In all of the news reporting about the fiasco that was the Putin-Trump meeting, the media keeps reporting that the two met behind closed doors, with only two translators to help them communicate. These news reports also say that the details of what was discussed will not be made public.
Why?
And why is nobody asking that question? And why is nobody demanding the Conman-In-Chief, on an official mission paid for by U.S. taxpayer dollars, tell us what was discussed. And how is this even legal?
This so-called “summit” is bad enough on so many levels that it’s almost easy to understand that serious news media folks are glossing over the single most important aspect of the entire thing while focusing only on those things said in public. Even as atrocious as the public meanderings of the Conman-In-Chief are, my question still remains: Why is nobody demanding that what was discussed behind closed doors on the U.S. taxpayers’ dime being disclosed?
In addition to immediately filing articles of impeachment against Trump for blatant treason, members of Congress should also be demanding a full-scale investigation to find out what was said and agreed to between these two unscrupulous politicians behind closed doors.
Back in the 1930’s, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Adolph Hitler after Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia. And Chamberlain is now known as the poster child for spineless leadership since he came away ceding Czechoslovakia to Hitler after Hitler made promises to Chamberlain that Chamberlain should have known would never be kept.
In my view, this situation is just as bad, if not even worse. Not only did Trump come away from this meeting making himself and America look like a bunch of simps by giving Putin exactly what Putin wanted, but it would be the equivalent of Chamberlain not only giving away Czechoslovakia, but telling Hitler he could have Britain, too.
Regardless of all of that, however, my main question remains: Why is nobody demanding that what went on behind closed doors be made public? Trump has demonstrated that he is not to be trusted, and we Americans have a right to know. Everyone...every single person, regardless of political party should be demanding a full accounting.
Did they just engage in chit-chat, or was the meeting more sinister?
Did Trump misuse his position for personal gain to ask the head of the Russian mob to forgive all of those loans that helped Trump keep afloat?
Did the two of them try to divvy up the world, saying you can have this country as an ally and we’ll take that one?
Did Trump tell Putin that they are now both even and Putin could no longer blackmail him since Trump provided him a quid pro quo?
Did Trump, in exchange for dramatically altering U.S. foreign policy for the first time in 50 years ask Putin to continue to provide him with ongoing election meddling?
Why is it that no serious journalist is asking any of these questions?
Just imagine if President Obama...or any previous president...sat behind closed doors with another foreign leader...paid for by U.S. taxpayers...without making anything public about the nature of those talks. Would the news media have been just as compliant and...lacking in curiosity?
Sometimes it seems to me that the only thing worse than the con artist who lied, cheated and stole his way into the White House...is the Republican-owned national news media that let him get away with all of his blatantly unethical and illegal activities (i.e. violations of the emoluments clause, etc.)
Update: It’s now been reported here on Dailykos and elsewhere that Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) have called for Trump’s interpreter to testify to Congress as to what took place in secret between Putin and Trump.
Hopefully, the ball doesn’t get dropped on this matter. To my way of thinking, what happened at a secret, backroom meeting between the two most corrupt politicians on the planet is likely more important than anything else that transpired, including all of the backlash against what was said in public.
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