Sandy Shanks
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- Jul 10, 2018
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It was bound to happen sooner or later, and it happened today. The irony is, Trump himself ended the effectiveness of his own government.
First, some background, Trump has used executive privilege to prevent Don McGahn, former White House counsel, testifying before Congress.
Trump has used executive privilege to prevent Congress from seeing the full, unredacted version of the Mueller Report and the underlying evidence.
Trump's attorney general, William Barr, refused to appear before Congress to answer questions about the Mueller Report..
Trump has vowed to fight "all the subpoenas" issued by Congress.
Trump has forced his SecTreas to break the law, and Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump's tax returns, the first President to do so in 50 years.
The Trump White House has not held a press conference in nine weeks, and Trump has held only two press conferences in 29 months. He will not hold another. He literally is afraid of the White House press corps and often refuses to answer reporters' questions.
In other words, Trump is covering up, stonewalling.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated the obvious when she said, "we believe that the President of the United States is engaged in a cover-up."
Trump exploded as he usually does when faced with unpleasant reality. When the truth is bad, he says the opposite. "I don't do cover-ups," he said. Trump has his own reality.
Speaking minutes after abruptly cutting short a meeting at the White House with Pelosi and her Senate counterpart Sen. Chuck Schumer, Trump announced he wouldn't attempt any further bipartisanship until the congressional investigations conclude.
"I've said from the beginning -- right from the beginning -- you probably can't go down two tracks. You can go down the investigation track or you can go down the investment track," Trump said.
He added, "We're going to go down one track at a time. Get these phony investigations over with."
After admitting he can't walk and chew gum at the same time, Trump effectively ended the operation of the Trump government.
Typically for Trump, he refused to answer questions after his rant and stomped back into the White House.
First, some background, Trump has used executive privilege to prevent Don McGahn, former White House counsel, testifying before Congress.
Trump has used executive privilege to prevent Congress from seeing the full, unredacted version of the Mueller Report and the underlying evidence.
Trump's attorney general, William Barr, refused to appear before Congress to answer questions about the Mueller Report..
Trump has vowed to fight "all the subpoenas" issued by Congress.
Trump has forced his SecTreas to break the law, and Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump's tax returns, the first President to do so in 50 years.
The Trump White House has not held a press conference in nine weeks, and Trump has held only two press conferences in 29 months. He will not hold another. He literally is afraid of the White House press corps and often refuses to answer reporters' questions.
In other words, Trump is covering up, stonewalling.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated the obvious when she said, "we believe that the President of the United States is engaged in a cover-up."
Trump exploded as he usually does when faced with unpleasant reality. When the truth is bad, he says the opposite. "I don't do cover-ups," he said. Trump has his own reality.
Speaking minutes after abruptly cutting short a meeting at the White House with Pelosi and her Senate counterpart Sen. Chuck Schumer, Trump announced he wouldn't attempt any further bipartisanship until the congressional investigations conclude.
"I've said from the beginning -- right from the beginning -- you probably can't go down two tracks. You can go down the investigation track or you can go down the investment track," Trump said.
He added, "We're going to go down one track at a time. Get these phony investigations over with."
After admitting he can't walk and chew gum at the same time, Trump effectively ended the operation of the Trump government.
Typically for Trump, he refused to answer questions after his rant and stomped back into the White House.