So, this remarkable @FranklinFoer analysis got me thinking this am.....why oh why would Trump, even when Mueller was still active, dive back into the dark world of dirty Kremlin linked money, Ukraine, electoral cheating and do so in such a brazen manner?
An exploratory thread...
An exploratory thread...
@FranklinFoer 2/No doubt part of it was the arrival of Barr, and his royalist views on the Presidency.
@FranklinFoer 3/Some of it was clearly his fear of Biden, a fear which perhaps was justified based on badly Biden is beating him in the polls right now.
@FranklinFoer 4/But the more I look at everything that happened with this crazy Ukraine adventure Trump and his team went on, the more I keep coming back to kompromat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
@FranklinFoer 5/It's no secret I think Trump is compromised. Exactly, how, when we don't know. But let's assume for a moment most obvious way - Trump did a deal with Putin in 2016 which brought Russia into the election on his behalf, and he owes his win to Putin. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
@FranklinFoer 6/Putin got Trump elected, Trump owes him, he's compromised; and in essence, Trump is now in business with Putin.
Remember that the first favor Trump asked Zelensky was for Russia, not the US. @MollyMcKew's recent @Politico essay explains all this. politico.com/magazine/story…
Remember that the first favor Trump asked Zelensky was for Russia, not the US. @MollyMcKew's recent @Politico essay explains all this. politico.com/magazine/story…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 7/As I wrote recently 👇, Trump's reckless Ukraine affair has to be seen in context of a year of repeated geopolitical gifts by Trump to Putin.
As if starting in Dec of 2018 Putin started calling in the chit, and the President had to deliver - or else. gen.medium.com/lavrov-comes-t…
As if starting in Dec of 2018 Putin started calling in the chit, and the President had to deliver - or else. gen.medium.com/lavrov-comes-t…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 8/Look back at past year - Syria (repeatedly), Venezuela, the G7, Ukraine, Iran, Iraq - all of it feels reckless, wild, not thought through, desperate. Mattis and Bolton resigned over these actions. All of it helps Russia. Was Putin demanding results? slate.com/news-and-polit…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 9/But returning here to the US, what if Trump learned through his interactions with Putin how kompromat really works? And by involving entire Administration in his illicit Ukraine scheme has essentially compromised everyone, made them bound to him....cnn.com/2019/11/26/pol…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 10/Why did Pompeo not run for the Senate? Why did Trump name Barr on the 7/25 Zelensky call when he knew others would be listening? Why did Trump finger Pence on Ukraine at a presser?
Hey boys, we are all in this together. Kompromat.
politico.com/story/2019/09/…
Hey boys, we are all in this together. Kompromat.
politico.com/story/2019/09/…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 11/For his legal team, who does he name? Pam Bondi, who helped the President commit a crime, and whose old firm being investigated by SDNY for involvement in the Ukraine affair.
Does she have any choice but to defend the President?
politico.com/states/florida…
Does she have any choice but to defend the President?
politico.com/states/florida…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 12/Alan Dershowitz is out there making truly ridiculous arguments on Trump's behalf......why, what does Trump have on him I wonder? thedailybeast.com/second-woman-s…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 13/What happened to Lindsay Graham, Devin Nunes, Jason Chaffetz? Is there really any other explanation than Trumpian kompromat? buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmc…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 14/We are here at Impeachment now because a series of brave American patriots broke from the President, and told what they knew about his illegal actions in Ukraine. There are limits to kompromat and intimidation we learned, thankfully. edition.cnn.com/2019/11/19/pol…
@FranklinFoer @MollyMcKew @politico 15/So this thread is a meditation, an exploration of "kompromat" and its potential to help explain the Trump Presidency.
Right now we all have more questions than answers; but that Trump has brought "Moscow Rules" to our politics is no longer in doubt. medium.com/@Simon_Rosenbe…
Right now we all have more questions than answers; but that Trump has brought "Moscow Rules" to our politics is no longer in doubt. medium.com/@Simon_Rosenbe…
