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(21,595 posts)And then, of course, Honduras turned into a narco state.
Nitram
(22,755 posts)who just teleported from Prohibition-era Chicago. Yeah, we done it. So whatcha gonna do aboudit? Everybody does it.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)He doesn't see the difference between the normal conduct of foreign policy to advance US policy interests, and strongarming foreign governments into advancing Trump's political interests.
Nitram
(22,755 posts)Plausible deniability is the name of the game. Not blurting out your misdeeds in public.
Sancho
(9,067 posts)amcgrath
(397 posts)So this is clearly an attempt to put out the story themselves and play it down before it comes out in hearings
But,
Yes, Quid Pro Quo is normal - there are always terms and conditions, but only ever to each countries benefit, not an individual president or politician.
He says there has been no cover up but there has been, there have been both denials of what the whistle blower said as well as deliberate attempts to intimidate the whistle blower.
This was not a slip of the tongue, this is not a breakthrough, this is absolutely the Trumpian playbook. Deny, abuse and intimidate any accuser, then admit it when its no longer containable - along with a comment about "if it wasn't legal, we wouldn't come out and admit to it"