Now if only there were tapes being made in this White House, I bet you there would be one where Trump is heard saying:
TRUMP: I am NOT going to do that stupid Arlington again. It is SO boring.
STAFF: Sir, you can’t just play golf on Veteran’s Day.
TRUMP: Why not? But okay, find me something else to do that is not SO BORING. Nobody cheers for me and it’s all that standing and nobody tells me I’m great and the stupid wreath thing is heavy and nobody calls me Sir or talks about me at all.
STAFF: How about the NYC parade? We’d be sure that there would be plenty of patriots near you to give you the reception you deserve.
TRUMP: Well, okay. It’s bound to be better than stupid Arlington, even if it’s stupid New York with all those nasty Democrats. Maybe I can have lunch with some of the Saudis living in Trump Tower, eh? They’re always nice. Let Pence do the stupid Arlington thing.
Who’d bet against the likelihood that Trump did indeed say something like this? Oh, to be able to let the American public in on such conversations…
I was watching a classic the other evening. Mr. Sulu was running around bare-chested threatening anyone and everyone with an epée, Mr. Riley was sitting at an engineering console doing karaoke a cappella, Mr. Spock was shedding green Freudian tears, and the ship was on the verge of becoming a stratospheric barbecue. Then I became confused, for I thought I had seen every episode of The West Wing and never realized that Aaron Sorkin was gifted with such prescience.
In fairness, AIUI, the DOJ misgivings are because 1) whenever anyone with a security clearance writes a book, they’re required to pre-clear it with the Feds to ensure that no classified material is being disclosed, and 2) even though Anonymous is still anonymous, if his/her claim to being a “senior administration official” is true, then s/he pretty much had to have had a security clearance. The Anonymous author (again, AIUI; IANAL) is actually at some risk of legal action in that regard, and IIRC the portion of the author’s proceeds not being donated to free-speech causes are being reserved for potential legal defense costs.
The Trump-specific NDAs, basically “you can never speak ill of me or I’ll sue you,” are nonsense and unenforceable in government, as noted in that Reuters cite – but that’s a different thing altogether.
No. I wouldn’t do that to anyone (As a SCUBA diver, I know a little bit what that may be like. I don’t dive anymore. Sinus problem, I’m not a safe buddie).
Trump should just pay for his crimes. There are plenty. I think we should just start with his fake University. He stole peoples dreams. All for a quick buck.
Well, this time he did not call it a “fake impeachment hearing”. Guess it’s dawning on him that he very well may face consequences for his impeachable acts.
