The U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV told multiple colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in London that President Donald Trump had asked him to see if the British government could help get the British Open to play at his Turnberry golf course in Scotland, a former State Department official with firsthand knowledge told NBC News. Aired on 7/22/2020.
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Former State Dept Official Says Trump Pressed Ambassador To Get British Open Held At His Resort
Every day and all night, Fox News praises Trump like their “Dear Leader”. Fox News calls Trump the greatest Leader and Person who ever lived. Fox News says Trump saved millions of American lives with his brilliant leadership. Really.
I can tell you don’t watch Fox News.
What about the interview with Chris Wallace? Would you call that a political scam when he talked trash about Trump and brought facts in the conversation: Remember when he announced he took the test and said it wasn’t hard.
Yes
@Josiah Williams one good interview (bad for Trump) doesn’t undo the thousands of hours Fox spends fawning over him.
@Foglight the talk about how he did a terrible job in Portland.
The grifter is trying to add to his wealth before he goes to jail.
Logan McLean He’s a moron
@Dave Schultz that’s all been repeatedly disproven. But you’re just another lying sos republitatd, guzzling that trump koolaid.
@Dave Schultz their is no proof of that! Trump and his family are much deeper into nepotism than the Bidens! Trump himself said he doesn’t see anything wrong with nepotism!!!!! TRUMP LIED, PEOPLE DIED!!!
@Logan McLean TRUMP LIED, PEOPLE DIED!!
And his kids are keeping their fingers crossed hoping that he does a good job of it.
It’s behavior like this goes to show just how broke Donald Trump truly is. If Trump was really worth $10 BILLION, he wouldn’t be so actively trying to pull in a few million. My bet is that Trump is so in debt that every person who reads this post is worth more than him.
$10 billion? More like $300 million and $1.3 billion in loans.
Matt
And earned their money honestly
Wait, what? 10 billion??
Donald has never ever in his life been a billionaire!!!
Other than Donald, do we know of any other famous person who’s billionaire status is so in doubt? Has a billionaire EVER filed for bankruptcy? 6 times???????
We are. Maybe not as rich though.
He owns billions in debt.
This is impeachable, but during the Trump Administration, this is just Wednesday.
@bingo_fuel but everyone was talking about Trump being unfit at one point. Can you remember everyone pressuring him to take the test?
@Charles Lewis In plain view all the time – but Republicans pretended not to see them…
@bingo_fuel Because the republicans are corrupted who only care about money and how to ripped saps of their tax money.
@goff0103 you think republican senators are stealing American’s tax money?
@bingo_fuel They accept ‘donations’, the party is corrupt. The orange man baby uses tax payers money to golf on his resorts many times already.
Even Nixon’s ghost is appalled at the sheer magnitude of Trump’s corruption. 😔
Kia Why? Nobody the Benedict’s & 7/C sure isn’t all them dummies either. It’s their own wrong doings! 7/C should’ve had his father last name instead of the mother father. 🤧👬
More Fake News…
FOLLOW THE DEAD BODIES TO THE CLINTOS HOUSE.
ITS CALLED THE CLINTON BODY COUNT. THEN GET BACK WITH US. DNC IS A SATANIC CULT. ALONG WITH THE FAKE NEWS MSM.
They said they would rather hold it in a dump
@Roy Rodgers – oh, so they are holding at his resort after all.
John Dean served as White House counsel to Nixon from 1970 to 73, he was a key figure in the Watergate saga—participating in, and then helping to expose, the most iconic political scandal in modern U.S. history at the time. Back in 2016, Dean said that Trump could easily be the most corrupt presidents ever—and possibly get away with it..
“The American presidency has never been at the whims of an authoritarian personality like Donald Trump,” Dean stated. “He is going to test our democracy as it has never been tested.”
Dean stated that he is not only convinced that Trump will be worse than Nixon in virtually every way—he thinks he could possibly get away with it.
“I used to have one-on-one conversations with Nixon, where I’d see him checking his more authoritarian tendencies,” Dean recalled. “He’d say, ‘This is something I can’t say out loud…’ or, ‘That is something the president can’t do.’” To Dean, these moments suggested a functioning sense of shame in Nixon, something he was forced to wrestle with in his quest for power. Trump, by contrast, appears to Dean, to be unmolested by any such struggle.” Dean went even further in his assessment, stating: “I don’t think Richard Nixon even comes close to the level of corruption we already know about Trump.”
Obama used government agencies in an attempt to overturn a campaign. Thats treason.
John Dean is so correct. Too bad Americans don’t believe what they are seeing on a daily basis. I am glad he is not my President.
@Charles Lewis
Curious where you got such ridiculous idea from.
Please do shed some light on your findings.
@Charles Lewis We’re still peddling this lie?
Just remember: Trump thinks that the Emoluments Clause is Santa’s brother so it doesn’t apply to him. 🎅
HeyitsDee – trump doesn’t think ANYTHING applies to him. He’s POTUS (in his mind), so he can do anything he wants. He’s even more powerful than God himself (in his twisted mind).
And more fake news no mention on Obama shutting down full neighborhoods in Hawaii
@ihave35cents Excellent whataboutism you have going on there. Also, source?
@Jeweled Bird He was telling us how much cents he has 35
This is so out of character for Trump….haha, nah, it seems totally in line with his corrupt behaviors.
Nothing ever never surprises one how low the conman can go…
I wish the Scots would do us the favor of burning that place to the ground.
I live approx 20 miles from Turnberry,his greens get dug up a lot,his golf course is empty.
@Ian Mcgrath
Awesome!!!👏👏👏
Q: Are t’rump supporters too dumb or too ignorant to see that t’rump is in this for himself, not them? 🤔
A: Yes. 😏
Trump did say that, you can tell them anything and they’ll believe it. Republicans are the dumbest voters in America. ~ Trump ~
Both.
The Orange man baby loves stupid people.
@Ice 247 Well, you’re almost right. They only believe lies coming from the right. They never believe facts or the truth.
He applied for and received $1 million in COVID relief funds from the Scottish government. This suprises no one. No one.
Atrocious trump dump stump🤯🤡💩🤬🤮🤪👻🤢🦖🤮🤡🤬🤯💩💩🤮
Breaking the law again!!! This clown is unbelievable, November can’t come soon enough! Biden 2020
Vote JOEBYEDON 2020. 💙
Will he ever quit !!! He should have been impeach. The Democrats had it right, he did ask for a favor, can’t anyone see his habits never change. I can’t wait for NOVEMBER !!!!!!!!!
Yeah well, sadly there’s nothing or no one stopping him… even if it is against the law
Can’t wait till November
Let’s vote him out and America will be great again!!!!!
# vote Joe Biden 2020
Making America great again by voting trump out.
A Real Billionaire wouldn’t need to beg for money like this. Fake billionaire, fake president.
Sad part is with this COVID 19 thing you can bet that SPANKY is making BILLION$ through SECRET DEALS
and he can’t even release the Hero Act bill to save lives
As much as I hate the guy, it’s only fair to state facts. The Senate has to come to an agreement on it before it even lands on his desk. The only power Trump has right now with it is saying what he wants and doesn’t want. Only after it passes through the Senate is it his responsibility to pass or veto it.
This is a dictator not a president and Congress is letting him do it.