My guess is that Big Oil is going to look long and hard before they make any decision. Perhaps even demanding billions of dollars in financial assurances.

Not perhaps. Without a doubt. And Trump will be desperate and cave to their demands.

They'll also want security/protection because, guess what? This isn't getting done in a a year. Try years or decades to get the oil fields up and running to over 3 million barrels a day.

This has the genuine look of a complete failure and money dump that probably will cost the American tax payers.

Trump would be smart to just claim Maduro as the prize and get out - but he's incapable of that. He wants this in the history books that he reclaimed the oil.

Well here we are, the anniverary where the GOP became ball-less and wouldn't impeach a President for his lack of actions. And that's just his actions on Jan 6 - not even talking about what he did before and up to, and aftewards concerning his election loss.

So here we are, congratulations!

And to top it off, we now have Presidents who go unchecked with power. Literally.

LOL, the buffoon.

Will tell oil companies, and trust them with that info, but not his own GOP in Congress?

You know Trump couldn't keep his mouth shut and had to beat his chest to someone before it happened. So him.

Anyway, why would oil companies put the money up first and rely on Trump's word that billions will come flowing in afterwards? I mean, Trump the business man is just soooo successful. LOL

Trump is going to want that oil so bad - this is going to be a mess. The only question I have is - how will Trump and his family profit? Wait for those details in the coming months.

What exactly did Kelly say that wasn't true?

Don't follow illegal orders is an absolutely true and factual statement that the military is aware of. Isn't he just re-emphasizing it, and as former military, I think he has the right.

And no, I don't think the Maduro capture was illegal. It may not be prudent - but it's not illeagl IMO. There's precedent for this.

Congress does need to approve this.

In the Senate, he'll need 60% of the votes to accomplish this which will never even come close.

Consider it temporary - like the rest of his adminstration. Dude is a lame duck, cooked.

Trump is trying too hard, you can tell he knows he's in trouble.

That was basically a campaign speech.

Problem is, people only want promises before voting.

Now, they want results and aren't getting them.

BTW, Trumps bonus to the troops was already approved by Congress, he just simply rebranded it. Typical Trump.

My original question is that an example of what the author is talking about? If so, then I completely agree.

How could it not be, the first few lines say companies bowing to Trump's will.

WTF.

What would be good examples of that?

Well, here's out disgusting one.

Those law firms that caved to Trump, paid him money/free legal services, because he threatened them for people they represented.

Trump is entering (or has already entered) lame duck territory. You're going to see layers of Repubs start to peel away and plan for what they hope is the next regime IMO. And he's not going to take it well.

And the only thing going to stop this if the Bannon and his crew really try to push Trump to a third term - which Trump may eventually come around to.

They either have nothing because there is nothing or the information truly damaging to Trump and many others has been removed or altered.

Then why was Trump so adamant about not releasing them?

Would you agree Trump and GOP leadership was going to great lengths to keep them under wraps?

Or is Trump just stupid and losing it?

....and the thing about this administration is, Trump has more lackeys working for him than in his first term.

Think Bondi would help him out?

I think so.

The files everyone so desperately wanted released are suddenly "scrubbed" because Trump wants them released?

Files everyone so desperately wanted released are suddenly "scrubbed" so Trump can now say release them because he knows he can't stop the vote.

Fixed it for ya!!! And why couldn't the delay have given them time to go to Plan B?

Let's see, Trump pays porn stars to not talk thru alternate means, tells Congress "stall the vote, I'll take care of the rest", "find me 11K votes", "I can declassify by just thinking it".

Sure, Trump would never "scrub"..........lol

Lamp - I think the fact that more House Repubs were going to vote for it than expected (much more apparently) is an indication that the Senate will have to as well - otherwise you're viewed as protecting potential pedo's. Not a good look and voters aren't going to stand for that.

So then it's on Trump's desk. I could see Trump bypassing all of it or some of it due to legal reasons - ie. the DOJ "investigating".

Right on cue, moving from one controversy to the next. Initially, it was the files will bury Trump. Now that he wants to release them, the files have been altered

Doesn't that seem like a Trump thing? Doing something illegal?

He literally went from a campaign promise (which he most likely was just spouting out of his ---), to threatening his own party to vote against it, to now, let's release it.

I wouldn't put anything past Trump in terms of doing something on the down low. He's got a track record of this.

Why has Trump did a 180?

Two reasons I suspect why.

Either

1. Files have been cleaned of anything extremely embarrassing, or

2. Much like his taxes and auditing, because DOJ will open up investigations into Dems - certain files will not be released.

Trump literally was trying to get reps to change their vote (apparently from the Situation Room no less) and said a vote for it is a vote against the White House.

Now he wants them released? LOL........only an idiot wouldn't suspect something is up because of that change of heart.

What you will get are some photos of Trump kissing underage girls, statements from underage girls talking about Trump walking in on them while they were changing, Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women.

I'm very doubtful of that, but if so, it's over for Trump.

Files are being released now apparently, 20,000K documents, per CNN. Not sure if that's from

I'm no Trump fan, not even close, but I have a hard time believing anything in this release or afterwards will directly connect Trump to underage women.

Was he friends with Epstein and knew exactly what he was doing...and probably thought it was wild fun. Absolutely.

If Trump had a connection to underage women it would have come out in at least one of his presidential runs. Other stuff did, but not this.

Defenders seem to keep wanting to point to Truman's overhaul of the White House, but that's because it was structurally troubled. It was a necessity.

No one else has done, to the degree, that Trump is doing now...and that's why it's getting this attention.

This is Trump being Trump. Leaving his stain on everything.

It's actually in such bad taste to build a structure that will actually be bigger than the residence itself.

Looks really bad w/ Trump talking about it everyday, getting money from doners while fed workers aren't getting paid.

Bad, bad look from all ends.

He WILL go down as the most corrupt president in our history.

People are going to do studies and documentaries on how it actually was allowed to happen.

Leave it to Trump to ruin a national residence.

I'm sure it will look gaudy because, well, that's Trump.

But know what would be actually funny? The next Dem president should shrink it down and remodel the entire ballroom......I know that's what I would do.

Would kill Trump.

I live near NY and would listen to Curtis and Kuby radio show on WABC at lunch (pre COVID). What a great show it was, and loved the 1pm hour where they dove into Trump and Russia every day!!!. Kuby was a liberal, but Sliwa is no Trump-lover as far as I know.

I don't know if he's qualified to be mayor, but he surely has the most street cred and knows the city like no one else (of those three).

As far as John Catsimatidis, he's a POS. Trump boot licker.