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I see Donald Trump has denied claims that Russian intelligence agencies have obtained personally compromising material related to him.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38579126
In doing so, he is only doing what any politician would do when such claims are unsubstantiated - the way the world is these days, you would expect someone to say much the same sort of thing at such an early stage of the story even if the allegations were true.
It's for this reason that I tend to take the denials of any politician in a situation like this with a pinch of salt - that's not fair, but it's what decades of watching political careers being slowly ruined by denied allegations that simply wouldn't go away has done to me.
So, this is not just me having a go at Trump again, my attitude would be much the same, no matter who the politician was that the allegations were aimed at.
However, there is something different about Trump, people seem to be more forgiving of the numerous examples there are of him being economical with the truth than they are with other politicians.
Maybe, it's the word "politician" which explains this - in my opinion, Trump has benefited an awful lot from the fact that, even now, there are plenty out there who don't think of him as a politician.
Is this why, attitudes are different towards him? Is this why when he says things that aren't true or promises things that do not happen, his supporters say "well, it was only banter, you didn't really expect him to do that did you?" and so many accept this in a way that they would never do with most other politicians?
My thinking on this is that this is a man who is going to be running the country that was, and arguably still is, the most powerful in the world in nine days time, of course he's a politician and so I treat stories like the one I've linked to with the same cynicism as I would if they had been about any other politician.
Last edited by the other bob wilson; 11-01-17 at 05:46.
The guy's a bullshitting idiot.
The fact that that he's about to become president tells you all you need to know about the level of people involved in politics.
He won't last long in the hot seat. Once his supporters realise that he's backtracked on all his policies, he'll be dodging bullets from all sides.
#watersportsgate trending on twitter
He's p1$$ed on his chips ..
Is Trump dumb enough to fall for a bog standard Brownstone operation? I would imagine everybody in public life knows that your hotel is going to be bugged, so the last thing you would want to do is phone up a bunch of random hookers and ask them to engage in some watersports ... just because you hated Obama and his wife! The latest strategy is to use a high profile 3rd party to form a close and trusting friendship with the target, and only then try to compromise them in a depraved situation.
Last edited by Wales-Bales; 11-01-17 at 09:36.
Pun intended?
I believe this was reported in the buzzfeed piece that you provided the link to earlier? I'm not sure what your motivation for doing so was.
Do I believe it? Probably not, but nothing much would surprise me about what goes on behind the closed doors of the rich and powerful.
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/818962809841061888
The tweet further down said he failed in his business attempts, so had to settle for prostitutes?
Wow, this stuff is serious, I thought it was some kind of joke
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/10/po...sia/index.html
Just posted
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?
Trump with the non-denial denial:
Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is "A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE." Very unfair!
Live press conference starting at 4pm. It should be fun, maybe Trump will be handing out some P45's
Trump again on his phone today. Says he has no deals, no loans, no nothing with Russia. And yet..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...7a0_story.html
Live stream for the press conference
The number of posters taken in by this fake anti-Trump story has shocked me. I already knew Vimana was a moron but some of you others should hang your heads in shame.