I can’t stop thinking about the FACT our so-called president, apparently in a fit of pique, invited the man who ORDERED the ATTACK on our nation to the “White House” – apparently this coming September – AND, republicans in Congress, as usual, can’t even manage a whimper.  Honestly, I NEVER thought I’d live to see the day when this would even be possible.  Trump just finished soiling himself (again) as he stood next to Putin (If you’ve been watching Fox “news” or had your head in the sand, that’s who I was referring to above) and, essentially, “threw” our intelligence community (and, essentially, our nation) “under the bus” in Helsinki – confirming his “puppet” status with Putin – and, to piss every one off – pundits, democrats, independents, and republicans who dared criticize him – he’s bringing Putin to Washington.  It’s another big “F U” to “we the people” from the man who’s never seen a dictator he doesn’t admire.  What would I say if a republican member of Congress was standing next to me?  I’d say, “Come on man!”

I suppose I could say there’s lots of stuff I never thought I’d live long enough to see.  When Barack Obama was elected president, I remember thinking “I never thought I’d live long enough to see a person of ‘color’ elected to be president of the United States.”  There are other things that amaze to the point of trying to figure out if I didn’t think I’d live long enough to see it – for example, take Elon Musk.  He’s revolutionizing the electric car business which is leading to incredible advancements – many that I’m skeptical about as an old man would be – like self driving cars.  I couldn’t even imagine that.  And, having a company that could put a rocket into space and have the boosters return to earth, landing on a precise spot to be used again, well, that surely amazed me – I just can’t say I never thought I’d live long enough to see that, because I couldn’t even imagine it.  But, a white nationalist who had almost TWENTY credible claims supporting his CLAIM that he can grab a woman by the pussy and she doesn’t care being elected as our so-called president AND as a republican – I NEVER thought I’d live long enough to see that.  (The white nationalist part – yes, the other part, no way)

And, to have republicans sit idly by while our so-called president sells out our nation to the Russians who are busy attempting to UNDERMINE our very republic – well, I NEVER thought I’d see the day when that would happen.  And, then to top it off by inviting the very person who ATTACKED our nation, the president of Russia, to the “White House,” well, I’m flabbergasted!  Today, I had a little snip-it show up on my “smart phone” (a phone, by the way, that doesn’t have a smart operator) where Trey Gowdy was interviewed by CNN.  I listen to this guy – the guy who dragged Benghazi “through the mud” for several years – and, at times I want to think “he’s coming around.”  Like when he said to Trump, “If you’re innocent, act like it.”  But, NO, it obviously “aint gonna happen.”  While, in the interview, he did support the Mueller investigation as NOT being a “witch hunt,” he couldn’t resist some disingenuous remarks aimed at Peter Strzok and Lisa Page – “cherry picking” some of their STUPID comments they texted each other while having an illicit affair during the 2016 election.

I listened to several hours of the Strzok interview before the House Committee (I can’t remember which one – the “interview” lasted something like 11 hours), including Gowdy’s part where he was arguing with Strzok over “semantics” regarding opinion vs. bias.  According to Gowdy’s rationale NO ONE could possibly be “un-biased” in the FBI or anywhere else.  What Gowdy proved to me was he’s TOTALLY biased, himself, and unable to see anything through a bipartisan or an a-political “lens.” Strzok was saying that his opinions didn’t preclude him from basing decisions in the FBI strictly on FACTS! – without bias!  And, by the way, the inspector general agreed with that assessment, at least as far as the Hillary Clinton “email” probe was concerned.

Gowdy was taking STUPID comments Strzok shared with his mistress totally out of context to make an argument that would, essentially, destroy our system of justice if it was true – because NO ONE can be free of opinions.  Gowdy didn’t allow that TRUTH to “sink in” because he, himself apparently, is unable to dis-connect his opinions from his own BIAS.  This kind of mind set leaves republicans like Gowdy SILENT as Trump “doubles down” on his treasonous behavior and invites Putin to the “White House.”  Like I said, “I never thought I’d live to see the day…….”

While Trump is experiencing historically LOW poll numbers in America, he’s got the Russians almost “dancing in the streets.”  They are expecting that it won’t be long and Trump will be able to remove the “crippling” sanctions put on them by President Obama and then additional sanctions ORDERED overwhelmingly by Congress to be put on by Trump – the order coming from a near unanimous vote in Congress which Trump CLEARLY opposed.  Which leads me to another of the ENDLESS LIES coming from Trump and the “White House.”  And, that has to do with Trump’s claim, “no one’s been tougher on Russia than me.”  Yikes!  (And, sadly, people I’ve seen on TV are apparently so numbed by all the LYING they don’t know how to respond.)

Here’s the (un surprising) reality:  Trump hasn’t been tough on Russia at all.  Anything he’s “done” that could possibly be considered “tough” has been forced on him by Congress.  He keeps talking about the “sanctions” he imposed.  Well, technically, he’s correct.  But, the TRUTH is those sanctions were “imposed” by Congress – but, since Congress can’t (technically) impose sanctions they voted – again, almost unanimously, to FORCE Trump to impose sanctions that he resisted – he complained about the bill, but signed it to avoid the embarrassment of Congress over riding his veto (which, right there, shows a lack of conviction), and then did not implement the sanctions for several months and only those aimed at people Robert Mueller had already targeted.  Bottom line:  Trump is the WEAKEST president ever toward Russia!  Do you wonder why, as I do?  (Actually, I believe I’ve got a good idea why)

Furthermore, when you get away from the issue of sanctions and look at the reality that Russia has been attempting to do the same thing they’re doing in America all across Europe and you see Trump almost openly encouraging them, you get a better picture of how “tough” Trump has really been.  Putin wants NATO to be destroyed and, well, there’s Trump at the NATO summit acting in a way that is unbelievable to those observing – where it looks almost as if Trump is attempting to further Putin’s “war” on NATO by even refusing to openly guarantee America’s support of NATO’s “article five” which is what holds the alliance together in the face of any outside threats to ANY of the members.  I’ll probably never forget the picture of Trump brushing aside the leader of Montenegro, at last year’s summit, as if he was some kind of surrogate.  It was embarrassing and disgusting – and, sadly Trump has simply continued to act as if NATO is some kind of “drag” on America’s economy and it’s expected to “bend” to Trump’s will.  Trump appears to be Putin’s surrogate.

There’s a “white nationalist” (Fascist) movement spreading across Europe similar to the movement behind Trump’s election in America (admittedly some Americans are “unwittingly” going along – they’ve been brainwashed by Fox and the other right wing proponents of fascist propaganda techniques) and it’s being pushed by some of the key people in Trump’s campaign.  For example, Cambridge Analytica was a key proponent of the Brexit movement in Great Britain that has that country in a bit of a “spot” right now.  Of course, Cambridge Analytica is (was) run by the Mercer’s – key funders and supporters of Trump – along with Steve Bannon who was temporarily Trump’s top “advisor.”  Bannon was seen supporting the right wing campaign of Marine Le Pen in France who was openly a “white nationalist,” and this group has been involved in other parts of Europe as well – pushing what amounts to a modern day fascist “movement.”

Yes, of course, there was Putin right in the middle of all those campaigns pushing right wing “white nationalists” across Europe along with the supporters of our so-called president.  I guess, if you’re still reading this, you have to make up your mind whether you can “connect the dots.”  To me it’s so obvious that it all falls into the category of “I never thought I’d live to see the day an American president was ………….

And, of course, while all this is going on, Robert Mueller continues his investigation kind of like a slow moving freight train that is beginning to reach a slight downward grade and is, therefore, picking up steam.  Trump continues to call Mueller’s investigation a “witch hunt” – as if he knows what Mueller ultimately will find.  Of course, Trump does KNOW what he, himself, did during the election and whether or not he had any connection to the Russians.  (And, one thing we know for sure, Trump will LIE about whatever he has done, no matter what!)  We do KNOW that his son, Donald Trump Jr. DID have connections with the Russians and was more than willing to COLLUDE when he took the now infamous meeting of June 9, 2016.

And, I, for one, believe Trump Sr. knew everything about that meeting – before and after – which could end up  being a problem for our so-called president.  Remember, Trump predicted a “big announcement” coming the next week just PRIOR to Jr.’s meeting with the Russians where they were offering “incriminating evidence” on Mrs. Clinton – in return for what?  it still isn’t known for sure – likely having to do with the Magnitsky act. There likely was much more, plus Mueller’s got his “tentacles” into Trump’s “previous life” – which may be where the “witch hunt” comments are coming from because I believe Trump was operating a mini mafia operation before he walked down the stairs of Trump tower and confirmed an avowed racist was running for president – much to the satisfaction of (“witting and unwitting”) racists all across the nation!

Finally, just as in Watergate where it was the “cover-up” that was worse than the crime, Trump’s issue in the Russian part of this investigation may well be centered on his lack of self-control as he’s CLEARLY attempted to (and is still doing so – virtually EVERY day – with EVERY tweet accusing the probe to be a “witch hunt” for example) OBSTRUCT Mueller and his team.  This is SO obvious it seems EVEN republicans should be able to see what he’s doing.  The bottom line in regard to ALL the OBSTRUCTION is that our justice system will be damaged – possibly to the point of total destruction – if Trump is able to “get away” with all the OBSTRUCTION.  That is not OK with anyone (well, I guess, except republicans) in America – our justice system is dependent on the ability of investigators to do their work without OBSTRUCTION and, in the case of alleged wrongdoing, it is dependent on “juries of our peers” to deciding who’s guilty of crimes and who is not.  Trump is ATTACKING (like the Russians) the very fundamental “fabric” that holds our nation together.

If you take the position of people like the aforementioned Trey Gowdy you would NOT be able to believe in our system of justice because EVERY  member of ANY jury is going to have personal opinions.  We rely on the belief they can put those opinions aside and base any decision on FACTS – just as we depend on law enforcement personnel to do the same thing.  Evidently, based on Gowdy’s words, we can’t depend on republicans in Congress to do so.  They are so hopelessly committed to a “sheep mentality” that they can’t seem to “see the forest for the trees.”  And, I’m guessing, they have been doing this so long, they believe EVERYONE else thinks in the same manner.  It’s disgusting, first off, and it’s sad that America’s GOP has devolved to this level.

I’ve said it before, “we need two parties” for our “two party system” – but, a republican party that “walks in lock step” to the tune of their moneyed benefactors isdddddddddd a danger to this nation and, now, their blind faith in Trump is potentially ruining what our fathers and grandfathers shed so much blood to build since the 1930’s.  As Trump kisses up to Putin, republicans seem to have a case of lock jaw!  I’ll say it in a word, UNBELIEVABLE!