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MagickMuffin

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11. Robert Meuller won't be distracted

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 07:27 PM

Jun 2018

That's what matters the most with the Election/Russian scandal

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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