American Politics

[Onyx Darkmatter]

Surely it's a reckless move on his part.

 

[kkck]

Not shocking, most of us knew this was coming.

Wait, you knew he was going to disclose classified information to russians to boast? Your crystal ball works marvelously....

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Surely it's a reckless move on his part.

Well, there is a bit more context on the story now. It has been pretty well established that trump indeed had the authority to share this. But the issue is that he shouldn't have shared this because it was a breach of protocol when handling information provided by US allies. But it's fine anyways because russia is now the US' BFFFFFFFFF and the US does not need cooperation from other allies.

 

[M3J]

No, we knew he was going to disclose classified information. Just wasn't that hard to guess Russia might be one of them. Not only is Trump predictable in that kind of a way, but the dumbfuck allegedly talked about classified information on the phone in front of people who did not have the clearance level, at Mar-A-Lagos few weeks ago. Trump loves to boast, as well, so no doubt he'd boast about being in the know, especially if provoked correctly.

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[shionoro]

If there is an investigation bringing down trump, i REALLY hope it'll take pence with him.

 

[Newkerzy]

Doubt it. And even then, you're still stuck with the political manwhore Ryan.

 

[M3J]

If there is an investigation bringing down trump, i REALLY hope it'll take pence with him.

You may just get your wish. I think it was hinted somewhere that Pence had knowledge of Trump's collusion with Russia or some shit. I forgot the detail, but he might get in trouble.

 

[Newkerzy]

Would the GOP actually risk losing Pence though? Trumpy I get, but not so sure about Pence either.

Btw, kudos to the guy (I forget the name) who predicted Trump winning and getting impeached within just a few months.

 

[Onyx Darkmatter]

If anything, I don't think Pence would really get in trouble with the whole Russia case (unless there's evidence that he's involved). The only known people with various reports are Michael Flynn and possibly Jeff Sessions.
The rest are either "safe", or there's yet any evidence of such collision.

Btw, kudos to the guy (I forget the name) who predicted Trump winning and getting impeached within just a few months.

Are you referring to Michael Moore?

 

[M3J]

Would the GOP actually risk losing Pence though? Trumpy I get, but not so sure about Pence either.

Btw, kudos to the guy (I forget the name) who predicted Trump winning and getting impeached within just a few months.

They probably wouldn't, but isn't Ryan next in line?

 

[Sakazuki]

I think that to impeach a President and VP would damage the GOP so much that they will happy to only impeach Trump.

But what I'm saying, I'm brazilian, even House of Cards made a joke with us.

 

[Newkerzy]

If anything, I don't think Pence would really get in trouble with the whole Russia case (unless there's evidence that he's involved). The only known people with various reports are Michael Flynn and possibly Jeff Sessions.
The rest are either "safe", or there's yet any evidence of such collision.



Are you referring to Michael Moore?

No, if I remember right, he's a historian or something.

 

[kkck]

If there is an investigation bringing down trump, i REALLY hope it'll take pence with him.

Honestly, I don't think chances at impeachment are good at the moment. Sure, the FBI has been investigating the guy and there is a special prosecutor that both sides like but... Even if they do find something, for the time being an impeachment is at best unlikely. As far as we know, the following are the things that are being investigated:

-Whether trump's campaign colluded with Russia for the email thing

-Links between russia and the trump campaign.

And I would guess they are looking into whether trump's colleagues and trump himself have taken any money from russia.

The first thing is that none of these are things trump specifically would have had to be involved with. They could find half his campaign was involved in all possible charges and even then trump himself could walk home free. For another, those guys would probably take the fall before trump himself does. As for the collusion with russia regarding the emails... Honestly, this is absolutely worth looking into given the circumstances but overall I don't see any reason for there to have been a collusion here. I mean, why? The most likely scenario is that the FBI is going to conclude that russia basically acted out based on what trump said (russia should hack hillary) but he wasn't actually a part of the process beyond that. In which case he walks home free. Even in the extraordinary case that they get evidence that trump's campaign was in a meeting with a russian agent of sorts and came to an agreement odds are they would take the fall before trump himself does. Now, it is perfectly plausible trump is actually stupid enough to do that and not even realize it's illegal but overall it is just unnecessary. Russia's goal is invariably to cause political instability. They don't need extra motivation to do this. If anything, this is a win-win situation for russia, they never had anything to lose. Even now you have putin offering transcripts of the meeting trump had with the russian guy recently. Trump is probably enough of a moron to think putin had trump's best interest at heart but we all know that was not meant to help trump but rather to create more political chaos.

Now, even if something is proven then the issue is the impeachment process itself. Republicans control the house and the senate. And impeachments are an issue on which parties invariably vote along party lines. A number of presidents have not been impeached basically because of that. With that in mind, it would take extraordinary evidence and extraordinary charges to actually impeach trump for the time being. It would have to be something grotesque enough to even get the majority of the republican party to want him out. Which arguable would require no less than trump himself literally taking money from russia through some deal or another. Which granted, trump is actually stupid enough to have tried to pull off. For an impeachment to be reasonably possible it would have to happen 2 years from now and only if democrats regain control.

Now, I will play devil's advocate here and suggest why an impeachment is probably a bad idea anyways: DEMOCRATS.

Democrats saw the results of the 2016 election and decided to quadrupled down on the idiocy that lead to their defeat. They did not learn their lesson. Overall polling still shows democrats are less popular than republicans. Hillary clinton started her own super pac and whatnot and plans to remain relevant even though she is at least as unpopular as she was last year. She might even be planning on running for president. In a reasonable world she would get precisely zero democrat support next election. Bernie remains literally the most popular politician in the US and democrats rather than embrace the guy treat him like an outcast, a lunatic and a moron. Democrats have their own heads so far up each others asses they basically live in a separate reality. Democrats make the point, correctly mind you, that republicans live in an alternate fact free reality. But they don't realize they also live in an alternate reality where people don't hate their guts. With the democrat party as it is now, 8 years of trump is an actual possibility.

Now, with that taken in consideration, what happens when trump gets impeached if democrats are a party that is currently hated this much? As democrats stand they are not a popular party at all even in spite of trump. They stick by hillary clinton, plausibly the most hated politician in the US. Maybe trump is disliked more than she is. So... can you imagine the next elections if a republican like pence or ryan takes over? Hillary wouldn't necessarily beat trump if she ran again and a generic democrat would have trouble beating a generic republican specially if the years of the current term are dedicated to damage control over the idiocy that would have been the trump administration. And sure, trump's agenda is awful. But dismantling the EPA, tax cuts for the very wealthy, repealing obamacare and all the other stuff trump is doing is not actually trump idiocy. That is generic republican idiocy.

 

[Newkerzy]

Here's a pretty good article on why an impeachment might not even happen:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/will-gop-turn-trump-watergate-took-2-years-090054023.html

 

[Franckie]

It sucks when your country's "elected leaders" turn out to be Russian stooges, as recent revelations are shining upon Trump, Flynn, and the rest of the GOP.

Here's a pretty good article on why an impeachment might not even happen:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/will-gop-turn-trump-watergate-took-2-years-090054023.html

Prediction--we will shortly start to see news stories about what a great manager Pence is and how competent his staff is.

 

[shionoro]

Remember when people told me that Clinton is the Saudi's pet because her foundation received an insignificant amount from some saudi donors years before she ever got secretery of state?
Wanna see how they react to Trump making a really huge weapon deal with them that irritates his former friend and nato ally, the Israelis.

 

[xi0]

Remember when people told me that Clinton is the Saudi's pet because her foundation received an insignificant amount from some saudi donors years before she ever got secretery of state?
Wanna see how they react to Trump making a really huge weapon deal with them that irritates his former friend and nato ally, the Israelis.

It's in the Saudi's interests to influence both, so I'm not sure what the significance there is. Especially when you have a President who might say one thing and then do the other, and has supporters who tie themselves in knots trying to explain it away.

 

[M3J]

Remember when people told me that Clinton is the Saudi's pet because her foundation received an insignificant amount from some saudi donors years before she ever got secretery of state?
Wanna see how they react to Trump making a really huge weapon deal with them that irritates his former friend and nato ally, the Israelis.

Also, it's been reported Ivanka's foundation has been getting money from Saudi Arabia as well. oh, and when Trump criticized Michelle for not wearing a headscarf, but Melania doing the same thing. And when Barack bowed, but Trump doing the same thing. Hypocritical shitbrain.

 

[John Flume]

This whole thing with Trump and Saudi Arabi is intense!

 

[M3J]

Trump's criticized for writing a half-assed note, and he apparently thinks Israel isn't in Middle East. Hilarious.

 

[kkck]

So melania won't let trump take her hand? I guess he has grabbed so much pussy she is afraid to get an std....

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Can someone explain to me why there are so many leaks coming from the white house? Originally I kinda got it because they were mostly about how grotesquely incompetent trump is but now leaks actually have to do with classified stuff. And not all of it comes from trump of course. Incompetence leaks make sense because it can put the nation on guard and increases pressure on the administration to be competent. But the other stuff... WTF is going on there? Is this trump's fault somehow?