Trump sues to block Bolton book
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@jon-nyc said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Can lies be classified?
They can be if the lie requires telling classified background the lie is based on.I guess I'm just amazed at the level of silly it takes for someone to not be able to see through Bolton.
Let's just just be thankful he didn't try to use the same tactics that he normally recommends for pushing regime change for governments he doesn't like.
I was only joking
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This is like trying to herd cats.....
I never said everything Trump says is true. I said you cannot state that everything Bolton says is true as if it were fact, and then pull a get out of jail card by saying "IF this is true". You're trying to accuse me of the very this g you're doing yourselves.
Let's examine the 10 main points in his book the BBC mentioned
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Trump wanted help from China to win re-election
I spent my entire life as a businessman and a salesman. Trump is a businessman and a salesman. In a negotiation, what Trump is being accused of here is nothing more than a half joking comment made during negotiations that I can see ANY salesman using. Bolton is not a businessman or a salesman. He's being a Karen. He couldn't negotiate for a free stick of chewing gum. If he had any integrity he would have resigned on the spot. But he didn't- he kept on drawing his big government check, enjoying his position of power, and writing down every single insignificant comment Trump made so he could use it later should he find himself out of a job. What absolutely amazes me is that in a room full of adults this needs explaining in the first place. Trump did not seriously ask the Chinese to help him win reelection. That is stupid on it's face. He had his foot on their neck, and you think they didn't play this card against him???? Jesus H. Christ. -
... and said building internment camps was the 'right thing to do'
You honestly believe that Trump said that and the Chinese didn't use it to their advantage???????
BWAHAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA
Screw it. The other 8 things are just as silly, but if you guys can't figure this out on your own I'm not spending an hour trying to explain this to you.
@Larry said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
- ... and said building internment camps was the 'right thing to do'
You honestly believe that Trump said that and the Chinese didn't use it to their advantage???????
BWAHAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA
Screw it. The other 8 things are just as silly, but if you guys can't figure this out on your own I'm not spending an hour trying to explain this to you.
That's not completely out of character for Trump. His response to the Tienanmen square massacre (from a 90's interview):
Trump said he'd been "very unimpressed" with the Soviet Union.
"Their system is a disaster," Trump said. "What you will see there soon is a revolution; the signs are all there with the demonstrations and picketing. Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That's my problem with [former Soviet President Mikhail] Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand."
The future US president was then asked if he meant "firm hand as in China."
"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength," Trump replied. "That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak...as being spit on by the rest of the world."
I'm not saying one proves the other. It's just - he's a fan of putting down dangerous ideas with force.
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Let's just just be thankful he didn't try to use the same tactics that he normally recommends for pushing regime change for governments he doesn't like.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Let's just just be thankful he didn't try to use the same tactics that he normally recommends for pushing regime change for governments he doesn't like.
John Bolton, the arch reactionary, takes on Donald Trump, the arch populist demagogue.
Makes for great TV.
Elbows up!
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Let's just just be thankful he didn't try to use the same tactics that he normally recommends for pushing regime change for governments he doesn't like.
John Bolton, the arch reactionary, takes on Donald Trump, the arch populist demagogue.
Makes for great TV.
@Renauda said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Let's just just be thankful he didn't try to use the same tactics that he normally recommends for pushing regime change for governments he doesn't like.
John Bolton, the arch reactionary, takes on Donald Trump, the arch populist demagogue.
Makes for great TV.
Watching the battle isn't nearly as entertaining as watching the crowd.
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@Renauda said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Let's just just be thankful he didn't try to use the same tactics that he normally recommends for pushing regime change for governments he doesn't like.
John Bolton, the arch reactionary, takes on Donald Trump, the arch populist demagogue.
Makes for great TV.
Watching the battle isn't nearly as entertaining as watching the crowd.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Watching the battle isn't nearly as entertaining as watching the crowd.
Yeah, the battle kind of doesn't matter much. Two losers, who cares? It's like being in an arena and watching two 3-legged dogs fighting. You just want them to stop so you can go get a Dixie Cup. Not to mention that most of the crowd appears to have already made their minds up, anyway.
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@Larry said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
- ... and said building internment camps was the 'right thing to do'
You honestly believe that Trump said that and the Chinese didn't use it to their advantage???????
BWAHAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA
Screw it. The other 8 things are just as silly, but if you guys can't figure this out on your own I'm not spending an hour trying to explain this to you.
That's not completely out of character for Trump. His response to the Tienanmen square massacre (from a 90's interview):
Trump said he'd been "very unimpressed" with the Soviet Union.
"Their system is a disaster," Trump said. "What you will see there soon is a revolution; the signs are all there with the demonstrations and picketing. Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That's my problem with [former Soviet President Mikhail] Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand."
The future US president was then asked if he meant "firm hand as in China."
"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength," Trump replied. "That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak...as being spit on by the rest of the world."
I'm not saying one proves the other. It's just - he's a fan of putting down dangerous ideas with force.
- ... and said building internment camps was the 'right thing to do'
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We're torn between the notion that the book is a real and present danger to national security, giving away state secrets, and that it's a pack of lies. I'm not totally convinced that it can be both.
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We're torn between the notion that the book is a real and present danger to national security, giving away state secrets, and that it's a pack of lies. I'm not totally convinced that it can be both.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
We're torn between the notion that the book is a real and present danger to national security, giving away state secrets, and that it's a pack of lies. I'm not totally convinced that it can be both.
Sure it can. Tell a national secret, and then lie about Trumps response to it.
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Motion for injunction denied:
But, here's the interesting part: The judge agrees that Bolton has caused damage to harm.
And this:
Ball's in DOJ's court now - criminal referral? Trump is vindictive enough to push it.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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The book appears to be a dud on every level, including a nothing burger on Ukraine. Remember when Bolton would have been the final nail in Trump’s impeachment coffin?
Well you get to see the end of that movie now. Keep in mind none of the highlighted previews talk about Ukraine. Huh, how did the media skate by that one. Oh well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/books/review-room-where-it-happened-john-bolton-memoir.html
I will be impressed with anyone who can survive 500+ pages of this. Seriously.
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Maybe he can share a cell with the still unprosecuted Hillary.
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Maybe he can share a cell with the still unprosecuted Hillary.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Maybe he can share a cell with the still unprosecuted Hillary.
Actually...Didn't her trial start?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Maybe he can share a cell with the still unprosecuted Hillary.
Actually...Didn't her trial start?
@Jolly said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump sues to block Bolton book:
Maybe he can share a cell with the still unprosecuted Hillary.
Actually...Didn't her trial start?
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Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton’s Book
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether President Trump’s former national security adviser John R. Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published a memoir this summer, a case that the department opened after it failed to stop the book’s publication this summer, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The department has convened a grand jury, which issued a subpoena for communications records from Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Mr. Bolton’s memoir, “The Room Where It Happened.” In the book, Mr. Bolton delivered a highly unflattering account of his 17 months working in the Trump administration.
The investigation is a significant escalation in the fraught publication of the book. The Trump administration had sought to stop its publication, accusing Mr. Bolton in a lawsuit of moving forward with publication without receiving final notice that a prepublication review to scrub out classified information was complete. The director of national intelligence referred the matter to the Justice Department last month, two of the people said. John Demers, the head of the department’s national security division, then opened the criminal investigation, according to a person briefed on the case..
Mr. Bolton has denied that he published classified information. Representatives for the Justice Department, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Council declined to comment.
Mr. Bolton’s account of his time working for Mr. Trump and his efforts to get the book published set off a furor. He confirmed elements of the Ukraine scheme that prompted impeachment, wrote that the president was willing to intervene in criminal investigations to curry favor with foreign dictators and said he sought China’s help in winning re-election.
Mr. Trump has made clear that he wants his former aide prosecuted. He said on Twitter that Mr. Bolton “broke the law” and “should be in jail, money seized, for disseminating, for profit, highly Classified information.” He has also called Mr. Bolton “a dope,” “incompetent” and the book “a compilation of lies and made up stories, all intended to make me look bad.”
Lawyers for the National Security Council and the Justice Department expressed reservations about opening a criminal case, in part because Mr. Trump’s public statements made it seem like an overtly political act, according to two officials briefed on the discussions. Others noted that a federal judge this summer said that Mr. Bolton may have broken the law, and that the case had merit.
