After yesterday’s unusual quietness, following the resignation of General Flynn, Trump went apeshit on Twitter this morning — calling out FAKE NEWS, the failed Hillary campaign, Obama’s weakness on Russia and other fun things.
The fact that our intelligence agencies were spying on Trump is reason enough to be pissed off. But then they went ahead and leaked it to left wing media outlets in an attempt to take down Flynn? How is that not treason? If Flynn did something wrong, arrest and charge him. Or, release the audio of him saying something wrong. The ambiguitiy of these charges is ridiculous and clearly political.
Seriously, you want me to talk about PE ratios when this shit it going on?
The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by "intelligence" like candy. Very un-American!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. @MSNBC & @CNN are unwatchable. @foxandfriends is great!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
Interestingly, Trump also heralded a piece by Eli Lake from Bloomberg View, who then requested the POTUS follow him so that they might DM one another. What the fuck?
Thank you to Eli Lake of The Bloomberg View – “The NSA & FBI…should not interfere in our politics…and is” Very serious situation for USA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
Thanks @potus. Can you follow me at @elilake so we can DM? https://t.co/j8qGLtrQLL
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) February 15, 2017
Here’s an excerpt of Mr. Lake’s article.
If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterThere is another component to this story as well — as Trump himself just tweeted. It’s very rare that reporters are ever told about government-monitored communications of U.S. citizens, let alone senior U.S. officials. The last story like this to hit Washington was in 2009 when Jeff Stein, then of CQ, reported on intercepted phone calls between a senior Aipac lobbyist and Jane Harman, who at the time was a Democratic member of Congress.
Normally intercepts of U.S. officials and citizens are some of the most tightly held government secrets. This is for good reason. Selectively disclosing details of private conversations monitored by the FBI or NSA gives the permanent state the power to destroy reputations from the cloak of anonymity. This is what police states do.
In the past it was considered scandalous for senior U.S. officials to even request the identities of U.S. officials incidentally monitored by the government (normally they are redacted from intelligence reports). John Bolton’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was derailed in 2006 after the NSA confirmed he had made 10 such requests when he was Undersecretary of State for Arms Control in George W. Bush’s first term. The fact that the intercepts of Flynn’s conversations with Kislyak appear to have been widely distributed inside the government is a red flag.
Such a glorious meltdown.
He is not mentally well.
That’s a smear campaign talking point. You’re literally parroting the talking points of the people who wish to enslave you.
Your mother should be proud of what she produced.,
And you are parroting the talking points of those who lie to you every day. You got played by charlatans and carnival barkers.
“I LOVE WIKI LEAKS” – Trump during campaign.
It was just a matter of time until karma smacked his orange face.
It’s almost as if Fly didn’t watch House of Cards. It should be obvious who’s behind the leaks.
Stamper? I didn’t see last season.
The bottom line is if you’re going to talk a lot of shit about draining the swamp and changing Washington you had better be sure to live by what you say. What Flynn did was unethical and he admitted as such and resigned. You can’t have your cake and eat it too no matter how much you like your guy.
Flynn did nothing wrong. Prove that what he did was wrong.
Pro tip: you can’t
He lied to the Vice President of the United States regarding the content of his discussions with the Russians. He made Pence look like a fool.
He also broke the sanctions imposed which permitted a private citizen from discussing diplomacy with Russian officials.
Flynn has admitted as such.
Lying to intelligence and saying he didn’t talk sanctions?
That “prove” argument is juvenile. Look at the facts. That he lied is enough. Or do you believe his memory is fuzzy? Only remaining question is who told him to make the contacts, why, and what was promised, if anything. You think Flynn did this on his own? No way a military guy would do this solo. Was tasked by Bannon or Trump. All will be revealed, just a matter of time. Pence must be fuming.
Pro tip: this is just the tip
Is anyone really surprised? Shoudn’t be. The coverup and excuse-making is always the dagger. The truth always comes out as people start covering their asses. Trump and his cuckpots blaming leakers is laughable. What were they saying about the Podesta hacked emails? “The leaks just exposed the truth!” Quickest karma delivery on record.
Those who leaked the info are true patriots if the Flynn and campaign-aide conversations were indeed nefarious. Explain to me why Trump’s people were constantly visiting Russia and talking with Russian intelligence people? Wait until Flynn, Manaforte and Carter Page have to testify under oath. It’s going to get ugly quickly.
Even the general who heads Special Operations said today that the Trump administration bullshit is impacting our country’s security. Time to get an adult around the Oval Office to supervise Emperor Carnage. Fun and game times are over.
Turmp is new to politics, as are many he has surrounded himself with. Not everyone he has selected will work out. Battles will be lost, adjustments will be made, and the war will go on.