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reggieandlee

(778 posts)
Mon May 29, 2017, 12:32 PM May 2017

Amerika First

Born To Run The Numbers twists Trump's mantra and exposes it for what it is: deceitful, disingenuous, and now treasonous:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2017/05/amerika-first.html

Excerpt:

"Call it Amerika First, the final and most insidious perversion of Donald Trump’s promise. In this case, the promise to place America First is intentionally undermined by secret conversations intended to keep America in the dark about private negotiations with a rival who has demonstrated their intent to sabotage our democracy. America first? Not exactly. The Trump team wants to give information to the Russians first, and keep it from Americans as long as possible. Right now the Trump White House looks like floating pond scum obscuring the view, making sure Amerika is the last to know."

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Amerika First (Original Post) reggieandlee May 2017 OP
What intelligence agency, foreign or domestic, is going to trust this government? gtar100 May 2017 #1
No one tgards79 May 2017 #2
What secrets did Jared Kushner want to talk about privately with the Russians? reggieandlee May 2017 #3

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
1. What intelligence agency, foreign or domestic, is going to trust this government?
Mon May 29, 2017, 12:50 PM
May 2017

It's already clear that this current government cannot be trusted with sensitive information. And only tRump and the republicans are to blame for that.

tgards79

(1,415 posts)
2. No one
Mon May 29, 2017, 01:57 PM
May 2017

It is incredible the damage that Trump has done to relationships with our best allies. After all the work Obama/Clinton did to repair the damage of Bush!

reggieandlee

(778 posts)
3. What secrets did Jared Kushner want to talk about privately with the Russians?
Mon May 29, 2017, 03:54 PM
May 2017

I totally agree that this administration cannot be trusted with sensitive information... but what I really want to know is what Jared Kushner felt he needed a private, secret back-channel for? The contention that Flynn wanted a direct and private line to talk to military counterparts in Russia prior to the inauguration is limp... why did that desire have to be a secret from our own government?

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