Let me be very clear and quotable about this. At an absolute minimum, Donald Trump has divided loyalties, and the evidence we already have suggests that Donald Trump is a traitor. In fact, I would say that the evidence we already have, the public materials such as emails for example, strongly indicate that Donald Trump is a traitor. However, I don’t even think he understands what he’s done.
I have said this before but I think at this point the evidence to support that allegation is incontrovertible.
If it walks like a traitor and talks like a traitor, it's Donald Trump.
Johnston also had a few more observations to share.
About his feelings about Christians:
I think it is very important for religious Americans to know that Donald Trump says that his personal philosophy of life is revenge. He has called anyone who turns the other cheek — which is a fundamental teaching of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount — a fool, an idiot or a schmuck. Trump is a man who says things that are absolutely contrary to the teachings of the New Testament. He also denigrates Christians. Yet you see all of these ministers endorsing him.
I’ve followed Donald for 30 years, I don’t see any evidence that he has changed and he certainly hasn’t repented, which is a fundamental Christian obligation.
He is a racist through and through. He has been found in formal judicial proceedings to discriminate against nonwhites in rentals and employment.
It’s important to understand that Trump is aggressively anti-Christian despite claiming to be one. He is bluntly a racist. Most importantly, he is literally ignorant about almost everything.
On Trump's removal from office:
There is no good ending to the story. America will survive this, we’ll get past it, but whenever Trump leaves, there’s no good ending. If Trump is removed by impeachment or by the voters, whether in a Republican primary or a general election, I know what he will do. He’s already told us what he will do by his actions. Trump will spend the rest of his days fomenting violence and revolution in this country.
He’ll be careful not to directly say “revolution,” but he will call the government illegitimate. He might even call it criminal, since he called Democrats who didn’t stand up during his State of the Union speech treasonous. If they’re going to impeach Trump, I believe they have to have a plan to indict, try, convict and imprison him. But Trump will be a role model for some people and there may well be violence over it.
Well, there's something to look forward to.
Keep in mind that David Cay Johnston has covered Trump for decades, and probably knows him better than just about any other journalist.
That cannot help but add weight to his predictions.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/rand-paul-flips-pompeos-secretary-state-nomination-speaking-trump/
ReplyDeleteOT:'Flight records show Trump lied to Comey about not spending the night in Moscow during Miss Universe pageant'
ReplyDelete"Flight records obtained by Bloomberg suggest that President Donald Trump wasn’t entirely truthful when he twice told then-FBI Director James Comey that he never spent the night in Moscow during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant.
In their analysis, reporters for Bloomberg Politics found that despite the president’s insistence that he never spent a night in Moscow during the time period in which he allegedly paid Russian prostitutes to urinate on a bed that Barack Obama once slept on, he does appear to have stayed two nights over the weekend of the pageant.
Per records Bloomberg purchased from data aviation company FlightAware, a plane likely carrying Trump left Asheville, North Carolina (where he’d been attending a birthday celebration for the late Rev. Billy Graham) on November 7, 2013.
"The jet, which is owned by the president’s business partner Phil Ruffin, touched down in Moscow’s Vnukovo airport early the morning of Friday, November 8 — and did not take off until 3:58 AM local time on Sunday, November 10. It landed at Newark Liberty International Airport at 4:11 AM New York time on the 10th.
The report’s analysis also includes Trump’s social media posts from the pageant, which indicated that he attended a birthday party on Friday night, stayed at the Ritz Moscow and attended the pageant on Saturday, and went to an after-party for the event whose listed start time was 1 AM Sunday morning."
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-uses-personal-cell-phone-can-call-outside-advisers-without-john-kelly-knowing-report/
Delete'“he doesn’t want Kelly to know who he’s talking to.”'
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/23/trumps-russia-story-falls-apart-as-proof-of-moscow-stay-surfaces.html
DeletePeePee T-ape:
"The Bloomberg report has the minute by minute flight records, which match up with Trump’s social media posts to prove that his story about not having spent the night in Moscow at all during the trip is a lie. Trump doesn’t want to be placed in Moscow for a reason. "
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/flight-records-illuminate-mystery-of-trump-s-moscow-nights
He is using an unsecured cell phone, hope the FBI is monitoring it because I am sure the russians and chinese are.
DeleteOooohhh. Saying American's will go at each other just gave Putin a big hard on.
ReplyDeleteI hope to hell we don't go there. I mean that old fuck in the white house needs his big round butt ousted because he's upsettin' the way of things but I wouldn't want to go to war over his ass. Fuck that.
I hope he just calls it a day, and take Ivana's advice and go enjoy golfing and not being president as opposed to golfing and being president. Even Trump should know when to quit.
It's not just DJT. The GOP is rife with traitors and pretty sure there are some Democrats who will also join the parade to prison. May have to add on to ADX FLORENCE.
ReplyDeleteFuck traitors.
GeorgiaPeach
Trump will never end up there, but a few of his underlings just might find residence, but then again, probably not because this administration is covered with more Teflon than even Bill Clintons, and that's sayin' something :-)
Delete@ 3:20 you make me laugh,but really you need to find a new scapegoat, punching bag than the Clintons. really old and boring, try to be more creative and see who you can find more corrupt than trump
Deletei like this reporter already. he should watch his back, now.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, and nothing of what he says surprises me one iota.
DeleteTraitor or Treason - either one - both smack of reasons for his impeachment during this first term.
ReplyDeleteHe will NOT be reelected should he run again - IF he makes it through his first term.
He is providing evil and harm to many citizens of this country. He'll be in receipt of the same should he not resign before impeachment proceedings begin. He and his entire family are going down in shame never to rise again even in the great State of New York!
'President Donald Trump has recently taken to using his personal cell phone to contact advisers outside of the White House — all so his chief of staff John Kelly can’t listen in or see a list of the people he’s speaking with...'
ReplyDelete-1)Okay, both President Obama *and* Hillary Clinton were excoriated over this very issue, and
2) You just KNOW that Trumplethinskin's on the horn to Putie-Poo, and gawd knows who else...
MUELLER, HURRY IT UP, *PLEASE*!!!
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-uses-personal-cell-phone-can-call-outside-advisers-without-john-kelly-knowing-report/
Nope, he’s calling Cohen and Manafort and making threats and deals to try to get them to keep their mouths shut.
DeleteOff subject: Rand Paul flip-flopped again! He's famous for doing that same action over and over again. What a joke!!! Nothing but hype and it makes him look like a fool! Reelecting the guy (that does NOTHING) would be idiotic!
ReplyDeleteMany Republicans who like to have microphones in front of their faces say something that seems vaguely independent and then vote the old party line when the time comes. Collins, Rubio, are just the same.
DeleteBeaglemom
The Poodle made a deal with the Devil/Dump,and gave Mike P the green light.
DeleteTrump’s Russia Story Falls Apart As Proof Of Moscow Stay Surfaces
ReplyDeleteTrump claims that he never stayed in Moscow during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, but a new report shows that his plane landed in Moscow on Friday, and didn’t leave until Sunday night.
Bloomberg reported, “Now, flight records obtained by Bloomberg provide to-the-minute details, from wheels down to departure. Combined with existing accounts and Trump’s own social-media posts, they capture a mere 45 hours and 43 minutes that, nearly five years later, loom large in the controversy engulfing the White House and at the heart of the Comey memos, which the Justice Department turned over last week to Congress.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/23/trumps-russia-story-falls-apart-as-proof-of-moscow-stay-surfaces.html
White House Busted As Trump Lied About N. Korea Agreeing To Denuclearize
...So the White House never directly heard from N. Korea that they have agreed to denuclearize, but they heard second hand from South Korea that North Korea is willing to go in that direction, which Trump exaggerated to mean that North Korea has agreed to denuclearize. What Trump said was happening is not even close to where the North Koreans are at, so it is easy to see where this summit is heading. Trump is going to legitimize the North Korean regime. Kim Jong-un will make a bunch of vague statements that Trump will tout as a deal and then complain that no one is giving him credit.
The progress with North Korea is quickly being exposed as another Trump fraud.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/23/white-house-busted-as-trump-lied-about-n-korea-agreeing-to-denuclearize.html
So he lied. Big deal. Is *anyone* surprised?
DeleteI also don’t believe that Trump is a Christian, either. But plenty of them (plus a lot of Jews) are thrilled with him moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
ReplyDeleteThe crazier ones see this as possibly the start of building “the third temple”, which is Christian Armageddon prophecy. It’s also totally insane. I worry about what they’ll do when they build the damn thing and nothing happens.
All of the religions are bat shit crazy and until we extinguish the last vestige of any of this magical thinking bullshit the world will be full of strife, all of it caused by religion.
DeleteI think he just is someone who is alllllll about money and would make a business deal with any one evil or good.
ReplyDeleteHow much would he take to RESIGN? cheap at any price.
DeleteHow much did $arah take? Hmm.
Delete#MagOOALago
ReplyDeleteWhose side is the Drumpfuck on? U.S. eases sanctions on aluminum firm tied to Russian oligarch
ReplyDeletePutin's, of course.
GOP goes full banana republic and demands investigation of imaginary anti-Trump conspiracy
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/gop-goes-full-banana-republic-demands-investigation-imaginary-anti-trump-conspiracy/
Conservative writer maps out how Republicans will inevitably split with Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/conservative-writer-maps-republicans-will-inevitably-split-trump/
The Myth of Trump’s Unparalleled GOP Support
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-standing-with-republican-voters-isnt-all-that-impressive?ref=rawstory
Trump is using his personal cell phone to make his calls instead of the white house switch board. Kelly is not tracking or monitoring his calls or guest now. Seems this is a big deal. He dines at marlargo with unknown guest, he makes calls to whoever? Of course he thinks no body is listen in or documenting his activity. But it is kinda like Russia and everything he does is monitored and logged. He is under investigation.
ReplyDeleteI simply cannot imagine the hysteria from the right if a Democratic president behaved even for a minute the way trump does. It probably isn't too farfetched to say the he gets "away with murder," the "murder" being rhetorical right now but who knows what the future might bring.
DeleteBeaglemom
It doesn’t occur to him that there are records of cell phone calls and all Mueller needs is a warrant?
DeleteOT: Former President H.W. Bush is in intensive care.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/former-president-george-h-w-bush-intensive-care/
He's ok.
DeleteWhether you liked his politics or not (I was not a fan), this is not surprising. Babs was his gal, and dying of a broken heart is real. See: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.
DeleteMy aunt died of a broken heart. She had no significant health problems.
DeleteHe has a good point, even IF Trump is not re-elected in 2020 he'll still be a problem because he has a rather large "fan club" still willing to follow his orders, and if he's not re-elected he will still lead this contingent because he will convince them that the new POTUS is a "fake POTUS" and the election was stolen.
ReplyDeleteThese idiots will follow him to the ends of the earth, just like the crazy Waffle House murderer.
No one wins in this because the mere fact this doofus became POTUS gives him power over his supporters forever, even after he dies.
I read this article earlier today and am in more of a funk than any other time during this dumpster on fire presidency.
ReplyDeleteThe first paragraph cannot be more spot on: "Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton was not entirely unpredictable or shocking. America's crisis in civic literacy, political polarization, rampant anti-intellectualism, deeply embedded sexism and racism, greed, broken schools and weakened democratic institutions, as well as a hollowed-out public sphere where people confuse celebrity with human worth made the election of someone like Trump nearly inevitable.”
Shame, shame on us. We should have realized when pointless celebrities like Paris Hilton, Bristol Palin and Trump became the norm that the intellectual capacity of the culture was in a precipitous and possibly suicidal decline.
I feel much the same. I'm not going to "go along to get along."
DeleteAmerica has been totally "Kardashianized". Our days of a being a world leader are over. Countries that appreciate their populations, educate them, provide healthcare for them, nurture them and encourage success, those are the countries that are true world leaders. We just have the biggest military. We use money that should be educating and creating wellness in our society and spend it on weapons of death all while our citizens become dumber and less healthy.
DeleteOpinion: Right there in the middle of 5th Avenue
ReplyDeleteApril 20, 2018
Congressional Republicans and conservative leaders rallied around President Trump Friday, attempting to minimize political damage after Trump shot down a man in the middle of Fifth Avenue in New York City.
“I’m not going to put myself in the position of having to respond to every presidential shooting,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a hastily called press conference at the Capitol, surrounded by members of his leadership team. “I just happen to think it’s important to keep our focus where it belongs, on enacting a conservative, pro-growth agenda that regular Americans care about, such as tax cuts for the rich and the repeal of Medicare.”
Privately, however, at least some Republican members expressed concern about the long-term political impact of such incidents, especially with midterms looming in less than seven months.
https://politics.myajc.com/blog/jay-bookman/opinion-right-there-the-middle-5th-avenue/9FjZnFT2c5Yv5qoGJzwlXP/
wow.
Delete... me WOW, too...
DeleteJudge Napolitano Rips Nunes, Wrecks Stuart Varney's Claims Of 'Deep State Conspiracy'
ReplyDelete...After the Fox Business host said he found the whole investigation into Russia bogus, Judge Napolitano shut him up quickly and forced him to move on to another topic.
Napolitano said, "What about the 13 Russian persons and entities indicted for interfering with the campaign who were sanctioned by the President of the United States with financial sanctions? He obviously agreed with the indictment."
Varney replied, "I've got to move on."
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/04/judge-napolitano-devin-nunes-destroying
that was so satisfying.
DeleteSteve, Steve, Steve. You just can't hide it. Don't you know the internet is forever?
ReplyDeleteOn April 20th, Iowa's Nazi Republican Representative to Congress, Steve King shared a "cute" meme on Facebook, poking fun at how useless today's youth is.
...The Internet, being marvelous, in this case, immediately noticed the German-ness of the guy on the left, and the date of the post. You guessed it! King posted a nostalgic photo of a 1930s German soldier on Adolph Hitler's birthday, and compared him to today's youth - favorably!
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/04/herr-king-r-iowa-craps-youth-and-jews-one
His response will be "he was only joking"
DeleteOr “I was being sarcastic.”
DeleteTrump will spend the rest of his days fomenting violence and revolution in this country. ..
ReplyDeleteTrump says that his personal philosophy of life is revenge.
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That is why they will have to lock him up in Gitmo with no cell phone and twitter account.
Yep, his only goal in life is to get back at his perceived enemies and that is why it will be so sweet to see him totally destroyed.
What is the cellphone coverage like in Siberia, he should be sent to a gulag.
DeleteSTEVE KING POSTS PHOTO OF A NAZI ON HITLER’S BIRTHDAY
ReplyDeletehttps://iowastartingline.com/2018/04/20/steve-king-posts-photo-of-a-nazi-on-hitlers-birthday/
https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevekingisanazi?src=hash
Flight logs suggest Trump’s ‘pee tape’ alibi is a lie
ReplyDeleteWhat is Trump trying to hide about his 2013 trip to Moscow?
...The release of the flight logs present Trump with a dilemma, if he’s asked about his activities in Moscow. Trump could stick with his claim, as reported by Comey, that he never spent the night in Moscow. But that position would add credibility to memos he’s repeatedly called “fake” and “phony.” On the other hand, if Trump acknowledges that he did in fact spend a night in Moscow, he adds credibility to one of the dossiers’ most salacious claims.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-moscow-flight-logs-steele-dossier-5ebdcd9fe1ad/
And the 2013 Miss Universe Host now backs up that 'suggestion' -
Delete'Thomas Roberts, who hosted the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, says that President Donald Trump did spend the night in Moscow....'
'...“The first time I met Donald Trump it was in Moscow on November 8th, 2013,” Roberts recalled. “I taped a sit-down interview with Trump the next day on November 9th. That was also the date for the Miss Universe broadcast.”
“During the after-party for the Miss Universe event, Mr. Trump offered to fly me and my husband back to New York. He said he would be leaving directly from the party. We were unable to accept the invitation. That was the early morning hours of November 10th.”'
-BUSTED!!!
There is no good ending to the story. America will survive this, we’ll get past it, but whenever Trump leaves, there’s no good ending. If Trump is removed by impeachment or by the voters, whether in a Republican primary or a general election, I know what he will do. He’s already told us what he will do by his actions. Trump will spend the rest of his days fomenting violence and revolution in this country.
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I've said this from the get go and his comment on China's Xi staying in power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day.' He was NOT joking.
Trumps grandfather owned and ran a whorehouse. Trump is just attempting to continue his family history and business.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he is of one if those...
DeleteOdd it wa in Alaska. Cough.
DeleteThis tOO-2!
Deletehttps://www.google.com/amp/nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-trump-riddle-did-the-presidents-grandfather-or-another-fred-trumpf-flip-klondike-claims/amp
Granpa Trump knew what was wandering around. And WHO.;)
DeleteLooks like Donny has leverage
Is he using it? I don't know.
Grandpa Drumpf...
DeleteOnce the strongest nation on earth and can't even rid itself of a pos!!!
ReplyDeleteI’ve said before, the best way out of this is for Trump to die. He’s old. He’s obese. His diet is awful. If he doesn’t have a time bomb aneurism waiting in the wings to take him out, there is always a heart attack. I don’t for a minute believe he is as healthy as is being reported. If he dies in his sleep, I wouldn’t be surprised. But I think it is more likely that something will set him off and he’ll throw such a tantrum that he’ll have a stroke, heart attack, burst an aneurism, something that will result in his death. Probably best for all concerned, especially Melania and Barron. Even if she is left penniless it will still be a best case scenario for her and her son.
ReplyDeleteI don’t believe Trump will survive until the end of his term. I don’t think he’ll live long enough to be impeached, indicted or lose in 2020, primary or election.
*If* he does, he will probably be found mentally incapable of fulfilling his duties and be relieved of office. He’ll be so obviouslly mentally unstable or be suffering from Alzheimer’s or something. One way or another he won’t finish his term.