Donald Trump with his campaign manager Paul Manafort at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, July 21, 2016. Picture taken July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
David Eckels Wade, Reuters: How Cohen, Manafort cases reshuffle global politics
Tuesday’s judicial bombshells will scramble political calculations not just in the United States, but in capitals around the world. In the span of a few hours, we witnessed first the conviction of Donald Trump’s campaign manager and longtime associate Paul Manafort on eight charges of tax evasion and bank fraud in connection to his work for a pro-Putin Ukrainian strongman. Then we saw the president’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen plead guilty to campaign finance violations and say that Trump had directed him to pay hush money to two women during the 2016 campaign to stop them from speaking out about affairs they said they’d had with him.
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WNU Editor: From what I have read .... and with the exception of the U.S., Canadian, and U.K. media .... there has been minimal coverage on this story. This tells me that the impact on global politics will also be minimal. And while I am sure that in some capitals of the world an assessment on how this will impact President Trump are being made, we have been down this road so many times in the past year and a half that I suspect the assessment will be "same story as usual".
Unless the Dems capture the House in November its pretty meaningless. If they do capture the House, expect an impeachment trial, which will then fail. US politics are pretty much crazy at this point in history.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Let's just forget he committed federal crimes. How about a cruise missile attack on Syria to distract the rubes?
ReplyDeletethe crimes Manafort were convicted of were committed years before he worked for Trump. What do they have to do with the President?
ReplyDeleteA Timeline of Paul Manafort’s Relationship with Donald Trump
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@WNU not directly security (in terms of wars & conflict) related, but still touches very much on US immigration politics:
ReplyDeletehttps://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/22/us/mollie-tibbetts-cristhian-rivera-search/index.html
on this very same CNN article, not one word on "illegal", "immigrant" - heck,not even their favourite "undocumented" term was used. Wow, convenient CNN.. so convenient..
Cohen confessed to violating federal campaign contribution laws naming "individual 1" as his co-conspirator. Felonies. "Individual 1" is now president.
ReplyDeleteThe best people. Only the best people. Is the swamp drained yet?
How bout that wall? Is it done yet? Does North Korea still have nukes?
Perhaps, Anon, You are wrong and CNN is right!
ReplyDeleteMollie Tibbetts’ accused killer is in Iowa legally, his lawyer says, calling Trump 'sad and sorry' for weighing in
No. I trust the agencies including police more than what CNN tells me is the narrative for the day. Sorry, Fred.you do what you think is right..good luck to your brain
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So repent Fred. And may peace go with you.
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Good for you..glad you wore your Depends
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China and Russia must be happy to see us that divided.
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Tedious , no?
Just tell him you don't have a clue. Saves us all time and would be the first believable thing you said in a while.
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Fred is the loyal opposition.
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