .
Trump’s pet proposals benefit Russia, not the American people
Other policy proposals he has mentioned – ending sanctions, dropping out of NATO, abandoning the interference investigation – benefit the Kremlin far more than they do the US public. His administration is
Here’s an earlier piece I wrote for De Correspondent on Trump’s ties with Russia. a veritable matryoshka doll of Kremlin sycophants, many of whom are now under federal investigation for the role in the election inference, along with campaign advisors Manafort, Stone, and Caputo.
Whatever the reasons are behind Trump’s actions, they cannot be attributed to political naivete. Trump spent thirty years planning for the presidency, collaborating with Kremlin associates, and working with the most extremist elements of the GOP. He knows what he’s doing. The real question is what Americans are going to do about Trump.
https://thecorrespondent.com/7106/how-trump-fulfilled-a-30-year-fantasy-of-becoming-president-with-a-little-help-from-the-kremlin/2009932931402-52e375f5
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