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In reply to the discussion: Ex-CIA director slams Trump after McCabe firing: You'll be remembered as a 'disgraced demagogue' [View all]Shoonra
(602 posts)11. There's a method to Trump's madness
McCabe, as deputy director of the FBI, certainly knew a great deal about all sorts of investigations into Trump, and presumably he was doing his professional best to move the FBI's part of these investigations along. So Trump deliberately firing him in this very ugly way is a message to ALL government employees who are somehow involved in investigations into Trump hankypanky: If you do anything that helps prosecute Donald Trump you will be kicked to the curb without a pension for your decades of service to your country!
It's a very persuasive, and chilling, message, and crystal clear to all civil servants.
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Ex-CIA director slams Trump after McCabe firing: You'll be remembered as a 'disgraced demagogue' [View all]
DonViejo
Mar 2018
OP
I hope his is just one of many voices decrying the cruelty and unfairness of this firing.
Chemisse
Mar 2018
#1
"I have never seen anything like this" is something one can say nearly every day since Trump became
LisaL
Mar 2018
#5
I know I've never seen anything like this, not even during Watergate.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2018
#29
Trump, if he bothers to read this at all, will need help with all the big words.
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2018
#15
It was a long time ago, but when Watergate was unfolding on TV with daily broadcasts (live)
Grammy23
Mar 2018
#18
Times are different. So are republican politicuans and so are republican voters.
pangaia
Mar 2018
#23