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Post by rainbow » Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:34 am

Washington Post: Russian bounties to Taliban fighters believed to result in deaths of US troops, intelligence assessments show
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/28/poli ... index.html

Did Trump know?

If so, why did he try to hide this from the American people?
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:50 am

Wouldn't it be great if we got along with Russia, so that they can kill our brave boys and girls in far-away shithole countries?
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by rainbow » Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:08 am

Brian Peacock wrote:
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Wouldn't it be great if we got along with Russia, so that they can kill our brave boys and girls in far-away shithole countries?
Yebbut Hillary had a email account on a private server.
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Hermit » Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:13 am

Eric Weinstein never mentioned Trumpgate. Breitbart did not report on it. If they ever do, it will only do so in order to deny it ever happened. Whom will you believe, those unbiased sources or the creators of fake news, like CNN, WaPo et cetera.

Also, no court has found Trump guilty of it. So there. :P
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Joe » Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:50 pm

There have been two stories in my right wing local paper, and Liz Cheney wants answers, so there might be something to Bountygate.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming tweeted Sunday morning that if the reports in the New York Times about the bounties were true, then the White House needed to explain what it knew about the intelligence and how it responded.

A senior official told CBS News the bounty allegations did not appear in the President's Daily Brief, a regular summary of national-security issues delivered to the president and some Cabinet secretaries. The National Security Council has been performing "due diligence" but has not found the intel assessment as described in the existing reporting, the official said.

Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House, specifically focused on the denials by both Trump and White House staff that neither the president nor Vice President Pence were briefed on the matter, and asked for more information on why this is the case.

"If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the White House must explain: 1. Why weren’t the president or vice president briefed?" Cheney tweeted. "Was the info in the PDB? 2. Who did know and when? 3. What has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?"
Of course, Cheney could just be pulling a Susan Collins. :coffee:
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Post by pErvinalia » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:16 pm

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Post by Joe » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:29 pm

Yes, and as they say, "the cracker doesn't fall very far from the box."
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by rainbow » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:58 am

If Trump didn't know then he is incompetent.
If he did, then he is dishonest.

...any other possibilities?
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by pErvinalia » Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:02 am

The Deep State is undermining Dear Leader..
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Animavore » Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:37 am

"Trumpgate" doesn't have much of a ring to it. Benitrump Artrump deserves something more catchy.
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Svartalf » Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:17 am

rainbow wrote:
Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:58 am
If Trump didn't know then he is incompetent.
If he did, then he is dishonest.

...any other possibilities?
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Joe » Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:44 pm

I like bountygate, but then I'm thinking of the paper towel. If it cleans up the mess that is Trump, I will be relieved.
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by L'Emmerdeur » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:39 pm

pErvinalia wrote:
Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:02 am
The Deep State is undermining Dear Leader..
You got it in one. Their blood spattered baby-eating fingerprints are all over this. Too easy. They get their confreres in Russia to set up the 'We buy American scalps!' franchise operation. They 'discover' the scheme. They report said scheme to the president in his Daily Brief, which everybody knows he doesn't read. They wait for a few months. That's important, because this way the narrative has time to develop a bouquet of authenticity. They then 'leak' it to the Enemies of the People. Of course they knew about it all along--they're in on it, you know. :grr:

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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:11 pm

... and George Soros paid for it! :lay:
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Re: Trumpgate

Post by Joe » Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:45 pm

It was all so these nasty hombres could make mean ads.

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