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Nitram

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63. All of the above...

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Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:48 AM

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Paul Krugman on 3 possibilities - all are horrifying [View all] FakeNoose Oct 2019 OP

I agree! Newest Reality Oct 2019 #1

One more... citizen blues Oct 2019 #40

(d) He's too stupid to realise they're our allies. meadowlander Oct 2019 #2

Not too stupid. He doesn't care. He is ... Whiskeytide Oct 2019 #7

Too true!!!! Mopar151 Oct 2019 #47

e) He's wagging the dog Rstrstx Oct 2019 #8

It's an avalanche of shit progressoid Oct 2019 #11

You know, that is a pretty good description of how it feels. smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #33

it's like a cowpatty tossing contest nt yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #55

the secret is that we must sift bdamomma Oct 2019 #69

Not that this story paints him in a good light either Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2019 #13

He'll "pivot" and poof! Everything goes away (he thinks) Grokenstein Oct 2019 #20

Nothing matters to Trumpy except his personal gain. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2019 #19

He could care less about the Kurds. It doesn't affect him at all. IronLionZion Oct 2019 #50

I'd use the why not both gif qazplm135 Oct 2019 #3

Or Erdogan is threatening to release the bonesaw tapes. Tanuki Oct 2019 #4

This is what happens when you're blackmail-able. Maybe it's the P Tape NightWatcher Oct 2019 #6

Hey that's good - I didn't think of that FakeNoose Oct 2019 #28

AOTK Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #5

Absolutely all 3 Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #9

DING! FirstLight Oct 2019 #10

Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter is building houses for homeless people, despite lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #24

Exactly... Presidency didn't define him.. FirstLight Oct 2019 #29

win win win situation certainot Oct 2019 #44

... Scurrilous Oct 2019 #12

A trifecta. roamer65 Oct 2019 #14

K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Oct 2019 #15

All 3. But, prioritized: 1. Putin's orders. 2. There's money in it for him somewhere. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #16

We are a small step away Mr.Bill Oct 2019 #17

Very scary point you make. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #71

Let me throw in a fourth, very plausible possibility: beastie boy Oct 2019 #18

Ohhhh gawd.... Hekate Oct 2019 #21

c) His boss Vladimir Putin told him to Botany Oct 2019 #22

d. Trump is a wimp and afraid of Erdogan and Putin. Trump's father was a tough guy, Donnie is a Pepsidog Oct 2019 #23

The answer is all three. Then there's the fourth option, he is just pure evil. SummerSnow Oct 2019 #25

YES AND YES riversedge Oct 2019 #32

+1 dalton99a Oct 2019 #45

I vote for all three. blueinredohio Oct 2019 #26

or because war is profitable bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #27

Laundered money from all 3 hits Trump Tower servers tonite. Captain Zero Oct 2019 #30

4th! Trump has no soul. riversedge Oct 2019 #31

(a) isn't debatable jmowreader Oct 2019 #34

Agreed FakeNoose Oct 2019 #35

Yes, just found this bdamomma Oct 2019 #70

This is frightening. Hopefully congress will have the good sense onetexan Oct 2019 #36

Erdogan told mf45 that he had dirt on Biden!!! Sancho Oct 2019 #37

None of which are mutually exclusive CabalPowered Oct 2019 #38

Trump is so easily out maneuvered and out played by these guys. patphil Oct 2019 #39

Oh, it's all three. dchill Oct 2019 #41

Ding! Ding! Ding! Winnah!!! Raster Oct 2019 #42

Option #4: The Kurds in southern Turkey and northern Syria are Shia. Efilroft Sul Oct 2019 #43

They will now side with Iran. roamer65 Oct 2019 #58

They'll have to for survival. Efilroft Sul Oct 2019 #62

to divert attention from impeachment Hamlette Oct 2019 #46

Khashoggi FreeWheatForever Oct 2019 #48

Even worse, the base is fine with any combination of the three. Lucky Luciano Oct 2019 #49

d) He's giving Republicans something to "oppose" him on. gulliver Oct 2019 #51

Except for one thing FakeNoose Oct 2019 #56

d) He is purposefully pissing off God and Republicans so bad Baked Potato Oct 2019 #52

#1 is the most likely. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #53

(d) All of the above Chicago1980 Oct 2019 #54

Another factor. moondust Oct 2019 #57

He left off "distraction from impeachment." NCLefty Oct 2019 #59

Threatening Congress ... emanymton69 Oct 2019 #60

My understanding... druidity33 Oct 2019 #61

All of the above... Nitram Oct 2019 #63

Yep. All three options are utterly horrifying. calimary Oct 2019 #64

I Believe That It's (d) All of the above. panfluteman Oct 2019 #65

And not mutually exclusive, be it noted. n/t malthaussen Oct 2019 #66

It Could Be All Three erpowers Oct 2019 #67

all three bdamomma Oct 2019 #68

In some alternate bizarro dimension, all three crimes are also impeachable... Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #72