An interesting fact that's emerged about Trump, from his campaign up until now, is that he never quite steps into the trap. He walks right up to a trap, then walks around it. He comes so close, but doesn't take the final fateful step. Others are ensnared, but he walks away. Apparently, there were some shady meetings at Trump Tower during the campaign, but they didn't cross the line. The Mueller report cleared him of collusion even though it was written by Mueller's hyperpartisan aides, using a backwards burden of proof. Likewise, the transcript of Trump's conversation is fatally ambiguous regarding a quid pro quo. It's like animal traps that are put out every evening; in the morning they are tripped, but empty.
This pattern is hugely frustrating and infuriating to those hellbent on taking him down. What they get from Trump are teasers. Maybe he's just lucky, or maybe he has the animal cunning not to take that extra step.
You don't get Trump's status without knowing where the line is, either:
ReplyDelete1. ...so that you can exploit every bit of wiggle room the law afford you without crossing the line, or:
2. ...so that you can cross the line without being caught.
Trump's opponents act like he's in the #2 category where he's clearly in the #1 category. For those opponents who actually want to impeach him, they want him to be in the #2 category. For the rest, they don't care where he is. They are satisfied to set off the trap themselves although Trump isn't in there for no other reason than to level false accusations at him in an attempt to whittle away at public opinion. In that case, Trump doesn't have to be cunning; He only needs to be innocent with regard to the law.