tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post8498009676726571620..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: A theory of Trump's wiretap tweetsRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-49895747179749060852017-03-10T09:34:38.820-08:002017-03-10T09:34:38.820-08:00> Isn't there usually a tiny grain of truth...> Isn't there usually a tiny grain of truth to these things?<br /><br />Well, yeah, that was kind of my whole point: what if there is more than just a "grain" of truth in that tweet?<br /><br />> We already know that Trump is willing to tell straight lies.<br /><br />You're kind of contradicting yourself here. Didn't you just say that his lies usually have a grain of Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-15576944810259988582017-03-09T20:18:29.350-08:002017-03-09T20:18:29.350-08:00Well, I wouldn't necessarily say "whole c...Well, I wouldn't necessarily say "whole cloth". Isn't there usually a tiny grain of truth to these things?<br /><br />After all, Obama was born in Hawaii, which is very far from most of the US. And his father was from Kenya. And he did spend his childhood growing up in Indonesia. Which is a Muslim-majority country. So the Obama "birther" nonsense isn't really Don Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214642122689048677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-20922946115619458562017-03-09T15:40:53.876-08:002017-03-09T15:40:53.876-08:00@Don:
So your theory is that Trump just made the ...@Don:<br /><br />So your theory is that Trump just made the wiretap story up out of whole cloth in order to draw the spotlight back on himself? I guess that's possible, but it hardly seems like "controlling the narrative." People are already starting to ask the natural question: if it's true, was there a warrant? What was the probable cause?<br /><br />> "Scott" Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-14202568476056418672017-03-09T14:44:17.364-08:002017-03-09T14:44:17.364-08:00Obama was on his way out - why should Putin pour g...Obama was on his way out - why should Putin pour gasoline into the fire, at this very moment? What good would an escalation do? (Plus, I remember that after contacts from NASA to Russian Space Companies - except for ISS - were forbidden, Russia kept flying American Astronauts to the ISS on Russian Soyuzs. Was that also a deal between Putin and Trump?). For Putin, it is much better be nice, and Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656677562262684318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-22489046255283285002017-03-09T14:31:36.900-08:002017-03-09T14:31:36.900-08:00I think your comparison of Trump to Putin is unfai...I think your comparison of Trump to Putin is unfair to Trump. Sure, Putin has more control of his country, and Putin is richer. But the US has far more robust checks and balances than Russia, so the challenge is far harder. And, more important, Putin has had something like 20 years to grow into the power and wealth that he currently possesses, whereas Trump has been in charge of the US more Don Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214642122689048677noreply@blogger.com