The Donald Trump Score Card

Rumour(spelled the Brit way so that VG can understand it) has it that there are thirty five(unnamed) republican senators
That would vote to impeach trump.

 

Well... It's not like Putin can invade Crimea twice.

 

Actually, Trump implied that Putin could invade Crimea twice. Trump tried to cover his mistake by saying that what he really meant was that he didn't think Putin would invade Crimea AGAIN.

 

Our great Moron in Chief... He so smart.

 

'This was his show': Rudy Giuliani emerges as the key to unraveling the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower scandal
Sonam Sheth and John Haltiwanger
September 27, 2019

'This was his show': Rudy Giuliani emerges as the key to unraveling the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower scandal

excerpt:

"Giuliani's involvement in the Ukraine scandal also doesn't bode well for Trump because it undercuts the central premise of the president's defense: That his conversation with Zelensky related strictly to government business and to Trump's interest in rooting out corruption in Ukraine.

The complaint paints an intricate portrait of "the fact that Giuliani was driving a lot of this and doing the legwork for Trump" in Ukraine, Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor from the Southern District of New York, told Insider. "But why would a private citizen — not an employee of the United States — be involved in this unless he was working for the personal, political benefit of his client, Donald Trump?"

Giuliani's status as Trump's personal fixer makes it difficult for those outside Trump's inner circle to gauge the nature of his work for the president."

 

Trump quote: "When I said in an interview that Putin is 'not going into Ukraine, you can mark it down,' I am saying if I am President. Already in Crimea!"

 

As expected, Trump embraces Shokin, the person that the consensus of the democratic world deemed to be corrupt and needed to be ousted.

Similarly, Trump has sided with Putin, Erdogan, Kim Jong-un, Duterte, bin Salman, el-Sisi, and others with the same attributes.

 

The ugliness of Trump continues to surface.



'The woman was bad news': Diplomats defend US ambassador to Ukraine who Trump fired and denounced
by Joel Gehrke
September 27, 2019 04:54 PM

'The woman was bad news': Diplomats defend US ambassador to Ukraine who Trump fired and denounced

excerpt:

"Marie Yovanovitch, who was recalled by President Trump as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and denigrated by him in the phone call that is now at the center of a whistleblower complaint and potential impeachment proceedings, was born in Canada to parents who fled Nazi and Soviet oppression.

Yovanovitch, 60, is a career official who was twice chosen for ambassadorships by President George W. Bush and once, to Ukraine, by President Barack Obama. Trump said of her on the call: “The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news and the people she was dealing with in the Ukraine were bad news,” Trump said in their July 25 conversation, according to a transcript released by the White House. “She’s going to go through some things.”

That prompted widespread condemnation from American diplomats. “The threatening tone of this statement is deeply troubling,” the American Academy of Diplomacy said in a statement. “Whatever views the Administration has of Ambassador Yovanovitch’s performance, we call on the Administration to make clear that retaliation for political reasons will not be tolerated.”

Former senior State Department career official Dan Fried told the New York Times: “It’s more than crazy — it’s ugly, it’s threatening. Masha Yovanovitch is known as a straight arrow, disciplined, professional. If you take out Masha Yovanovitch, you send the message to every ambassador that we will not have your back.""

 

Marie Yovanovitch


Ouster of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Seen in New Light With Impeachment Inquiry
By Ben Fox, Matthew Lee, and The Associated Press
September 27, 2019

Ouster of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Seen in New Light With Impeachment Inquiry

excerpt:

"Months before the call that set off an impeachment inquiry, many in the diplomatic community were alarmed by the Trump administration's abrupt removal of a career diplomat from her post as ambassador to Ukraine.

The ambassador's ouster, and the campaign against her that preceded it, are now emerging as a key sequence of events behind a whistleblower's complaint alleging the president pressured a foreign country to investigate his political rival.

In a letter Friday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Robert Menendez demanded answers about the ouster of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

"Why was the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine recalled in May 2019?" the Democratic senator wrote in a list of questions about what he called the "perversion of U.S. foreign policy" outlined by the whistleblower. "Did you approve that decision?""

 

Timeline


The Ukraine story has been playing out for a lot longer than you might think
First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
Sept. 27, 2019, 9:07 AM EDT

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/ukraine-story-has-been-playing-out-lot-longer-you-might-n1059481

excerpt:

Aug. 2018: Trump signs the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes $250 million to extend the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

Late Jan. 2019: Rudy Giuliani meets for the first time with former Ukraine prosecutor Yuri Lutsenko, who succeeded the man that Joe Biden and the Obama administration helped oust.

March 20: President Trump tweets, “John Solomon: As Russia Collusion fades, Ukrainian plot to help Clinton emerges.” @seanhannity @FoxNews.

March 24: Donald Trump Jr. tweets, “We need more @RichardGrenell’s and less of these jokers as ambassadors. Calls Grow To Remove Obama's U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine.”

April 21: Volodymyr Zelenskiy defeats Poroshenko in run-off.

April 23: Rudy Giuliani tweets, “Now Ukraine is investigating Hillary campaign and DNC conspiracy with foreign operatives including Ukrainian and others to affect 2016 election. And there’s no Comey to fix the result.”

April 25: Joe Biden announces presidential bid.

April 29: Whistleblower learns the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, is being recalled to Washington.

May 1: The New York Times publishes its original story on Joe Biden, his son and Ukraine — and it also notes, beginning in its 11th paragraph, how Giuliani has been investigating the matter.

May 6: Trump talks on Fox News about Biden and Ukraine: “I’m hearing it’s a major scandal, major problem. Very bad things happened, and we’ll see what that is. They even have him on tape, talking about it. They have Joe Biden on tape talking about the prosecutor. And I’ve seen that tape. A lot of people are talking about that tape, but that’s up to them. They have to solve that problem.”

May 7: Ambassador Yovanovitch is recalled, according to news reports.

May 9: The New York Times says that Giuliani plans travel to Ukraine to help Trump: “We’re not meddling in an election, we’re meddling in an investigation, which we have a right to do,” Giuliani says.

May 10: Giuliani cancels travel to Ukraine.

May 14: Whistleblower learns that Trump instructs Vice President Pence to cancel planned travel to attend Zelenskiy’s inauguration; Energy Secretary Rick Perry is sent instead.

June 21: Giuliani complains about Zelenskiy over Twitter, “New Pres of Ukraine still silent on investigation of Ukrainian interference in 2016 election and alleged Biden bribery of Pres Poroshenko. Time for leadership and investigate both if you want to purge how Ukraine was abused by Hillary and Obama people.”

July 18: Trump orders acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to hold back nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine.

July 24: Robert Mueller testifies before Congress.

July 25: Trump has his phone call with Zelenskiy, in which the president of the United States asks a “favor” to look into “Crowdstrike,” as well as Joe Biden and his son.

Early Aug.: Giuliani meets with a top Zelenskiy aide, Andriy Yermak, in Madrid.

Aug. 12: Whistleblower makes his complaint to Congress.

Aug. 28: Politico reports that the Trump administration is holding up the military aid to Ukraine.

Sept. 2: Pence, in news conference in Poland, doesn’t deny that Ukraine aid was tied to Giuliani’s Biden investigation: “As President Trump had me make clear, we have great concerns about issues of corruption. And, fortunately, President Zelenskiy was elected decisively on an anti-corruption message.”

Sept. 9: Three House committees begin investigating Giuliani’s involvement with Ukraine.

Sept. 11: Withheld funds to Ukraine are released.

Sept. 18: The Washington Post reports that the whistleblower complaint involves Trump’s communications with a foreign leader – and a troubling “promise.”

 

Oh FFS, Reagans second term ended 30 years ago in 1989

And how much cheap made in China crap have you bought in the last 30 years?


A quick HF babyboomers impression: Reagan and Thatcher so evil for globalization wah wah wah....oh, look at this $5 pot plant holder made by a 12 year old in Ghangzhou, I bet my wife would loooove that

 

Opinion | Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake

And thats from the NYT

 

Trump is spoiled from his Hollywood days when he had the luxury of people like David Pecker of the National Enquirer burying unfavorable stories about him using the catch and kill approach.

Being a novice in the elected public office domain, he still hasn't learned that stories in DC don't stay secret for long, and he is frustrated to the extreme.

What used to be David Pecker burials are now whistleblower revelations.

 

Kurt Volker, Trump's man in Ukraine has just announced that he is leaving his job. This news comes after about 18 Republicans have said they would not seek re-election. The House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Pompeeon to come over and explain some irregularities. It sure looks like the Trump administration is falling apart. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall …

 

Reagan is the guy who said Black men did not know how to walk in shoes.

 

Biden shiftiness explained in an easily digestable youtube video

 

I basically call you a hypocrite on globalization.....you retort with, yeah well but Reagan said this about black guys

????

 

Glenn Beck? You're really scraping the bottom now. Might as well be InfoWars or Rush Limbaugh. Lots of innuendo and speculation. No evidence. Wouldn't believe a word he says.

 

Trump impeachment inquiry: Pompeo subpoenaed by House Democrats
BBC
September 27, 2019

Pompeo subpoenaed in Trump impeachment inquiry

excerpt:

"The letter says the subpoena was issued because Mr Pompeo had failed to comply with the demand to provide requested documents.

"Your continued refusal to provide the requested documents not only prevents our committees from fully investigating these matters, but impairs Congress' ability to fulfil its constitutional responsibilities to protect our national security and the integrity of our democracy," the letter said.

The three committees also informed Mr Pompeo that they planned to request testimonies from five officials, including Mr Volker and the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, in the next two weeks.

Mr Pompeo has so far made no public comments on the subpoena."