DC - Former President Donald Trump indicted, 4 federal counts in 2020 election interference, 1 Aug 2023, Trial 4 Mar 2024 #2

[ilovewings]

Hmmm....well, he's a politician same as Trump so I wouldn't be entirely convinced of his integrity, tbh.

Power is corrupting, though, and even the most honest and decent of folks are corruptible. When you know you can get away with things a person may be very tempted to step across the line on occasion. Given unchecked power I imagine that it's not difficult to convince yourself that you aren't doing wrong - which you won't be as far as the legal sense goes!

Biden is not same as Trump: no politician in our history is same as Trump

 

[Kemug]

In my opinion, what Trump wants is to be made a king, a king with all the powers to do whatever he wants, no matter what, and to answer to no one.

I'm afraid that if he gets back in, he'll try to find a way to stay President for life, and then hand it on to his children.

There are countries in which he would have been dragged outside to face a firing squad by now - if his Jan 6 actions weren't treason, then I don't know what is.

 

[Marantz4250b]

Biden is not same as Trump: no politician in our history is same as Trump

I meant they were both politicians.

 

[Lilibet]

I meant they were both politicians.

Actually, you went on in that post to describe how almost anyone could be corrupted by power, so you did put Biden in the same category as Trump IMO.

 

[ilovewings]

Actually, you went on in that post to describe how almost anyone could be corrupted by power, so you did put Biden in the same category as Trump IMO.

That was my interpretation also

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Special Counsel Is Said to Be Planning to Pursue Trump Cases Past the Election

Jack Smith plans to continue two criminal cases against Donald J. Trump until Inauguration Day if the former president wins, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Lilibet]

Special Counsel Is Said to Be Planning to Pursue Trump Cases Past the Election

Jack Smith plans to continue two criminal cases against Donald J. Trump until Inauguration Day if the former president wins, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

www.nytimes.com

From the link:
Mr. Smith believes that under Justice Department regulations, his mandate as special counsel and his authority to keep the cases going do not depend on a change of administration and extend until he is formally removed from his post, the person said.
BBM

If the administration changes to Trump you can guarantee that Smith will be “formally removed from his post” on day one.
JMO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Silly me, my thought was that it meant til Trump was removed
Maybe wishful thinking...
I wouldn't be surprised if King Trump sends Jack Smith and others to The Tower

 

[Kemug]

Silly me, my thought was that it meant til Trump was removed
Maybe wishful thinking...
I wouldn't be surprised if King Trump sends Jack Smith and others to The Tower

Yes, probably wishful thinking. And maybe we should tighten up Websleuths, so he can't discover who we are!

 

[Lilibet]

I wouldn't be surprised if King Trump sends Jack Smith and others to The Tower

My dh said Stormy Daniels said she and her family are leaving the country if Trump is elected. Smart move! I think this was during the Rachel Maddow interview.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I had this unbidden thought of the US having many people leave and the only ones who were still there was MAGA type people

 

[Marantz4250b]

My dh said Stormy Daniels said she and her family are leaving the country if Trump is elected. Smart move! I think this was during the Rachel Maddow interview.

I think she should be looking at property abroad right now, tbh. Preferably somewhere which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the USA!

 

[Niner]

I had this unbidden thought of the US having many people leave and the only ones who were still there was MAGA type people

I left the U.S. in 2016 - November....
Now watching the craziness from afar.... praying for a Blue Wave!!

 

[Lilibet]

I think she should be looking at property abroad right now, tbh. Preferably somewhere which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the USA!

I got the impression she’s already getting her ducks lined up. The extradition point is well taken.

 

[Lilibet]

I had this unbidden thought of the US having many people leave and the only ones who were still there was MAGA type people

I suspect that’s what they want! For those of us who stay it will start to be an Orwellian “1984.”

 

[ilovewings]

I left the U.S. in 2016 - November....
Now watching the craziness from afar.... praying for a Blue Wave!!

I have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal- they have some really good writers there - but for the most part the readers are Republican and most are going to vote for Trump: This morning, reading the comments almost made me sick- almost all the comments are from people who plan to vote for Trump. I truly don't understand it.

 

[Inthedetails]

Happy Independence Day, United States of America. And many more!

Let's continue keeping a king out. (No offense to King Charles.)

jmo

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Happy Independence Day!
To my friends across the water, from me in Australia.

 

[GRT]

I have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal- they have some really good writers there - but for the most part the readers are Republican and most are going to vote for Trump: This morning, reading the comments almost made me sick- almost all the comments are from people who plan to vote for Trump. I truly don't understand it.

I can't vote for either candidate. The energy is sooooo old!

Both parties need to step up and get some fresh faces in there.

 

[Niner]

Yes - Happy 4th you all! Toe tapping - and sing a-long!