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Chomsky: If Trump were to become President (Original Post)
zebonaut
May 2016
OP
If he were to become President, he'll hire the staff that his buddy Bill Clinton suggests.
ReasonableToo
May 2016
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ReasonableToo
(505 posts)1. If he were to become President, he'll hire the staff that his buddy Bill Clinton suggests.
Skittles
(153,156 posts)3. LOL
gawd, the delusions
ReasonableToo
(505 posts)4. yup. delusions
According to Washington Post, Bill encouraged Trump to get involved with GOP. (people on both sides of phone call confirm this)
The powers that be, including Hillary's State Department, like to tell governments who to hire to run their governments and when those governments decline, such as in Honduras, there is US-supported military coup. See interview with Amy Goodman and Honduras' last democratically elected president.
AMY GOODMAN: And yet, WikiLeaks released that trove of U.S. government cables, and in it was a cable from then-U.S. ambassador the then-U.S. ambassador to Honduras to the State Department, saying that I think it was titled "Open and Shut: The Case of the Honduran Coup," and it was saying it was illegal, it was unconstitutional. It was written by U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens.
MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] Hugo Llorens cooperated in order to avoid the coup détat. He knew everything that was happening in Honduras. And I am a witness to the effort that he made to stop the coup. But when he perceived that he could no longer stop it, then he withdrew. I dont know if he had orders to withdraw, but he allowed everything to happen. He did help my family a great deal after the coup. And I am grateful to him now. He showed me that he is someone who believes in democracy and not in the coups détat. But a great part of the Pentagon does not believe this, nor does the Southern Command.
AMY GOODMAN: What does the Southern Command have to do with this?
MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] The link that Ambassador Ford, who was the ambassador from the United States before Llorens, he said that I could not have a friendship with Hugo Chávez. He wanted me to give political [asylum] to Posada Carriles. He wanted to name who my ministers of my cabinet of my government should be. He wanted his recommendations to become ministers of my government.
MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] Hugo Llorens cooperated in order to avoid the coup détat. He knew everything that was happening in Honduras. And I am a witness to the effort that he made to stop the coup. But when he perceived that he could no longer stop it, then he withdrew. I dont know if he had orders to withdraw, but he allowed everything to happen. He did help my family a great deal after the coup. And I am grateful to him now. He showed me that he is someone who believes in democracy and not in the coups détat. But a great part of the Pentagon does not believe this, nor does the Southern Command.
AMY GOODMAN: What does the Southern Command have to do with this?
MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] The link that Ambassador Ford, who was the ambassador from the United States before Llorens, he said that I could not have a friendship with Hugo Chávez. He wanted me to give political [asylum] to Posada Carriles. He wanted to name who my ministers of my cabinet of my government should be. He wanted his recommendations to become ministers of my government.
The powers that be won't have to resort to violence in US. The US does not have coups after the election. The powers that be control who we get to vote for and they count the votes.
-the two Bush installations
-the unelectable McCain/Palin
-the unelectable Romney
-the fiasco that is Hillary v Trump - two of the most unfavorable candidates in a LONG time.
Not delusional - just paying attention. Sorry that it's only a small percentage of people that seek out objective and investigative journalism and put two and two and two together.
Skittles
(153,156 posts)5. I'm sure all three of them are together right now!
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
OVER AND OUT
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)2. Oh no. I hope that doesn't happen. nt