Kashoggi

[Pamela]

I long ago gave up thinking anything could shake the devotion of The Base, but Trumps calculating, mercenary reaction to the horrific Kashoggi murder , makes me think surely, surely, this will make the scales fall from their eyes.

OTOH I wonder if they would even mind if Trump personally committed the murder.

 

[Ellie]

No, they wouldn't...or many would not.
These ones are far far past the point where they care about anyone else or even themselves.
22 percent say if Trump shot someone on Fifth Avenue, they would approve of his job performance.

Do we know for certain he is dead? I found myself feeling almost unbearably sad for this man's fiancee waiting patiently outside the embassy.

 

[Pamela]

The Turks have audio and video recordings. Trump lied and said we had a big arms deal pending w the Saudis and we can’t mess that up. Plus Kashoggi was not even a citizen.

Plus it’s only a fake news reporter.

 

[detrius]

Do we know for certain he is dead?

According to Turkey, the Saudis dismembered the corpse and brought it out of the country.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

OTOH I wonder if they would even mind if Trump personally committed the murder.

Mind? They'd cheer. They're just waiting for someone to declare 'open season on undesirables' so they can jump in and start shooting people themselves.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

And I'm sure Turkey wouldn't lie about any details.

 

[GradyE]

I was reading about this today and the last line of the article stated...

The US has no ambassador in either Turkey or Saudi Arabia.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Jesus. Horrific.

 

[Archer]

I'm seeing NOTHING about this on most news stations, just on Twitter. The base has no clue, and since it's about the Middle East, I'm sure they think the guy deserved what he got

 

[Kara Spengler]

I long ago gave up thinking anything could shake the devotion of The Base, but Trumps calculating, mercenary reaction to the horrific Kashoggi murder , makes me think surely, surely, this will make the scales fall from their eyes.

OTOH I wonder if they would even mind if Trump personally committed the murder.

Donnie asking if he was a citizen and seemingly not caring when told he has resident status. Ugh.

 

[Kara Spengler]

I'm seeing NOTHING about this on most news stations, just on Twitter. The base has no clue, and since it's about the Middle East, I'm sure they think the guy deserved what he got

MSNBC covers it and it gets asked about in news conferences.

 

[Archer]

I don't think most GOP supporters watch MSNBC

 

[Pamela]

It just shows how cowardly, how craven, Trump makes the entire country seem. And this big arms deal is not even a real thing. Even if it was, when has a president ever come right out and said we are going to make decisions based on money, even when that’s exactly what we are doing — now, there is no shame about it: pay us, and we will allow anything. Like Yemen.

 

[Kara Spengler]

I don't think most GOP supporters watch MSNBC

True, but I would guess they treat donnie's press conferences as manna from on high, especially when he is the one doing the talking.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

It just shows how cowardly, how craven, Trump makes the entire country seem. And this big arms deal is not even a real thing. Even if it was, when has a president ever come right out and said we are going to make decisions based on money, even when that’s exactly what we are doing — now, there is no shame about it: pay us, and we will allow anything. Like Yemen.

Everything is transactional with him. Look at how he is treating Europe with his NATO threats. He's always about demanding money from others, no matter any underlying issues.

Conversely, if someone praises him or gives him money at one of his businesses, he's all ears.

 

[Pamela]

I don't think most GOP supporters watch MSNBC

No mention on the Fox website. Lots on WaPo, since he worked for them.
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He went to the embassy to get some papers for his upcoming wedding. And they dismembered him.

ETA Yes, Fox covered the interview where Trump says we can’t put the fictional arms deal at risk.

At a rally he brazenly explains his real concern, that the Saudis buy apartments from him:

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Ugh. Morals is not a word her understands. Money is all he knows and cares about. That is probably why we see him support dictators who go into foreign countries and murder others.

I can't help but think of the fiance waiting outside the consulate. Breaks my heart. It brings home the loss and the horror of this act.

 

[Pamela]

Oh and the Saudis are best friends with Jared. They loaned him $100,000,000. And had a slumber party.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Ugh. Morals is not a word her understands. Money is all he knows and cares about. That is probably why we see him support dictators who go into foreign countries and murder others.

Not Money - fame! He's fame driven, fame crazy, he's your typical narcissist and school bully all rolled into one!

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Oh he understands money (as possessions, much like owning all other humans in his mind right now).

The transition money, he thought that was for him. Personally.

And whatever happened to that inauguration money?

Be interesting to eventually see what happened to that 0.5% of Rosneft too.