Peter Alexander, a White House reporter for NBC, asked press secretary Sean Spicer this question yesterday. It’s a fair question, when fact checking nearly every statement by your illegitimate president has been proven a lie.
So what did Spicer do? He told another lie. His instructor appears to be spin doctor Kellyanne Conway.
“He doesn’t really think that President Obama went up and tapped his phone personally. But there’s no question that the Obama administration, that there were actions about surveillance and other activities that occurred in the 2016 election. That is a widely reported activity that occurred back then.”
There are far more questions than answers about Trump’s past and present actions. Criminal activity, and multiple ethics violations are surrounding his illegitimate presidency.
During the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC last evening, Trump’s tax returns from 2005 were revealed; but only two pages of what are likely dozens if not hundreds. The actual figures mean nothing, but the implications of why Trump refuses to release more recent returns are huge. The IRS has debunked claims that because he is under audit, they cannot be exposed. Another lie, which we should begin to call a “Trumpism.”
Of all the issues facing Trump, the most critical is his connection with Vladimir Putin. Nearly every high level member of Trump’s circle of sinners has serious questions to answer. Long before Trump declared his presidency, there are vital questions about his relationship with Russian oligarchs. One issue of particular interest was the sale of a property in Palm Beach. Trump paid $40 million for it, and in 2008, with the housing market at a low, Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian oligarch, paid Trump $95 million; $13 million over the average sale price.
Rybolovlev claimed that he had no connection with Trump during the election, although his private plane was twice seen near Trump’s during campaign events. He also claimed that he had no relationship with Trump’s chief financier, billionaire Robert Mercer, but Rybolovlev’s yacht was seen next to Mercer’s.
This is the primary reason why Trump must release his tax returns or resign from the presidency. The American people have a right to know if their illegitimate president is also a crook.
Of equal importance is if he continues to receive profits from foreign business interests; a Constitutional violation.
Did Putin, and FBI Director James Comey intentionally assist Trump’s ambitions for the White House? The former has been proven. Close connections with Russia involving Michael Flynn, Jeff Sessions, and Rex Tillerson add more controversy.
Then there’s the ‘man of mystery;’ Steve Bannon. We know that he is a white supremacist, Islamophobic, Homophobic, a misogynist, and an anti-Semite, but what has he been doing away from the public eye? Does he also have a connection to Russia?
Finally, there is Mercer himself. He became Trump’s biggest supporter, and the reason Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon joined Trump’s campaign in the latter months. He is a major supporter of the extremist rag Breitbart, and was the primary supporter of Ted Cruz until Trump destroyed him in the primaries. Suddenly, he switched to Trump’s camp, and demanded the hiring of Conway and Bannon who had been on Cruz’ team.
We don’t know his relationship to Putin other than their shared beliefs of white nationalism, Islamophobia, homophobia, misogyny, and anti-Semitism. We do know that he has been associated with Russian oligarchs, and therefore shares the suspicions of other of Trump’s circle of sinner.
I do not have access to the information emanating from the security agencies or that of the major news agencies. However; one and one is still two, and it is fair to judge every man by the ‘company he keeps.’ Trump’s closest associates are the worst of America. They are criminals, bigots, and greedy men and women who lack a sense of morality and have no interest in the future of America; at least my America. He has been an asset for Putin for at least six years.
Let’s promise each other to ‘clean out Trump’s cesspool.’ It’s time to take our country back, and only renouncing Republicans will make it happen.
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Op-Ed
By James Turnage
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