THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION
I want to make a few observations and comments on the
Russian Connection to the Trump Campaign and Presidency.
Today, May 24, 2017, is the first time I have seen the word
“Treason or Treasonous” behavior in the Sacramento Bee in an article about Mr.
Trump and the Russian Connection. The
words are those of Mr. Brennan, former head of the CIA, in his testimony to
Congress on May 23, 2017. The whole idea
of Treason seems far fetched, but that is true of many things we read and hear
about Mr. Trump. The current published
comments by Mr. Brennan, make it perfectly clear there were contacts
between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
We don’t know what was said but we can ask “what might they be
talking about at this critical moment?”
Certainly not the weather. The
heavy financial investment by Mr. Trump in Russian business and his
complementary comments regarding Putin and Russia raises a very red flag. General Flynn lied, resigns, and now takes
the 5th amendment to prevent testifying before Congress about the
Russian Connection. The President
himself passes highly classified information to the Russians in the oval
office, a gathering that allowed only Russian journalists, but not US
journalists, to attend. The final blow
was the firing of Mr. Comey. Firing the
leader who is investigating your behavior is an admission of guilt until proven
otherwise. We, as ordinary citizens of
this country, are allowed to connect the dots above and reach our own
conclusions. The whole series of events
is highly suspicious. I am hopeful Mr.
Mueller will be able to set our minds at ease with a thorough investigation of
all aspects of this Russian Connection.
Yes, Dick, the dots are all there. My scenario is that after Trump's Atlantic City bankruptcies, he resorted to foreign (aka Russian) loans to continue his family business. Having this leverage on Trump the Russians then were able to intervene in U.s. elections - as they are doing elsewhere - but in our case with the supportive comments that we all saw from Trump. He's obviously compromised.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with the Mueller probe is that it's likely to drag out and is focused on criminal prosecution and rather than on counterespionage, and thus may not help us counter the on-going Russian threats. Congressional committees simply need to join the effort with some energy; otherwise, we'll never get to the bottom of the issue and solve the political problem.
Meanwhile, as things drag out, Trump continues to fleece the American public to his family's monetary benefit and push policies designed to aid the top 1% in wealth (his oligarchs) and penalize the poor, elderly, disabled and otherwise vulnerable. To borrow his description of Comey, Trump is a genuine NUT CASE, but a definitely malicious one.