IMO, the final throes of this drawn out facade....

[HankD]

He almost got us involved in a nuclear war through his brash and irresponsible remarks. I don't call that working for world peace.

Wrong! NOKO started that threat long before Trump came on the scene.

JFK almost got us involved in a nuclear which was/is alive til this very day.

 

[HankD]

If Trump brings about peace to the Korean peninsula it will be interesting to see the liberals squirm and try to bad mouth Trump.

 

[kyredneck]

Former NYC Police Commissioner: Purpose of Mueller Forcing Mike Flynn into a Plea Deal Was to Avoid Discovery of Corruption and Lies

"Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Friday stating Comey testified the FBI didn’t think General Flynn lied.
Grassley also revealed Joe Pientka was the second FBI agent who joined Peter Strzok on January 24th, 2017 in an ambush style interview to take down General Flynn.

Grassley is demanding the FBI and DOJ produce the transcript of Flynn’s intercepted calls with Russian Ambassador Kislyak and the Mike Flynn interview 302’s by May 25th.
302’s are reports FBI agents take to summarize an interview with a subject.

The newly unredacted portion of the House Intel report revealed Comey testified to House Intel members the FBI agents who ambushed Flynn did not detect any deception.

On Saturday Nick Short tweeted out investigative journalist Sara Carter’s report on the latest revelations that Michael Flynn did not lie during interview with FBI agents...."

"...Now former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is weighing in.

Kerik believes Mueller was pressing Michael Flynn to take a plea deal so the Special Counsel would not be caught in their lies and corruption.
But now those lies are coming out into the open!

Bernard Kerik:
"That was the purpose of forcing him into the plea... to avoid a review of discovery. They never anticipated this information would become public." https://twitter.com/josephjflynn1/status/995516939089821696 …

12:14 AM - May 13, 2018 2,048 1,069 people are talking about this

 

[HankD]

If Mueller has any wisdom he would simply end the "investigation" saying "nothing to see here folks, lets go home" and disappear back into the woodwork to avoid a prison sentence himself.

i don't think that will happen though because the left progressive world is hooked on the "HateTrump" mainline dope and must sustain their habit unto the both the 2018 midterm and the 2020 general election,

Which will turn out OK for the DoNothing Republican Party who will win the 2018 with more seats and Trump will landslide his reelection in 2020.

IOW The sound-asleep GoodOleBoy Republicans will win the 2020 election for Trump in spite of themselves.

 

[kyredneck]

Which will turn out OK for the DoNothing Republican Party who will win the 2018 with more seats and Trump will landslide his reelection in 2020.

IOW The sound-asleep GoodOleBoy Republicans will win the 2020 election for Trump in spite of themselves.

I wish I could share your optimism Hank, just unable to muster any confidence in the generally uninformed electorate.

 

[HankD]

I wish I could share your optimism Hank, just unable to muster any confidence in the generally uninformed electorate.

Go by the left's prediction of the forthcoming "Blue Wave" and how often have they been right with their predictions?

 

[kyredneck]

Go by the left's prediction of the forthcoming "Blue Wave" and how often have they been right with their predictions?

...they're starting to question their own predictions now and thinking strategy change:

Ex-Clinton Adviser: 'No Blue Wave Coming,' Only 'Red Wave' Of Democrat Party's Blood

 

[HankD]

...they're starting to question their own predictions now and thinking strategy change:

Ex-Clinton Adviser: 'No Blue Wave Coming,' Only 'Red Wave' Of Democrat Party's Blood

Well, there ya go.

 

[kyredneck]

how often have they been right with their predictions?

...there ya go.

 

[HankD]

The DNC biggest problem; Thinking Hillary would be coronated queen in 2016 they failed during the Obama term to groom a young, charismatic moral millennial presidential alternative.

Now, they have No ONE wherewith to oppose president Trump (Biden?) and not enough time to do the 3 aria opera

 

[HankD]

The aria is often regarded as one of the most moving in the operatic repertoire of the time. The pain of Canio is portrayed in the aria and exemplifies the entire notion of the "tragic clown": smiling on the outside but crying on the inside. This is still displayed today, as the clown motif often features the painted-on tear running down the cheek of the performer.

lyrics: Vesti la Giubba Vesti la giubba - Wikipedia

 

[HankD]

Don't underestimate them (il pagliacci) though.

They WILL be back with a vengeance 2024/2028!!

By then the now younger generation of post millennials will have completely turned to the left.

Unless of course a miracle happens.

 

[FollowTheWay]

If Trump brings about peace to the Korean peninsula it will be interesting to see the liberals squirm and try to bad mouth Trump.

The useful work towards peace on the Korean peninsula was done by Moon Jae-in, the President of S. Korea. Trump hasn't even appointed an Ambassador to S. Korea. All he's done is fire off rash tweets. That's not effective international diplomacy, Of course has no idea of what that means. All he's done is tear down much of our foreign diplomatic corps. He doesn't want to negotiate. He wants to dictate policy and to start wars.

Top Diplomat Says U.S. Has Lost 60% of Its Career Ambassadors Under President Trump
Top Diplomat Says U.S. Has Lost 60% of Its Career Ambassadors Under President Trump

Barbara Stephenson, the head of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) and former U.S. Ambassador to Panama, wrote in a memo to members that diplomatic leadership ranks are being “depleted at a dizzying speed.”

In addition to the decline in the number of ambassadors, Stephenson pointed to the reduction in the number of Career Ministers from 33 to 19 and of Minister Counselors from 431 just after Labor Day to 369 today—numbers she said were still falling.

“These numbers are hard to square with the stated agenda of making State and the Foreign Service stronger,” she wrote in the memo, which is titled “Time to Ask Why.”

She warned that the staff leaving the profession could not easily be replaced, and that the loss would affect the capacity of the U.S. to shape world events.

 

[HankD]

The useful work towards peace on the Korean peninsula was done by Moon Jae-in, the President of S. Korea. Trump hasn't even appointed an Ambassador to S. Korea. All he's done is fire off rash tweets. That's not effective international diplomacy, Of course has no idea of what that means. All he's done is tear down much of our foreign diplomatic corps. He doesn't want to negotiate. He wants to dictate policy and to start wars.

Top Diplomat Says U.S. Has Lost 60% of Its Career Ambassadors Under President Trump
Top Diplomat Says U.S. Has Lost 60% of Its Career Ambassadors Under President Trump

Barbara Stephenson, the head of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) and former U.S. Ambassador to Panama, wrote in a memo to members that diplomatic leadership ranks are being “depleted at a dizzying speed.”

In addition to the decline in the number of ambassadors, Stephenson pointed to the reduction in the number of Career Ministers from 33 to 19 and of Minister Counselors from 431 just after Labor Day to 369 today—numbers she said were still falling.

“These numbers are hard to square with the stated agenda of making State and the Foreign Service stronger,” she wrote in the memo, which is titled “Time to Ask Why.”

She warned that the staff leaving the profession could not easily be replaced, and that the loss would affect the capacity of the U.S. to shape world events.

Draining the swamp? Nah, couldn't be.

 

[Adonia]

He will be impeached or resign.

No, it will be former members of the Obama administration who will be brought to justice for attempting a coup d'état against the legally elected President of the United States.. It will be Comey, McCabe, Brennen, Strouck and some others who will be brought to the bar of Justice for what they have done in attempting to take out President Trump.

This was as unprecedented action by those government officials in the annals of American politics. It's time for you to face the facts, the IG's report is due out soon and then the truth of what happened will be known. The liberal media (yesterdays NY Times story) is already trying to soften the blow of what they know is coming.

 

[FollowTheWay]

Draining the swamp? Nah, couldn't be.

You're right. It couldn't be. Without a trained diplomatic corps our only result is war. Actually, Trump is not draining the swamp. he's adding even worse people to it.

 

[FollowTheWay]

No, it will be former members of the Obama administration who will be brought to justice for attempting a coup d'état against the legally elected President of the United States.. It will be Comey, McCabe, Brennen, Strouck and some others who will be brought to the bar of Justice for what they have done in attempting to take out President Trump.

This was as unprecedented action by those government officials in the annals of American politics. It's time for you to face the facts, the IG's report is due out soon and then the truth of what happened will be known. The liberal media (yesterdays NY Times story) is already trying to soften the blow of what they know is coming.

Contrary to what you claim this probe has been very effective and has moved forward rapidly.

‘Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing

The probe is a steaming locomotive, already delivering indictments or guilty pleas involving 19 people and three companies, while soliciting interviews with most of the president’s closest aides and outside associates. Players have departed, including most of Trump’s original legal team, while others have joined — including, most recently, Cohen, adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti.

“This has moved at a lightning speed,” said Christopher Ruddy, a Trump friend and chief executive of Newsmax. “They’re not messing around. They’re going very quickly. The number of indictments, pleas and other moves is just amazing. I think it will come to a head quicker than other investigations.”

Public opinion surveys have found wide support for the Mueller investigation. An April Washington Post-ABC News poll found 69 percent of Americans backing the probe and 25 percent opposing it, though other surveys this spring have shown a modest decline

“The biggest challenge for the White House is that the special counsel is conducting an investigation properly, which is not commenting publicly, only making known its activities by virtue of bringing cases or executing legal process in a manner that is publicly observable,” said Jacob S. Frenkel, who worked in the independent counsel’s office in the late 1990s.

 

[Adonia]

Contrary to what you claim this probe has been very effective and has moved forward rapidly.

‘Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing

The probe is a steaming locomotive, already delivering indictments or guilty pleas involving 19 people and three companies, while soliciting interviews with most of the president’s closest aides and outside associates. Players have departed, including most of Trump’s original legal team, while others have joined — including, most recently, Cohen, adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti.

“This has moved at a lightning speed,” said Christopher Ruddy, a Trump friend and chief executive of Newsmax. “They’re not messing around. They’re going very quickly. The number of indictments, pleas and other moves is just amazing. I think it will come to a head quicker than other investigations.”

Public opinion surveys have found wide support for the Mueller investigation. An April Washington Post-ABC News poll found 69 percent of Americans backing the probe and 25 percent opposing it, though other surveys this spring have shown a modest decline

“The biggest challenge for the White House is that the special counsel is conducting an investigation properly, which is not commenting publicly, only making known its activities by virtue of bringing cases or executing legal process in a manner that is publicly observable,” said Jacob S. Frenkel, who worked in the independent counsel’s office in the late 1990s.

And this "probe" has found no evidence related to the original charge. Only minor players have been sanctioned and for deeds that have nothing to do with "collusion" or the election. This was always a bogus charge designed as an "insurance" policy just like FBI man Strouck said in his emails.

The Democrats are the guilty party. It was Hillary and the DNC who paid for the fake dossier that was then used by the criminal FBI agents and other rogue Obama officials to spy on Trump, the then Republican presidential candidate. The whole truth will come out and then for the sake of our Republic there better be indictments and then lengthy prison sentences for those that dared to attempt to smear President Trump and change the results of the last election.

It wasn't the Russians interfering in the election process, it was fellow Americans from the then ruling administration and as an American you should be as outraged as I am about that reality.

 

[HankD]

You're right. It couldn't be. Without a trained diplomatic corps our only result is war. Actually, Trump is not draining the swamp. he's adding even worse people to it.

War is inevitable. Had we had a coronation of our queen, we would be there already.

 

[Baptist Believer]

And this "probe" has found no evidence related to the original charge.

How do you know this? Are you a member of Mueller's team? If not, then you are simply making an assertion without any evidence.

Only minor players have been sanctioned and for deeds that have nothing to do with "collusion" or the election.

There are a number of persons who have been indicted that have Russian connections that appear relevant. Manafort and Flynn are two screamingly obvious ones.

The Democrats are the guilty party. It was Hillary and the DNC who paid for the fake dossier that was then used by the criminal FBI agents and other rogue Obama officials to spy on Trump, the then Republican presidential candidate.

You have that all convoluted, along with some unsupported assertions and falsehoods thrown in. The "dossier" (actually a series of intelligence dispatches reporting what informants have said) has not been proven to be "fake." There may be some faulty information there, but that doesn't make the other information fake. Moreover, the investigation of Russian influence was going on long before the Steele dispatches (aka "dossier") came to light -- even the memo crafted by Nunes clearly shows that.

The whole truth will come out and then for the sake of our Republic there better be indictments and then lengthy prison sentences...

I believe that is coming for members of the Trump campaign and administration, and perhaps for the President himself.

...for those that dared to attempt to smear President Trump and change the results of the last election.

We'll see.

It wasn't the Russians interfering in the election process, it was fellow Americans from the then ruling administration and as an American you should be as outraged as I am about that reality.

That is an unsupported assertion.