(11-01-2019, 10:53 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(11-01-2019, 10:25 AM)mikesez Wrote: Entrap? That's an interesting version of events.  Are you trying to say that Trump had no choice but to make new, foreign-led investigations into Joe Biden and his family an objective of American foreign policy?

It's painfully obvious the previous administration was corrupt to its very core...

And it's killing you all that Trump, big bad meanie that he is, is trying to expose it all.

The heart of man is corrupt at its core, generally speaking.  Obama and Biden certainly have corruption on their hearts, as do Trump and Pence.

But in the context of government, "corruption" has a very specific meaning.  It is using government authority in the pursuit of private or partisan wealth, power, or goods, in opposition to the public good or national interest.

The national interest of the United States includes many overlapping ideas.  One is that citizens of the United States should not be molested, fined, or imprisoned by foreign governments.  This is the simple, polite request found on every US passport.

There are many instances of Obama pursuing unwise or counterproductive policies.  But I don't recall any examples of him doing so to advance his own bank account or reelection chances, and I especially don't recall him trying to get a foreign government to investigate a US citizen.

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