FACTS:
01. Trump wanted to withdraw the United States from NATO hurting U.S. and European Security while strengthening Russia. He failed in his effort, but the effort shows where Trump's mind is.
02. He actually debated and thought about recognizing Russia's illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014.
03. He met with Putin for 3 hours alone, without any aids except a translator, at their meeting in Helsinki Finland. You don't do that when you have nothing to hide and are not guilty of some type of collusion.
04. Former CIA director, John Brennan, said that Trumps behavior in Helsinki Finland with Putin amounted to TREASON!
05. Trump, in front of the whole world, sided with Putin and Russian intelligence services over U.S. intelligence services on whether the Russians interfered in the 2016 Presidential Election.
06. Trump has given North Korea everything it wants in terms of meetings and diplomacy. Trump has received nothing in return from North Korea. Trump has made KIM JUNG UN even stronger in North Korea than he was before.
07. TRUMP lied about his business dealings and or discussions with Russia prior to the 2016 election.
08. TRUMP attempted to obstruct investigations into his dealings with Russia before and after the campaign through the firing of FBI director James Comey.
09. TRUMP asked Russia to do everything it could to find "Hillary's E-mails" and other information about the Clinton campaign. Hours later, Russian intelligence was hacking into Democratic Headquarters and the heads of the Democratic Party stealing information. That's worse than the Watergate Breakin back in 1972. Again, in both cases, the Democratic Party having their campaign broken into, except in 2016, Trump asked a foreign enemy to do it. Imagine if NIXON had asked the Soviet KGB to break into Watergate in 1972? Nixon would have been removed from office by his own cabinet in that case, long before congress could get his hands on him.
10. It has been found through extensive investigation, that the Russians mounted a heavy campaign to interfere in the United States 2016 elections in order to get Donald Trump elected. Ask yourself why Russia wanted Trump so badly to be the next U.S. President? It should concern and scare everyone. Its part of the reason why Trump needs to be removed from the White House as soon possible.
1) He did that because he did not believe other countries were paying their fair share.
2) Annexation happened under BHO. He took over a tough situation. He did arm the Ukrainians and did kill 200 Russian Mercs in Syria and did impose sanctions on Russia.
3) He did it to show that he has the power and authority to represent the US. He understands negotiation. As Collin Powell, whom I respect a lot, stated. Sometimes you have to eat a lot of ugly when dealing with bad people. Putin is a former KGB assassin. You have to tread lightly but firmly.
4) Brennan is a cook and a partisan hack. And has been laughed at by contemporaries. Google it.
5) He stated that Russians didn't help him win. A lot of it was political posturing but I agree he should have handled it better. You got one.
6) He has kept Kim Jung Un the same. Not sure how he is "stronger" or "weaker" but at least he is trying to do something and S. Korea supports this.
7) He did. You got another one.
8) Subjective. AG disagrees. I can see both sides. Again subjective.
9) It was a joke and he did it on National TV. LOL. Chill. You're not disturbed by the 33k deleted emails, bleached server and 12 smashed blackberries?
10) Russia wanted Chaos in the US and they succeeded. Mueller found no conspiracy or collusion.
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01. Historically, NATO countries efforts at spending and military capability were always highest when the United States made its greatest contributions in terms of basing U.S. forces in Europe. In the past when the United States left things up to Europe alone, we got World War I and then World War II. If Trump is, supposedly, trying to get Europe to do more, he is going about it the wrong way based on history. Reality is that Trump does not understand international relations, history, or NATO itself. He moranically looks at it as some type of business transaction which it is anything but.
02. True, but Barack Obama condemned the annexation as illegal. In contrast, Trump has considered recognizing Crimea as part of Russia. Trump did NOT order the attack on Russian mercenaries in Syria. The 300 Russian mercenaries were killed because they attack a Kurdish base that had U.S. advisors. The U.S. advisors called in air support to defend the Kurdish base. It was only after the attack was over that U.S advisors and Kurdish forces discovered that the attackers had actually been Russian mercenaries. TRUMP NEVER ordered anything. He learned about the whole think like you, through the media or an intelligence report. It was likely the media since Trump rarely reads any of his intelligence reports.
03. No excuse. U.S. Presidents don't show power and authority by meeting in private with an enemy adversary without any cabinet members. That does not show power or authority. It only shows weakness and subservience to a foreign power.
04. Whatever criticism you can muster against John Brennan, it pales in comparison to what can be done against Trump. I'd trust former CIA director John Brennan any day over Trump and his sycophants.
05. He is on the record in asking the Russians to help him though. The Russians did interfere in the election in order to try to help Trump win it.
06. North Korean leaders for decades have asked for a face to face meeting with a U.S. President. Why? It bolsters the North Korean leader in the eyes of their people, and gives them a stage on the world scene with the most powerful country. It helps bolster the image of the North Korean leader and home and abroad. So Trump gave them this HUGE diplomatic gift and got nothing in return. In the meantime, North Korean military and WMD programs continue in development.
07. What else is he lying about.
08. I'd say its cut and dry. When was the last time a President fired a sitting FBI director that was investigating the President from criminal conduct?
09. Hillary Clinton is not running for President. Donald Trump is and asked the Russians to get him information. They broke into the DNC for him. Just like in 1972. Except this time, its not simply another political party, its a foreign enemy of the United States.
Its worse than Watergate.
10. This point had nothing to do with conspiracy or collusion. Its all about Russia and why they interfered in the 2016 elections to help TRUMP.
Not finding evidence of what Mueller DEFINES as conspiracy and collusion does not mean it did not happen. I would define many of the dealings as both conspiracy and collusion. Hell, I define meeting alone with Putin for 3 hours in Helskini Finland to be conspiracy and collusion.
1) Subjective. He wants NATO to pay its "fair share". What that is or means is up to experts and that is neither you nor I but that is why he threatened to exit.
2) Link? Not as I understand it. Obama said words and did nothing. Trump DID arm the Ukrainians. And it was Pompeo who approved the strike, Trump's appointee.
3) Subjective. How world leaders negotiate is up to them. You don't like it? Vote them out. What he did was not illegal and within his pervue.
4) Subjective. We can argue about this for hours.
5) He is on the record in front of millions and no one cared because everyone thought he would lose. He wasn't hiding anything.
6) So from that "gift" what exactly happened? How are we worse off? How are the NK people worse off?
7) IDK...all politicians lie. Bush lied. Clinton lied. Reagan lied.
8) He fired Comey for incompetence and many agree. In fact many Democrats agreed.
9) At the time they were both running for POTUS. What are you talking about?
10) Who was the POTUS in 2016? It was BHO. Why didn't he stop them? Or say anything about it? Because he like everyone else thought HRC would win.
Your posts smell like sour grapes. You need to take a class in political science and another in economics.
01. Its not subjective its historical fact. NATO forces fielded its largest forces in Europe in terms of numbers combat brigades, divisions, main battle tanks, artillery, combat aircraft, when U.S. deployments in Europe were at their peak. That and the case of World War I and World War II, proves that the only way to get Europeans to responsibly maintain military capability is having the United States lead the way on the continent. The United States withdrawing from NATO would just take Europe back to the 1930s when security was neglected.
02. The President is not involved in ordering sudden battlefield strikes in Syria, Afghanistan, or Iraq. Soldiers on the ground don't have to ask for permission to defend themselves. The attack was launched by the para-military group on a Kurdish headquarters near the town of Khasham Syria at 10 PM Syrian time. The fighting lasted 4 hours. "According to the U.S. military, the presence of U.S.
special operations personnel in the targeted base elicited a response by U.S.-led coalition aircraft, including
AC-130 gunships,
F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles (
MQ-9),
AH-64 Apache attack helicopters,
B-52s, and
F-22s.
[10][8][9] Nearby
U.S. Marine artillery batteries, including a
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, shelled Syrian forces as well.
[9] "
This was a sudden rapidly escalating situation. Approval for the strike came from the U.S. military in order to protect the lives of U.S. military personal at the base. The response to the attack came within minutes. The United States always has aircraft flying through Syrian Air Space 24/7 ready to respond to an emergency. This was an emergency. No one in the chain of command outside of the region was contacted for the strike. THERE WAS NO NEED NOR ENOUGH TIME.
Battle of Khasham - Wikipedia
03. It was unusual, bizarre and raised deep concerns among members of the intelligence community. John Brennan stated that Trumps behavior in Helsinki amounted to Treason!
04. Yep, and you would be on the losing side for hours trying to defend the indefensible with regards to Trump.
05. Whatever, the fact remains, he asked the Russians for help, and they broke into the DNC for him. Watergate 1972 all over again except this time a foreign enemy of the United States is involved which makes it WORSE!
06. The world and the North Korean people are worse off because the gift strengthened Kims position in North Korea. You could have used the meeting to leverage getting U.S. inspectors on the ground in North Korea to start dismantling the Nuclear program. Kim gets to meet the President of the United States on the world stage, but in return we get something as well.
That didn't happen! Wasted opportunity! The North Koreans have been trying to set up such a meeting for decades and Trump gave it to them for NOTHING!
07. They did not lie about anything relevant to national or international policy.
08. No one at the FBI agrees. The only Democrats that agree are those who think he treated Hillary unfairly. Supposedly Trump fired Comey because of his actions related to Hillary E-mail, something Trump was on record at the time of supporting! So no, that shows it was about one thing and one thing only, obstructing the investigation into his dealings with Russia. That's a obstruction of Justice and just one of the reasons why Trump needs to be impeached and removed from office!
09. Except Trumps actions led to the break in of the DNC by the Russians in order to get info to help Trump, which Trump was willing to receive. Watergate 1972 all over again.
10. Again, there were meetings between Russian officials and Trump campaign officials. They both talked about defeating Hillary Clinton. Trumps team was ready to receive any info the Russians had. The Russians actively went about getting it for team Trump.