The Mueller Report thread

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(05-23-2019, 06:03 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Actually the affair was first published at the end of 2011.
The affair was from 2006, so it's not like it was something recent that happened right before his Election. Yes he married Melania in 2005, so shame on him. Rich celebrities that have affairs typically pay off the other person to keep them quiet. Many will lie about those affairs so as to not damage their Spouse. Nothing really new here. he's not the first nor will he be the last to that, and has nothing to do with his ability/inability to do his Job as POTUS. It's nothing more than a bitching point for you all to make,, it's like the birther thing with Obama.

I think many celebrities lie to their spouses for the same reason non-celebrities do--to protect themselves, not their spouses. LOL

But I disagree with your claim this has nothing to do with Trump's ability to do his job as POTUS. If this were one old affair, then no, I would not make much of it. Especially in the case of someone who otherwise was not give to lying. (E.g., George W drank a lot and did cocaine--then quit decades ago. Closed book.)   But there is so much going on here beyond a single affair. 

1. There is first the pattern of cheating on a spouse--three times in a row.  For decades he has lived a lie to his own family members. Hiding those lies is part of his daily normal, part of his character, a lifestyle.

2. That pattern is itself part of a larger one of ill-treatment of women--from the 19 accusations of assault, to the horrible personal insults of professional women in tweets, to the Hollywood access tape. He denies all such accusations, while attacking "liberals" like Al Franken for much less.

3. Then this pattern links, via Stormy, to the pattern of shady business deals managed by a "fixer."  The analogy to "family deals" and business deals is pretty clear, appearance vs reality again. Four bankruptcies, contractors and investors stiffed, creditors sued, American banks refuse him loans, mysterious funding, stories killed by the National Enquirer, won't reveal his tax returns. The "King of debt." At every level and in every aspect of his life we see the grifter who convinced people to buy into his Trump university because he hand picked the faculty, the swindler who convinced enough American voters that he would hand-pick "the best people" for his cabinet, all of a piece with the cheating husband who promised three wives "till death do us part."

I don't see any link to the birther conspiracy here, other than it is yet another example of Trump's poor judgment in pushing falshood. Either he has difficulty separating Truth from Fiction, or does but uses fiction for political gain. Either way, that's not what I want to see in a leader.