He isn’t even gone from the government, Trump is moving him to be ambassador to the U.N.
The old tried-and-true ‘move the priest to a new parish’ strategy.
He isn’t even gone from the government, Trump is moving him to be ambassador to the U.N.
And this isn’t happening because of what he did, but because he got caught. He put on display how none of Trump’s hires have any qualifications, and that he is a complete idiot with his denial story. He was then proven even dumber when his claims of no classified material were again proven to be wrong by the reporter publishing proof.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 week ago
NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is partly why they didn’t remove him entirely (or kill him outright) from gov’t work. They want a close eye on their cronies who have or could have receipts for blackmail purposes (both directions here).
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
What good are receipts when there are no consequences? Putin could put the underaged pee tapes on YouTube and it wouldn’t matter.
NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Then why hasn’t he?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Nah I just don’t buy the kompromat stories anymore. There is nothing Putin can release that would be a problem for Trump. He never sees any legal consequences and his followers never turn on him regardless of all of his crimes.
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Trump dances to Putin’s tune because he’s a fanboi who loves Russia and authoritarianism. He doesn’t need kompromat to betray the US; he’s happy to do it.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Strong deja vu with Russia. I thought the expansion strategy of Putin’s relatives\friends won’t prove successful in other places.
OK, nothing new, these things were in every second movie from 1960s-now touching upon power and governments and mafia. Just something went wrong, either in the balance or we see more.