YAPST - YA Pardon Snowden Thread

[cytg111]

SO you may have gotten wind of the rekindled fire under the "Pardon Snowden" bon fire (even though, how can you pardon someonne who is not charged with ... anyway), in a flip flop moment of *SO MANY* flip flop moments Trump has asserted this, pr the NY Times, at a presser at his GOLF club no less that :

"President Trump said on Saturday that he would consider pardoning Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who faced criminal charges after leaking classified documents about vast government surveillance. "

Trump Says He’ll Look Into a Pardon for Edward Snowden (Published 2020)

The remarks seemed to be a shift for President Trump, who repeatedly called Mr. Snowden a “traitor” and “spy who should be executed” in the years before his election.

www.nytimes.com

Employ the usual algorithm to any Trump statement to get to the deeper motivation, TrumpAlgo1:"Whats in it for me", and right off that bat we remember this interview, 11th hour with Snowden:

Now fast forward to

Where he begins to speak on the FISA court

TumpAlgo1 returns true once again.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Not happening, IMO.

 

[FaaR]

Not happening, IMO.

Aye.

One of Dumpy's handlers will pull the "emergency evasive action" lever they've used on a few other occasions when he's spouted something disastrously contrary to official policy free-wheeling style in his usual un-researched uninformed off the cuff manner, like 'let's ignore the 2nd amendment and just take their guns' and whatnot. And suddenly, like with those other things, this will be like he never even said it at all.

 

[cytg111]

Most likely not. He throws it up there, and if it gets a little traction his team will play it for the votes it'll attract.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Most likely not. He throws it up there, and if it gets a little traction his team will play it for the votes it'll attract.

In my anecdotal, small world, conservatives friends and family were the ones who wanted to hang him. My more liberal peeps were like omfg look what he exposed.

 

[cytg111]

In my anecdotal, small world, conservatives friends and family were the ones who wanted to hang him. My more liberal peeps were like omfg look what he exposed.

I expect Trump to back single payer and UBI before its over and done with.