A new report has said that American officials provided a written briefing to President Trump in late February, alerting him to the Russian bounty scheme that sought to bribe Afghan militants in the killing of coalition forces and American troops.
Sadly, I expect this scandal will be forgotten by August.
Hope I’m wrong
There are people taking risks in order to bring this story to light. At the moment they’re in for a penny …
Regardless, they may be stymied if no one with real power steps up.
If this story is forgotten by August, perhaps a worse one will have taken its place.
No matter how the RethugniCONS like Ratcliffe or the WH Staff like McEnany or Trump/Pence lie about the Russian bounty of the US soldiers by Putin, which they knew about since 2019 per Bolton…
It is just shows a pattern that Trump is only concerned about himself - US soldiers or American civilians affected by the pandemic be damned!
Trump is a Treasonous Traitorous Thug who is NOT fit to be a POTUS!
I never want to hear about the RethugniCONS proclaim what a law and order or national security party they are…they bought Trumpism hook line and sinker and abandoned what little decency and credibility they have!
At first, I wondered if this scandal had legs. The weak denials coming from the WH seem to suggest it does. All that needs to be established is that there were briefings, whether or not he “got” them. He’ll never admit to having had any knowledge of the bounty plot because that would surely doom his and his party’s electoral prospects. But, in this case, not knowing is almost as bad. His officials were, it appears, passing this information along. For him not to have taken notice… Well, there is no explaining that, either. Even MAGAts will have a hard time with this one.
Oh I think you may be partially correct, but it’s hard to keep the scandals, and the prioritizing of the scandals in good working order since there are so many of them. But this one has legs, 1) it concerns the military, 2) the excuses that are being trotted out reveal worse things about this President, and 3) Trump has nothing new, shiny, or bejeweled in regards to his goals for a 2nd term to distract us.
I’ll take that bet.
Hollywood writers could not contrive a more despicable villain than Fat Nixon.
Intel Staff: “Mr. Trump. The Russians are setting a bounty on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.”
Trump: “The virus cases should be down to zero. I would say that we’ve done a good job.”
I would bet that the bulk of them won’t pay any attention to it at all. Those in the military (and their families), probably another story.
John Ratcliffe, the recently confirmed director of national intelligence, issued a warning that leaks about the intelligence were a crime…
Well the ones that they don’t leak anyway.
Agree. But this will chip away at that base…
Beware of cryptic messages when the Freak in Chief tweets.
And I hope more families of soldiers speak up, loudly and continuously, demanding answers:
According to the Daily Beast’s sources, Trump’s reaction to the NYT story was first to question its veracity and then to question why the US is in Afghanistan. I predict his response is going to be to withdraw all troops—which may in fact be popular.
The military and vets won’t.
If the military wasn’t already against Trump, they sure are now.
Especially with Putin.
