Saturday, July 21, 2018

Republican leadership must completely reject the Trump presidency in the face of the prosecution of his political campaign manager.

Donald Trump has no legal recourse against Michael Cohen. If one is recording a conversation to recall exactly the instructions requested by a client, that is benign intent of such information. Mr.  Cohen did not get anyone else involved in the conversation. Mr. Cohen could have had his secretary pick up a phone to witness the instructions, but he didn’t.

The recordings were marked attorney-client privilege by the Master in the case. It was leaked by someone. I sincerely doubt the one piece of evidence the Southern District of New York could not have to make their case against Trump and/or Michael Cohen would not have been leaked by Michael Cohen.

So, there is an unknown source that leaked the recording. If true to form it was probably the Russians. Not all of them understand English very well.

It is really unfortunate the United States of America has a President with such a lurid past. It is a character issue, that Fox News wants the country to buy into as a charismatic mobster.

I sincerely like the women involved, but, they feel victim to a man that cared nothing about them and brought his money and power to bear to attempt to shut them up. As it turns out, their stories are all true.

It is a vital lesson for the country. Full disclosure is necessary during an election for the country’s national security. No judicial nominee is worth the betrayal of our allies or the surrender to communists.

The US Senate majority leader should be ashamed of a President with such overwhelming proof to his illicit life and untrustworthy character. It is appalling to see Mitch McConnell bask in the hubris of a judicial nominee by an unsophisticated and inexorable President, while he witnesses other actions that alienates allies and elevates enemies. All actions by President Trump should be rejected be they domestic or foreign.

The people of the United States of America need strength by their legislators and not indulge ideology that Trump uses to maintain his image of an effective president. It is wrong to be partisan in such dangerous times.

Donald Trump intends to bring a communist leader with US Sanctions to US soil with every possibility of an expensive military parade to amuse him. This while NATO member Ukraine fights for their freedom from Putin’s Russia. This after it is known Russia shot down a commercial airliner with all dead. The Senate Majority Leader needs to rethink accepting any and all actions by Trump rather than picking and choosing which make him smile.