https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1221192347901362177
For some reason this incident really troubles me at a visceral level. I sincerely hope Pompeo gets his comeuppance some day.
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Directly quoting someone saying questionable shit and explaining it as harmless when you can’t possibly know = good journalism
Calling a lie a “lie” = a horrible violation of journalistic standards, get Columbia on the phone
To be fair, he does have late stage dementia.
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Here is the 90 minute dinner conversation. Listening now, wish me luck. Will let everyone know if it’s worthwhile.
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Thanks for posting.
If you’re so inclined, it would be great if you could post some brief cliffs. Also time stamps of best parts would be nice.
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Immediate reaction to the video is that that the main point is not the “take her out” (though that’s not unimportant).
The main point should be Trump was clearly lying about not knowing Parnas. That’s a bit harder for R senators and the like to just dismiss.
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They’ve dismissed everything else without a problem. I’m sure this won’t be an issue either.
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A bit harder but still not hard
I mean there’s a tweet from some Senator from IN saying that he doesn’t believe Trump asked Ukraine for the Biden investigation. They have their own truth now.
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The fact that Ivanka is working in the WH & her father was worried about other political folks family’s is all we need to know about these faithless senator’s.
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Everybody acknowledges that Trump “encourages” the worst scum to surface in everyday society. Trump essentially gives them “cover” for their deplorableness.
The same thing is doubly true for shitty GOP Senate and House members (and all the grifters/grafters in the administration now, before, and in the future). They would not give up that “cover” for anything.
Of course, Trump has threatened obliteration for any GOP member who votes against him so it is not a difficult choice for them
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Cliffs for first 60min. Stopped watching around then. About what you would expect. Listening to the interactions around tariffs/quotas in the 7-12min range was interesting, as well as the 39-50min range when Lev is speaking.
Intro
-Chatter about golf. Just a bunch of BS’ing, laughing at Trump’s “jokes”, general ass kissing and sycophantic behavior. General theme for the meeting is that it was like listening to a sales team speak to a business executive about something they clearly don’t understand. Overall there is a lot of Obama bashing, and rehashing of the election day win.
7:30 - Trump inquiring about how steel is doing. There appears to be someone representing a large buyer of steel. Talks about how the high prices right now are good for sellers. But, that the Chinese are still a problem through backdoor means of avoiding tariffs. Overall, Trump is trying to gauge whether the room feels that tariffs and quotas are working. Looks for instruction towards how to proceed with quotas.
11:39 - Trump appears to not understand tariffs even in private. There is a clear disconnect between what other participants of the dinner are saying to Trump, and what he is understanding.
15:27 - Trump bashes bush for getting us into wars in the middle east.
16:00 - Trump says, verbatim - “the WTO is a weapon to hurt the US”… “the EU is a group of countries that got together to screw the US”
18:29 - Discussion of the President’s Cup.
21:10 - Someone says - Jack (?) has a message for you. Would you consider Songdo for the upcoming meeting with Kim Jun Un, and that his family would be honored.
23:45 - “The Wall” discussion. Someone at the table is involved with the construction. Trump talks about throwing sacks of drugs over the wall. 100lb bags could hit you in the head, they have catapults, etc…
29:50 - Caravan discussion
33:00 Maxine waters described as very low IQ. Lady at the table remarks that the Kanye west interaction has been great for the African American population. Specifically, the new kanye song. We’re winning over the millennials!
34:45 - Trump asks why the oil price is so high if there is so much of it? Someone responds - if it wasn’t for West Texas we’d have $85 oil.
38:35 - First Lev Parnas appearance. Trump asks how is Ukraine doing? Response: they love you.
39:50 - Trump exclaims …. Ukraine has oil!?!?!? Parnas clarifies, yes they are the #1 in Europe.
41:44 Trump asks why doesn’t germany support Ukraine ? Because they support Russia, and the EU is backstabbing the US (says Lev). Lev proposes getting rid of the ambassador
44:30 - a Toast to trump!
45:40 - Lev asks if Trump has considered letting banks do business with companies involved in legal cannabis? This is an interesting part. Lev recommends trump set up a bi-partisan committee around marijuana, no politicians. He tries really hard to sell this one, often speaking over others at the table to try to get his point across. It falls on deaf ears, he is unable to keep Trump’s attention.
53:25 -Some lady says - you (Trump) were the only person that could have won against Hillary Clinton! Trump responds that it would have been even easier to win against Obama.
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