Kushner and
Bannon Were Busy: Appeared on CCTV Instead
A little humor never hurts, right? This is not the Onion (which I love) but what the heck - here goes:
One thing about this Trump
team we must keep in mind — they will do, say, try, imply, lie, and deny anything about anyone or everything, which is the exact opposite of what they profess to be achieving... call it smoke and mirrors, for example: “Make America Great Again.” I ask: When did we
stop being great in the first place?
Or when they say: “We will have
total transparency as our rule” then they do a 180 degree turn in almost all
cases.
The record is clear about
this administration and most of those in it – in a word: they are an utter and
complete disaster.
Will they change? Not likely, and to emphasize this point, note that they are setting up a “war room” (which BTW is not
unusual for any political team but usually during a campaign not like this case). It is therefore important to ask what
the purpose of this one is.
Apparently they intend to work hard to head off and
the totally shut down or stop any more on the “Russian thing or “fake news” or
“hoax” (as Trump has calls it) and at all costs. Along the way however we hear words like “obstruction of justice” or “abuse of
power.” They also profess a strong belief in the rule of law – justice for all – yeah, but not from this set of Trumps. Maybe line of BS and
corruption perhaps, but not much else.
Case in point — this recent headline from TPM. So, isn’t this like
putting the fox in charge of the hen house, or a wolf overseeing the lambs?
Report: Kushner to be part of “War Room” Pushing Back
on Russia Scandal
I call
this a WTF moment. Let
me be clear on a few points about the original pretty astonishing story:
First
of all, it is NOT unusual for any new incoming administrations to try and establish
any “back-channel” communications link with any foreign government or and key
officials as they prepare to take office (kind of reaching out a hand of
friendship, or partnership reinforcement, or just good diplomacy)...
But,
in the Kushner case, is it not protocol or good common sense the way
he handled the Russian discussions that has been reported. In fact, I’d have to
say it’s is downright disgusting and nefarious. Kushner’s attempt to set
up a link with Moscow, in secret, and apparently designed to avoid any official
channels such as NSA or FBI monitoring, and using their comm gear, too. — wow. That raises a ton of issues and questions.
That kind of “back-channel network”
and over Russian networks is not authorized and especially with an adversarial
government like Putin’s in Russia, so why even attempt it? Basically, Kushner was flat out wrong to even propose such a “secret” network. The key question of course is why? What was his purpose? And, especially with a Russian-run bank on the sanctions list, too...!!!
I believe Kushner’s purpose was
not a good one – not for our country but probably he thought good for his and Trump’s own
personal financial names and gain. This attempt as such is nefarious and naïve, and by any
definition borders on treason.
Related from FOX News in part on this subject:
The
website Axios quoted one Trump ally as saying: “The White House is embracing
the fight, which is going to last as long as Donald Trump is president. We're
getting street fighters ready to go.”
The president has already selected Mark
Kasowitz, a tough New York lawyer, to lead his outside legal team to focus on
the investigations. One adviser to the President noted Kasowitz is “ready to
rumble” with the President's critics from outside the White House, so now the
focus is who will be added to the West Wing to help Trump.
Update from the Hill – Jared Kushner and Stephen Bannon are to be named to
head up that “team.” Amazing, isn’t it?
Stay tuned – it’s gonna be
one heluva ride … hang on tight …!!!
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