Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:59 pm
As any crisis worsens, Trump’s desperation leads him to say foolish things, like blaming his problems this morning on Hillary Clinton, or now, President Barack Obama.
Trump tweeted this morning that Obama was “too soft” on Russia:
Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia?
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
The blatant dishonesty displayed here is appalling. Almost as appalling as his attempt at obfuscation of his own administration’s crimes.
Whatever Sean Spicer might claim, Donald Trump is not “tough” on Russia. It is Donald Trump, not Barack Obama, who is soft on Russia, as Sen. Chris Murphy explained today on MSNBC.
Trump compounded his morning twitter madness by adding that,
The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by "intelligence" like candy. Very un-American!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017
This is what Jason Chaffetz and other congressional Republicans are also claiming. Somehow, Trump’s ties to Russia will “take care of themselves” while leaks will not. As Paul Krugman said yesterday, “Treason in the defense of tax cuts is no vice†for Republicans.
Obviously, whatever a desperate Donald Trump wants you to believe, the real scandal is Michael Flynn’s contact with Putin, Donald Trump’s ties to Putin, and how much did Trump know and when did he know it? That is the scandal.
Trump, through Sean Spicer yesterday, would have the American people believe that the real crime is not a crime at all, but that people talking about the crime is somehow the crime instead. As Chris Hayes said,
“Occasional reminder that this is all *insane*â€
Winter is giving way to spring. Let it be a spring of hope and not a prelude to our last summer of freedom as a people.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
