“Before you drift off, don’t forget, which is to say remember, because remembering is so much more a psychotic activity than forgetting.”
Waking Life
Let’s remember back to June 2019 — 6 short months ago. At the time, the Mueller investigation just came to a close and in an interview with George Stephanopolous (ABC), Trump said another gaffe that outraged the country and he had to walk back. After it was determined that his 2016 campaign team invited Russian government interference, Stephanopolous asked Trump whether in the 2020 election, he would again invite such interference from a foreign country.
“If somebody called from a country, Norway, [and said] ‘we have information on your opponent’ — oh, I think I’d want to hear it,” Trump responded. What ostensibly was a slip up that he had to fix immediately perhaps was a foreshadowing of his plans to abuse the President of Ukraine. Just a month following the interview, Trump had a now infamous July 25 phone call, requesting the Ukraine President dig up dirt on former USA VP Joe Biden (except this time it was in exchange for the release of close to $400 million in security aid). Imagine if Trump had referenced Ukraine instead of Norway when talking to Stephanopolous – even he wouldn’t be so brazen.
After saying this, the media had a frenzy of outrage. Politicians from his own party admonished Trump and distanced themselves from the statements. The next day, Trump is on Fox and Friends tail between his legs and walking back his words.
“Of course, you give it to the F.B.I. or report it to the attorney general or somebody like that,” Mr. Trump said in a phone interview, “ ..You couldn’t have that happen with our country.”
The thought that he could endure this gaffe on one day, then the next day expend personal and government resources to bribe Ukraine government officials is egregious. What’s even more egregious is he might be getting away with it.
Ironically in this same Stephanopolous interview, Trump called out polling reports of Biden beating him “fake news,” so it was apparent that Trump was feeling the heat.
Trump has uncanny ability to win at failing. He has been a hack his entire career so what’s new if he succeeds in pulling the wool over America’s eyes once more. Trump gained notoriety for being some sort of glitch in society, a caricature of the American dream. More on this later.
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