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If there are no listening devices in the White House why doesn't the Trump cabal just say so ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP
But whose is it? Sanity Claws May 2017 #1
because there is.... spanone May 2017 #2
This gentleman would concur. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #3
b/c its a game, trump is a child juxtaposed May 2017 #4
I'm betting that the Shit Show MontanaMama May 2017 #5
He does. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #8
They're just playing childish games Dem2 May 2017 #6
+1000 Blue_Tires May 2017 #9
Chris Wallace who is nobody's fool has an interesting take: DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #10
He has normalized the idea that he owes us no answers- no transparency.... bettyellen May 2017 #7

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,704 posts)
8. He does.
Fri May 12, 2017, 05:14 PM
May 2017

It reminds me of Norman Mailer's take on the Kennedy assassination. He said the CIA was loathe to dig too hard, not because they thought some of their agents were involved but because they couldn't know for sure they weren't.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
9. +1000
Fri May 12, 2017, 05:17 PM
May 2017

Much better for us to knock this question around for a week instead of keeping our eyes focused on the prize... By then Trump's people will have invented the next bright shiny thing to hold our attention...

If there was a 1% chance of these recordings being real, I'd like to think that Congress would be demanding all of them ASAFP...

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. He has normalized the idea that he owes us no answers- no transparency....
Fri May 12, 2017, 05:13 PM
May 2017

There was also some bullsht about how his "discreet diplomacy" - sneaking around and keeping no records- is an actual good thing.

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