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Yes, Mueller left it up to Congress and gave them the road map, for Impeachment Inquiry...Here is the quote from the Mueller document
Under OLC's analysis, Congress can permissibly criminalize certain obstructive conduct
by the President, such as suborning perjury , intimidating witnesses, or fabricating evidence ,
because those prohibitions raise no separation-of-powers questions. See Application of 28 U.S.C.
§ 458 to Presidential Appointments of Federal Judges, 19 Op. O.L.C. at 357 n.11. The
Constitution does not authorize the President to engage in such conduct, and those actions would
transgress the President's duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed. " U.S . CONST.
ART IT, §§ 3.
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The lying POS needs to be handled!
Barr jumped in, where he did NOT belong.
Jaworski and Ken Starr, did the same for Nixon and Clinton... they did not press charges against these Presidents, they turned over a road map for Congress, to impeach them, or in the least, to begin impeachment hearings.
We have a bunch of crooked people in the white house, beginning with Barr.
/——/ DemocRATs are like a Chihuahua nipping at the heels of a T-RexCongress is not finished with trump.....
Congress is not finished with trump.....
Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??They targeted areas with vile lies about Hillary on social media Trump and his campaign were in bed with putin Hopefully Trump will do something, anything to stop russia from hacking into our elections again but I doubt he will Couldn't your shit for brains Trump at least tell Putin ,any more involvement in our elections and there will be severe sanctions?He did collude, his team did collude.
Mueller never once said they did not collude.... he made no judgement on collusion.
Mueller mentioned collusion only ONCE in his 400 page report and he said the word was meaningless in the legal realm.
Mueller found that he could not charge them on Conspiracy, with the Russians, because the Trump team did not do the actual theft of the emails...
but then he goes in to COUNTLESS times, hundreds of pages worth of how the Trump team worked with the Russians and took the help of the Russians, to help Trump win the election... while lying to us, telling us that they had NO CONTACTS with any Russians, no business arrangements with any Russians.... took no help from any Russians....
ALL LIES from Trump and team.
You think you voted him in to office, you think he won fair and square, well....HE DID NOT. You did not put him in there, the Russians did.... but you do not care, cuz you got what you wanted... cheating and dishonesty and lack of integrity and lack of ethics, does not matter to you all....
Wait a minute: What kind of help could the Russians provide to Trump that helped him win? Did the Russians sneak into the country and vote in our election that we're not aware of or something?
You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
/——/ Obozo giving advice is like the night watchman on the Titanic shouting full speed ahead.Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??They targeted areas with vile lies about Hillary on social media Trump and his campaign were in bed with putin Hopefully Trump will do something, anything to stop russia from hacking into our elections again but I doubt he will Couldn't your shit for brains Trump at least tell Putin ,any more involvement in our elections and there will be severe sanctions?Wait a minute: What kind of help could the Russians provide to Trump that helped him win? Did the Russians sneak into the country and vote in our election that we're not aware of or something?
You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??They targeted areas with vile lies about Hillary on social media Trump and his campaign were in bed with putin Hopefully Trump will do something, anything to stop russia from hacking into our elections again but I doubt he will Couldn't your shit for brains Trump at least tell Putin ,any more involvement in our elections and there will be severe sanctions?Wait a minute: What kind of help could the Russians provide to Trump that helped him win? Did the Russians sneak into the country and vote in our election that we're not aware of or something?
You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
They impeached Clinton over a lie about sex ..How can these ah republicans let trump get away with all the shit he's pulled? It's amazing to me, 30% of our country are dotards ,,single digit IQ peopleCongress is not finished with trump.....
/——/ So perjury about sex is no big thing? Tell that to all the women raped.They impeached Clinton over a lie about sex ..How can these ah republicans let trump get away with all the shit he's pulled? It's amazing to me, 30% of our country are dotards ,,single digit IQ peopleCongress is not finished with trump.....
Pap in response I have no idea the answer to your question I only BELIEVE there is one What I also believe strongly is this Trump in our Presidency is all wrong, nothing like what america aspires to be thought of He's a low life piece of crap looking to get away with what ever he canSorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??They targeted areas with vile lies about Hillary on social media Trump and his campaign were in bed with putin Hopefully Trump will do something, anything to stop russia from hacking into our elections again but I doubt he will Couldn't your shit for brains Trump at least tell Putin ,any more involvement in our elections and there will be severe sanctions?
You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
If Obama listened to others, then why did he wait over two years to sanction Russia for meddling in our elections, and weak sanctions at that.
cellblock while I appreciate your sense of humor it's not close to the truth You keep on listening, supporting this moron in office now while he takes america down a muddy road/——/ Obozo giving advice is like the night watchman on the Titanic shouting full speed ahead.Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??They targeted areas with vile lies about Hillary on social media Trump and his campaign were in bed with putin Hopefully Trump will do something, anything to stop russia from hacking into our elections again but I doubt he will Couldn't your shit for brains Trump at least tell Putin ,any more involvement in our elections and there will be severe sanctions?
You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
There was no rape The sex was legal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,unless you live in texas where only sex with sheep is legal/——/ So perjury about sex is no big thing? Tell that to all the women raped.They impeached Clinton over a lie about sex ..How can these ah republicans let trump get away with all the shit he's pulled? It's amazing to me, 30% of our country are dotards ,,single digit IQ peopleCongress is not finished with trump.....
Pap in response I have no idea the answer to your question I only BELIEVE there is one What I also believe strongly is this Trump in our Presidency is all wrong, nothing like what america aspires to be thought of He's a low life piece of crap looking to get away with what ever he canSorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
If Obama listened to others, then why did he wait over two years to sanction Russia for meddling in our elections, and weak sanctions at that.
cellblock while I appreciate your sense of humor it's not close to the truth You keep on listening, supporting this moron in office now while he takes america down a muddy road/——/ Obozo giving advice is like the night watchman on the Titanic shouting full speed ahead.Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
/——/ You say lying about sex under oath is OK.There was no rape The sex was legal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,unless you live in texas where only sex with sheep is legal/——/ So perjury about sex is no big thing? Tell that to all the women raped.They impeached Clinton over a lie about sex ..How can these ah republicans let trump get away with all the shit he's pulled? It's amazing to me, 30% of our country are dotards ,,single digit IQ peopleCongress is not finished with trump.....
/——/ Trump’s muddy road: Donald J. Trump's Accomplishment's List | MAGA PILLcellblock while I appreciate your sense of humor it's not close to the truth You keep on listening, supporting this moron in office now while he takes america down a muddy road/——/ Obozo giving advice is like the night watchman on the Titanic shouting full speed ahead.Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??You mean like Obama didn't?
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
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/——/ Perjury is perjury and Clintoon paid the price.Hey I look at it and say what would I say in front of the world and my family I'd lie too And you??/——/ You say lying about sex under oath is OK.There was no rape The sex was legal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,unless you live in texas where only sex with sheep is legal/——/ So perjury about sex is no big thing? Tell that to all the women raped.They impeached Clinton over a lie about sex ..How can these ah republicans let trump get away with all the shit he's pulled? It's amazing to me, 30% of our country are dotards ,,single digit IQ peopleCongress is not finished with trump.....
Why when reading your posts then do you seem so one sided republican? Or is it just my imagination?cellblock while I appreciate your sense of humor it's not close to the truth You keep on listening, supporting this moron in office now while he takes america down a muddy road/——/ Obozo giving advice is like the night watchman on the Titanic shouting full speed ahead.Sorry hadit Obama was on the moneyThey hacked into Obamas election ?? The one he won overwhelmingly??
Any hacking in Trump's campaign was done while Obama was president, the same president that said our elections were too big for Russia to hack.
A year ago today, The New Republic published Brian Beutler’s piece: Obama Is Warning America About Trump’s Presidency. Are You Listening?. The occasion was a press conference President Obama gave two days prior, on November 14th. It’s worth revisiting both Beutler’s article and Obama’s warnings.
As Beutler pointed out, President Obama was outwardly upbeat but the subtext of what he was saying was terrifying. While Obama promised to be as helpful as possible and noted repeatedly that Trump would not face the same kind of instant calamities that he had faced at the beginning of his presidency, he clearly did not think Trump was temperamentally fit to be president and did not predict success.
One concern was proper staffing.
“The most important point I made,” Obama told reporters at the White House, referring to his conversation last week with Trump, “was that how you staff—particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process and a system to surface information, generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision maker, that that’s something that’s going to have to be attended to right away.”
That seems prescient in retrospect, considering that Trump’s first National Security Adviser lasted only a few weeks and his first chief of staff only a little over half a year. We can go down the list from there, to include Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and several other important members of his initial team.
Another concern was Trump’s lack of respect for the truth.
“I think there will be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” Obama added, “because when you’re a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you’re president of the United States. Everybody around the world is paying attention, markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure you don’t make mistakes. I think he recognizes that this is different.”
Trump has blundered on foreign policy matters from the outset, including famously his treatment of Taiwan and his refusal to commit to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense provision. But it’s his bombast and imprecision on North Korea policy that had the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exploring ways to limit his ability to start a nuclear war earlier this week.
Obama was also clearly worried that Trump would not abide by rules, laws and norms and that this would land him in hot water:
“One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you’ve got to pay attention to them,” Obama said, as if the president-elect weren’t a 70-year-old person with a fancy education. “The people who work for you are also subject to those rules and norms. And that’s a piece of advice that I gave to the incoming president.”
“We listened to the lawyers,” Obama said, “and we had a strong White House Counsel’s Office. We had a strong Ethics Office. We had people in every agency whose job it was to remind people, this is how you’re supposed to do things…. We had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could. And that takes a lot of work. And one of my suggestions to the incoming president is, is that he take that part of the job seriously, as well.”
Trump could not possibly have taken those concerns less seriously. His violations of the Emoluments Clause are staggering, and his appointment of his daughter and son-in-law created immediate problems for him. His decision to fire James Comey is perhaps his greatest mistake, but his lack of respect for norms is seen clearly on a daily basis, from his displeasure with Jeff Sesssions’s recusal to his pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Hillary Clinton.
Obama was restrained in what he said last year, but his warnings were clear and, unfortunately, very accurate.
I don’t believe Trump nor do I believe Obama, he comes of to me as a do as I say not as I do type person.
And I don't recall 30 or so times is better?/——/ Perjury is perjury and Clintoon paid the price.Hey I look at it and say what would I say in front of the world and my family I'd lie too And you??/——/ You say lying about sex under oath is OK.There was no rape The sex was legal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,unless you live in texas where only sex with sheep is legal/——/ So perjury about sex is no big thing? Tell that to all the women raped.They impeached Clinton over a lie about sex ..How can these ah republicans let trump get away with all the shit he's pulled? It's amazing to me, 30% of our country are dotards ,,single digit IQ people
