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March 28, 2017

Do you think that to keep a lid on Russian connections, there might be a few sudden deaths?

If the Russia story is as big as many of us think, will there be some "accidents" and "sudden deaths," to cover up what is going on, as we have seen happening in Russia?

March 24, 2017

Should Paul Ryan resign?

It was his health care plan.
He's had eight years to perfect it.
It was a piece of crap.
He owned it.
It was by far less popular than Obamacare or Trump
He couldn't get the votes from his own party.

Should Paul Ryan resign?

March 23, 2017

Trump: Wiretapping is, you know today it is different than wire tapping.


TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer: But there’s other things you said that haven’t panned out. The peg for this story is the wiretapping hearing on Monday, in which [FBI Director James] Comey and [NSA Director Mike] Rogers testified about your tweets there.

Trump: Yeah well if you’d look at, in fact I’ll give you the front page story, and just today I heard, just a little while ago, that Devin Nunes had a news conference, did you hear about this, where they have a lot of information on tapping. Did you hear about that?

Michael Scherer: I have not, no.

Trump: Now remember this. When I said wiretapping, it was in quotes. Because a wiretapping is, you know today it is different than wire tapping. It is just a good description. But wiretapping was in quotes. What I’m talking about is surveillance. And today, [House Intelligence Committee Chairman] Devin Nunes just had a news conference. Now probably got obliterated by what’s happened in London. But just had a news conference, and here it is one of those things. The other one, election, I said we are going to win, we won. And many other things. And I think this is going to be very interesting.


http://time.com/4710456/donald-trump-time-interview-truth-falsehood/?xid=homepage
March 20, 2017

Why doesn't every Democratic Representative and Senator sign a declaration demanding Trump apologize

to Obama for his wiretap smears and while they are at it, his birther smears?

March 18, 2017

If Trump is a bull in a China shop, are we in fact the culprits for giving him the China shop?

Trump is like a bull in a China shop. But is he the culprit, or are those who allowed a bull to enter the China shop (presidential politics) the culprits?

Here is the view of Steven Reidbord, psychiatrist, on bulls in a China shop. He is not writing about Trump specifically, but seems very relevant:


The phrase "bull in a china shop" usually implies that the china shop was there first. The bull wandered in uninvited. But suppose we set up the scene another way. Picture a bull grazing in an open field. Yes, it's a big powerful animal, and maybe it's a bit clumsy. But it isn't hurting anyone; it is living in peace.

Then imagine someone sneaks up on this bull — and builds a china shop around it. The animal suddenly finds itself constrained, unable to move without hearing the crash of broken porcelain. Its natural movements are now seen as destructive, as the china is surely at risk. Yet it isn't quite right to blame the bull.

Snip

There is no small measure of passive hostility in building a china shop around a bull. All too often we observers arrive late upon the scene, only to witness the wild animal haplessly bumping into fragile dinnerware. It can take a long time to realize that the bull was just being a bull, and that the root problem was the apparently innocent bystander who constructed a china shop the bull was almost sure to topple.
March 18, 2017

Prediction: Trump will resign within the next three weeks.

Today was probably the worst day of his political life thanks to a German journalist and the German Chancellor. He was humiliated. This week was his worst week. Next week will be worse still. Every week is his worst. This cannot continue.

A runaway train that is not brought under control will crash. He has boxed himself into a corner on his wiretap lies, his unpopular healthcare bill, his unpopular budget, his Muslim ban. There's only one direction on all these things - downhill, and in the meantime he is becoming more isolated, more angry and more paranoid. And when an out-of-control train keeps going downhill, gaining speed, it will crash. That means next week will be worse, and the week after that even worse. I give him three weeks.

March 17, 2017

Pressure is building for Trump to apologize for wiretap claim - Will he do it?

This story just keeps growing and the pressure is mounting for Trump to apologize for his smears against Obama. Sean Spicer made it an international incident. Now senior GOPer, Tom Cole, has said Trump needs to apologize.

Have you ever heard Trump apologize for anything? It will be the first time that the liar-in-chief has to say sorry for telling lies.

From Trump's point of view, this would be utter humiliation. To apologize to Obama, who is obviously superior in every way (smarter, more liked, better hair, etc). How small the inadequate, insecure little Trump would feel. Trump would see this as a show of weakness. Personally, I can't see it happening, but how will it play out?

Trump thinks he doesn't need to apologize for a couple of weeks because he will have evidence then. What diversion could he be planning before then?

March 17, 2017

Sean Spicer starts international incident blaming British intelligence for Trump's wiretapping lies






Imagine how pathetic Donald Trump looks around the world, when attempts by Sean Spicer to cover up his lies become the number one news story.

UK Top News Story - British Intelligence has dismissed Sean Spicer's claims as "utterly ridiculous."

Sky News Top Story

GCHQ has dismissed a claim that British spies were employed to bug Trump Tower as "utterly ridiculous".

The accusation was made by US media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano - then repeated by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

Mr Spicer was speaking after the US Congress rubbished Mr Trump's claim the Obama administration "tapped his wires" before the election.

He said the president "stands by" his claim.


http://news.sky.com/story/gchq-claim-we-bugged-donald-trump-utterly-ridiculous-10804341


BBC News Top Story

Britain's communications intelligence agency GCHQ has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign.

The unusual move by the agency came after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer cited claims first made on US TV channel Fox News earlier this week.

GCHQ responded by saying the allegations were "nonsense, utterly ridiculous and should be ignored".



http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39300191



ITV TOP NEWS STORY


One of Britain's leading spy agencies has angrily denied claims - suggested by the White House press secretary - that it helped former president Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump.

In a very rare public statement, a spokesman for GCHQ told ITV News that any suggestion it was involved in spying on Mr Trump "was utterly ridiculous and should be ignored”.

The strongly-worded denial came shortly after Sean Spicer repeated an unsubstantiated and explosive allegation - first made by a Fox News analyst - that Barack Obama used British spies to watch Donald Trump on his behalf to ensure "there were no American fingerprints on it".


http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-16/british-spy-agency-denies-helping-obama-spy-on-trump-after-white-house-repeats-claim/
March 16, 2017

Trump's exit plan - will it be suicide or resignation?

Everything he has done has failed. He cannot trust anyone. Even Steve Bannon's Breitbart is attacking him. He is in freefall over healthcare, and Repugs will never agree on that. He knows he faces humiliation over his wiretapping claims. Those so-called judges keep blocking his travel ban. The Russia problem won't go away.
The cruel and unfair media keep digging. Now there are lawmakers on the case. He is slumping even further in the polls. Turnout at his rallies isn't like the old days. The rest of the world are laughing at him.

No human being, not even Trump, can sustain this pressure. The pressure is building. Each weekend he leaves his job in a worse state than the weekend before. He is in over his head, surrounded by people who want to get rid of him. Something has to give. There is no way this can continue for much longer, and he knows it, but how will it end?

March 14, 2017

Trump polls nosedive! Gallup poll - Trump down 6 points in 2 days! Rasmussen - Down 7 in 11 days.

Healthcare Freefall!

Trump dropped 3 points on Gallup in today's tracker and another 3 points yesterday - 45 points to 39

He dropped 2 points on Rasmussen in two days and 7 points in 11 days - 53 points to 46

http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_mar14

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