Waaait... he's saying that Obama failed to prevent the Russians interfering in a rigged election which he won ?
Well okay then.
President Donald Drumpf has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of inaction over alleged Russian interference in the US election in 2016. Mr Drumpf said Mr Obama had learned well before the 8 November poll about the accusations and "did nothing". His comments followed an article in the Washington Post which said that Mr Obama learned last August of President Vladimir Putin's "direct involvement".
The alleged meddling is the subject of high-level investigations in the US. President Putin has repeatedly denied any Russian interference into the presidential election.
Mr Drumpf tweeted on Friday: "The Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia. Did nothing about it. WHY?"
He followed that up with two more tweets on Saturday, the second saying: "Obama Administration official said they "choked" when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn't want to hurt Hillary?"He repeats the argument in an interview with Fox News, which will air on Sunday.
"If he had the information, why didn't he do something about it? He should have done something about it. But you don't read that. It's quite sad."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40395433
Basically he is suggesting there was no conclusive evidence, which is why Obama did not do more. If Obama says he wasn't sure, then Trump can use that to claim there's no evidence. If Obama says he was sure, Trump can then ask why didn't he do more and still insist it's bogus claims.
ReplyDeleteYes, but why keep pointing out flaws in an election which he won ? Might as well be cutting the branch he's standing on.
ReplyDeleteIt's because he can't make the accusations go away but he can suggest they are bogus or insignificant. The GOP main goal is to undermine trust in the system, which will happen anyway and/or has already happened. They want democracy to look bad so meddling serves their purposes.
ReplyDeleteAhh... there I think you have an excellent point. Much as they are deliberately trying to break all the other aspects of the system (especially healthcare) to prove it doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteRhys Taylor: Accusing the designated scapegoat over whatever is contextually convenient is a SOP for most NPD and many BPD people. It's particularly likely to be triggered in situation in which the person, were he or she not have the personality disorder, would likely feel guilty, ashamed, or remorseful. And Hr Drumpflgruber's designated scapegoat these days is Mr Obama.
ReplyDeleteThe key to understanding Donald Trump is this: he studiously avoids considering the past in the context of the present. He's like The Fool in the deck of Tarot, forever considering the little white flower and not that he's walking over the edge of the cliff. The possibility of disaster doesn't faze him, he ambles along, the white dog pulling at his trouser leg, trying to warn him. Trump lives in the present. Over time, I dare say a hundred people have played the role of the little white dog. His father, his wives, attorneys, business associates, Trump listens to none of them and has stepped on most of them.
ReplyDeleteTrump knows he's lying, after a fashion. But his lying doesn't matter because it's never mattered. There have never been any consequences for his lies. The truth is complex, people are simple. Over on dilbert.com, Scott Adams, who's a trained hypnotist, has been trying to tell people how Trump manages all this - and people have been crazy mad at Adams, saying he's some sort of Trump supporter. He isn't. He's simply pointing out how both Trump's acolytes and detractors are deluded by Trump's little tricks.
"What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present."
Mundus vult decipi, I think Trump's been doing this so long he no longer lives in the real world. To make the gods laugh, tell them your plans. Trump wanted to be in the spotlight, he got his wish. And now, like a lumbering Junkers bomber caught in the searchlights over London, the antiaircraft fire has him ranged and is shooting bits off him. He's going down, that much seems certain. The only remaining question is the crater he'll create on impact.
Genius!
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