Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "Officer fires pepper balls at reporter" video.
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Trump is, and has always been, an agent of chaos. Trump doesn't solve problems, he IS the problem, just ask Atlantic City. Being a problem solver would actually require Trump's to first know history, combined with an understanding of perspectives. It would require him to be capable of reasoning and critical thinking.đ
He would have to be fully aware of his own weaknesses and limitations, combined with a willingness to listen and learn from experts with years of experience. Trump would also have to finally acknowledge that magic is not real. Last but not least, in order for Trump to become a problem solver, he would need to have the moral courage, and the moral compass to do what is right. Trump has proven that he clearly has none of the tools nor the desire to solve problems. And that is why he chooses to be an agent of chaos, because it's so much easier than being a problem solver. Even a 2 year old child can be an agent of chaos.
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Putin's plot against America, which was to help his puppet Trump get elected began in 2014. Thousands of miles away, in a drab office building in St Petersburg Russia, a fake newsroom was under construction with its own graphics, data analysis, search engine optimisation, IT and finance departments. Its mission: âinformation warfare against the US..
We now know from the Mueller report, that what followed was a successful attack on the most powerful democracy in the world. It involved stolen identities, fake social media accounts, rallies organised from afar, Americans (Trump cultists) duped into doing Moscowâs bidding..
In his first criminal charges related to election meddling, Mueller indicted 13 Russians and 3 Russian companies of an elaborate effort to disrupt the 2016 elections with a covert trolling campaign, aimed at helping Trump get elected.
The Russian offensive began in 2014 with an aim to âsow discordâ and evolved into a concerted attempt to help Trump. Some of it relied on old-fashioned boots on the ground. Two operatives, Aleksandra Krylova and Anna Bogacheva, travelled as tourists through at least nine states over about two weeks in June 2014 to collect intelligence for their operations. They prepared âevacuation scenariosâ in case their cover was blown.
This was combined with exploiting the anonymous, borderless world of social media, where agents of chaos thrive. Â The Internet Research Agency, a âtroll farmâ based in nondescript offices at 55 Savushkina Street St Petersburg, was operating through Russian shell companies, the agency employed hundreds of people, ranging from creators of fictitious personae to technical and administrative support.
Its specialists were divided into day shifts and night shifts to fit with the appropriate US time zones. The agency also circulated lists of US holidays so that specialists could be active accordingly.
Russians posed as political and social active Americans. They created social media pages and groups, and bought political adverts such as âDonald wants to defeat terrorism ... Hillary wants to sponsor itâ. They relied on identity theft, using the social security numbers, home addresses and birth dates of Americans without their knowledge. They set up fake bank accounts linked to PayPal accounts.
They engaged in operations primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Clinton, and to denigrate other candidates such as Cruz and Rubio. In June 2016, after Trump clinched the Republican nomination, the Russians began to organise pro-Trump rallies, recruiting and paying unwitting (Trump cultists) Americans. At a time when Trump supporters were chanting âLock her up!â, one was asked to wear a costume portraying Clinton in a prison uniform at a rally in Florida, while another was asked to build a cage on a flatbed truck. On 22 September, Russians created and bought Facebook ads for a series of âMiners for Trump" rallies in Pennsylvania..
Today Trump still refuses to criticize Putin, or even acknowledge that Moscow meddled in our elections. His refusal to do so is either motivated by fear, or a conscientious and wilful betrayal of his oath of office, and the betrayal of America.
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