'Take her out': Recording appears to capture Trump at private dinner saying he wants Ukraine ambassador fired

[Honeyman]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/recordi ... d=68506437

[km1125]

All the ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President, don't they?

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All the ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President, don't they?

Yes... but Trump manages to do it so obviously...

[bmw]

*yawn*

[km1125]

All the ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President, don't they?

Yes... but Trump manages to do it so obviously...

So that's what you hate him for? Because he's obvious? Would you rather he go around like a snake and do things surreptitiously?

I know most politicians are known for that, but do we really want to encourage that as acceptable behavior?

[TC Shuts Up]

Maybe he just wanted to take her out. If it were Bill Clinton, that is what they would say he said, and it would be believable.

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All the ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President, don't they?

Yes... but Trump manages to do it so obviously...

So that's what you hate him for? Because he's obvious? Would you rather he go around like a snake and do things surreptitiously?

I know most politicians are known for that, but do we really want to encourage that as acceptable behavior?

No... I’m merely pointing out that he is a rather lousy manager... the other part of this is that it projects badly on diplomacy if the administration is actively trying to undermine one of its own diplomats. In diplomacy appearances are everything... and like most things Trump.. this is pretty icky...

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“Take her out. Do it!”

Sounds like Trump speaking to that man he says he - “doesn’t know”, “he’s like a groupie who shows up at fundraisers” - and telling that man he doesn’t know, the “groupie” - to take her out. Which would mean kill her. Because that stranger wouldn’t have any way to fire her as if she were an employee in a company. He’s a groupie stranger. The president doesn’t know him. So “Take her out. Do it!” Sounds like a hit. Take her out. Neutralize her. Do it tomorrow, strange, groupie!

The president is mentally ill.

But don’t believe me. Wait until he goes into yet another narcissistic rage - due to narcissistic injury - look it up - and THIS time scares the hell out of you or your family.

It’s gonna happen. Pandemics, crash-designed passenger jets, unmitigated global warming effects, nuclear explosion, civil war. Oh yeah - just a matter of four more years for him to screw you and your family with some lie or knee jerk reaction from him. Clock is ticking.

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The thug language is one thing but it shows that he (trump) knows Lev P. The guy who he says he didn't know and just hung around to get his pic taken.
Sounds like the 'can I have a pic' guy is helping craft foreign policy.

Has anyone read Fifth Risk by M. Lewis yet? It fills a lot of questions as to who's in-charge.

[screen glare]

The president of The United States suffers from a mental illness.
Yet - is treated as though mentally healthy. That’s why the country is in chaos, and he’s a pariah all over the earth.