It’s been another disastrous few days for the Baby Fists administration. I won’t get into everything that has happened, but let’s just say that I hope all of those people who cared so deeply about Hillary Clinton’s emails are paying attention. Emperor Baby Fists conducted an emergency national security briefing at Mar-A-Lago, his hotel in Palm Beach, in front of club members and assorted civilians. Around the same time, the Washington Post and other outlets were reporting on Trump’s National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, because Flynn has long-standing connections to Vladimir Putin and Russia generally. Before Flynn was even appointed NSA, he was talking to Russia about the lift of Obama-era sanctions (meaning, Obama was still in office and Flynn was likely telling Russia not to worry, he would take care of everything). Flynn then maybe-probably lied to VP Pence about the discussions with Russian officials, which is a story that was blowing up last Friday. Up until Monday evening, it was being said that Flynn had the “full confidence” of the president. And then Flynn resigned suddenly last night.
Embattled White House national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, an abrupt end to a brief tenure. His departure came just after reports surfaced that the Justice Department warned the Trump administration last month that Flynn misled administration officials regarding his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States and was potentially vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians.
“I inadvertently briefed the Vice President-elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador. I have sincerely apologized to the President and the Vice President, and they have accepted my apology,” Flynn wrote, according to a copy of his resignation letter obtained by CNN.
“I am tendering my resignation, honored to have served our nation and the American people in such a distinguished way,” he wrote. “I know with the strong leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence and the superb team they are assembling, this team will go down in history as one of the greatest presidencies in US history.”
The move comes less than a month into the job, making him one of the shortest-serving senior presidential advisers in modern history.
There are huge political implications about Flynn’s resignation, and this resignation doesn’t end the questions many have. Like, why was Flynn not fired outright? Did Trump still want Flynn to stick around? Will the investigations into Flynn, Trump and Russia continue? How many people within Trump’s inner circle have connections to Russia? Which brings me to this bombshell article in the Observer over the weekend – go here to read. Basically, sources say that the spy community and intelligence community are completely freaked out about Trump and his band of lunatics and shady characters. American intelligence agencies have already partially confirmed the now-infamous “dossier” on Trump, and they’re basically in open revolt against the Trump White House. Get this: the intelligence community is now keeping sensitive intelligence away from the president and his people because they fear Trump and his people will mishandle the information or leak it. A Pentagon official told the Observer: “Since January 20, we’ve assumed that the Kremlin has ears inside the SITROOM… There’s not much the Russians don’t know at this point.” Chilling.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
My wish is this will bring down the lot of them but I doubt it will be that simple.
Yea it won’t be because they will take US down in the process. I heard about the NSA keeping info on purpose and I was just…it scared me more than a lot of the news leaking out. And that’s saying something
@Nicole
Why would that take down the US? If they all knew and we can prove that by emails, phone or whatnot, we can then have a post election election.
That’s what I think and hope for in my little world. And, in my little world, Olivier Martinez wants me badly.
I’m switching out Olivier with Kostas Martakis. My apologies.
I have read the bigger issue might have been former Atty Gen. Sally Yates warning the administration Flynn was compromised. they made it look like they fired her for not enforcing the Muslim ban, but what if it was really due to her warning over Flynn?
#shepersisted
Women saving the world
This exactly!
“Up until Monday evening, it was being said that Flynn had the “full confidence” of the president.”
… Despite the fact Yates told the a White House that he’d lied to them and was compromised before she left. So they knew, but kept him around until it was made public.
Yes, that sounds very likely now. And it’s terrifying.
There’s been a lot of talk actually that she was fired for that very reason, that she tried to sound out the warnings about Flynn.
They fired him since this thing was exposed and he became a liability. I bet if this thing didn’t get blown, he’d still have a seat at the table.
I wish some rogue CIA agent will expose this group once and for all.
I wonder if this was a test by the Obama DOJ/Intelligence community. If they tell the Trump administration about corruption and they don’t do anything about it, they are in on it. They were told and did nothing.
There ya go, Tata — I feel quite certain that that is EXACTLY why she was fired…and if that could only be proved, it would indicate clear culpability on the part of Trump, the alleged President…that he knew about and was possibly involved in the meddling by Russia in our democratic process. Treason. Donald J. Treason.
Flynn wasn’t being blackmailed; I’m starting to think he was Trump’s handler for Putin. The Trump campaign knew full well that Flynn was on the Russian payroll when they brought him on as an advisor and insisted that he be with Trump during all intel briefings. The GOP doesn’t want people poking around too much because if they do it will become clear that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia (and investigation of communications with Russia may reveal the collusion withe the FBI via Rudy Giuliani). If that comes to light, it completely undermines the validity of the election and Pence being able to just step in as POTUS – which is the real reason the GOP seams to support Trump but we all know they’ll impeach him or force his hand to make him resign (if there’s a sob story reason Trump gives to resign, it’s an “alternative fact” the GOP created to give him an out so he doesn’t take Pence or the party with him).
Truth be told, every republican congressman who is not pushing for investigation into the Russian interference with the election, and Trump & Flynn’s ties to Russia is guilty of treason as well
I agree, ol cranky. I think Flynn’s ties to Russia are what got him the job. Others as well, like Tillerson.
The Rogue White House twitter feed was saying that Pence, Paul Ryan and Preibus were the “Unholy Trinity”, that are actually suspicious about the Russian ties to the White House. They made it so that Pence had to sit in on the call to Russia with Trump, despite his objections. However, this call was not recorded as is typical. On Jan. 28th they wrote, “After call, #UnholyTrinity do not seem to have had any fears allayed. POTUS behavior during call said to be suspicious. #POTUSindistress”
Tata, Rogue POTUS Staff wrote:
“Rogue POTUS Staff @RoguePOTUSStaff · 22h22 hours ago
Media finally learned Yates raised flags re: Flynn before being fired. What they’re still not seeing is that it’s the reason she was fired.”
https://twitter.com/RoguePOTUSStaff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This is, quite simply, high treason
Yes, it is.
Lock. Him.Up.
I agree. There is no excuse, there is no defense of this behavior. I knew that the GOP ranks party loyalty has a high priority, but I am amazed at the reaction from some Congressional members, like Chaffetz. Cowering in the face of obvious corruption.
And….Russia just deployed a cruise missile that violates a 1987 arms treaty.
Clearly, Russia has Trump right where it wants him.
Shit is getting real, real quick.
And people at Mar a Lago got to take pictures of the “football.”
Flynn threw himself under the bus in the administration’s hope that doing so would end speculation and ward off any investigations into this. Putin has other puppets, like Tillerson, so he can afford to lose Flynn. Congressional leaders like McConnell, Ryan, and Chaffetz are happy to ignore all this. Ryan is too busy focusing himself on trying to obliterate our entire health care system and raising taxes on working people so he can cut his own to bother with caring about what Trump is doing. We MUST continue the pressure!
Excuse you, those are not ordinary people taking pics of the man who carries the Nuke briefcase and posting it on facebook. Those are fine Americans how now pay a $200,000 membership fee to do so. The 100% increase in the fee this January keeps out the riff ruff, I’ll have you know. Its only fitting that these contributing citizens get a first hand view if two Heads of States handling an international incident while they dine on their cold soup. If you want to witness Security Advisors scrambling to screen satellite images of North Korean nuclear testing then its not to late to buy your club membership to the Winter White House. Oh by the way, liberal tears, Clintons emails, Ben Gazy and MAGA.
this!!
You forgot Snowflake!😂😂😂😂
I expect $200,00 a year sounds like a bargain to Vladimir.
You are very naive if you don’t think rich people are spies. The rich riff raff likely caused the man who carries the nuclear football to be removed from his post due to revealing his identity. Rich=good poor=bad is a disgusting commentary.
Saras, don’t worry… this comment was VERY clearly satirical.
(And also a direct glimpse into 45’s mind.)
Well, yes, there are those fine Americans who paid that $200,000 to pose with “the football” but sometimes wait staff have iPhones too.
Yea and they found the guy that carries the football…on Facebook. Like holy Christ on a cracker.
You are right Flynn is the sacrificial lamb at this point. The WH is officially infiltrated by the Russians. I have zero doubts on that.
This is the reason the “reasonable” red voters need to come out in January. If you are so “pro-America” this admin and the silence of the GOP should be alarming. It’s not supposed to be party before country.
And in response there are still people on twitter defending him and going, “but Hillary benghazi, blah, blah” and “but Obama drones, blah, blah.”
The defense of this crap is disgusting… seriously, it’s like people just don’t even care. So what if he has ties to Russia? HillaryBengahziEmailsDNCgaveherdebatequestionsObozoObummer#MAGA
Yes, here’s “king richard” of the gin blossom nose with the nuke codes
http://twitter.com/johncarlbaker/status/831205966704046080
Thank you for posting this. I saw it this morning and couldn’t believe it. Pay up, mingle and get great social media content (security be darned)!
Yet supposedly resort windows were covered with black plastic to keep reporters and others from disturbing the leader’s golf game.
And something else d-bag “king richard” posted:
http://twitter.com/yer_blues/status/831177964448579588
So, last night I was in the comment section of one of the article about Flynn’s resignation. It had also mentioned the guy who posted the “football” on his Facebook. A commenter said something like, hey I know that guy, he’s an actor from Boston! Now I’m wondering was he hired to be there? How does a background type actor afford two hundred grand a year to hang at the “winter white house”? Was he paid to applaud in the background?
This is crazy.
@Sophia’s. He’s a retired investor and active trump buttlicker and a member of the mar-a-lago club. Plenty of stuff about him on google and twitter.
http://www.ibtimes.com/who-richard-deagazio-mar-lago-member-takes-photo-man-he-claims-carries-nuclear-2491076
Anybody listen to yesterday’s Pod Saves America? They predicted this. They also mentioned that Trump is said to hate Spicey, Priebus and of course, Flynn. I guess the only two people he digs are Cohn and Bannon because they’re “rich”.
*eyeroll*
I’m sorry, but there is NO way people got to take pictures with that thing. Not in a billion years. I just refuse to believe that they would be so careless with one of the most dangerous objects in the country. It would never be allowed by the pentagon and the military gens.
See the link I posted. It’s ARROGANCE, sheer arrogance. trump thinks he got the biggest prize of all and he can do anything he wants to do. He’s never heard the word “No” before. Listen to stephen miller’s nazi rant and be chilled. I can’t wait till they’re all destroyed.
Impeachment, resignation or death-I have my preference-but I’ll take any of those options.
I was listening to that Stephen Miller guy talking, he is one creepy dude and he talks like a robot, I have never seen so many horrible people in all my life in this administration, they are all a bunch of the most deplorable people you could ever get in one group including the headman Agent Orange himself. I hope this is the beginning of the end for all of them, it cant come sooner.
How do you explain the photos, then?
So, you don’t believe your lying eyes? Look at the pictures. There are also pictures of Trump’s staff illuminating the classified documents with their own unsecured phones.
ha ha ha! Remember, this is an alternative universe we are living in now… Everything seems possible.
Agree that Flynn threw himself – or got pushed – under the bus. Isn’t this all leading to a story about whether Trump directed Flynn to have those discussions w/Russia? I mean, yes Flynn and others have inappropriate contacts with Russia but what about our top fake leader? I joked with friends that we’d be sold to Russia if Trump ever won (oh days of innocence when that seemed like an impossibility) but I guess that was no joke.
I cannot wait to see what unfolds from this. Let’s get the impeachment party started.
Can you believe it is not even a MONTH into his presidency and it is already such a sh*t show?
I agree, the most important story isn’t just Flynn, it is what his actions say about the entire administration. Most troubling is that Yates warned the Administration before she left…and they did nothing. It suggests they are all in on it together.
“And people at Mar a Lago got to take pictures of the “football.”
Yes, and so many other documents and communications that were occurring in the public eye during a international military event. The lack of privacy during these events is INCREDIBLY troubling.
I’m just amazed that we’re still acting like Flynn lied to Pence. He knew. They all knew. Hell, WE all knew the minute Obama imposed those sanctions and Putin’s response was, “Eh, I won’t respond to this right now.” It was so damn obvious that this administration was in bed with Russia from the word “go.” Or the words, “Don’t worry, we’ll lift those sanctions.”
Exactly. Flynn is taking a bullet for Pence and Trump. This is less plausible than a James Bond movie plot.
No. Pence did not know. He was kept in the dark on this and was put him out there to lie. Don’t think for a second Pence is not furious and behind the firing. Pence is not an idiot. He would never have gone out to the press and said that. And journalists don’t believe Pence knew.
Trump knew.
Okay, for a second let’s say Pence didn’t explicitly know about the contents of this one particular phone call.
Let’s not pretend he doesn’t know about Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. Let’s not pretend he doesn’t know about everyone else’s ties to Russia. He knows what’s up.
@Jayna: Pence knew, they all knew. I’m a regular citizen and I knew that something was really wrong when DT refused to call VP out on anything. The love was too strong. Also, why was DT told over a month ago that Flinn was compromised and he did not fired him. Flynn resigned, not fired. DT was afraid to fire him because he was afraid Flinn was going to point the finger right at the head of the WH. I’m going to bet within a year DT will be impeached. I still want him to release his his taxes.
Of course they knew! They clearly directed him to get the message to Putin that “We’ll take care of it, don’t worry.”
@B n A fn: On my FB there popped up a press conference that Ryan was at and apparently Trump told Flynn to resign. Didn’t watch it because I can’t anymore. Went back to find it and it didn’t pop up again (tried to find it elsewhere).
Pence DEFINITELY knew. No, he’s not an idiot, he’s just arrogant and drunk on power like the rest of these fools.
I don’t think Pence knew. That man maybe a lot of things but traitor he isn’t. He fits the mold of square American conservative dad. He looked bad from inadvertently covering up for Flynn. I’m pretty sure he’s PO’d too.
Let’s see how everyone in the Trump Administration reacts to Russia deploying a missile that violates a US/Russia arms treaty from 1987, which they just did.
If Pence is truly the uncorrupted soul that people want him to be, he will come out forcefully against this move by Russia. I doubt, however, that Pence could be the innocent people want. The Trump administration wouldn’t have anyone come aboard who wasn’t ready to stoop to their standards.
Pence is just trying to distance himself from culpability for his inevitable attempt to grab the presidency when Drumpf goes down. However, we do not have to accept him slithering into Drumpf’s empty chair, the constitution does not guarantee full presidential powers to any Veep, because they were not voted for by the people, but selected by their running mate, and are therefore vulnerable to legal challenge.
CO-SIGN. I said basically the same thing down thread. I don’t know how much more obvious this can be that he is just an easy scapegoat for 45 and Pence.
Shambles, we all knew because we’re intelligent, we read, follow the news, know something about history, and have working bs detectors.
Conway was on the Today show and kept reintegrating the flashpoint for Flynns resignation was his misleading the VP on the content of the calls to Russia. I was amazed there was no follow up about ” What about the President?” and to nail down what he did or didn’t know?!?
Press….Do your job!!!
Agree completely but let’s not make it seem like Flynn is some hero. That guy is a HUGE asshole and a complete moron to boot*.
*like most of this administration, honestly.
There is a silver lining. Now Flynn can devote more time to investigating pizzagate.
http://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/831358458582671361
I can buy that Pence did not know. From what I have read, Pence really does not have a very viable role in the administration, or maybe, there are several administrations in play. There is Trump and Bannon and Flynn (out) “colluding” with Putin, and then there is Pence and Priebus who are the inside Washington guys, who want to roll out the awful Republican policies in the next 4 years, and then there is Jared Kushner who goes into between the two. I am not saying Pence doesn’t lie, but there just doesn’t seem to be a lot of evidence that he has the same sick ties to Russia. He is probably plotting Trump’s #impeachment so he can be president. When will Congress start taking this seriously and conduct a bipartisan investigation? In 2018 when the Democrats take back the Senate and make serious gains in the House???
If pence didn’t know or strongly suspect at the time, he’s either stupid or willfully naive. They’re all rotten to varying degrees.
I am flabbergasted that so many Republican Congress members aren’t calling Trump and his adminstration(s) out. I clearly was naive to think/hope that even with Trump’s election there would be senators and reps who would step up and put country over party. Don’t they get that they will be on the right side of history? Don’t they care?
I just don’t know anymore. My feelings about him have been that under normal circumstances- meaning if this had been a normal election- there is no reason why Pence would be so close to being president. I was always under the impression that he was liked by many in Congress, namely the tea party, but more information is coming out that he really isn’t that liked. Until more evidence comes out, in my mind, trump, bannon, and putin are working together and everyone else is pretty much left in the dark which is why there needs to be a bipartisan investigation. If Trump’s name were Hillary Rodham Clinton the investigation would be underway… Another question, why is Priebus on the chopping block and shouldn’t we be scared if he goes? Don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand the guy but he is a Washington insider. Isn’t it good he is in the White House given the chaos?
I don’t believe Pence knew. I, actually, don’t believe he would have gone on TV and relayed false info if he knew.
Now, who knew was Trump. He absolutely was in on it. I wish that would come out, but it won’t.
Yeah, they think that chucking Flynn under the bus will make this controversy go away.
Exactly, OhDear. WRONG. If nothing else, this is bringing even more attention to all the controversy. Sad.
I’m really proud of CNN lately, for they seem to have found their balls. The main headline on their website is, “Flynn is Gone, Not the Controversy”
Not only is the controversy still going strong, so is the investigation.
Oh absolutely. They all knew, but Flynn is the sacrificial lamb because there’s actual evidence of it.
So true. They ALL know, they are on it, they , dear Republicans in congress and WH and elsewhere are all comprised. This takeover was not publicly hostile, but this was and is a COUP!
Flynn might have lied to Pence, if Pence has been kept out of the loop on this. But he didn’t lie to Trump or the inner circle. He was undoubtedly told to make the call specifically to reassure the Russians that the sanctions would be lifted once Trump was inaugurated, just as Trump had been saying throughout the campaign.
When Yates told Trump about the intelligence people knowing that Flynn had discussed the sanctions, she very likely didn’t realize that Trump already knew because Trump told him to do it.
Trump seems like an impulsive low-information fellow, but the one thing he has been laser-focused on is playing nice with Putin. Keeping Putin happy is very important to Trump, and lifting sanctions will make Putin deliriously happy.
It is illegal for a private citizen to engage in diplomacy. Flynn needs to be prosecuted.
Lock him up!
Could what he did be considered treason? If so, then everyone in the White House who is in cahoots with Moscow should be arrested for treason IMO.
Violating the Logan Act is a felony, but not treason. If he colluded with Russia to interfere with the election, that would be treason.
Thanks Megan. The finer points of American politics is suddenly fascinating to this Canadian.
Apparently, the Logan Act has rarely been enforced and there are concerns that it potentially criminalizes much routine (and constitutionally protected) free speech of U.S. Citizens. That said, I would love to see Flynn prosecuted for something.
Flynn-gazi
But seriously, this better be just the beginning of a massive investigation.
Please the head of he oversight committee got roasted by his constituents for not opening an investigation into the millions of conflicts that are already in play now. Including us paying for trump to line his pockets
I am hoping CNN, The Washington Post, and Newyork Times keep digging into this deeply, I have a feeling this is only the start, Trump and his deplorables are going to go down, as Trump likes to say ‘big league’.
We also have to do our share, keeping the pressure on them.
The GOP will do anything to avoid further investigation because they put party before country, even when the enemy is clearly in the WH. The level of corruption in the GOP is mind bogglingly depressing. We will need millions of people marching in DC, surrounding the Capitol, chanting “Do Your Job!!” before they’ll acknowledge anything.
The GOP are at the moment a major threat to your country. Please read:
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/14/time-is-running-out-on-american-democracy-historian-says_partner/
I’m sorry, but Jason Chaffetz has enough on his plate without opening another investigation now. He is in the middle of probing the cozy relationship between PBS and Sid the Science Kid.
So correct me if I am wrong but the inteligence community was aware of the call, had the transcripts and didnt push it too hard before Flynn took office? Rofl! Trump is in so much trouble. So they basically let him take office for long enough to hurt Trumps optics but not long enough for him to have any real impact n National Security. Do you think Trump is smart enough to heed the warning shot to never ever eff with the national intelligence agencies? Nope. He’ll be insulting them and refusing to take full briefings again by evening.
Yes, this. He’s strangely quiet at the moment. I know it’s worrying stuff, but I’m enjoying him being destroyed like this. Even his rabid supporters will have to eventually see the light now. Or maybe not…
I would say not. His supporters can and do and find ways to justify ANYTHING.
According to the rogue twitter account, he’s on some sort of Twitter time out.
Supposedly the Obama’s administration became suspicious after Putin didn’t react to the sanctions. They began checking the monitoring of Russian officials and – surprise! – found Flynn’s call.
Drumpf is going to be keel-hauled by the ship of state, and I, for one, will relish every moment of it.
I’m calling Michael Flynn Domino Number 1.
Rancid Penis’s job as CoS is shaky as well as KellyAnne Conjob’s position, although I read where she is being considered for Rancid’s job once he’s evacuated. Wait, what??
And for the love of all that is sane and holy…never send out Joseph Goebbels lookalike Stephen Miller in front of moving pictures ever again. I was uneasy all of Sunday by Miller because he reminds me of Derek Vinyard from American History X. Absolutely terrifying!
Joseph Goebbels? more like Pauly Shore.
I would never disrespect Pauly Shore with a comparison to Stephen Miller. Take another listen to what Miller SAID on Sunday and try not to envision Derek Vinyard.
I’m still trying to figure the Stephen Miller move. How could they possibly think that sending out that dead eyed muppet was a good idea? I mean Kellyanne seems like an actual human being which is why her spin is so effective, this guy looks like an alien who has studied human behavior and words for two minutes and is attempting to imitate it. So glad that both Chuck Todd and George S didnt bother hiding their disdain.
Incidentally, Will Arnett is totally going to play him on SNL (which would also be a nice 30 Rock reunion). Well either Will Arnett or maybe “Buster” from Arrested Development and Veep.
Yeah, Miller is scary as f^ck. I read an article about when he was younger and it sounds like he was unhinged then, too, and sort of a laughingstock of the high school. Seems like he’s getting his revenge now.
Listen to yesterday’s Pod Saves America if you haven’t already. I guess Miller was booed offstage by four thousand students when he ran for class president. The guy was a bigot, xenophobe, and racist even when he was a student at Schiopata Monica High School.
It seems impossible that there are this many terrible human beings concentrated in one administration.
Kitten, I will, thanks for the tip! And yeah, it is pretty remarkable and depressing how Trump seems to attract the worst of humanity.
That’s a great podcast, Kitten, isn’t it? The NPR politics one is pretty good too, but obviously more limited in what they can say.
I LOVE that podcast. Someone here actually turned me on to it and I’m so thankful. Those guys are (obviously) Obama homers but it doesn’t bother me. Mostly, I love their “inside take” on everything and just how angry they are. Makes me feel less alone lol.
Kitten, the only bright side I can think of is that when the basket finally blows up, they’ll all go down in flames together. And we will have all the fewer sh!tty people to deal with (as we try to reconstruct modern civilization)
@ Shamby-Right. And those of us who voted HRC will here be waiting for our flowers. Or at the very least an apology.
Then again, I was just on FB and came across a thread with yet another belligerent Trumpster whining about Hillary and how Dems have no scruples. LOL. Gotta love the nads on any Republican lecturing the Left about “scruples” right now.
Classic example of a sociopath.
Rancid Penis? made my day))
For anyone who missed Herr Mueller’s, oops, I mean mr. miller’s performance:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/trump-adviser-stephen-miller-says-the-presidents-power-will-not-be-questioned/2017/02/13/0f772184-f14f-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_video.html
Very scary paragraph near the end of the Guardian piece about Flynn this morning. Flynn, Miller and Kushner have set up their own committee, “Strategic Initiatives Group,” parallel to the NSC issuing policy and memoranda without input from the military and intelligence officials in the NSC.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/13/michael-flynn-resigns-quits-trump-national-security-adviser-russia
Ha! Derek reformed in American History X though. I doubt Miller will.
When watching Miller on Sunday, I thought he looked and acted like Goebbels too. His intensity and aggression not to mention the evil look in his eye was scary. I wonder if he has a club foot too.
Eric, I agree, he is one creepy guy, and his eyes are as cold as ice, does Trump have anyone normal working for him, they are all creeps, every one of them.
He looks like a Nazi spawn. Dead eyed and soulless. There’s a special place for people like that…
@ holly hobby : “He looks like a Nazi spawn. Dead eyed and soulless. There’s a special place for people like that…”
Yes, there is, that place is called Trump’s administration.
I have a hard time believing that creep is younger than me! I heard the podcast Kitten is referring to, and his high school classmates said he got off on being hated.
That sounds like SO MANY of the Breitbart, Blaze, alt right trolls out there.
Thanks, Eric, you nailed it yet again. I dunno, this should be funny (Rancid Penis! Goebbels-look-alike!) but I’m too terrified and angry to laugh. Let’s see what shakes out in the next few days. Apparently bookies are taking huge bets that the Dumpster won’t make it through his first term. (I don’t know anything about betting so I’ve probably got the terminology wrong). Paul Krugman has been warning recently that unless the _people_ get active and kick all these bums out of office, “America as we know it will cease to exist.”
You have to keep laughing!
At the absurdity
At the hubris
At least at McKinnon and McCarthy
one nazi down, the rest (still) to go.
Karen, lets hope this is the start.
I want to be more excited, but all Flynn is at this point is an easy sacrificial lamb to throw the attention off 45 and Pence. And it will work-his supporters will say “See? He lied to them so they didn’t know and now he’s gone so case closed”. What is important that the rest of us, citizens and elected officials alike, do NOT fall for what to me is a plainly obvious misdirect.
45 is still the kingpin of this whole debacle.
The spectacle of him grinning like a moron in the middle of a national security meeting is so shameful-just another dick swinging opportunity for him to brag to others about “Hey guys, look at all this stuff I have access to!! I’m SUPER important”. Treating it like a game, like everything else.
That picture is pathetic. Twitler looks like a proud toddler who just did a bowel movement on his own.
That photo is all kinds of messed up. As was the fact that they were having a national security meeting in the middle of Trump’s country club dining room. The depth of his cluelessness really knows no bounds.
Some guy posed with the he young soldier who carries the nuclear ‘football’ while at the resort this weekend.
Pay up and see who you can get for a photo opp each weekend! It’s unbelievable.
All of it makes me want to scream, particularly when I think about Hillary’s emails.
I just cannot stomach the hypocrisy.
You have to remember, they’re not making friends or winning anyone over, sure they’ve got their zombie horde of sheeple but they also alienate more and more Americans everyday. This Flynn investigation will continue, it doesn’t end just because he resigns.
I hope this marks the beginning of the end for Trump and his minions. Apparently Sally Yates (the hero of our times!) warned Trump back in January that Flynn was compromised, but Trump did nothing. Which is a huge fucking deal, because it means Trump knowingly continued to share intelligence with someone who was either vulnerable to blackmail, or was passing that intelligence along to a (hostile) foreign nation. That alone should be enough to take down Trump (but we all know it won’t).
Also … There is simply no way Flynn was acting on his own here. Clearly Trump told him to contact Russia and advise them not to worry, that he would be lifting the sanctions. I hope that comes out, and I hope this whole administration goes down (McConnell has to go too, I’m sure his hands are dirty).
Yes! Now we know the real reason Sally Yates was fired! The warning that Flynn was at risk of being blackmailed had to have been more than just the Russian Ambassador call. There’s probably a lot more there but the administration is hoping jettisoning Flynn will stop the press investigations.
Sally is my girl crush. Great job.
Trump did nothing because he’s compromised too.
I’ve been quite impressed with Yates through all this.
Of course Trump knew about this, I am sure he told Flynn to do the phonecalls on his behalf, please let this all come out in the public, I hope CNN etc continues to dig into this.
I just want to wake up ONE DAY and not be absolutely horrified about what’s going on. They said this on SNL and it rang so true to me. JUST GIVE ME ONE DAY.
I know. I’m in a constant state of unease. It is very much like post 9/11, when I was afraid to turn on the news because I was sure another attack would be reported.
I’m still shocked that it’s been only 3 weeks. It feels like 3 years.
Literally EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
I keep waiting for it to slow down, to get better, but it just gets progressively worse on a daily basis. It’s terrifying.
I know, guys, I totally agree. I just got back from vacation on the Red Sea (great security! Friendly approachable people! Gorgeous!) – I deliberately avoided all news for the entire time and returned feeling rejuvenated and refreshed. Two days back in… and I’m depressed, anxious and ready to hit the bottle big time. This is really very, very scary – we can only hope that media keeps pushing, the judiciary keeps upholding the constitution, and the resistance keeps on building. This simply cannot last.
Has any of Trump’s people ever thought of being lowkey on their stupid Nazi plans? As in earn people’s trust first? Non of them thought of a wide scale backlash?
Couple of things. They are buffoons. Plus, they knew they had to act fast before it all unraveled.
Sheer arrogance.
Cat Vomit and his posse of pirates have absolutely no respect for the office of the presidency and even less respect for their constituents. They lie incessantly and have no fear of public backlash because they know their supporters will follow them off a cliff.
I mean, can you blame the orange shit stain? He lied his way into the White House and will continue to lie because as you can see, it works pretty damn well for him.
And this is why I’m so f*cking angry at the Trumpsters: because they refuse to hold Trump accountable for any of his incessant lies and manipulations. They are absolutey enabling this administration to run rampant, destroying everything that makes this country great. F*ck trying to understand these people. These people are part of the problem as far as I’m concerned.
This! so bad. Those people make me wanna rip my hair out.
Kitten, I totally agree.
Totally agree, Kitten. Someone commented on my FB page that _they_ know someone who’s a Trump supporter 100%, will not believe/listen to *anything* to the contrary, blah blah blah. (I’m glad to say I have nobody like that in my immediate environment – they’d be airlocked out into the stratosphere so frigging fast). Point is, these people cannot be reasoned with – no way, no how, not ever. Debate is pointless.
Anyone who voted for him can kiss my ass. They have no excuse, and I don’t give a damn what their bullshit reason is for choosing him. I don’t have to like them or accept him and I never will. He himself told everyone exactly who and what he was and they voted for him anyway because they want a dictator. They need to leave this country and go live in Russia. Un-American boot-licking sniveling white children, they make me want to puke.
Kaiser, again, thank you for distilling this. The online resistence is being led by Teen Vogue, Stonekettle and Celebitchy. This is important stuff. Ignore the Tweeters who tell you to get back to gossip only.
Flynn fell on his sword to deflect from the rot at the root. We must stay vigilant.
agree with all you said.
Absolutely. It can get overwhelming and exhausting at times but we must continue to stay aware of everything that is happening. #resist
Yep.
Glad to hear Stonekettle mentioned here. Jim Wright is my personal hero.
The Washington Post had a related article drop last night that was the lead topic on the nighttime news shows. Their reporter claims the Justice folks warned the WH (remember Sally the acting AG who was swiftly fired and insulted last month?). The resignation came within hours.
May the unraveling continue. On Today show this morning, KAC looked like she had been up all night. Her mascara was clumped all over her eyes and her hair was frizzed up as she slowly and robotically tried to spin things.
This is how they nailed Nixon. Deap throat knew if the break in story broke it would be a 2 day news story. Instead slowly drip info, have the principles go on record with denials AND THEN. nail them. I think that’s what’s happening here. That’s why I was sooo disappointed when Conway was on the Today show and robotically repeating that the flashpoint of Flynns resignation was misleading the VP as to the content of the calls and no one asked ” What did the President know?”
The last few days have given me hope that the crumbling is happening and won’t slow down.
Sorry to be superficial, but I started looking at KAC this morning (rather than listen to her programmed answers). I don’t see how this is worth it to her, but she’s obviously going to stay ‘loyal’ as the ship is tilting.
She wouldn’t answer anyway, she never answers anything. They need to stop having her on. And doesn’t she always look like she’s been on a 3 day bender?
I hope you are right about the Nixon comparisons.
Seems like the obvious question – why won’t the press ask it?
Yeah, KAC looks like hell. She’s visibly defeated. The writing has been on the wall for a loooong time, but I think she’s finally starting to see it.
We’ll have a President Ryan by April. WEEEEEEEE Vaginal Probes! And I’ll still blame Trump voters (and Putin) for that, because there was a simple and clear way to prevent all of this from happening.
It’s the Today show, they never ask tough questions of anyone, it’s fluff, which is why she goes there to blather on and try to spin this disaster.
I think this is the tip of the iceberg with the Russia scandal.
Notice that the FBI and intelligence agencies are slowly dripping out more and more incriminating Russia intel day by day? It’s a great way to get someone to perjure themselves. My theory, and hope, is that the intelligence community has a lot more up their sleeves on Trump and will hopefully use it to incriminate as many as possible in his orbit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-lawmakers-rush-to-the-defense-of-trumps-ex-national-security-advisor/2017/02/14/547fc410-f28b-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_russianlawmakers-540a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Well…. is Russia getting nervous? Or, just nervy? Are they going to lose their insider advantages?
Russia has more than one agent in the WH.
@Ashamed
“Russia has more than one agent in the WH.”
No kidding. They don’t want to see the others outed. Russia is nervous. The WH is nervous. It’s going to be a game of chicken.
Orangino made a huge mistake by insulting the intelligence community on his first day of the job. These people are very smart. They do the shady dirty work of the govt. I’m not that naive to think they don’t. I really do hope they have the goods against these crooks.
Hehehe, kellyanne conjob looked like she was on a heavy dose of xanax when she was spouting her lies this morning. So glorious to see.
She isn’t quite as confident as she was days ago.
Did you notice the black swipes around her eyes? Either she applied mascara and/or eyelashes in the dark, or had been up all night.
She looks terrible.
And I don’t know if this means anything, but she removed her Twitter header picture of her and Trump. Now it’s just blank.
Ahhhh! Distancing herself? Worried about her brand? Interesting times.
@Chrissy. These are some of her clients. How could she have a nastier brand, unless she set out to rehab the reputation of Ilsa Koch?
Conway is president and CEO of the Polling Company, which she founded in 1995. Her company often works with Republican candidates to appeal to female voters and the client list, according to CNN, reads like a who’s who of conservative politicians and organizations: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich’s former presidential campaign, Reps. Steve King and Michele Bachmann, FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation, National Rifle Association, and Family Research Council.
One of her clients, Todd Akin, a Republican representative from Missouri, drew sharp criticism during his failed U.S. Senate run in 2012 when he referred to “legitimate rape,” saying in a TV interview, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Hmmmmm… That is strange. Watching this unfold, and watching these snakes circle one another as they strategize is morbidly fascinating. Sometimes when I watch her interviewed I am astounded that she even exists. Someone with no internal moral compass, who knowingly participates in the destruction of our country for personal gain. We are watching a car wreck and we are all in the car. She is a sly one, that’s for sure. Crafty and slippery. Kelly Ann Conway is a schemer and I have a feeling she will find a way to remain and survive this administration. She will find a way to keep her head above water even if the ship sinks.
@Susanne Too – we have all kinds of fun things going on in Missouri. Blunt wouldn’t listen to his constituents about De Vos and voted for her – she apparently donated to him. Our governor just signed in Right to Work.
We’ll see if her reputation survives this, her head will be on the chopping block soon enough, I’m sure, Drumpf will burn her without compunction.
His term was shorter than a Kardashian marriage.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mark-cuban-2020_us_58a0b2dfe4b03df370d7567e?y6djq0of4quo50cnmi&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Gotta love Trump claiming Cuban backed him “big time” but he couldn’t be bothered. Everyone knows Cuban supported Hillary Clinton.
And as if Trump wouldn’t have drooled over any endorsement he could get!
My brother sent me this link of Keith Olbermann last night. He’s calling for the arrest of General Flynn and he goes higher up. It’s chilling.
https://youtu.be/9iH9kiiDpIQ
“How to get rid of the weeds, you pull them out with the roots”. Michael Flynn was the weed and now he is out. He will be prosecuted, don’t worry. However, my main reason for entertainment is Kellyann Conway being trashed soon. I can’t wait to see, her raisin face banned.
Note the same dead eyes indicating their dead souls.
http://twitter.com/spudonthetracks/status/831290337192611840
Yikes. Seriously Miller is not someone I’d ever want to be alone with.
Terrifying!
Like sharks!
If the House can waste millions of $$$ investigating exactly nothing re Benghazi, surely this warrants a little, I don’t know, AN INVESTIGATION?? This guy has all but admitted violating Federal law, and who believes he made those calls w/o authorization? And now Petreaus is in the mix??? Good God.
Never thought I’d say this as the US intelligence community have blood on their hands, but I hope they come and save the sane people from this nightmare presidential administration! Maybe Obama is enjoying his amazing vacation but I wonder if Obama, the outgoing president, knew about the bombshells that the intelligence community had up their sleeves? Maybe Obama figured that let these group of people take Trump and his band of evil men down slowly but surely? That the takedown needs to happen in a way that Trump couldn’t claim that he was prejudiced against by the Washington elite thereby becoming a martyr to his supporters? When trump’s nasty behaviour and his lack of financial transparency and no knowledge of government operation couldn’t keep people from voting against their own interests, then something big needs to be dug up and eventually revealed? Wonder if these were why Obama also chose to remain quiet and make a show of peacefully transferring power, knowing that Trump would be done for eventually.
That’s a good way to look at it. I was starting to wonder why we weren’t hearing/seeing more outrage from Obama but maybe he radiates such confidence because he knows that Trump is going down hard.
I too am pinning a lot of hopes on the intelligence community.
interesting theory on Obama. I do believe he knew the importance of a peaceful transition, both for security and the economy and all, but I’m sure he knows a LOT of stuff we don’t. Yet. So I’m liking your idea that he’s waiting it out, letting the CIA, FBI, NSA whatever do their thing.
My therapist said to me shortly after Obama’s last speech that he thought Obama knew something. He said something like ‘I think we’ll be okay’ and the way he said it made my therapist think that he definitely knew the shit was going to hit the fan with Trump.
ITA, the intelligence community knew about Flynn’s call back in December. IMO this was their warning shot to Trump. I hope they release his tax returns!
And I totally believe the rumors that Putin bought Trump by selling 19.5 percent of oil company Rosneft:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-rosneft-privatisation-insight-idUSKBN1582OH
This story is so good it’s better than a Valentine’s Day card co-signed by Tom Hiddleston and Justin Trudeau.
Well, no one has to worry about Chaffetz conducting an investigation. The man who spent countless hours and millions of taxpayer dollars on useless investigations of the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton:
While Trump scandals mount, Chaffetz decides to investigate… a cartoon character
Sid the Science Kid is in big trouble — Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/instead-of-probing-trump-chaffetz-takes-aim-at-a-cartoon-preschooler/2017/02/13/7e74e63c-f232-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html
No words for this at all!
Like Trump, Sid is orange. LOLS for days. How bout you investigate that little shit Caillou while you are at it, Chaffetz??
The new term for trump is SCROTUS(So Called Ruler of the United States). Thanks, twitter!!
Excellent – love that.
That is awesome. He is a bawbag.
Even my 14 year old could figure out the buck doesn’t stop with Flynn. I am 100% sure Trump told him to say it. Pence probably knew after the fact and was hoping it would all go away, probably with the firing of Yates. I hope it brings Trump AND Pence down because I think with Paul Ryan as President the Republican infighting would take over and slow this disaster of an administration down. However, I fear it will be one of those situations where it will take years for the truth to come out because the Repubs want their personal agendas unchecked. My only hope is the intelligence community and that they have irrefutable evidence that is released so Congress is forced to take action. It would be extra great if those tax returns could be leaked.
Every day I wake up hoping this is all a dream, there’s no way this is the world we live in.
Absolutely Trump was in on it. But Flynn will protect him.
I am loving all of the leaks. Don’t you just know that the info that keeps coming out about Trump and his motley crew behind the scenes is pushing him over the edge
Matt Lauer finally did his job. He conducted a very strong interview with Kellyanne and would not back down, holding her feet to the fire as she circled back to her talking points.
She does look a little out of it or maybe just tired from being up all night trying to figure out how to spin this unspinnable story.
http://www.today.com/video/kellyanne-conway-michael-flynn-knew-he-d-become-a-lightning-rod-876816963732
wow. she seems tired to have to spout the same old crap. She actually looks defeated and on auto-pilot.
My bet that impeachment proceedings will start before the end of May is looking more and more likely.
We’ll need more than impeachment to get him out.
It’s coming out just now? Wasn’t it obvious all along that Russia not responding in kind was totally out of character and that Flynn must have told them to hold off on retaliation because Trump would see to it that all would be well when he came into power. To me it seems also completely obvious that Flynn and Trump acted together on this. How much longer can the Republicans put party over country. That is the question.
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And what about trumps tweet…”The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?”
He Doesn’t seem to care or is too stupid to realize how big of an issue this is. All this administration is about diverting from facts and spin spin spin….
LOL I just scrolled back and saw you posted his tweet before me.
Ha. Trump is quiet as a church mouse on this, but then tweets deflecting, blaming illegal leaks, naturally. Love Mark Ruffalo’s comeback.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?
Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo 15m15 minutes ago
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Mark Ruffalo Retweeted Donald J. Trump
.@Marvel takes more precaution protecting Avengers scripts then you and #Flynn do dealing with national security. #YouKnew
YASSSSSSS! That is so amazing. Perfect response.
This is why, when some troll complains about celebs & politics, I want to say STFU! Many, if not most, celebs are smarter than the nest of vipers currently in power.
Agreed. This trope of “celebs shouldn’t comment on politics” really needs to go now that the D list celeb crowd has managed to infiltrate our country’s highest office.
Don’t mind when celebs comment… I actually prefer it…it shows me where their allegiances are. Especially in today’s world I rather know who is supporting this Insane administration.
I hate that! Celebs are citizens and can comment as they please. My mother and many high school acquaintances were complaining about it AGAIN after the Grammys. They always quote country artists (because it’s ALWAYS country artists) who say performers should just do their jobs and entertain.
How about Congress do its job!
Shark Bait, I hope they were also saying that when celebrity reality tv trump was banging on about Obama’s birth cert.
Other replies pointed out how discussing a response to that same country in a civilian-laden dining room might be part of the problem. And some included the infamous phone-as-flashlight group photo.
Love that
Remember baby fists saying ” I love wikileaks.”
This doesn’t make me feel better. Bannon and Putin have been one step ahead so far. This is just to quiet things down and avoid an investigation. The GOP do not care one bit about Russian connections. They are able to run their anti-woman patriarchal plays under the radar. Also, I do not trust the Observer as a source. It is Kushner’s propaganda arm. Why is the right-wing author of that article on spies getting info from “the good guys” and why is it being published now? It has to be false reassurance. This makes Game of Thrones look like child’s play.
There are plenty of Internal fights at the WH, and Kushner is being passive-aggressive about it.
*sigh*
We’re f*cked.
We’ll go down fighting then. RESIST!
My own personal theory is that Mike Flynn is being used as Trump’s scapegoat to cover up his own ties to Putin and Russia now that certain details of the Russian dossier are being confirmed as fact – how much longer before it’s confirmed in its entirety? The Russians and Wikileaks spent all this time hacking Hillary’s emails and found nothing like what they had on Trump, so of course they manipulated all of these fake news stories leading up to the election in his favor. This is bad news for Trump, who is obviously being blackmailed by these folks for who knows what, so he now needs to try and shift the focus of guilt onto someone else (Flynn) before the proverbial poo hits the fan – oops, too late! The fact that Russia has this much power and influence over our country’s leadership is truly frightening.
On the other side though, I’m also convinced that the Republican leadership knows what’s up and is letting Trump dig his own grave, while at the same time using his power hungry nature to pass all sorts of harmful legislation against the American public with such questionably legal tactics. Once they feel they’ve accomplished enough of their horrific agenda, they’ll suddenly find their backbone, turn on him and actively work to have him impeached so that they can then reach their ultimate end goal – Mike Pence in the Oval Office. And of course, once Trump has been sent packing, they’ll never quite get around to undoing any of the harmful legislation they managed to shoehorn through under his soon-to-be short-lived presidency.
Yes, I agree Flynn was asked to fall on his sword to protect the rest of Putin’s puppets and Chaffetz and Ryan are playing along but please stop saying they are spineless. They have spines. They are doing nothing because they lack ethics. So far, they are getting everything they want from Trump so they will do nothing
@Lightpurple I agree, you’re right – spineless is the wrong word to use to describe them when they’re so obviously playing both Trump and his followers like a finely tuned piano. I maybe should have said cunning instead (unethical for sure), but I feel that gives them too much credit.
Aside from all that, Lightpurple, I’d also like to say that I appreciate and look forward to reading your posts because they’re always so well thought out and factual – at least to those of us who appreciate truth.
Lindsay Graham, John McCain and Blunt (spelling?) are already against him demanding answers about the Russian connection. It is only a matter of time until the rest of Republicans follow suit.
A big Valentine’s Day smile for everyone.
http://twitter.com/michelleobama/status/831534530221707265
Aw.
You have to wonder why no one made a bigger deal of looking into the connection between the head of the FBI and the emails that were leaked during the presidential campaign? There is more to that whole debacle that is not being explored fully
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Aha.The tinted taint has been tainted. There is no way this can stop with Flynn. If the alphabet agencies want to get you they will.
House Oversight Committee Chair won’t investigate Flynn. “It’s taking care of itself.”
Unbelievable. Chaffetz would have been after Hillary for far less if this was under her administration.
He is STILL after Hillary.
LOCK THEM UP!!! LOCK THEM UP!!!
Is it a big deal that the director of the Secret Service just retired?
People retire, right? Or do they? I think he left because trump is an ass, though I am biased.
The Secret Service has been having lots of problems with this administration. He may have had enough
It’s on record now. During spicer’s dodge the bullet PC a reporter asked, “Did the president know and when did he know?” It was denied.
WaPo, NYT, VF, Atlantic, Teen Vogue, etc., you know what your job is. Get on it. The nation depends on you.
The PC I watched (ABC I think) had Spicer saying that baby fists knew about Flynn’s talks with Russia 17 days ago. That it was turned over to WH counsel who determined that nothing illegal had transpired so baby fists waited 17 days to determine if he could trust Flynn after Flynn “lied” or “didn’t recall” discussing removing the sanctions when he spoke of his calls with Russia to Pence.
So the big question is…If Flynn did nothing wrong, then why lie? Because we know you recall, buddy!
I believe most thinking people know that trump knew about the calls to the russian ambassador BEFORE the calls were made. That they discussed it & signalled russia to not worry about sanctions. Pooty’s BFF would take care of everything after 1/20/17. Either that or trump was TOLD what he’d do, thanks to certain information they had on him.
Trump administration is about how much money they can all make. I’m a senior and do not know how to link, but read article in The Atlantic by David Frum on How to Build an Autocracy. It is spelled out in that article.
One more thing. Last night I finally viewed pictures of Stephen Miller. Gave me chills because he literally reminded me of Joseph Goebels.
Hi, Shelley, I’m a senior, too. I use an ipad and lightly place my finger on the toolbar of the article I want. Copy should come up. Click that. Then open CB and press in reply text box. Paste will appear. Click on that & that should do it.
Watched Stephen Miller on Meet the Press Sunday, and he looked SOUL-LESS. Blank eyes, robotic, Nazi attitude and monotone presentation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
Here it is.
Scary thing is if they impeach him he has the football he’d take us all down or sell America’s secrets for sanctuary in Russazzkiss
http://dailykos.com/stories/1633607
Putin tells lawmakers to shut up. Tillerson’s his man.
Flynn was always meant to be a scapegoat, I think.
Our government is corrupt!
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/joe-trudeau-trump-s-press-secretary-flubs-pm-s-name-at-briefing-1.3285209?autoPlay=true
Flynn is just the guy they tossed out of the sled to distract the hungry wolves from eating the rest of them.
It’s so ridiculous. Trump said again and again during the campaign that he didn’t agree with the sanctions was going to lift them. I don’t know why people are acting so surprised now about it. We knew he was going to do it and of course Putin knew it, too, and that’s why he was so restrained after more sanctions were applied. He knew they were temporary because Trump said he would lift them.
Putin is going to be royally ticked if Congress successfully enshrines those sanctions into law. He really needs those sanctions lifted to pull Russia out of a major economic mess right now and to guarantee Putin’s personal wealth through oil deals that have been put on hold.
I can see Trump and/or Bannon telling Flynn to remind the Russian Ambassador that Trump was going to keep his campaign promises about lifting the sanctions, specifically to make sure Putin didn’t react drastically to the new round of sanctions. Pence might very well have been kept out of the loop, he really doesn’t seem part of the inner circle. He’s just the fool who said yes when wiser people were saying no to being Trump’s VP. But Trump knew even before Yates told him, because Trump had delegated the task to Flynn. Trump and/or Bannon probably told Flynn to avoid mentioning the sanctions discussion to Pence because they knew he would be uncomfortable about it.
I doubt very much that Flynn’s phone call was treasonous or a true violation of the law. Trump was on the phone frequently with foreign leaders himself during the transition, without bothering to consult with any relevant agencies. The only problem was that the media found out about it and made it all public, which will breath new life into the Congressional investigation of Trump’s Russian connections.
It’s quite possible there are other tidbits from the transcript that would be lovely to know about (I’m hoping some patriotic leaker sends it to Buzzfeed), maybe specifically mentioning that Trump asked Flynn to assure the Ambassador that the campaign promises would be kept. That would be an obvious thing to say in such a conversation. Or maybe Flynn was foolish enough to refer to the pending oil deal going through after those pesky sanctions were lifted.