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[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A reminder that Trump is likely a Russian asset, he wanted a secret back channel with them, he was fucking around in Ukraine by blackmailing them to investigate Biden and make him look guilty, he practically kissed Putin's ring in Helsinki when he agreed to let them investigate their own crimes and send them a US ambassador.

[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Just to elaborate on Helsinki, he literally trusted Putin's word over his own intelligence agency (about 2016 election interference from Russia)

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I don't think it was an issue of "trust". I think we (those of us living in this reality) all know this, but it is moreso that he was bending to his master's will rather than let a US agency sway his actions. Especially if it is counter to his master's wishes. I am sure he knew that information was correct, but he needed to bury it.

[–] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

To be fair, Trump trust is based on favors, and the intelligence agencies weren't doing him any.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Practically sucked putin’s dick live on stage. Shit was disgusting.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Btw, it's been over 13 hours since this news broke, and I've literally just come over from Faux's home page. I scrolled through the entire thing, over 160 story-entries* and not a single word about this.

* I'm going with "story-entries" instead of just "stories" because some stories appear multiple times. Like they have three separate entries for the exact same story on Matthew Perry's death: is apparently the top news story of the day over at Faux, plus it's in the Entertainment section, and some other section I don't remember. But I'm not going through their front page looking for duplicates to not-count, so I'm just calling them "story-entries".

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“But biden’s son showed his ding dong on the interwebs! Both sides are bad!”

/s is probably needed

Comforting to know everything I was telling people while he was in office about America being sold to foreign governments was spot on though. And he’s the republican front runner…

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

4 separate criminal indictments, 91 charges, and he’s the republican front runner.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trump gave it to the Russians.

mystery solved.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

only after he made copies and sold those to the Chinese and Saudis.. he's a businessman..

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

His boss would not appreciate that, so I doubt that happened.

Also remember that he's a bad businessman. Unless you consider grift to be his business. ... Damn, okay maybe he's good.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

it's an inherently confusing business, being a spy

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

not so sure he sold them to the chinese... they probably were lie, "we already know all of that. fuck off, orange man!"

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I agree that he probably didn't sell them, but I think it's more likely he just gave them away for free to look cool in front of the other leaders

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why is Donald trump still walking free?

[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trump has said that he's being treated differently than any other defendant. He means that he's being treated worse, but he's accidentally right. Trump has been consistently treated with soft kid gloves. Had you or I done 1% of what he did, we'd be awaiting trial from a jail cell.

Trump is being treated differently, alright. He's being given much more leeway than anyone else would be given.

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Even a democratic president doing what he's done would be in jail. It's not just because he was president, it's cause he's Republican

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Biden failed to purge his republican friends from government thoroughly enough so now we've got traitors making prosecutorial decisions at DOJ

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It didn't disappear. Trump knows exactly who he gave it to.

Remember the Russian intelligence operatives that Trump invited into the Oval Office after he was inaugurated? Pepperridge Farms remembers.

So does Jack Smith.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

disappeared under Trump

Doesn't sound like much of a mystery to me. He probably hand delivered it to Putin himself.

[–] argo_yamato@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

Not good but sounds spot on for them, they are traitors after all and have more loyalty to Putin than the US.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Just a little light treason.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

Check the coffin...

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Why is this article like a game of clue?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cassidy Hutchinson, one of Meadows’ top aides, testified to Congress and wrote in her memoir that she believes Meadows took home an unredacted version of the binder. She said it had been kept in Meadows’ safe and that she saw him leave with it from the White House.

“I am almost positive it went home with Mr. Meadows,” Hutchinson told the January 6 committee in closed-door testimony, according to transcripts released last year.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I'm confused, why aren't the FBI raiding this scumbag's house right now?