I guess technically Flynn was let go for lying to Pence.
OK, I’m going to move and redefine the goalposts a little. Let’s hear examples of Trump fighting corruption that do not involve:
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[li]Firing people he himself appointed[/li][li]Firing people who investigate him or people he appointed[/li][li]The DOJ investigating investigations into Trump and his associates[/li][li]Firing people who happen to disagree with him[/li][/ul]
That still leaves a whole mess of corruption left over from the Obama years, including four years during which HRC was SoS. There must be tons of examples. Come on, Dopers, fight my ignorance!
Hmm, perhaps you could go first and list some of this ‘whole mess of corruption left over from the Obama years’ for us. Hopefully nothing from the Hannity/Carlson hit-parade of debunked scandals.
BTW, I am of the opinion that whatever anti-corruption initiatives that were instituted during the Trump administration were put in by others in must-sign appropriation bills, and did not originate from Trump or his cabinet themselves…
I’m not aware of any corruption left over from the Obama years. But as I stated when I started this thread, there are people out there who sincerely believe Trump is actively fighting corruption, and I’m curious to learn more.
Of course, there’s always the possibility that this “Trump the Corruption Fighter” idea is pure Faux News kool-aid – a possibility that seems more likely with every passing day that doesn’t produce a tangible example.
One of the Trump cabinet was a holdover from Obama, who ended up being shown to have been corrupt.
The other eight or so were new to Trump, but Obama does seem to have had the one guy. (Of course, that’s also the one guy that Trump kept on.)
Well, as I mentioned IMO any anti-corruptions initiatives that have occurred under his administration were likely attached by others (mostly Democrats reps) to must-sign bills.
I take the stance that this Huff-Post article (yea, I know) does:
Well, that may not be technically true - the administration didn’t scrap a VA anti-corruption law like they originally wanted to:
Admittedly, that may not be the example you were looking for…
Just to ensure that our readers are aware but it should be pointed out that Comey and Strzok were both Republicans who seem to have been at the forefront of pushing for more intense investigations into Hillary Clinton. They both also seem to have kept all of the allegations against Trump completely silent.
Yates is a Democrat but seems to owe her career to Bob Barr (R).
All of them were looked at by Horowitz and ruled to have acted without political animus in their investigation. Strzok had documented animus against Trump, but he also had it against (from memory):
Bernie Sanders
Chelsea Clinton
Eric Holder
Congress
Politicians
Which is to say, he’s an American. He thinks that politicians are slimeballs. The only known result of that is that he enjoyed his work.
Why do you keep asking for examples? Couldn’t it be the case that no one here has offered any, because no one here (even the pro-Trump people) don’t have any, because they simply don’t exist, and that your entire premise of “everyday people are writing letters to the editor about all the corruption Trump is fighting” is wrong, and instead, that ONE everyday person quoted in your local paper does NOT equate to hordes of others doing the same? It seems like maybe you are looking for an argument that doesn’t exist…
In any case, I sure don’t have any.
Well, you busted me. While this was all prompted by an actual letter in my local paper (and similar memes and such on social media), I kind of expected that no one would have any concrete examples. I did sort of hope some of the Trump defenders here would rise to the challenge and share some examples they thought met the criteria, because I genuinely do fear having a “bubble mentality” and am willing to debate such things in good faith.
But the zero actual examples of Trump fighting corruption in DC can only mean one of two things:
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[li]Not enough people noticed the OP[/li][li]There are no examples of Trump fighting corruption in DC, and that all these people claiming such things are delusional[/li][/ol]