In days gone by, there was the Edward Snowden episode. He ended up taking up residency in Russia. I am quite sure, at the very least, part of his duties to Russia is to lecture Russian intelligence and otherwise about cyber competency and the USA's culture.
Then came Private Manning and the huge document dump from the USA military.
All that fits into Russia's game plan and I am sure that is a surprise to no one. But, when Trump decided to run for president he wanted to portray himself as "The Fixer" for the American people. In other words, he could end all the surveillance and secret military agenda and bring about an America to the liking of the American people.
When Trump bows to Putin it is in recognition that Putin is his best ally in ending the "Deep State."
It's a play. It is a stage performance for Trump. That is why his supporters are so stuck on him, because, he is simply making the argument over and over that he is trapped and unable to change what needs to be changed because of the evil "Deep State" of the USA.
I will put it this way if Trump was acting as a radical that is going to change the parameters of which the USA's "privacy standards" and the "reasons the USA goes to war;" he would have done very different things once taking office than he did. Trump was supposed to be anti-establishment embracing Russia as an ally to end the Deep State. If he was sincere, he would be doing more than writing a pardon for Sheriff Joe, but, one from Edward Snowden and Julian Assange immediately upon taking office. That isn't what he did, he fired Comey as a victory in ending the "Deep State," and invited Russia to the Oval Office to provide classified information.
If Trump wanted to end the reasons for all the subsequent wars since September 11, 2001; he would have demanded a Republican House and Senate to immediately end the AUMF. He didn't do that. He continued the Obama policies.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Pub. L. 107-40, codified at 115 Stat. 224 and passed as S.J.Res. 23 by the United States Congress on September 14, 2001, authorizes the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001 and any "associated forces".
All the firings and lawsuits is about the ACT of the APPRENTICE in the Oval Office. It involved real people. It involved important people. Trump's presence in the Oval Office has compromised the USA.
Anyone not of Trump's liking is the Deep State, including of course then-candidate Hillary Clinton. His inner circle, the ones Ambassador Sondland identified as involved in the "Ukraine Scam," are Trump confidants until they aren't because the courts make them behave. The Supreme Court is supposed to bend to the will of Trump in all the lawsuits he submits because after all he nominated two of them. They can't be the Deep State. Neither can be his family which is close to him in the Oval Office to protect him from the OTHERS.
This charade has never been a presidency, nor will it ever.
Donald J. Trump has brought impeachment on himself and it openly to the public. He should be impeached and removed from office.
Trump's campaign ideology is assaulting the USA Constitution.
One might ask, what do guns and diving got to do with anything? Nothing, right? In the real world guns don't work well underwater. But, that shirt is not about diving, it is about "The Trident" and a Special Forces soldier stripped of one.
The guns are just a symbol of the extreme right AND THEIR BELIEF IN THE NEED TO HAVE WEAPONS TO DEFEND FROM THE "DEEP STATE."
I have seen pictures of rallies where a young woman was wearing a tee-shirt standing behind Trump that celebrated the IRA and GRU. Russian Intelligence is celebrated at his rallies. That is how demented all this has become with Trump in office. Trump is a wacko to bring power to such extremism and promote Russia as an ally of his.
