Originally posted by parabellum: And remember, kids- never underestimate the value of leading your adversaries to believe that you might be just a little bit nuts.
Exactly.
Everyone KNEW when chips were down, Obama would back down. So they walked all over him (and us). With Trump, they worry ... he really wouldn't go all out ... would he?
... stirred anti-clockwise.
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Originally posted by Dtech: Sounds to me like the "meet as soon as possible" line may very well translate to "I am starting to lose positive control of our citizens due to the sanctions and I need to do something quick to remain the supreme ruler of North Korea before our people revolt or I see myself on the wrong side of a coup".
It was also mentioned on FOX tonight that South Korea had published a report that North Korea could be on the brink of insolvency. If that's even close to true, Lil Kim may see his days as numbered and is looking for a solution to maintain control.
Any way you slice it, this is a Yuuuuuuuge development for this administration.
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Originally posted by parabellum: And remember, kids- never underestimate the value of leading your adversaries to believe that you might be just a little bit nuts.
The thug Sonny Liston was scared of Cassius Clay because he thought Cassius Clay was crazy. Really crazy.
Kim might think that Trump is actually crazy enough to turn N. Korea to shiny glass.
I think it's possible he is crazy enough to turn NK into glass. It's one of the attributes I find appealing about him.
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: Hehe, Tucker had an amusing thought...President Trump receiving the Nobel Peace prize for de-nuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. That'd be something for liberals to chew on, eh?
Oh you can't imagine the immense amount of pleasure that would bring me. I'd remind every liberal I know about it exactly 45 times.
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Watching CNN right now. They have been reduced to stuttering blather, desperately trying to find a negative spin to this!
Absolutely hilariius!
This will last until tomorrow when they figure out some transgender issue that Trump has been ignoring that is far more important and newsworthy. And the lemming masses will follow.
They gave Obama a Nobel Prize when he had been in office for a couple of months and had done nothing except not be George Bush.
They can take their prize- which they have managed to render utterly meaningless- and cram it up their asses. It's not possible for me to fully convey the utter contempt I hold for these phonies.
Here’s Why Jeff Sessions May Be Washington’s Slyest Fox All this time, people have thought the attorney general's recusal put him on the sidelines of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation
March 8, 2018 President Donald Trump reportedly called him “Mr. Magoo” in a recent private conversation — but a little-noticed comment by the embattled attorney general provides strong evidence Jeff Sessions just may be Washington’s slyest fox.
The comment came in an interview with Fox News’ Shannon Bream the same day Sessions announced the Department of Justice is suing the state of California for unconstitutionally interfering with federal immigration law enforcement officials.
When Bream asked about the recent request for appointment of a second special counsel from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), here’s what Sessions said:
“Well, I have great respect for Mr. Gowdy and Chairman Goodlatte, and we are going to consider seriously their recommendations. I have appointed a person outside of Washington, many years in the Department of Justice (DOJ), to look at all the allegations that the House Judiciary Committee members sent to us; and we’re conducting that investigation” (emphasis added).
"Also, I am well aware we have a responsibility to insure the integrity of the FISA process. We’re not afraid to look at that. The inspector general — some think that our inspector general is not very strong; but he has almost 500 [employees], most of which are lawyers and prosecutors; and they are looking at the FISA process. We must make sure that it’s done properly, and we’re going to do that. And I’ll consider their request.”
Note that Sessions appointed "a person outside of Washington," an individual with "many years in the Department of Justice," but he doesn't say when he did so. "Sundance," a blogger on The Last Refuge, explains why this is immensely important:
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions is noting the existence of an outside prosecutor who has been in place for quite a while ... All the evidence of this was/is clear if you follow the granular details closely," Sundance wrote.
The next question is this: When did Jeff Sessions appoint this mystery prosecutor?
The Last Refuge blog describes itself as "a ragtag bunch of conservative misfits," but no response was offered when LifeZette requested additional "about us" details. Even so, the analysis offered by Sundance is compelling, including these six reasons Sessions appears to have been ahead of the game almost from the earliest days of the Trump administration:
1.) Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz "has an obligation to notify his superiors when he/she discovers illegal activity, or conduct that is likely unlawful, while conducting an internal investigation," according to Sundance. This is why Horowitz told Mueller last summer about the potentially illegal conduct of FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page.
2.) Key DOJ and FBI employees must be cooperating with the IG. "That cooperation, in combination with a likelihood of unlawful conduct, would require a DOJ official (prosecutor) to be assigned to negotiate and outline the DOJ legal terms of investigative compliance," Sundance observes.
3.) Strzok, Page, former DOJ Deputy Associate Attorney General Bruce Ohr, his wife Nellie, and the FBI's Bill Priestap must be among those cooperating with the IG because they are quoted in that four-page summary memo produced by Republican staff working for House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). "Those quotes come from investigative interviews; no congressional committee has interviewed those persons," Sundance writes.
Related: Sessions Confirms Justice Probe of FBI's FISA Warrant Application
4.) Trump runs the executive branch as president, but he's also potentially a victim of crimes being investigated by the Sessions-appointed prosecutor. "That’s why [Trump] doesn’t know and [Attorney General] Sessions must keep distance from any discussion with the executive due to this separation," according to Sundance.
5.) Like Trump, Congress also doesn't know about the Sessions prosecutor's investigation because "the prosecutor works parallel with, but separate from, the IG investigation. Congress would know of the IG, but not the prosecutor."
6.) Finally, Sundance contends that "the most transparent reason why we know there’s a DOJ prosecutor already on the case is because Jeff Sessions just said there was" during his interview with Bream.
The next question, then, is: When did Sessions appoint this mystery prosecutor?
Sundance explains: "Likely since the time when IG Horowitz informed the AG and AAG that he may have discovered significant evidence of unlawful conduct within the DOJ and FBI. That would be around July/August 2017."
Senior editor Mark Tapscott can be reached at mark.tapscott@lifezette.com. Follow him on Twitter.
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Originally posted by parabellum: And remember, kids- never underestimate the value of leading your adversaries to believe that you might be just a little bit nuts.
It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy. ~Nolan Ryan
Keep throwing the chin music Mr. Trump
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No. Several of us have been telling those here complaining about Sessions that they needed to settle down and wait.
Just because it looks like something isn't going on doesn't mean that's the case. Just because somebody isn't leaking information or publicly showing their hand doesn't mean they aren't working quietly under the cover of Trumped up tweets and media reports.
They could find no evidence that he was colluding with the Ruskies, now he’s colluding with the Noko’s!
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
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No. Several of us have been telling those here complaining about Sessions that they needed to settle down and wait.
Just because it looks like something isn't going on doesn't mean that's the case. Just because somebody isn't leaking information or publicly showing their hand doesn't mean they aren't working quietly under the cover of Trumped up tweets and media reports.
Yes i believe I mentiomed in the first trump thread this a ruse as per people who sit at the table at mar a lago. My Bama friends say its all to control the narrative and deceive.
It really is like wrestling- "jeff sessions comes in the ring with a chair and saves the day!"
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Watching CNN right now. They have been reduced to stuttering blather, desperately trying to find a negative spin to this!
Absolutely hilariius!
This will last until tomorrow when they figure out some transgender issue that Trump has been ignoring that is far more important and newsworthy. And the lemming masses will follow.
Or Sunday, when '60 Minutes' runs their story featuring the porn star that claims she knows President Trump, or something. __________
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On the day President Donald Trump took office, he determined the need for a new approach to the denuclearization of North Korea that avoided mistakes of the past, a senior administration official told reporters on Thursday night.
The senior administration official told reporters shortly after Chung’s address that Trump had prioritized a different approach to Korean peninsula denuclearization from day one of his administration. The official noted that for 27 years U.S. administrations had tried and failed to denuclearize the peninsula. Within weeks, this administration had formulated its strategy of maximum pressure on North Korea.
The Trump administration plan included maximizing economic pressure, isolating North Korea diplomatically, and marshaling the resources of the U.S. and her allies and friends, according to the official. In a year of pursuing this strategy, Trump has remained open to the idea of dialogue with North Korea at the right time.
Timing and location of a meeting between Trump and Kim had yet to be determined as of Thursday evening. President Trump expects to start seeing the North Koreans put the promises conveyed into action.
President Trump spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday night about the events discussed during the day. The senior administration official added that Trump has been communicating and coordinating with Abe regarding the situation his entire time in office.
