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Bayard

(22,059 posts)
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:13 PM Jun 2019

Trump claims Mueller a criminal, is 'very happy' McCain is dead,

and Fed chief is 'a pu— '

There is no bottom.

In an interview today with Fox’s Maria Bartiromo, Donald Trump went on an extended rant that included repeating claims that his campaign was spied on, claiming that Robert Mueller “illegally terminated the emails,” and declaring that the Federal Reserve chair isn’t a tough guy but … something not so tough. And then Trump moved to the stage at a meeting of the Christian organization Faith and Freedom Coalition and informed the Christian crowd that, if he hadn’t won in 2016, Iran would have conquered the entire Middle East. And, most Christian of all, he expressed his hope that John McCain is in hell.

The Bartiromo interview alone might have been enough to send the staff of any normal executive scrambling for a copy of the Constitution and looking up the steps involved in exercising the 25th Amendment. Trump started off by claiming that the FBI and the Department of Justice “got caught spying” on his campaign and that “now they’re running around going wild.” Then he went on to explain how he’s beating up China and scoring billions of tariff dollars that “we’re not paying anything for.” But when it comes to Mexico and Canada, “we gave them a big break, we didn’t have to, but a lot of people in Congress said ‘Please, please give them a break.’ Why they said that, who knows? I decided to go along, because some people in Congress really like me, so I decided to go along.” Who knows? But we did it. Because people really like me.

And then there’s the part where Trump attacked Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell: “I have the right to demote him” and “I have the right to fire him. Here’s a guy—nobody ever heard of him before,” said Trump. “And now, I made him, and he wants to show how tough he is. Okay, let him show how tough he is. He’s a pu— … He’s a … He’s not doing a good job.” And really, the fact that Trump was alert enough to stop himself from saying what he started to say was the high point of the whole interview. Then Trump claimed that the reason we don’t know about the crimes committed by the FBI is that Mueller "terminated the emails. He terminated them. They're gone. And that's illegal. That's a crime."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/26/1867432/-Trump-claims-Mueller-a-criminal-very-happy-McCain-is-dead-and-Fed-chief-is-a-pu-not-tough?detail=emaildkre

OMG!! The man is coming right out an saying he hopes McCain is burning in hell.

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Trump claims Mueller a criminal, is 'very happy' McCain is dead, (Original Post) Bayard Jun 2019 OP
Trump is a madman! BlueJac Jun 2019 #1
Typical Trump extvbroadcaster Jun 2019 #2
I hope I live long enough to be glad someone else is dead and frying in Hell. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #3
And we hope to be "very happy" about you, too, Mr Trump... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #4
Well known M.O. dalton99a Jun 2019 #5
I know how this movie ends. It's bloody. NightWatcher Jun 2019 #6
Rump is a clear and present danger to sanity, truth, and the rule of law Celerity Jun 2019 #7
Truth! ☝ Duppers Jun 2019 #8
Trump is a sick, mean, unstable person. Duppers Jun 2019 #9
Although I don't expect any Trump or Barr-destroying bombshells, Mueller's testimony will emmaverybo Jun 2019 #10
Every day I am increasingly sick about what the Republicans have turned us into. Initech Jun 2019 #11
Maybe that'll give Mueller a little incentive to speak up assertively about the Hoyt Jun 2019 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Jun 2019 #13
Just today's installment of Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #14
The man shows no respect Bayard Jun 2019 #15
He truly is crazy. Botany Jun 2019 #16
oh great....... Takket Jun 2019 #17

extvbroadcaster

(343 posts)
2. Typical Trump
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:17 PM
Jun 2019

Without his money and pseudo celebrity nobody wanted to be around him in New York. Then he pulled the biggest con of them all and became President. But he's still the rotten human being he has always been.

dalton99a

(81,450 posts)
5. Well known M.O.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:21 PM
Jun 2019
Trump also has a habit of using plausible deniability to his advantage. He often walks right up to the edge of saying something extremely offensive without directly saying it, and then allows his supporters to connect the dots. Then, when his critics connect those same dots, he claims victimhood. It’s impossible to say with certainty that Trump’s comment was about McCain, but it’s hardly far-fetched. And it seems quite possible it’s the impression he intended to leave and the controversy he wanted.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
6. I know how this movie ends. It's bloody.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:26 PM
Jun 2019

Dumbass will weaken the Democracy and will only be put down (or away) by a violent upheaval, punctuated by terror and anarchists rising up. Many will die and all will suffer but eventually water seeks a level and things will even out.

We need level headed types to ACT NOW before it gets bad. As Bob Dylan said "It's not dark yet, but it's getting there".

Duppers

(28,118 posts)
9. Trump is a sick, mean, unstable person.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:42 PM
Jun 2019

Impeachment hearing should already have begun!

TRump needs to be pushed to the edge, to where he will make an absolute spectacle of himself. He's almost there now.

I saw this earlier but THANKS for posting it here.

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
10. Although I don't expect any Trump or Barr-destroying bombshells, Mueller's testimony will
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:47 PM
Jun 2019

establish his credibility. It will put the lie to Trump’s crazy personal accusations, and thus support
integrity of the entire investigation.
Mueller may not be comfortable speaking in public, but he definitely conveys an authoritative and straight-shooting persona.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
11. Every day I am increasingly sick about what the Republicans have turned us into.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 03:48 PM
Jun 2019

And they don't care. They don't care about running the country at all. It's only about abortion and "owning the libs". That's all it's about. Just the depths they won't stoop to is astonishing.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
12. Maybe that'll give Mueller a little incentive to speak up assertively about the
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 04:26 PM
Jun 2019

campaigns involvement with Russia.

We all know trump obstructed justice from the moment he fired Comey. But Obstruction is just not going to get him.

Mueller needs to say more than "We found no evidence any US citizen conspired with Russians."

Response to Bayard (Original post)

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
14. Just today's installment of
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 04:43 PM
Jun 2019

"Comments that Obama would have been dragged out of the White House and lynched for..."

Bayard

(22,059 posts)
15. The man shows no respect
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 05:23 PM
Jun 2019

For anybody or anything......people (except our enemies), laws, Congress. Devoid of manners, no humility, no compassion.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
16. He truly is crazy.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 06:14 PM
Jun 2019

" ... but a lot of people in Congress said ‘Please, please give them a break.’"

Name 'em Donny.

Then Trump claimed that the reason we don’t know about the crimes committed by the FBI is that Mueller "terminated the emails. He terminated them. They're gone. And that's illegal. That's a crime."

The FBI was doing what the FBI does and that is to investigate and if your campaign did not have 272 contacts with
Russia then they would have had to investigate anything. BTW the contacts go back 2012 and 2013 w/Carter Page
and Trump's 2013 trip to Moscow.

Takket

(21,560 posts)
17. oh great.......
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 06:19 PM
Jun 2019

now we get to look forward to another week of mics in Megan McCain's face so she can say drumpf is horrible out of one side of her mouth, and support all his policies out the other side.

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