President Trump & U.S Election 2016 Investigation

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Surely it is the duty of national security officials to disrupt any meddling by any nation in all aspects of national security with out being directed to do so.

You would have thought so, but if you get a chance to read the article, you'll see that Mike Rogers told the committee he had not been granted the authority by Trump to counter Russian cyber-attacks at source. Rogers also advised the committee that “I need a policy decision that indicates there is specific direction to do that. The president ultimately would make this decision in accordance with a recommendation from the secretary of defense.”

[Arthurgray50@blu]

Trump did a Maggie Thatcher, and now Theresa May. Lied to the electorate. And won

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And yes, l know that Theresa May didn't win an election. She needed the DUP to help. Sh still lies

Originally Posted by Damien

You keep saying this but Obama imposed increasingly punaltive sanctions which hit their economy pretty hard. Trump himself has yet to sign off sanctions voted for by congress and criticised Obama/Clinton for their hostile approach to Russia. When we argued on this before and you said we shouldn't upset them.

No you impose sanctions in the hope it increases political pressure on Putin to play nice.

Sanctions don't work, as has been proven with North Korea and in some part, Russia.

Originally Posted by Mick

Sanctions don't work, as has been proven with North Korea and in some part, Russia.

Sanctions aren't a full solution no. However it's better than military escalation and it will at least make people think twice. Putin has seen his economy suffer and his political allies have their assets frozen. Even someone like Putin can't dismiss domestic consequences entirely.

Obama did do something and it was better than nothing and since we're all agreed that military solutions aren't really on the table it was the maximum he could really do. It's also the maximum Trump can realistically do as well, if he were to sign off on the sanctions.

BREAKING: Suspect shoots himself dead outside White House forcing another Lockdown. Info via U.S Secret Service:

Secret Service Statement Regarding March 3, 2018 Shooting Incident Near the White House.

At approximately 11:46 AM, a white male suffered a self-inflicted gun-shot wound
to the head outside the North White House fence line.

The subject is deceased. The subject approached the vicinity of the North White
House fence line and removed a concealed handgun and fired several rounds,
none of which appear at this time to have been directed towards the White
House.

The President and First Lady were not in the White House at the time of the
incident.

The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department will be the lead investigative
organization for this shooting, supported by the U.S. Secret Service Washington
Field Office and other law enforcement organizations.

No other persons were injured as a result of this incident to include Secret Service
and responding law enforcement and medical emergency response personnel.
Note: The deceased has been identified by Secret Service and MPD authorities –
name intentionally withheld pending next of kin notifications.

https://www.secretservice.gov/data/p...hite_House.pdf

[1andrew1]

Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn resigns.

Cohn's planned departure comes on the heels of a decision by President Donald Trump to impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
The former Goldman Sachs president had strongly opposed tariffs.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/06/gary...ork-times.html

Sanctions on Russia have been quite successful if nothing else Putin has had to slash the defence budget alienating quite a few high ranking military officers as the cuts have meant much reduced orders for new equipment and the combat readiness in all but a few showpiece formations is continuing to plummet. It has also limited the ways Russia interferes in sovereign states on it's borders all is not well within Russia despite what the official propaganda and paid social media trolls might try to pretend.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn resigns.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/06/gary...ork-times.html

Do you oppose the EU slapping tariffs on imports from other countries, if not then why can’t U.S do so, to imports in their country?

Originally Posted by Mick

Do you oppose the EU slapping tariffs on imports from other countries, if not then why can’t U.S do so, to imports in their country?

It’s the other way around. The EU is imposing tariffs in response to Trump’s tariffs on steel.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...mpression=true

Lawyer: Stormy Daniels had sexual relationship with Trump

The lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels told NBC's "Today" on Wednesday that his client had a sexual relationship with President Trump and is looking to disclose the truth about the encounter.

In an interview with Savannah Guthrie, attorney Michael Avenatti succinctly responded "yes" when asked whether his client had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006, whose youngest son, Barron Trump, was born the same year.

"She's looking to disclose the truth about what happened," Avenatti said. "At this point, in light of the amount of misinformation that Mr. Cohen has put out there to The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and others, I think it's time for her to tell her story and for the public to decide who's telling the truth."

Avenatti went on to add that Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is free to talk about the encounter because Trump refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement orchestrated by his lawyer, Michael Cohen, in order to later claim deniability.

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Hugh

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...mpression=true

Stormy waters ahead then

I wonder if the morals of an alley cat plays well with his new found buddies, the religious right? Let's see ..

Originally Posted by Hugh

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...mpression=true

Who cares...

Appears to be a gold digger IMO and she will no doubt sell her so called story to the highest sleaze bag rag willing to pay top bucks for it.

Even if he had extra marital affairs, he was doing it, on his own time, way before he even ran for Presidency, at his own peril with his current wife.

This would only be an issue, if he had done this, in the Oval office and then lied about having any sexual encounters, like a certain President Bill Clinton.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by ianch99

Stormy waters ahead then

I wonder if the morals of an alley cat plays well with his new found buddies, the religious right? Let's see ..

I'm sure it'll be fine, it's okay to shoot your neighbour as long as you don't forget to say grace

Originally Posted by Mick

Who cares...

Appears to be a gold digger IMO and she will no doubt sell her so called story to the highest sleaze bag rag willing to pay top bucks for it.

Even if he had extra marital affairs, he was doing it, on his own time, way before he even ran for Presidency, at his own peril with his current wife.

This would only be an issue, if he had done this, in the Oval office and then lied about having any sexual encounters, like a certain President Bill Clinton.

It’s the fact that she was paid to suppress the story is the issue, not the affair. Under US Electoral Law, this could be seen as electoral expenditure, as the suppression could have affected the outcome (not saying it would have, but it’s the possibility, not the actuality).

And, the fact he had an affair a few weeks after his child was born, reflects on his morals and behaviours then and now - the fact he paid to suppress the story shows he was worried about it.

Additionally, he and his lawyers have denied this ever happened (these statements were made after he became President) - if her story is true, Trump, whilst President, has been lying to the American people; is that acceptable?

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by Hugh

It’s the fact that she was paid to suppress the story is the issue, not the affair. Under US Electoral Law, this could be seen as electoral expenditure, as the suppression could have affected the outcome (not saying it would have, but it’s the possibility, not the actuality).

And, the fact he had an affair a few weeks after his child was born, reflects on his morals and behaviours then and now - the fact he paid to suppress the story shows he was worried about it.

Additionally, he and his lawyers have denied this ever happened (these statements were made after he became President) - if her story is true, Trump, whilst President, has been lying to the American people; is that acceptable?

Can you name one American President that hasn't lied about something to the American people?