I find it very useful, HCR, that you are now becoming a target of trolls and hacks to such an extent. I know that those of us who read and appreciate your letters number in the thousands, but we are not exactly a massive voting bloc, so your carefully researched and informative posts have clearly raised some hackles because when faced wi…
I find it very useful, HCR, that you are now becoming a target of trolls and hacks to such an extent. I know that those of us who read and appreciate your letters number in the thousands, but we are not exactly a massive voting bloc, so your carefully researched and informative posts have clearly raised some hackles because when faced with facts--the thing that we historians use to analyze the past--it is very hard to defend the indefensible. So instead, people resort to the usual silliness: ad hominem attacks and gaslighting. Keep it up. It's obvious that the Russia situation--which has been in the picture for those of us (New Yorkers) who were aware of Trump's corruption long before he ran for president--is the third rail. He might be too deranged to be a Manchurian Candidate, but he is definitely a "useful idiot."
I could not agree with you more about New Yorkers knowing about Trump's corruption. The link I added shows the corruption in this incident. To me showed exemplified Trump's lack of character and yet another example of his lying. When the art deco building that had housed Bonwit Teller was being torn down to make way for Trump Tower, I saw a worker using a jackhammer on one of the friezes that the Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted. He smashed it to smithereens. Fast forward to 2016 and Trump in an interview said he was worried that if lowered it, it would harm a pedestrian below on Fifth Avenue! Really! Not an even plausible lie. And yes, Trump is definitely a "useful" idiot.
I was working for a company right across the street while the destruction of Bonwits and building of the hideous Trump Tower was happening. It was awful to watch.
Indeed, they must be scared of something she's doing or they wouldn't bother to troll. Trump is, as Alexander Vindman said, a useful idiot. From the Atlantic article of Sept. 14: "Vindman continues, “In the Army we call this ‘free chicken,’ something you don’t have to work for—it just comes to you. This is what the Russians have in Trump: free chicken.”
I find it very useful, HCR, that you are now becoming a target of trolls and hacks to such an extent. I know that those of us who read and appreciate your letters number in the thousands, but we are not exactly a massive voting bloc, so your carefully researched and informative posts have clearly raised some hackles because when faced with facts--the thing that we historians use to analyze the past--it is very hard to defend the indefensible. So instead, people resort to the usual silliness: ad hominem attacks and gaslighting. Keep it up. It's obvious that the Russia situation--which has been in the picture for those of us (New Yorkers) who were aware of Trump's corruption long before he ran for president--is the third rail. He might be too deranged to be a Manchurian Candidate, but he is definitely a "useful idiot."
I could not agree with you more about New Yorkers knowing about Trump's corruption. The link I added shows the corruption in this incident. To me showed exemplified Trump's lack of character and yet another example of his lying. When the art deco building that had housed Bonwit Teller was being torn down to make way for Trump Tower, I saw a worker using a jackhammer on one of the friezes that the Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted. He smashed it to smithereens. Fast forward to 2016 and Trump in an interview said he was worried that if lowered it, it would harm a pedestrian below on Fifth Avenue! Really! Not an even plausible lie. And yes, Trump is definitely a "useful" idiot.
https://secretsofmanhattan.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/the-bonwit-teller-building-how-donald-trump-destroyed-an-art-deco-treasure/
I was working for a company right across the street while the destruction of Bonwits and building of the hideous Trump Tower was happening. It was awful to watch.
Indeed, they must be scared of something she's doing or they wouldn't bother to troll. Trump is, as Alexander Vindman said, a useful idiot. From the Atlantic article of Sept. 14: "Vindman continues, “In the Army we call this ‘free chicken,’ something you don’t have to work for—it just comes to you. This is what the Russians have in Trump: free chicken.”