We want a favor

Sep 25th, 2019 | By
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The memorandum of Trump’s gangster conversation with Zelensky is as squalid as everyone expected, and more so.

Like, the opening move to soften him up with “we do a lot for you” – coupled with “that Merkel, she does NOTHING for you, we’re the ones, she’s not, we are.” And then the immediate pivot to “we want a favor.” That part includes the damning “I would like to have the Attorney General call you.” Barr is in it; Barr is even dirtier than we thought. “Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it”…if you get my drift.

Also, chillingly, his tweets today indicate that he thinks the redacted memorandum is exculpatory. He thinks we’re going to read it and say oh gee there’s nothing there.

Then there’s bigging up Giuliani, as one might say “Tony is my guy, you don’t want to make Tony mad, trust me.” Giuliani is Trump’s personal lawyer, don’t forget, not a government employee. “I will ask him to call you along with the Attorney General,” Trump says. Yeah, that’s so exculpatory. Godalmighty. Then three sentences later he gets to “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son” – as if Zelensky is as enthralled by what’s in Trump’s head as Trump is. Who? Who’s Biden? Why are you talking about his son? Can we talk about Ukraine at all? “…that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that” – no they don’t, that’s Trump’s magical “a lot of people” when he means himself trick. “so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great.”

Put that whole sentence together: “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great.” It’s a crime, it’s stunning, it’s grotesque. (What’s the crime? Soliciting a foreign government for help in an election.)

And in conclusion, to wrap up that paragraph, “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it… It sounds horrible to me.” Note the … after “look into it” – apparently there’s even more incriminating shit there.

Then he lets Zelensky talk a little then he says: “I will have Mr Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it.” Yes, President Zelenskiy, I will have my personal lawyer and the Attorney General of the United States both give you a call so that they can lean on you in my name to help us damage my political rivals, thanks a lot, love you loads, bye.

It’s just fucking breathtaking. Knowing he did it is one thing and seeing how crude it was even in the redacted version is another.

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