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Amaryllis

(11,386 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:02 PM Jun 2018

Wondering if Babygate might be a carefully crafted distraction from Russiagate? [View all]

Last edited Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Interesting timing with what's happening with Manafort and Cohen. He who shall not be named is an expert at creating distractions, whether intentional or otherwise, with help from GOP who have a huge investment in diverting from the Russia probe focus.

Edited to add: I did NOT say by himself. SOMEONE, or someones, planned this and it has totally distracted everyone from the Russia probe. The timing is suspicious. A lot of the GOP is complicit in Russiagate. This is a great distraction for them, and . this plays right into Putin's strategy of sowing discord. Someone had to plan it.

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Wondering if Babygate might be a carefully crafted distraction from Russiagate? [View all] Amaryllis Jun 2018 OP

No. Trump isn't a strategic thinker, and I'm sure he had no idea The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #1

I agree. He thought he was throwing red meat to his base and then the rest of the country reacted TeamPooka Jun 2018 #29

If so, Trump has a surprise coming to him. Sophia4 Jun 2018 #2

He doesn't know when to quit Generic Brad Jun 2018 #35

Note I said with help from GOP. Not by himself. Amaryllis Jun 2018 #3

I never understand these threads manor321 Jun 2018 #4

Exactly. He's so often been regarded as a brilliant criminal mastermind The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #5

this Takket Jun 2018 #7

Yes. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #10

+ JI7 Jun 2018 #13

Agreed. nt Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #21

Yes. Intentional or not. GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #6

No. H2O Man Jun 2018 #8

Not in itself, but Chaos is how he operates, one thing after another until no one can keep up... Hekate Jun 2018 #9

Puerto Rico is another bdamomma Jun 2018 #23

Robert Meuller won't be distracted MagickMuffin Jun 2018 #11

Hardly. Trump is dumb. He thought this would force a billl that included funding for his wall. PSPS Jun 2018 #12

You think Robert Mueller is distracted ? JI7 Jun 2018 #14

No, of course not. But the media and the American people are totallly focused on this now. Amaryllis Jun 2018 #15

What difference does it make ? Both stories show trump in a negative way JI7 Jun 2018 #16

but Mueller is still bdamomma Jun 2018 #24

I think they thought it would be months before the media, then the public, caught on! machoneman Jun 2018 #27

Not a chance. Trump miscalculated. He is a selfish bastard and did not realize McCamy Taylor Jun 2018 #17

If it is a "carefully crafted distraction," Trump didn't do the crafting jmowreader Jun 2018 #18

"It would not surprise me to find out one of Trump's controllers set up Babygate to distract from Amaryllis Jun 2018 #20

Such as? mythology Jun 2018 #30

AND, from the disastrous budget bill up this wk which begins the process of undoing 100 yrs of Kashkakat v.2.0 Jun 2018 #19

NOT carefully constructed, but YES, a distraction. fierywoman Jun 2018 #22

Distractions from the Russia probe help us... lame54 Jun 2018 #25

Good point! Amaryllis Jun 2018 #28

Or maybe greasing the wheels for the alternative, jailing children with applegrove Jun 2018 #26

The Trump administration is about to be inudated with lawsuits John Fante Jun 2018 #32

It is not fair that we call them concentration camps. That word belongs to the people genocided in applegrove Jun 2018 #34

Let me get this straight. John Fante Jun 2018 #31

Not Russia, but what congress is doing? NT Ilsa Jun 2018 #33

Balanced enid602 Jun 2018 #36

Probably not. For a fascist dictatorship, Trumpists lack the necessary Teutonic discipline. VOX Jun 2018 #37

I wondered if it was the way to nix Sessions D_Master81 Jun 2018 #38