Trump responds to ‘Bounty Gate’ with the Sergeant Schultz defense: ‘I know nothing!’

Donald Trump, when he is in trouble, routinely defends with “I barely knew the guy” … “I never met him” … “I don’t know anything about it” … or just last weekend, “I’m not involved” with the firing of Manhattan US attorney Geoffrey Berman, that was “all up to the attorney general.” Trump’s statement came minutes after Attorney General … Read more

Russia paid a bounty on American soldiers, Trump did nothing (but he did reward Putin)

Donald Trump is a classic textbook example of psychological projection. When Donald Trump accuses someone of something, you should understand that it is a subconscious expression of his own guilty conscience. Donald Trump recklessly accuses his political opponents and critics of “treason” all the time. The president who cries ‘treason’: According to a Washington Post analysis, Trump … Read more

John Bolton revelations: Donald Trump and William Barr are partners in crime

The New York Times teases passages from John Bolton’s tell-all book today. Bolton Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions (excerpts): Mr. Bolton describes several episodes where the president expressed willingness to halt criminal investigations “to, in effect, give personal favors to dictators he liked,” citing cases involving major firms in China and Turkey. … Read more