President Donald Trump gave a bombshell interview with the New York Times on Wednesday in which he said that he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions to be attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from the Russian investigation. It was a highly disturbing interview since Sessions recused on the advice of ethics experts at the Justice Department and the overwhelming view of the bar.
Trump stated:
“Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else . . . Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president . . . How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks, Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.’ It’s extremely unfair—and that’s a mild word—to the president.”
Sessions stated in a press conference today that will continue to serve “as long as that is appropriate.”
Trump’s statement further undermines the position of his legal team. First, it essentially says that Sessions would have been rejected for stating an intention to follow ethical rules on recusal. Second, the statement that the decision was “unfair” suggests that, had Sessions remained in charge, the Russian investigation would have somehow been terminated or curtailed.
I stated publicly weeks before the recusal that Sessions should recuse himself. If anything, I thought the decision was belated though my concerns were removed by Sessions’ statement that he actually removed himself from the Russian investigation as soon as he was sworn into office. He had an obligation to avoid both a conflict or an appearance of a conflict and experts widely agreed that recusal was necessary. Thus, the President is suggesting that Sessions should have rejected the view of his own department and the view of most experts in refusing to recuse himself.
The interview could well come back to haunt the President if this matter grows more serious toward any indictment or impeachment. It is material to the firing of Comey since prosecutors could argue that, even when under investigation, Trump is still suggesting that he wanted high-ranking officials to scuttle the Russian investigation. Statements of this kind are simply baffling. They cause real harm to the position of the President and achieve nothing. Ironically, I have long argued that the White House should have at the outset invited an independent investigation. There is still no compelling evidence of a crime by Trump and such an investigation could clear his name — as opposed to some scuttling or curtailment of the investigation by one of his appointees.
I can understand the President’s frustration but these ad hoc comments are doing real harm to his administration. It continues a long record of mishaps and misfires by the White House, including the timing and manner of the Comey termination.
It is highly disturbing to me that sessions recused himself without first having discussed it with the president who had hired him for this job . I’m sure this must sound odd to the elite products of our failed universities who have produced the stellars like the bushies clintons and obamas
Discussing it with Chump would be highly disturbing. Chump and his campaign are under investigation.
Under investigation by the most moral and honest people? sure ! From your point of view mueller and comey must be very different people than what I think of them . You have the right to your point of view , just like I do . You can say I’m misguided and I can say the same for you , so we just need to let ourselves grow and see if we at any point in our limited existence on this planet come to a better understanding of what is disgusting and what is not .
Some opinions reflect bias and are uniformed. Other p.o.v.’s are objective and have knowledge as a foundation. To say all points of view are equal is biased and uniformed. A five- year-old says candy is good for me. Yet, other counsel is preferred.
Many are disappointed in Turley because he is knowledgeable and associated with a prestigious university. Usually, there is the expectation of self-restraint to minimize bias under those circumstances.
Turley’s blog could provide an important service, instead of deflection. For example, readers may be curious about what happens if special counsel uncovers suspicion of wrong doing but it is unrelated to what the investigation was convened to cover. When Pres. Trump threatened Mueller with “a red line” in reference to a family business investigation, what are the complexities of the protocol that should be followed.
Linda in a more abstract world it’s not as simple to realize who is 5 year old and who is 50, that can happen only in the stage of concrete operations
Not only should he have discussed the recusal with POTUS but he should have recognized that he created smoke and the appearance of fire with his actions. Frankly he should recuse himself now.. From the job he can’t comply with. I’ve had enough of this circus and he’s a clown selling spun sugar.. Cotton candy that turns into morning in your mouth.
What I’m seeing is disgusting ! Losers are acting like they were victims and people who should be investigating real crimes of obamas and clintons are so timid that they run/recuse themselves from any challenge
The “deep state” ruling class ordered Devin Nunes and Jeff Session to recuse themselves.
The ruling class in November, 1963, ordered JFK’s limousine driver to deviate from the route of protocol
and make a right turn off of Main St. onto Elm.
Right after that, the hit took place.
So we need a fighter in position of AG , not a timid person who has betrayed Trump by letting wolves go after him
If it were the case that an investigation could clear Chump, his minions would have told him this and he wouldn’t object to an investigation, he wouldn’t say the stupid, incriminating things he does, like his comments on Sessions, and he would open up his tax returns and business dealings to scrutiny to prove he’s not guilty of any wrongdoing. His arrogance would demand full scrutiny, so he could brag “I told you so”. You call Chump’s patterns of errors “misfires” and “mis steps”. That’s very charitable. Considering that this is the most important job in the world and that it’s not just one dumb thing he says and does but a pattern of dumb things, incompetence and unfitness for the job are more accurate descriptors.
Yes, I know he’s not an experienced politician, which is supposed to be one of his big selling points, but a truly wise person knows his limits. A truly wise person would allow himself to be schooled on what he needs to know to be effective, he would learn how to be diplomatic in dealing with others and he would set aside his ego and big mouth, so that he can succeed. It’s not like he doesn’t have access to people to advise him on basic things to say and do to at least keep out of trouble. I find it impossible to believe that he hasn’t been told to keep his big mouth shut, and that he’s hurting himself every time he shoots off his mouth. He is his own worst enemy, not just because he doesn’t know what he’s doing, but because he shows no willingness to learn and his ego won’t allow him to admit that his past pattern of bullying people, twisting arms, threatening to sue and suing people and doing as he pleases won’t work here. Just looked at the video of the Billy Bush tape. He says he’s loading up on Tic Tacs in case HE finds the woman attractive, because he just wants to start kissing them. Never occurs to him that she won’t find him attractive, that she’s married, that she’s a lesbian, or just that she is simply a person with the inviolable right to decide for herself whether or not some married man she just met should kiss her or fondle her genitalia just because HE finds her attractive. He kisses or he grabs, and what is the woman to do? Risk losing her job? Certainly, such a risk is there. Most certainly be branded as a liar, or psycho or low IQ, like he called Mika, or what is she to do? Most probably let it go for the sake of not subjecting herself to even more abuse for daring to assert her rights. That clip shows you all you need to know about him.
That girl is on fire.
That would explain the unhinged rants.
Hear, hear!
Mueller’s bias and corruption could not be more obvious.
Comey’s bias and corruption were blatant with reference to Hillary.
Rosenstein is a willing and able functionary in the coup d’etat by the ruling class.
Sessions makes Benedict Arnold look loyal.
Check by the shadow government.
Checkmate soon without mass firings.
Trump has no alternative.
“The “deep state” has Trump’s own Justice Department doing democrat opposition research for
2018/2020.”
– Rush Limbaugh
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Impeachment may come first.
President Trump swore to drain the Swamp King.
“When you strike at a king, you must kill him.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oops.
Well, for the good of the country, he could resign.
For the good of the country and in conformance with the Constitution we could eliminate affirmative action, welfare, quotas, forced busing, incongruous and deleterious illegal/invasion/immigration and the rest of the anti-American and unconstitutional welfare state entitlements, with current emphasis on Obongocare.
Speaking out of both sides of his mouth, yet again. First he rails against the swamp and how everyone in government is in cahoots with each other and how he is going to appoint individuals who will do what they think is right and not be influenced by any part of government but only their concept of right and wrong. Then when someone he appointed does that and he doesn’t like it, well, the other side of the mouth gets a work out. Head oligarch-yup, megalomaniac-yup, liar-yup, the country’s shame-yup, Presidential material-nope. Thanks to the dupes who cave for them one liners, regardless of how idiotic.
If Mueller went after my business, I would throw him in front of the bus.
Money laundering is a crime.
Ken – there is no proof of money laundering. So far it has been a fishing expedition.
Investigation is underway.
What did Schiff and the dumbocrats say when demanding a special prosecutor,
there was election tampering in collusion with Russians – that’s why Hillary lost?
After all parties, including Intel heads, have stated unequivocally that there is no evidence of election
tampering in collusion with Russians, Hillary lost fair and square, Obergruppenführer Mueller, is doing
an encyclopedic anal exam of President Trump, including exhaustive manipulation of his proctoscope.
You aren’t the President, Paul. The President is accountable to the American people. The President isn’t allowed to take any actions that could be for personal benefit or the benefit of his family or their financial interests. If he’s in bed with Russians, we have a right to know. That’s why he won’t release tax returns. That’s why he’s trying everything possible to scuttle or throw doubt on the investigation. You should be very worried.
Natacha – there is no requirement that he release his taxes. Businesspeople like to keep their business affairs secret. Keeps their competitive advantage.
Thus, the President is suggesting that Sessions should have rejected the view of his own department and the view of most experts in refusing to recuse himself.
No, what President Trump appears to be suggesting is Sessions should have informed the President prior to his confirmation that he would recuse himself. Trump has only himself to blame for not determining what Sessions would do should he be confirmed and sworn in. Of course he’s angry, at Sessions, sure. His advisers, sure. At himself, absolutely.
Since Sessions is not tied up in the Russian investigation, Trump should direct his AG to focus a laser beam directly at the multitude of scandals involving the previous administration, Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, DNC, election fraud, IRS, etc. These are issues conservatives believed were going to be investigated by whomever Trump nominated for AG.
No, Olly, you are simply wrong. It would be totally improper to base Sessions’ nomination on whether or not he would be willing to scuttle the investigation into Russian involvement with Trump and the election. Chump doesn’t get it–his appointees may not be required to pledge personal loyalty to him. They are not his employees. They serve the citizens, not Chump. The investigation is supposed to be free of partisanship. Chump is not the emperor.
You are also simply wrong that Chump should try to re-litigate all of the politically-motivated allegations regarding the Clintons. The FBI did that already. You listen way too much to Fox.
Your hypocrisy is astounding. Trump may survive this onslaught. He may resign or he may be impeached. At this point I really don’t care. Because the political class is being exposed to the American people in a way that will take years to overcome. That will be President Trump’s legacy. And I hope it will eat you alive.
Of course AG and ethics didn’t cross paths with Holder and Lynch. Now remind me again, who do these people serve? Natacha, did you say the people?
(2) Under Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, the Department of Justice pushed the states to pass new laws.
(3) The goal was to make it impossible to hold repeat offenders in jail before trial. Why?
(4) Because so many repeat offenders are black.
(5) The first step was to reclassify violent felonies as nonviolent misdemeanors. Look at California.
(6) Assault with a deadly weapon, harming a crime victim or witness, resisting arrest that injures a police officer…
(7) Violent elder or child abuse, arson with injury, and manslaughter are now nonviolent felonies.
(8 ) Proposition 47–passed in 2014–reclassified certain “nonviolent felonies” as misdemeanors.
(9) Therefore prisoners convicted of violent elder abuse were released because now their former violent felony was a misdemeanor.
(10) So the Democrats first changed violent felonies to misdemeanors. Then they changed the laws for bail.
(11) Washington DC Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier resigned because criminals were being arrested, released, and arrested again the same day.
(12) “D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier leaves her post in two weeks with high popularity and crime down over her tenure but frustrated by a system that she said allows repeat violent offenders back on the street time after time.”
(13) Federal authorities decide who stays in jail in DC. Under pressure from Holder and Lynch, they were releasing everyone.
(14) The crime rate spiked dramatically. The Democrats are pushing for “community rehabilitation programs” instead of prison.
(15) The most repulsive member of congress–@tedlieu, the guy who trolls Trump–has introduced a doozy of a bill.
(16) Lieu wants to ELIMINATE bail in the entire country.
(17) They point to the “success” of New Jersey, which eliminated bail earlier this year.
(18 ) In New Jersey, a person is evaluated with an eight-question form. Prior offenses are not taken into consideration.
(19) As a result almost nobody is held over until trial. Almost everyone is released.
(20) The state had to hire new staff and create new computer systems to manage the new system.
(21) Releasing everybody has so far cost New Jersey $400 million, and the crime rate is skyrocketing.
(22) Washington DC eliminated bail, and now the city pays $50 million a year to oversee almost no prisoners.
(23) Duane and Beth Chapman–He’s better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter–testified in Sacramento about the new laws coming.
(24) The Chapmans pointed out every loophole they could: a guy who never shows up for trial, for example.
(25) They said that the Democrats then TWEAKED the laws to EXCLUDE any possible offender.
(26) The DC Police arrested a total of 219 violent protestors on Inauguration Day. Only 17 showed up for their trials.
(27) The Chapmans said that the Democratic party has made it a priority in 2017 to pass laws that make holding anyone in jail impossible.
(28 ) What I realized a long time ago is that Democrats’ sole motivation is to piss off conservatives.
(29) So I’m not surprised that one of our two major parties now wants us to die at the hands of violent criminals.
(30) The end result of Democratic “reform” is that criminals now commit crimes with impunity, and people are too afraid to call the cops.
(31) There are no penalties for threatening witnesses and skipping your trial. Nobody comes looking for you.
(32) And if you get arrested, they immediately release you.
(33) You may have heard that more an more celebrities are having their mansions broken into.
(34) Alanis Morissette was robbed of $2 million worth of jewelry.
(35) This is a new crime, being committed by old gangs such and the Bloods and Crips. It’s because there are no penalties.
(36) This is just one of the things Obama did to us. And the CURRENT Democrats want to make it even worse. The end.
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/list-damage-holder-lynch-much-worse-feared
What does any of this, assuming it’s true, which I don’t, have to do with Chump and the investigation into his ties with Russia? BTW: states pass and enforce their own criminal laws. Obama didn’t “DO” anything to “US”.
There is a limit to the amount that the public wants to spend to address rehashed allegations against people who no longer have the authority or opportunity to impact their lives. Even while Clinton was in office, too much was spent on the Lewinsky saga of sexual impropriety. (I’m not convinced that an investigation into charges of Trump and prostitutes in a Russian hotel room would warrant review if blackmail wasn’t an issue). In hindsight, the outcome of the Benghazi investigation proved that the cost to the taxpayer was too high. The money would have been better spent on other projects.
Obama and Arne Duncan essentially did the same thing to public education, demanding that school districts not hold black students to the same disciplinary standards to which other students were held. The predictable result is that now schools in the Twin Cities and other locales (which embraced that approach) are likened to war zones.
http://www.startribune.com/the-school-safety-debate-mollycoddle-no-more/372619741/
But the True Believer is never going to be swayed by facts on the ground.
But Sessions didn’t know before his confirmation he’d have to recuse himself. Unfortunately for him, he lied during questioning at his confirmation hearing about meetings with Russians. He assumed nothing would be found out and there would be nothing to recuse himself from.
Also – what evidence do you have of “election fraud?” Thanks.
Sessions is ok. I want to worry about a war with N. Korea. I don’t want a nuke to land on Seattle.
How many times has The President and the AG jerked the left around by their tweets fifteen thirty a dozen? Sea Gull-ed again just to keep the red herring theory in play.
The thick plottens. So far he’s used these as a ploy to get something else and negate the efforts of the ‘ha ha” resistance. other than causing themselves to look foolish. Being a good unaligned moderate centrist with zero party affiliation I see the need to drive wedges and splinter factions and other needful actions. Perhaps it’s a wedge between lukewarm RINO’s and still hot to trot to the tune of Left RINO’s. Maybe what I said is another way to misdirect attention. Either way the left is getting so splintered and marginalized having only one possible leader left and that one a neophyte beginner from California the future is so bright I gots to wear shades! Even if the area is overcast today. I assume Mr. Green and company (is that their new tie color) is still waiting for someone, anyone to notice his bill has gone nowhere but closer the round file of politics. That one drew a big HUH from the audience so much for his Districts pork.
Bot from troll farm
Turley’s SOP with Trump- Use nebulous words of concern like “disturbing” and “baffling” to show that he is concerned but not all that much. Then end the article with his ad nauseum line that there’s no crime here, nothing to see. Once again, this article proves that Turley is either too spineless, too craven or simply too blind to realize the danger Trump poses to this country.
LS, JT does what he always does, when it comes to Trump….Spin, distract, deflect, and repeat.
“It continues a long record of mishaps and misfires by the White House, including the timing and manner of the Comey termination.” — J. Turley.
Counselor, you are a feckless abomination. How else to explain that you ignored the fact that in this same interview Trump (1) Threatened Mueller and said he has damaging information about him; (2) Said Comey essentially tried to blackmail him; (3) contradicted Session’s own testimony on Comey/Trump meeting; (4) said Rosenstein forced him to fire Comey and never should have appointed Mueller; (5) questioned the integrity of acting FBI director Andrew McCabe —
All of which has led to a near universal condemnation by the nation’s major legal scholars who are describing Trump’s words here as (1) a direct threat to the rule of law in this nation, (2) the Independence of the DOJ that is essential to our democracy, (3) and a direct threat to public confidence in our justice system itself.
And, you, Jonathan Turley, say absolutely NOTHING here, except that these are examples of “mishaps and misfires” that may potentially be damaging to Trump!
You’re a sad, enabling, pathetic, and cowardly figure completely undeserving of your stature and position.
Yeah, Turley’s a real POS.
Could be but he hasn’t been wrong yet. and this makes how many losses for the losers of the left?
Trump is actually far more moral and honest than Turley because Trump doesn’t pretend to be anything other than the massively ignorant lying uneducated racist pussy-grabbing bigot that he is in all its GOP sanctioned splendor and pious glory.
Turley is far worse: A law professor who trumpets his own self-aggrandized fidelity to the premise of the essential objectivity of his profession all the while enabling a manifestly anti-democratic racist sexist pig with no obvious respect for the Law, his Office or the Constitution itself.
I don’t think its fair to call Trump a pussy grabber.
…Apparently fine with Turley too in terms of considering Trump’s fitness for office…One can only imagine then candidate Barack Obama saying this on videotape: Cue GOP AD: “Barack HUSSEIN Obama says grab those white BE-EYE-ITCHES by the PUSSY.”
Yep. America would have elected Obama anyway…OMG…
The likelihood your opinion is as informed as JT’s is precisely zero. But please do continue as it brings humor to an otherwise redundant topic.
Spoken like the true Turley parrot you are.
The DoJ has has no credibility since Eric Holder was appointed. I would agree with Trump, if it was a deal-breaker, he should have been told in advance.
No one but you, according to you, has credibility about anything: FACT.
chris marker – depending on the issue, depends on the credibility. Generally, I am suspicious of anything you post because there is nothing behind it. However, the day may come when we agree on something. It isn’t on this though.
LOL. You think I’d come on here and call Turley a RACIST to his face without any back-up?! Ludicrous. Turley is absolutely a racist because he has enabled the most openly racist President in modern history, especially as this concerns Turnp’s Birtherism and Obama conspiracy theories. I’ve provided AMPLE CREDIBLE citations from leading scholars and journalists who’ve documented Trump’s substantial racism and lies which are so voluminous they have become mundane. And all you have ever done in response is to say that this is all “FAKE.” — Nothing else. So please spare me any critiques of the DOCUMENTED substance of my arguments.
chris marker – because someone is a birther does not make them a racist. Hillary’s campaign created and pushed the birther story first. Is she a racist?
Paul, not just Holder, but Lynch as well!
Nixon, “I am not a crook”. Yet, he took a pardon as if was a crook. And, the evidence showed he was a crook.
Trump never admits a failing- similar personality type to Nixon.
“Russian investigation” ? Investigation of what crime ? If the investigation has not been defined, why should Sessions have recused himself ? It was premature. Besides that, he was a wrong “loyalty” pick for AG in the first place.
Sessions is not Trump’s lawyer. His loyalty is to the country and its citizens. It’s nice to have a man with ethics as our Attorney General. Trump regularly attacked Lynch and Holder for being to close to Obama but now he thinks the AG should be in his pocket.
Trump has been duly elected by this country as President.
He probably heard that his son and son-in-law has to testify before Congress yesterday and just exploded internally.
He’s utterly flabbergasted, and who would blame with the hate media we have in this country.
He spoke the truth; he’s angry and I don’t blame him.
He likes Sessions, but he just honestly expressed his frustration and with healthcare he just let it rip.
The Democrats made up false stories about Sessions and Sessions caved, that is how most people see it.
Did Holder every recuse himself; what about the person who was the prosecutor, a former Obama contributor; over the IRS scandal.
Trump all this unfold over the past 8 years and is pissed, and rightfully so.
Another possibility true or another red herring. Only the Tweet Meister knows for sure. Somewhere, somewone is waiting to find out who or what is the real target while the left implodes and explodes again.
“…how most people see it” – What do you mean? How most of the world sees it…how most in the Kremlin see it …how most Americans see it…how most Trump voters see it…how most Trump voters who haven’t abandoned support for him see it…how your friends and family see it. …or, is that just what right wing news is saying?
“There is still no compelling evidence of a crime by Trump”
~+~
In other venues, continuing investigations for which there is no compelling evidence to warrant criminal charges is more indicative of “fishing expeditions” than bona fide inquiries.
In the criminal justice realm, courts frown on fishing expeditions, taking a stance that it shows that either the state is attempting to exact any sanction against an individual whatever it might be and perpetually subjecting a person to endless investigation, or alternatively, the fishing expedition can take the form of wanting to find an arrest, focusing on an event and stretching the truth to net in any person who might remotely be guilty. Such an example is watching a bar all night long and stopping every car that leaves its parking lot under questionable reasonable suspicion, and nearly always pretextual.
In the case of this matter and President Trump, where there has not been a showing of substantive evidence yet many pouncing on the notion to find the president guilty of something, anything, shows that the former type of fishing expedition I described is probable.
They go fish and find a red herring. Calling it a victory they find out they swallowed a pirhana. It get’s funnier by the day and makes one wonder. How long can they play stupid or are they really out looiking for street with lots of traffic.
The evidence is still being developed. You don’t start an investigation with overwhelming evidence. If you had that, you wouldn’t need to investigate in the first place You start with enough information to indicate whether an investigation is warranted. There is more than enough here. Putting a spin on it at this stage is disingenuous. You say it is a “fishing expedition”, which implies that there is not a sufficient basis to even investigate. You again are a disciple of Fixed Non News.
You are correct. Yesterday, Susan Rice refused to testify about Obongo “wiretapping” and “unmasking” political opponents during an election but the evidence on expunging the record of the fraudulent term of the eminently ineligible son of a foreign citizen with foreign allegiances, Obongo, the abuse of power at the IRS, featuring Lois Lerner, gun running with Eric In-Contempt-Of-Congress Holder, Lowretched Flynch receiving an offer she couldn’t refuse from Obongo’s Supreme Leader, Slick Willy, on the tarmac of the Phoenix airport, etc., etc., etc., is still being developed.
It’s called a coup d’etat.
Hillary was immutably convicted by Comey,
then was incredibly and corruptly found to have “no intent.”
Pardon me, would you have any Bleachbit?
Has Kushner denied that he talked with the Russian ambassador about setting up a back communication channel in the Russian embassy? Instead of a denial, isn’t the Trump camp defending it? Didn’t the Trump Jr. e-mails that Don Jr. released say he would “love” to have, what some would describe as illegally obtained information from a foreign government aimed at sabotaging a political candidate for the American presidency?
Trump tends to speak in a stream of consciousness. The thing that strikes me is that unlike the previous administration, the AG is not a clone or sycophant of the President.
I don’t recall Lynch recusing herself from the Clinton scandal, in fact she met with her husband during the investigation. Oh that’s right they shared photos of grandchildren.
Give me a break, no matter what he says or does you’ll criticize. To date the Dums have done nothing and I mean nothing but obstruct, resist and their MSP has been right there to help.
Her husband? Excellent choice of words. I can see the headlines now. Clinton accused of being snared by a Russian plot to matrimonialize his relationship with Lynch so she can’t testify against him. And vice versa!
We wanted a transparent administration, we got one. We just are not used to it.
What I don’t understand why Sessions made major decisions with out consulting the core group.
That’s an interesting way to spin a possible coverup.
Lol. All is fair in Love & War, right?
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/us/politics/31donor.html
Autumn/Ter ber deflect from Trump on every single thread.
So?
Ken – when Trump f*cks up I call him on it. Like for instance I think he should let Sessions go.
However, I am determined to keep the Dims under fire – all those descipable people who need to be investigated.
And this new bill to undermine our rights introduced by AIPAC friendly folks R & D – I am putting that out there which has drawn ire from the Zionist camp.
See, I am a non partisan gal!
In my view, the New York Times interview presents a portrait of a man who is uninformed, unprepared, unprofessional, uncouth, unfit and mostly unintelligible. His Presidency will end with his resignation.
Well some one has to have a minority viewpoint. That’s why their called menshevik.
Actually, the minority views are those continually espoused by the Trump apologists who have adopted this site.
Find me a partisan Democrat who voted against vapid tyro Barack Obama, and I’ll consider listening to remarks like this.
LOL. I can be arrogant, but I try to restrict its expression to those who invite it. So I will say that whether you deign my remarks worthy of your consideration is of no consequence to me. However, had you been visiting this site eight years ago you would have come across many strongly worded criticisms of Pres. Obama’s declination to prosecute war crimes and economic predations. I believe that I am an equal opportunity critic.
Moreover, I have never attempted to hide my identity or my prejudices. I have always posted under my actual name and it is quite a simple matter to find out my history and my social, political and religious views. I am a Roman Catholic by background and theological inclination. I was a student of John Rawls in college and greatly admire the work of Aristotle, Kant, Locke and Aquinas, as well as the writings of modern natural law philosophers such as Germaine Grisez and John Finnis (although I have strong differences with them in some areas). I am a social contractarian and a firm believer in the efficacy of the common law and trial by jury. I believe that the fundamental purpose of society is to provide an environment conducive to individual human flourishing and that economic freedom is a meaningless concept absent the ability to freely bargain. Thus, I am a firm believer in the importance of unions as a barrier against the excesses of economic power. I believe that the Constitution is a living instrument and reject the false foundations of originalism. I am virtually an absolutist on matters relating to freedom of speech, but believe that the Establishment Clause is under serious attack at present. I love kids and animals, fireworks on the 4th of July and real Christmas trees. I am 70 years of age, have had two heart attacks and quit drinking twenty years ago because it became a problem.
My view of Donald Trump is that he is fundamentally dishonest in his dealing with others and a charlatan populist. I have labeled him a moral slob, by which I mean not that he relishes immorality, but that his actions are not informed by ethical considerations. I do not regard the transparency in his mendacity to be a redeeming quality.
Finally, I offer the observation that I remain ambivalent about anonymous posters such as yourself. To some extent, they are a bit like the kids who ring your doorbell and run away before you open the door. While I recognize that some people may have understandable reasons to hide their identities, anonymity is also a cloak for trolling and general mischief. It is not coincidental that some of the most vehement opinions are expressed by persons whose history and motives are clothed in secrecy. I don’t know where you fit in that class.
Your opinion of me or my views is, as they say, none of my business. However, if you wish to seriously engage in something other than tit for tat exchanges, you might consider exposing some of your own biases to scrutiny.
…what is so disturbing is this: Sessions, in my view, is one of two people that Trump owes his Presidency too…Some of Sessions’ key people are now member of Trump’s senior staff……
https://twitter.com/esquire/status/888054723223355393
That was a quote from Lynch’s kids……
Do you think they put Trump up to it? That’s one way of looking at it. The other is “So?”
Thank you for this….agree with every syllabi of this…especially as I see the destruction by probably one of the most incompetent cabinets in the Nation’s History (with the exception of the Defense and HomeLand Security Secretaries)….