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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 04:04 PM Apr 2018

Donald Trump's presidency is collapsing


Rex Huppke Important thoughts from my fingers
News Opinion Rex Huppke
Column: Donald Trump's presidency is collapsing


We know President Donald Trump is a strong man, possibly the strongest and most fit president we’ve ever had.

But even his broad shoulders — which many say are the broadest of all the presidential shoulders — can’t carry the weight of the scandals that are presently piling up.

We’re only one year into Trump’s presidency, and we’re already witnessing its entirely predictable collapse.

Consider the news swirling about on Thursday:

The phrase “pee tape” was trending on Twitter, thanks to excerpts from former FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming book describing Trump’s obsession with one of the more lurid claims in the controversial dossier compiled by a British spy. We don’t know if there’s actually a video recording of Trump watching Russian prostitutes urinate on a bed in a Moscow hotel room. But we know it’s at least a possibility, and that’s not good for a president.

Comey’s book also describes Trump as an unhinged narcissist and compares his behavior to that of a mob boss. At the end of the day, who you believe will depend on who you trust, Comey or Trump. Given all that Trump has shown us about who he is and how he behaves, I’m guessing the Vegas line on who will win the most trust leans heavily in Comey’s favor.

Two news outlets — the New Yorker and the Associated Press — reported on another suspicious payoff during the presidential campaign, this one to a doorman at one of Trump’s New York City buildings. The doorman reportedly claimed that Trump had fathered a child with an employee and was paid $30,000 by the company that owns the National Enquirer to keep the rumor to himself. There’s no proof the rumor is true, but the issue is the hush money and what appears to be furious attempts to insulate Trump from past dalliances during the campaign. Already we know about a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels from Trump’s personal attorney and a $150,000 payment to a former Playboy Playmate from the National Enquirer’s parent company. Does anyone who is even remotely tethered to reality think we won’t learn of more?

There were reports that Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, was known to secretly record telephone conversations. So the concern in Trump’s circle is that the recent FBI raids on Cohen’s home and office might have turned up recordings that could make the president look bad. That’s not good! Cohen, an argumentative, ornery lawyer, has also taken an oddly polite tone regarding federal investigators, raising questions as to how much trouble he might be in and how much it would take for him to flip on the president.


That’s just Thursday. And I’m probably missing one or two other developments.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-comey-pee-tape-huppke-20180412-story.html
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Donald Trump's presidency is collapsing (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2018 OP
Couldnt ever happen any other way, he is a complete and total idiot. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1
It was collapsed from the get-go. nt LAS14 Apr 2018 #2
Unfortuinately t-rump is taking the USA down with him. Iliyah Apr 2018 #3
It's not happening nearly fast enough to suit me. (nt) Paladin Apr 2018 #4
I agree, but it does seem to be gaining momentum. smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #8
Bring it on. lpbk2713 Apr 2018 #5
I'm not seeing it yet JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #6
Somehow I think that is an under-estimate. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #7
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. I agree, but it does seem to be gaining momentum.
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 06:28 PM
Apr 2018

He's losing it and it's coming at him from all sides. I am placing my bets on a complete and total public meltdown.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
5. Bring it on.
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 04:18 PM
Apr 2018



Donnie, you get no sympathy from me. I hope the
sleazy scumbag brings down the whole GOP with him.



JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
6. I'm not seeing it yet
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 04:21 PM
Apr 2018

I don't believe it collapses full throttle until after the general election this November.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Somehow I think that is an under-estimate.
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 06:25 PM
Apr 2018

I look where we are already, and it is only mid-April, 1 year and a quarter into his White House squatting.
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