They’re duty-bound not to destroy evidence, too.
At this point we have no justification for ruling out the possibility that some SS agents have decided their loyalty is to something other than the oath they took. (For example: to the ‘cause’ of white supremacy.)
I’m wondering if one of the secret service members assigned to Trump (maybe a new one, who was not one of the “phones wiped” crew), actually overheard Trump and a Saudi national discussing an impending deal to hand over some nuclear secrets that Trump had stashed away somewhere. Maybe details of Israel’s nuclear program?
If he’s automating work, why did he get rid of so many high-speed mail sorting machines, especially in the swing states? Quite a few were brand new. He not only had them ripped out, in at least some cases he made sure they were physically destroyed.
Envelope style mail is decreasing, year on year, and the equipment costs money and labor to maintain it there aren’t envelopes to go into it.
The largest removals were in larger states, with a higher population. California - a solidly blue state - had the most machines removed.
This isn’t to say that the decommissioning can’t have been planned to screw with things. You would expect more envelope mail on an election year. But it’s not a clear slam dunk on malfeasance, versus a reasonable plan with one the oversight (and then exacerbated by the pandemic).
I’m no expert in such things, but I’m not seeing awful, and I’m not seeing a huge amount of sun damage. He looks really pale, and more his age of 76. This is the photo I’m looking at, which is the worst-appearing one I could find.
OK, this one is worse, and here you can see the sun damage:
Am I actually the first one to suggest that the call coming from within Mar-A-Lago to the authorities to say Trump had some shit he wasn’t supposed to have could have come from none other than Melania? It would be a way of fucking him that she would actually enjoy.
Heh, as a 50-ish year old crazy person who should never be allowed near executive office: He looks like a 70-ish year old crazy person who should never be allowed near executive office. Entirely appropriate. I want a t-shirt of it.
I suspect for some who thought they were in the inner circle, the hummingbirds aren’t too far away with their long knives…
Saudi Arabia? Yes, I guess Idi Amin Dada would have a worthy successor in Donny Amin Gaga.
Why not the most obvious suspect: The Donald? He’d see it as only upside.
Still going with a Secret Service agent. One of them would definitely have the authority and credibility to testify in a manner which has the Federal Government to move as quickly as they did.
Or this is just an amazing coincidence timed with that Saudi golf tournament, you know, the ones Jared owes $2 billion to. Just a coincidence, a happenstance of timing, nothing to see here…
Yeah, that is the picture I was referring to. He has spots all over his cheeks, chin, and jawline, plus a lot of redness. Maybe his makeup melted off in the heat. I’m surprised he didn’t get a spray tan or sweat resistant makeup, as I think he’s pretty vain and likes to pretend he’s a perfect physical specimen despite being elderly and not exercising or following a reasonable diet.
I was looking at it on my laptop, too, where it looked more pronounced than it does on my phone.
Aren’t quite a lot of Trump’s least-flattering pictures from various golf courses? Maybe he thinks that just being out there proves his physical prowess, kind of like the “kitesurfing Obama” photos. Basically indistinguishable.
… wrong thread
On Truth Social.Trump is claiming that the FBI searched Melania’s closet and left a huge mess.
Maybe someone overheard Melania complaining about hiding the submarine?
As has happened before, it isn’t the crime that nails him, it’s the cover-up.
Even if he had been elected fair and square, with term limits it would have only kicked his prosecution immunity down the road another four years. Of course, he might have been planning even more DOJ corruption and/or getting rid of term limits (remember the calls of ‘president for life’?) at least as far as he is capable of planning anything.
Like how Martha Stewart got busted?
Her, too but I was thinking more of Nixon.
Looks like another of Trump’s henchmen is destined for prison. Under the bus he goes, bumpity bump.
Can’t wait for “Weisselberg? Don’t even know him. Never met him. Maybe he got coffee or something”
Or Agnew. People forget about him for some reason.