{"id":44012,"date":"2020-02-08T11:44:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T19:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44012"},"modified":"2020-02-08T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T20:09:08","slug":"the-purge-trump-never-learns-anything-remains-unrepentant-and-unrestrained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44012","title":{"rendered":"The PURGE: Trump Never Learns Anything, Remains Unrepentant and Unrestrained"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s impeachment, a flurry of frantic Republicans scurried out to insist that their irresponsible votes to let Trump off the hook for flagrant abuse of power were justifiable because Trump had learned his lesson and would sin no more. That will resonate throughout history as one of the best example of terminal naivete.<\/p>\n

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It didn’t take Trump forty-eight hours to prove that he has no conscience or decency. He lashed out at his critics in Congress and then proceeded to embark on a totalitarian style purge of members of his administration who dared to tell the truth about him. And as if his frightening mental infirmities weren’t apparent enough, he stood before the press for an episode of his “Chopper Talk”<\/em> parade of lies and put his clinically severe case of paranoia on full display saying that “I view everybody as a threat.”<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed he does. That’s why he fired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, his brother Yevgeny, and his ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland (who secured that post after donating a million dollars to Trump’s inaugural committee). And by rushing to exact this vengeance on his perceived enemies, Trump put the nation’s security further at risk, because he has no one to fill those positions at a critical time.<\/p>\n

Now Trump is (predictably) claiming<\/a><\/strong> that he didn’t know Vindman, and is maligning his service to the country by commenting on his personnel record at the National Security Agency. First of all, that could be illegal as those records are confidential. Not that Trump cares about the law. But true to form, Trump is lying. Vindman’s service record in the Army and the White House is exemplary and without blemish.<\/p>\n

These initial purges are surely just the beginning of Trump’s wholesale clearance of patriots who value honesty, service, and the principles that make America great. There is even discussion in the White House to fire Michael Atkinson<\/a><\/strong>, the inspector general of the intelligence community. This would be one of the most egregious acts of power-grabbing authoritarianism in U.S. history. And by the way, Atkinson was appointed by Trump in 2017. So how has Trump followed up on that Friday Night Massacre? He is gloating and celebrating what he mistakenly believes will be a political plus for him the Republican Party.<\/p>\n

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Crazy Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Impeachment Hoax has lifted Republican Congressional Polls (she lost the House once before!), and my Polls, WAY UP, which was expected, but it has had a great effect on Republican Senate races, including North Carolina, Kentucky, Colorado and Arizona. Thanks!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n