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Related: About this forumWhy Did Trump Ignore Warnings About Flynn?
Dec 1, 2017
Rachel Maddow looks at the warnings Donald Trump received about Mike Flynn and the inexplicable way Trump held Flynn in favor even after he left office.
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Why Did Trump Ignore Warnings About Flynn? (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Dec 2017
OP
Because that egotistical racist bastard couldn't take advice from a black man
RainCaster
Dec 2017
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RainCaster
(10,914 posts)1. Because that egotistical racist bastard couldn't take advice from a black man
Sad but true
Skittles
(153,193 posts)2. because he was being advised by Putin
MFM008
(19,818 posts)3. Maggot
Has a thing for guys in uniform. Like they have some sort of superior character or abilities or something. ...
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)4. Really good question Rachel asked nm
Nitram
(22,877 posts)5. Seems obvious to me that Trump wanted to protect Flynn because Flynn had dirt on him from
during the campaign. He had to fire him, but he didn't want to alienate him because he had a lot of beans to spill. A lot of cats to let out of the bag.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)6. Exactly. And now Mueller has every single bit of that information.