Campaign. All as part of an effort to undermine that investigation. Hes pardononing people, perhaps sending a message to witnesses who might testify against him that they, too, could be pardoned. So stay strong. If an effort to prop up the dying Coal Industry his administration is reportedly weighing an unprecedented intervention in the u. S. Energy grid which would basically order some folks to get their lick trits from coal plants. He tipped off wall street this morning about confidential employment numbers more than an hour before they were officially released. Possibly to give himself some cover from last nights decision to slap steep tariffs on our closest allies in europe, canada, and mexico, renewing fears that he is leading us into a trade war. When given a chance to denounce a racist comment he instead attacks the press. He suggested one of his criminalityics should be fired for using offensive language
rod will not go any further and something is going to happen. I dont know
think since he became mayor, he i think had one case that went to court in the last ten years ago or something. he is a rainmaker. he was never an expert in the presidential powers in the constitution or the separation of powers. s not what he did. not only that, but he said he ran the pardon office andhas no idea. gene, i know this is well, we re getting into summer now, the doldrums. but aren t you amazed? you re chuckling. aren t you amazed? it is nce of the lambs where. is the outrage? is there anything trump can say about his powers that wil shake up those people in the hill and they ll say wait a minute, cool it, mr. president? no, it will not shake them up, it will not make the republican leadership on the hill say significant anythianyt they re l looking at the midtm election that don t want to cross trump. they don t want to cause trouble for him because he might cause trouble for them and for their attempt to hold on the their majorities. and so they re with him. a
politically. he hasn t suffered political consequences from this. during the election, he did all this and was elected. republicans in congress are in primary season right now. you have candidates running for office on the republican ticket who don t want to cross trump because that s just the reality of the republican base right now. that may change later on. we ll see. but at this point i don t see the incentive for them just from an analytical perspective to stop the president from saying these things. no incentive for them. but the republican party has always been a party that s been very serious about their principles, very serious about what they believe in and what they do not believe in. morals were certainly a big part of it. but also the rule of law was a big part of republican orthodoxy. they would tout it a lot. what did they go on this? i think to speaker boehner s point it s not in a the republican party is taking a .i