traitors.

Discussion in 'Politics' started by destriero, Jun 17, 2020.

  1. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    Gabriel Sherman: “John Bolton’s account that Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping last June to buy more American farm products to help Trump’s reelection is so explosive that White House officials prevented Bolton from directly quoting Trump in Bolton’s new tell-all memoir. ‘I would print Trump’s exact words but the government’s prepublication review process has decided otherwise,’ Bolton writes in The Room Where it Happened.”

    Vanity Fair has seen unredacted pages from the book and it’s clear why the White House tried to keep Trump’s words secret: they are deeply embarrassing and illustrate Trump’s naked politicization of America’s foreign policy.”

    “According to an unredacted passage shown to Vanity Fair by a source, Trump’s ask is even more crudely shocking when you read Trump’s specific language. ‘Make sure I win,’ Trump allegedly told Xi during a dinner at the G20 conference in Osaka, Japan last summer. ‘I will probably win anyway, so don’t hurt my farms.… Buy a lot of soybeans and wheat and make sure we win.'”
     
    #11     Jun 18, 2020
  2. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    Poor Bolton. They wouldn't let him start any wars. Whats a hawk supposed to do?

    Go rogue, violate your NDAs, disclose classified information and backstab your boss... apparently.

    John Bolton is in the George Will category for me now.

    Lost. His. Mind.
     
    #12     Jun 18, 2020
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  3. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Man I know this is gonna draw some fire... but you guys... Trump was just being Trump. And I know.... that one has been worn out for too long. But in this case....

    He's a bullshitter. His goal in that exchange was to get China to buy more of our crops. A bullshitter will say whatever to accomplish their goal. The entire world knows Trump lies non-stop... why would this be any different? He wanted to help our farmers. Sure that helps him, but who cares.... there is no doubt in my mind he TRULY wanted to help our farmers. If you think Trump is the first President to pull this kind of stuff... you're nuts.

    So whatever. Trump is a pure Queens/Brooklyn bullshitter that had the means to polish his craft.
    Does anyone really think China could black-mail the Office with "hey... we bought your soybeans... we want Taiwan". Pfff.... Trump would shred Xi's ass on Twitter so fast for that... and he wouldn't give a f*ck.

    And all that aside.... you guys are waaaay overestimating the attention span of the average American voter.
    This will be forgotten by the end June.
    (Oh yeah... I just remembered... he was impeached too. :D :rolleyes: )
     
    #13     Jun 18, 2020