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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When Trump hosted the KGB diplomats in the White House, when he confiscated his translators notes after his meeting with Putin, after he betrayed the Kurds, the media would ask, "Why did Trump do this?"

There were always a range of possible reasons, but only one that explained them all with perfect sense. I suggest everyone read American Kompromat by Craig Unger. There is a trail of circumstantial evidence Trump has been a Russian asset since at least 1986.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At this point, do you really think it will damage him?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The piss tape had a lot more than just the sex act. It was full of kompromat.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Still, at this point I can't really see it damaging him.

Republicans seem to be way way past caring about morality, ethics, or embarrassment of any kind.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If he enjoyed a prostate massage, that might do it. Never underestimate homophobia

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the description I've heard is correct (that he asked two prostitutes to pee on the bed because Obama slept in it once) there is probably going to be a lot of racism, the peeing itself which is gross, and let's face it the prostitutes were probably underage. I could see that hurting him, give the right is so obsessed with Epstein and grooming, but they've already waved every terrible thing he has done away so you're probably right. The right wouldn't care.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Rules for thee, not gonna make a fucking dent in how is followers perceive him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The reveal of his goomba might.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The P in P-tape is pedophilia

He is known to have raped underage girls and pootin has the goods, just as likely through Epstein

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why is that pig not in chains

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Because those in power support this kind of behavior.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Redundant, given the current state of things, sadly.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Correction. They support your outrage. They want it to become a shit show so you won't pay attention to the dozen of things they should be doing. Or working for the people. This kind of thing just makes certain decisions that seem less important get passed or neglected.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

May have? It would be more surprising news if he didn't.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Business is business, isn’t that what he says? Business as usual for a bloke who keeps top secret documents in his spare bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

May have? This guy would sell his own daughter if he could. And I'm not eve talking about the one whose name he doesn't know, I'm talking about the one he wants to fuck.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's obvious that Trump sold out US intelligence assets across the world, leading to major setbacks in our intel community and the deaths of multiple people, so if this is true... will it make any difference? At all? Trump could come out and declare himself a vassal of the New Russian Empire and his followers would still lick his boots, and 'moderates' would say "Well, what about the DEMONRATS"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They, in fact, do talk up Russia as though it is some free speech, all the guns you want, libertarian paradise. It's incredible to see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

all the guns you want

More, even. Now get out there on the front line, maggot.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Fucking duh. Why else would he have taken a fucking truckload of classified docs?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Oh so she just learned that he may have sold a binder? She wasn't just holding onto this little pearl in order to sell another book was she? Any of Trump's circle, even his ostensibly "nice" niece Mary, is just an opportunist looking to cash in on the chaos.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Newsweek is trash. this is clickbait.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Man what is up with Republicans and their binders?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Where the fuck are all your patriots on this one?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The binder in question contained raw intelligence that the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies collected on Russia's alleged election interference in 2016, when Trump beat his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton for the presidency, among other documents, according to Reuters who spoke with a source familiar with the matter.

"Let me put it this way, if the government ever had evidence Donald Trump purposely handed classified info to a hostile power, he would never see the light of day again," she wrote, who also added that the documents could have also been destroyed, lost, or kept by someone.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Newsweek in a Saturday email that it is "unprofessional" to ask if the binder was sold to Russia.

Trump wanted to declassify materials in the binder related to the FBI's investigation into Russia's alleged election interference, according to the source.

A federal court document filed in August by journalist John Solomon, who Trump appointed to be a representative authorized to access his presidential records in the National Archives, gives some insight into who had their hands on the missing binder.

On January 19, 2021, just one day before Trump left office, Meadows invited Solomon to the White House to review declassified pages and discuss its public release, according to the court document.


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please fucking let it be so and soooo public([ly]

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