Sunday, December 17, 2017

This Close Ally Of President Trump Believes His Days Are Numbered

Roger Stone and President Trump

Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair: “Nikki Haley Stuck a Knife in His Back”: Roger Stone Is Already Writing the Story of Trump’s Downfall

One of Trump’s closest allies believes the president could be removed from office by disloyal Cabinet members—and he’s writing a book about it.

In the closing days of the Alabama Senate election, Steve Bannon told people that Donald Trump’s political survival depended on Trump supporting Roy Moore. Bannon’s argument, according to those who spoke with him, was that establishment Republicans and Democrats would use Moore’s defeat as a political weapon to force Trump to face the sexual harassment allegations that have dogged him since the 2016 election. Bannon called Alabama Trump’s “firebreak.”

Last night, the flames leapt into the West Wing. Moore’s dramatic loss to Democrat Doug Jones in a state Trump carried by 62 percent is sowing panic among some of Trump’s kitchen Cabinet. “This shows the public is taking the sexual harassment issue seriously. The president has a big problem,” a Republican close to the White House told me. Even before the election, Democrats renewed calls for Trump to resign for his alleged treatment of women. This week, three of Trump’s accusers launched a media tour to elevate the issue. Even a member of Trump’s administration weighed in. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Face the Nation that Trump’s accusers should be “heard” and “dealt with.”

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Update #1: Roger Stone working on book about Trump's removal from office (The Hill)
Update #2: Roger Stone Is Convinced That Robert Mueller Will Be Donald Trump's Demise (Alert Net)

WNU Editor: It takes a lot to remove a sitting President .... especially a U.S. President. And even if Robert Mueller does produce a report that details President Trump obstructing justice .... many would wonder (like myself) on how can you charge someone for obstructing justice when he did not obstruct you. Bottom line .... Robert Mueller will need a smoking gun to prove his case, and I just do not see that now. As for Roger Stone .... he sees a concerted effort from many in Washington to do all that is necessary to remove President Trump .... and he believes that they will succeed because President Trump will be betrayed by those who are the closest to him. Caesar said "Et tu Brutus", will President trump say the same thing? I guess we will be finding out in the months and years to come.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was a big mistake from Trump, to take in Haley and Tillerson into his administration, since they do not support him at all.

fred said...

they did at one time...

Anonymous said...

Et tu, Brute?
(not Brutus)