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turbinetree

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Sat Sep 28, 2019, 05:42 PM Sep 2019

For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced

By JULIE PACE and ZEKE MILLER an hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been shadowed by investigations and controversy.

They have been layered, lengthy and often inconclusive, leaving many Americans scandal-weary and numb to his behavior. And with each charge against him, Trump has perfected the art of deflection, seemingly gaining strength by bullying and belittling those who have dared to take him on.

Now Trump is facing a high-velocity threat like none he’s confronted before.

It has rapidly evolved from a process fight over a whistleblower complaint to an impeachment inquiry within two weeks. Much of the evidence is already in public view. A rough transcript of a phone call in which Trump asks Ukraine’s president to help investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. The whistleblower’s detailed letter alleging the White House tried to cover up the call, and possibly others.

Unlike special counsel Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation, which circled an array of people in Trump’s orbit but not always the president himself, Trump doesn’t have the benefit of distance. His words and his actions are at the center of this investigation.

https://apnews.com/6f4f4a684812489ab29bd43fb5862111

So for the retiree that thinks Democrats are throwing poop against the wall to see which one sticks ......................maybe someone should read the fine print when someone sells out this country through the means of extortion and blackmail onto a foreign power and then asking that power to help them by basically cheating. Do you think Mr. Retiree that your vote shouldn't count...................do you think a foreign power should say who should lead this country..................

And as a second thought the picture in the thread with the traitor with his finger in the air and his eyes closed................I wonder if he stuck it in his treasonous mouth, then pulled it out of his treasonous mouth, to feel which way the wind was blowing..............to maintain his treason..........................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough........................Mr. Retiree................

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