Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein


Hey, Larry, exactly how long was Manaforts career with the Trump administration? Not a good hire, obviously. He was dealt with.

For all his faults, DJT has been a far better President for the average Joe than the last dozen democriminals put together. Need a job?

Donald Trump did that.

Best,
Ted


Ted, if you look at the president's record, he's made more bad hires than good ones for key positions in his administration. General Flynn . . . also took a big speaking fee from the Russians. Gone before the Trump Administration scarcely got started. How many National Security Advisers has he had? I believe Bolton is #3--and word is, he's out of favor. How many chiefs of staff? I believe we're also on #3 in that job. A bunch of other cabinet members hired and then fired. General Mattis and Tillerson, Defense and State--arguably the two most important cabinet jobs--also gone. Dan Coates as DNI, who had solid support from the Republicans in Congress (and long service on the intel committee so he had a pretty good understanding of the job)--gone and not yet replaced.

Meanwhile . . . Ted, have you heard what the head of your MN Corn Growers has to say about the president? And we're talking $16 to $28 billion in subsidies (that'd be taxpayer $) to farmers to make up for lost revenue as a result of the trade war with China. There was a time when I was proud to hear Republicans complain when the deficit grew. Now over $1 trillion.

Meanwhile, while it's good to keep people out of the country we don't want . . . how about the blocked pipeline for Iraqis and Afghans who have already met the requirements for the special visa programs--based on having working with our military (and their lives, and those of their families, being endangered as a result). About as vetted as they could be. But now they're saying more investigation is needed before they can actually come to this country--after having risked their lives to keep our men and women in uniform safe. If he wants to do something for the military and for vets, then he needs to make sure that we keep our promises to our foreign allies. Otherwise we might not have any when we need them.

Concerning the conclusions of the various investigations: NONE of those investigations have concluded anything other than what the Intel Community concluded . . . which was that Russia interfered, and they did so in an attempt to help Trump/hurt Hillary. NONE of Trump's appointees to run the 3 letter agencies--Pompeo (and now Haspel) at CIA, Wray at the FBI, Coates as DNI--has backed away from those conclusions. Yes, it is impossible to tell exactly how much impact Russian interference had on the election (and there's no evidence that the Russians tampered with votes) . . . but they sure gave it the old college (or maybe I should say the old KGB) try!


Last edited by L. Brown; 08/31/19 11:59 AM.