MagJ,
From the get go, I’ve argued from exactly the same line, and mentioned a NSO priority over a very shaky Teumpian approach, which in U.K. has a parallel evolution, with nationalism now the rage.
However, this is mainly based on a presumptive argument, objective on premises dictated on sudden re visions , based mainly on near sighted politi cal narratives, akin mainly on propaganda.
The fact is I believe this incursion to be based not on solid ground at all, optically. by public opinion, philoso-strategically on national interest and security, and finally. by any requisite constitutional prerequisite.
Very shaky sailing in extremely turbulent sees, and navigating in in hatred waters, without a viable compass.
Here is a revengful attack, or soon to be as an example of dialectical confusion , by You know whom:
WHITE HOUSE
Trump warns on impeachment payback: ‘You’ll see’
Trump showed little sign of wanting to mend fences with the Democrats, saying there is "a lot of evil on that side.”
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House on Feb. 7, 2020.Alex Wong /
By Shannon Pettypiece
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that his impeachment should be invalidated, and he gave an ominous warning when asked how he’ll pay back those responsible, saying, “You’ll see.”
“Should they expunge the impeachment in the House? They should because it was a hoax,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing on Marine One.
When asked about his press secretary’s comments that the president was suggesting in his remarks Thursday on impeachment that his Democratic political opponents “should be held accountable,” Trump said, “Well, you’ll see. I mean, we’ll see what happens.”
Trump showed little sign of wanting to mend fences with the Democrats, saying they suffer from “Trump derangement syndrome" and that there is "a lot of evil on that side.” When asked how he was going to unify the country following his divisive impeachment, Trump said he would do it by “great success.”
“Our country today is more successful than it has ever been, and that’s unifying the country,” he s
He left open the possibility that the White House will dismiss Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, after he testified in Trump’s impeachment inquiry. Bloomberg News has reported that Vindman’s removal was under consideration.
“Well, I’m not happy with him. Do you think I’m supposed to be happy with him? I’m not,” Trump said, adding, “They’ll make that decision. You’ll be hearing — they’ll make a decision.”
When asked if he considers the front-runners in the Democratic presidential primary a threat, Trump said, “Everybody’s a threat. I view everybody as a threat.” But the president passed up the opportunity to attack any specific candidate, instead mocking Democrats for their delay in tabulating the results from the Iowa caucuses.
He also accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., of breaking the law by tearing up his State of the Union speech, an allegation that has been circulating in conservative media. Legal experts, however, dispute the notion that tearing up a copy of the president’s speech amounts to destruction of an official government record.
When asked about Trump’s suggestion that Republicans could expunge his impeachment if they regain control of the House, Pelosi said, “They can’t do that.”
“First of all, they’re not getting the chamber back,” Pelosi said. "But apart from that, there’s no expunging. If they don’t want to honor their oath of office, then they’re going to expunge from their own souls the violation of the Constitution that they made.”
Pelosi also said when asked about the reports on Vindman that she was “stunned” by the possibility he could be ousted, adding that it “goes too far.” Pelosi said she would talk to her colleagues about the issue, adding that they have some concern about Trump’s interventions in military affairs.
{Now this may remind You, of Hitler’s rages at Martin Bohrmann, or anyone in his way}
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Here is another victim:
POLITICS
Trump’s ‘revenge’ — Impeachment witness Alexander Vindman escorted from White House, lawyer says
PUBLISHED FRI, FEB 7 2020 3:56 PM EST
Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council staffer whose testimony about President Donald Trump at House impeachment hearings angered the president, was escorted out of the White House, his lawyer said.
Trump, “the most powerful man in the world — buoyed by the silent, the pliable and the complicit — has decided to exact revenge,” said Vindman’s lawyer, David Pressman.
Vindman’s ejection from the White House came two days after the Senate acquitted Trump of two impeachment articles.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, (C), director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 29, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council staffer whose testimony about President Donald Trump at House impeachment hearings angered the president, was escorted out of the White House on Friday afternoon, his lawyer said.
Trump, “the most powerful man in the world — buoyed by the silent, the pliable and the complicit — has decided to exact revenge,” said Vindman’s lawyer, David Pressman.
Hours earlier, Trump had said of the Purple Heart recipient Vindman, “I’m not happy with him.”
“Do you think I’m supposed to be happy with him?” Trump asked reporters. "I’m not.
Following Vindman’s ejection from the White House, Pressman said, “There is no question in the mind of any American why this man’s job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House,” said
“Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth,” the attorney said. “His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful.”
“The truth has cost LTC Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy,” Pressman said.
“He did what any member of our military is charged with doing every day: he followed orders, he obeyed his oath, and he served his country, even when doing so was fraught with danger and personal peril.”
Asked about Vindman, National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot told CNBC in an email, “We do not comment on personnel matters.”
Vindman’s departure came two days after the Senate acquitted Trump of two impeachment articles, and after reports that the removal of Vindman, the NSC’s top Ukraine expert, was under consideration.
Trump was impeached by the House last fall in connection with his request to Ukraine’s new president Volodomyr Zelenskiy to announce investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden, who is a Democratic presidential contender, and his son Hunter Biden.
Trump’s request, made during a July 25 phone call, came as he was withholding militay aid to Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress.
Vindman, as part of his job, listened in on that phone call between the two presidents.
In his testimony during impeachment hearings, Vindman said he was “concerned” about the nature of the call.
Vindman also said he felt it was “improper for the president of the United States to demand a foreign government a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen and political opponent.”
Vindman had emigrated as a child from Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union.
Earlier Friday, Defense Department Secretary Mark Esper was asked by a reporter about Vindman’s status, whether he would be welcomed back to the department if he left the NSC, and what the Pentagon would do to ensure that he is “not retributed against by the president or others?”
Esper said, “We welcome back all of our service members, wherever they serve, to the assignment they’re given.”
“I would refer you to the Army for any more detail on that. And as I said,we protect all of our persons, service members from retribution or anything, anything like that, so,” Esper said. "We’ve already addressed that in policy and other means.
Full statement from Alexander Vindman’s lawyer David Pressman:
Today, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted out of the White House where he has dutifully served his country and his President. He does so having spoken publicly once, and only pursuant to a subpoena from the United States Congress.
There is no question in the mind of any American why this man’s job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House. LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful.
During his decades of service to this country, LTC Alexander Vindman has served quietly but dutifully, and he has served with honor. He came into the public eye only when subpoenaed to testify before Congress, and he did what the law demanded.
In recent months, many entrusted with power in our political system have cowered out of fear. And, yet, a handful of men and women, not endowed with prestige or power, but equipped only with a sense of right borne out of years of quiet service to their country made different choices. They courageously chose to honor their duty with integrity, to trust the truth, and to put their faith in country ahead of fear. And they have paid a price.
The truth has cost LTC Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy. He did what any member of our military is charged with doing every day: he followed orders, he obeyed his oath, and he served his country, even when doing so was fraught with danger and personal peril. And for that, the most powerful man in the world - buoyed by the silent, the pliable, and the complicit - has decided to exact revenge.
LTC Alexander Vindman leaves the White House today. But we must not accept the departure of truth, duty, and loyalty that he represents.
In this country right matters, and so does truth. Truth is not partisan. If we allow truthful voices to be silenced, if we ignore their warnings, eventually there will be no one left to warn us.
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