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In reply to the discussion: Why did Trump and his team think they could pull this kind of stuff and get away with it? [View all]vlyons
(10,252 posts)23. narcissistic arrogance and stupidity
Trump is really smart, the smartest guy in the room, smarter than the generals, much smarter than Obama, who left such a mess of the gov.
There's only one thing to do, when someone sets himself up on a pedastal - and that is to knock him off. Everybody loathes Donald Trump. He has alienated everyone with his insults, bullying, humiliations. The IC are grand masters at reading and profiling people for over 50 years. They know how to spot and use psychology, spot human weaknesses, and manipulate people. Donald Trump is a very very stupid man. What we have here is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportion. Every week, every day, Trump's stupidity will dig his grave deeper and deeper.
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Why did Trump and his team think they could pull this kind of stuff and get away with it? [View all]
Quixote1818
Mar 2017
OP
Trump never thought that he would win. Recall, Russia's primary goal was to undermine...
Yavin4
Mar 2017
#14
Good points, my only thought here is that they knew they had Wikileaks as a secret weapon
Quixote1818
Mar 2017
#18
The weird thing is that it seems like everyone around Trump met with Kislyak
womanofthehills
Mar 2017
#21
My best guess is they banked on the Republicans in office turning a blind eye.
herding cats
Mar 2017
#22
He probably has a deal with Rosneft, the Russian oil giant. Ass getting away with the whole...
brush
Mar 2017
#25
maybe because enough top repubs were in bed with him that he thought he was covered.
Amaryllis
Mar 2017
#31
He planned to install his loyal stooge as AD and then be immune from prosecution.
Kablooie
Mar 2017
#36