Just in case you missed this (because apparently Republican lawmakers missed it entirely because they have said nothing):
A new book by the Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield and a Wall Street Journal story report that Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s brother, Kim Jong Nam, was a CIA informant. Kim Jong Nam was murdered in a chemical-weapons attack in February 2017. That attack was ordered by his brother.
Asked to comment on this revelation, Trump said:
“I see that, and I just received a beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un. I think the relationship is very well, but I appreciated the letter. I saw the information about the CIA with regard to his brother or half brother, and I would tell him that would not happen under my auspices. I wouldn’t let that happen under my auspices. I just received a beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un.”
Once again, Trump sided with a foreign adversary over American intelligence agencies.
Also, he remains obsessed with beautiful letters from murderous dictators.
Later in the week, when asked what he would do if a foreign power approached him with damaging information on political opponents during the upcoming election season, Trump said, “I think you might want to listen. There isn’t anything wrong with listening.”
It’s a crime for a campaign to knowingly solicit or accept items of value from foreign nationals.
George Stephanopoulos then brought up FBI Director Christopher Wray’s warning that anyone who received incriminating information from a foreign power should immediately call the bureau.
“The FBI director is wrong,” Trump said. He denied that interfering in American elections – as Russia did in 2016 to help him win – is even a problem.
“It’s not an interference. They have information. I think I’d take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI, if I thought there was something wrong.”
This is a man who called on Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s emails. He chose to believe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials about Russian interference in the election over US intelligence agencies. He claimed that the Kremlin’s 2016 attack on our elections was a Democratic hoax.
Now he’s openly admitting that if Russian or Chinese or North Korean intelligence agencies found damaging information on a Democratic opponent, he would listen and possibly use that information for his own gain.
Honestly Republicans? Isn’t this enough? Are you going to stand behind a President who is siding with foreign adversaries and openly admitting his willingness to work with them again and again?
Just imagine what might’ve happened if Barack Obama had done even one of these things?
Also, where the hell are the Democrats right now?
Why are they not shouting from every damn rooftop in America about these comments? Why are they not conducting hearings on the security of our nation, the sanctity our elections, and the safety of our intelligence officers given what Trump has said this week?
I’m not a political strategist, but it doesn’t appear that anyone in the Democratic party is working with a political strategist, either. How can they remain so quiet in the face of these revelations and comments?
There comes a time in every American’s life when the needs of your country supersede your own personal or political needs.
Republican Justin Amash reached that point three weeks ago.
If his fellow Republicans did not reach that point after this week, they should never call themselves patriots again. Instead, they are hapless, helpless, self-obsessed sycophants interested in maintaining power at the cost of this country’s security.
