Whether you are for or against President Trump....one thing that we have learned in this whole mess is that Russian entities were and are deeply involved in compromising the security and privacy of our computers. This is not 'low level' serious.....it's 'high-level' serious. Donald Trump's dealings with Russians were not just here-and-there business inquiries and ventures over a few years but serious and continuous big-money deals over decades. At first Donald Trump wanted to build a tower in Russia....and he tried a few times....but when these efforts fell through he turned his attention to getting Russians to spend their 'new' money in the United States......by investing in his properties. (some of this was honest investment....some of it was most likely laundering on the part of the newly made oligarchs) Donald Trump and his family have been feted many times in Russia....over many years. Eric is quoted as bragging....."We have all the funding we need out of Russia." All of this says absolutely nothing about Donald Trump......but it does legitimize inquiries and even the current Mueller investigation. We cannot play around with this. I would assume that the investigation is more.....'have Russians tried to dupe Donald Trump' than 'has Donald Trump tried to dupe the American public'....but either way....under no circumstances....should this probe be aborted or hindered. Seth Hettena explores....very fairly.....Donald Trump's relationship with Russians and Russia in Trump/Russia, A Definitive History.
The wars are coming....the unraveling is too far advanced to stop them. What you do in a situation like this is prepare....physically and mentally. What you do not do is aggravate the situation. If you do that then you lose the upper hand and become part of the chaos instead of establishing your feet solidly on the ground while keeping your mind clear. What do we think that China or Turkey or Iran or Putin are going to do when our increasing pressure pushes the dictators into a corner.....crumble and change....get on the Trump train? Apparently that is what we think. The concepts of 'America first' and 'America only' are differentiated by a fine line. Here is where wisdom comes in....the lack of which has been our complaint against this administration all along.
Senator Ted Cruz responded to a reporter's question in that he would welcome President Trump's endorsement in his close reelection campaign....and implied that he is actively seeking that endorsement. This is what you do folks....you admire someone greatly....as I do Senator Cruz....he does something that you do not agree with....and you challenge him on it....you do not do what the Democrats did with the Clintons and Barack Obama.....and as we conservatives have done with President Trump....that being ignoring their errors and outright lies.....all for the good of the party. It's not the endorsement itself that is problematic....it's the absurd....manipulative....and deceptive pep rallies that would accompany the endorsement. If President Trump wants to endorse you Ted....fine....but don't go on that stage and be part of that carefully designed and choreographed assault on the intellect.
I was probably one of the first to jump off the Trump train when he threatened to destroy members of the Freedom Caucus after they set up a roadblock on the fake Obamacare repeal and replace bill in March of 2017. We had about thirty members of the House who we could get behind and depend upon ....and Donald Trump threatened to work against their reelection campaigns! This alone should have been enough for any conservative to step back and admit that we have a problem here! Today we actually lie about this and put all the blame on the Republican Congress for not supporting the President....but this President didn't really want to put in the time and effort to get support on something that he personally had no passion for to begin with.
Here's a President Trump quote from last week's rally in Ohio...."I can destroy their careers because they said bad things about me and you fight back and they go down the tubes and that's OK." Donald Trump is a destroyer.....oftentimes purposely but also oftentimes simply because of people coming into his orbit. Concerning this woman Omarosa.....I don't know much about her at all....never saw The Apprentice....but I know this....she came into Donald Trump's orbit.....won something or other.....became famous....then crashed....and is now destroyed. General Kelly who fired Omarosa.....he came into Trump's orbit.....and is fighting for survival....as is Jeff Sessions. Sarah Huckabee Sanders came into his orbit.....a pleasant Christian woman....and she now just repeats what she is told to say....not exactly a stellar communications position. The entire conservative movement has been hurt.....as have been our intelligence agencies. How did Mike Flynn make out.....or Spicer.....or even Marla....or dozens of others? President Trump is now trying to destroy Harley-Davidson. This is the plan....do what I say or I will attempt to destroy you.....what's even worse.....even if you appear to succeed.....you will probably be dragged down somewhere along the line.
Jeff Sessions had been a reliable conservative Republican Senator since 1996. He was one of the minority that voted against both Sonia Sotomayor and Elana Kagan nominations. He was a source of stability and confidence for the conservative movement for two decades. It was August of 2015 when he shocked a lot of people and put on the red MAGA cap....and his endorsement of Donald Trump in February of 2016 was a big boost to the Trump campaign. I would much more readily believe him than someone who is known to have little collusion with the truth....and has already....in only a year and a half.....betrayed conservatives a number of times
