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| Victor Davis Hansen: Putin's Playthings |
| 2017-07-21 |
| [VDH] Putin will do anything to advance Russia’s interests because his country is in terrible shape. About a year ago, Donald Trump Jr. met with a mysterious Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya. Trump Jr. was purportedly eager to receive information that could damage Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Veselnitskaya denies that she was working for the Kremlin to lobby for favorable Russian treatment. But in the past, Veselnitskaya has been connected with a number of Russian-related lobbying groups. Trump Jr., for his part, proved naïve and foolish to gobble such possible setup bait. The Russians proved eager to confuse, confound, and embarrass everyone involved in the 2016 election. This latest Trump family imbroglio piggybacks on six months of Russian collusion charges. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned less than a month into his job after being less than candid about his contacts with the Russians. Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s erstwhile campaign manager, had some questionable Russian business interests and resigned well before the election. All these stories were luridly headlined in the press. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Everyone running for office uses opposition research on their opponent if they can. except John McCain. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-07-21 13:37 |
| #2 Unfortunatly, those deep state rascals can't be driven out. They are much like Richard Gere in "Officer and a Gentleman" shouting "...I've got no place else to go!!!" |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2017-07-21 10:57 |
| #1 Trump Jr. was purportedly eager to receive information that could damage Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. It's called opposition research. Everyone running for office uses opposition research on their opponent if they can. BTW, the Pubs obtained a fake dossier that attempted to damage Trump in the primaries. According to Forbes, the dossier was put together by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele who is now the head of a private for-hire intelligence company, Orbis. The dossier was then used by Democratic adversaries of then-candidate Trump against him in the main election. The fake dossier PDF file alleges that high Kremlin officials colluded with Trump, offered him multi-billion dollar bribes, and accumulated compromising evidence of Trump’s sexual escapades in Russia. The U.S. intelligence community has said the dossier is a fake report. So when no dirt can be found on a candidate, the dirt is then made up? Can this BS special counsel investigation not be dumped since it was based on a lie? Comey leaked information to his law-school buddy with the hope of being able to set up a Special Counsel headed by his buddy Mueller. Can this faux claim against Donald Jr. not be dropped as the original claim was false. Moreover, the Special Counsel is suspect since it is loaded with Hillary's cronies and supporters? There is are huge conflicts of interest. Can these deep state rascals not be driven out? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-07-21 08:33 |