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To: James Seagrove who wrote (1076124)	7/2/2018 3:09:21 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1586084

Nice you admit your idol is nasty. But your premise is usually wrong. You're just trying to make excuses for a really bad man. Let's face it - betraying your country is really really bad. Worse than just being nasty (as you admit he is). The US military branded ZTE a security threat but Trump has gone to bat for the company in exchange for financing from the Chinese govt. He wants to lift sanctions on ZTE they earned by providing our technology to Iran and NK. Congress has thankfully moved to stop him, but be assured he'll defy Congress. And ZTE will continue to spy on our military and pass our technology on to dangerous rogue regimes. He's also given NK an indefinite suspension of our joint military exercises with SK, which NK claims to be the legitimate ruler of. He's proclaimed NK no longer a nuclear threat, even as they continue to work to expand their nuclear capacity. He has a summit coming up with Putin and he's already let the world know he will recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea ... and probably part of Ukraine and Georgia as well. He will also withdraw from NATO and the WTO as well ... both longtime goals of Russia. The west will getting weaker and Russia, NK, and China stronger. I would be ashamed of making excuses for a traitor like Donald Trump. I don't know how you're able to rationalize your disloyalty on behalf of a radically evil man.

To: James Seagrove who wrote (1076124)	7/2/2018 3:12:46 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1586084

Remember how we on the right raised Cain about Hillary's making the Uranium One deal happen and being rewarded for it? Now your despicable hero has done worse on a bigger scale. Ref: ZTE and the deliberate wrecking of NATO and the WTO.

To: James Seagrove who wrote (1076124)	7/2/2018 3:26:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586084

If we had a President that was compromised by Putin, what exactly would he do different than Trump?

To: James Seagrove who wrote (1076124)

7/2/2018 4:44:30 PM

From: Brumar89

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Cohen will put "family and country first" - Gee Trumpsplainers, why would he say COUNTRY? Because Cohen knows Trump is a traitor.

Michael Cohen breaks his silence: Trump isn’t my "first loyalty"

Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen stated that he will "put family and country first" over any allegiance to Trump amid his ongoing legal woes in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos — Cohen's first since the FBI raided his home and offices in April.

Why it matters: Cohen has long been Trump's fix-it man, and he is the only person on earth intertwined in Trump’s professional, political, personal, legal and family life. Cohen has also been in the spotlight thanks to both Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and a federal investigation of his business dealings, prompting speculation that he may cooperate with authorities.

From the interview:

Cohen suggested he may cooperate with federal authorities, stating that his family is his "first priority." He added, "Once I understand what charges might be filed against me, if any at all, I will defer to my new counsel, Guy Petrillo, for guidance.""I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone’s defense strategy. I am not a villain of this story, and I will not allow others to try to depict me that way."On the Stormy Daniels payment: "I want to answer. One day I will answer."On Russian meddling in 2016: "I respect our nation’s intelligence agencies’... unanimous conclusions."His ultimate goal: "I want to regain my name and my reputation and my life back."What you need to know:

Cohen has been scrutinized by Mueller for his payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels — which she says was in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump — and for the lobbying money he received from various companies once Trump was elected.But even as federal prosecutors were closing in on him, Cohen kept mum. Then in April, the Wall Street Journal reported that one of Trump's legal advisers told him Cohen was likely to flip.Earlier this month, Cohen parted ways with the lawyers representing him in the federal investigation of his business dealings, opting instead for attorneys who have better relationships with the federal prosecutors in New York.Just a week after that, he resigned as deputy finance chair of the RNC Finance Committee. Though Cohen's legal battles likely contributed to his resignation, he also criticized the Trump administration's family separation policy at the border on his way out, saying,"As the son of a Polish holocaust survivor, the images and sounds of this family separation policy is heart wrenching ... While I strongly support measures that will secure our porous borders, children should never be used as bargaining chips."Axios