I see it as the American experiment being saved, possibly, if everything works out perfectly, by the reverberation of the same forces of chaos, corruption and criminality that Trump himself unleashed on the country.
Oh yeah, I’m with you, that was totally or mostly tongue in cheek. I don’t actually think there is going to be much saving. Even when Trump is gone, there are far, far, far too many people in this country who are completely OK with authoritarianism for us to be able to go back to the pre-Trump norm.
These are the same questions I had and still have. The conspiracy theory is that if Maxwell had blabbed ob some powerful people, they would have suicided her but seems like a conspiracy theory to me. She went from pampered luxurious lifestyle to 20 years in prison. I think I might take a chance.
TACO
Trump has rarely filed a winning lawsuit. He’s relied on being able to outlast the other side through costs or delays, or more recently, by abusing the power of his position.
Kind of. But if history repeats, Trump will have no problem filing this lawsuit and getting whatever publicity he can from it. Remember, complaints can say almost anything. The allegations don't have to be true, and they often are not. Trump will NEVER allow a suit like this to get to discovery, though. He'll either (a) dismiss it after getting the publicity he's looking for, or (b) convince Murdoch to pay a nominal amount to settle it, which he'll then spin as a massive win.
I thought the very same. He supposes, and probably right, that's all MAGA needs to hear and the Blondi threat to open up Grant jury testimony (which isn't going to happen. Grand Jury documents are usually hermetically sealed.
There’s been some speculation that Epstein worked for an intelligence agency (CIA or Mossad). If that were true, it would be incredibly problematic for any president to release the information and put either our own intelligence service or that of a key ally under scrutiny for potential involvement in child sex trafficking.
especially #2
It’s the latter. I suspect some Dems (eg Clinton) and big political donors might be in there too. Or as has been speculated, sensitive security issues (spy stuff), or both.
I've heard the Mossad rumors for a while, and it wouldn't be the first time they have used blackmail
www.timesofisrael.com
Been of that mind since the early 80s. Grew up a staunch supporter. They've used us as a shield too often, sold too many of our secrets and have largely became the people they once despised. I don't know of a thing that we have gotten from them that's worth it.I've heard the Mossad rumors for a while, and it wouldn't be the first time they have used blackmail
Netanyahu said to have offered Lewinsky tapes for Pollard
New critical book on the Clinton family claims that Israel tapped White House phones, blackmailed president with recordings of intern
Will an ally like that, who needs enemies?
I have a long detailed answer I can provide later. The short answer is this: releasing the files for that purpose would violate fundamental DOJ principles and I think Garland would have resigned before signing off on that. It would have also compromised their criminal cases against Trump which, until last summer, was seen as a rule-of-law way to take him down. After he got immunity, it was too late politically. Any release of files would have been seen as more deep state attacks on Trump and would have blown over.
And none of what you said even touches on Jonathan Pollard, who sold secrets to Israel about the patrol paths of US ballistic missile submarines. And in turn Israel traded this information to the Soviet Union in exchange for the Soviets allowing Jewish Russian nuclear weapons scientists to emigrate to Israel so Israel could greatly improve its nuclear weapons. Supposedly, during the Clinton administration, Bill Clinton temtatively agreed to release Pollard early to Israel in exchange for concessions from Israel. But national security experts briefed Clinton on what Pollard had actually done and its repercussions and Clinton nixed the deal.
Nah. And if Epstein was on the payroll from a foreign country, it was almost surely Russia. In fact, if you substitute "Epstein tapes" for "pee tapes," you have a complete explanation for all of Trump's sycophancy to Putin.
