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grantcart

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Thu May 18, 2017, 02:47 PM May 2017

We should expect Trump's twitter days to end soon. [View all]

He is now seeking a top level legal firm to represent his personal interests. He will likely interview 3 or more top level attorneys.

They will all tell him the same thing:

You have a better than 50/50 chance of being removed from office.
You have a better than 25% chance of getting sentenced for some criminal offense.

They will scare the bejesus out of him and then they will all say that one of the conditions for their retention is that they would control all his public statements on related issue and the first step is to leave twitter.

If he is smart he will take their advice and there will be no more twitter.

If he doesn't take their advice and get a second rate attorney that gives him freedom to continue his absurd messaging he will talk himself into a felony conviction.

BTW did you notice that



https://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/white-house-insiders-say-jared-kushner-urged-trump-to-counterattack-over-special-counsel/

According to The Times tick-tock, Trump learned of Rod Rosenstein’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to oversee the Trump-Russia investigation at approximately 5:35 p.m. Wednesday. At that time, White House counsel Don McGhan came to inform him.

“Trump, who was looking through papers, reacted calmly but defiantly at first, according to two people familiar with the events, saying he wanted to ‘fight back,'” The Times reported.

Trump then brought the staff together, including press secretary Sean Spicer along with Reince Priebus, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner. Most of the staffers counseled Trump to respond in a level headed way “with a conciliatory stance.”

Kushner wanted to see Trump go another route and launch a counterattack. Kushner was also the aide responsible for urging Trump to fire former FBI director James Comey. The majority wanted a calm rational response and Trump agreed. The staff gathered around a computer outside of the Oval Office and drafted the statement that was ultimately released.



So much for the family members and the 'brilliant' Kushner being the 'sane' part of the administration keeping Trump from over reacting.
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