From Congress to the Cabinet, US President Donald Trump's laundry list of alleged scandals are putting party loyalty and logic to the test. Despite a seemingly chaotic media showing from Trump critics and allies alike, it's unclear whether these recent developments are enough to move the needle and actually produce a presidential impeachment.
Award-winning journalist and editorial cartoonist Ted Rall joined Loud and Clear on Monday to discuss the consistent media fumbles from the Trump administration and the breakdown in support amongst Republicans.
“It's really crazy how if these guys just learned to keep message discipline and shut up and keep on point, they probably wouldn't be in nearly as much trouble, but here we are,” Rall told hosts Brian Becker and John Kiriakou.
He also suggested the Trump administration, along with lawyer Rudy Giuliani, hire a media trainer, lest the president's “predilection for loud-mouthed blatherers” be his undoing.
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and US Secretary of State Mike Pomepo have been on an unsuccessful tour of damage control after the former lost his cool and told members of the press to “get over it” in response to his own admission of a quid pro quo taking place in regard to military aid from the US to Ukraine.
Most recently, Mulvaney appeared on “Fox News Sunday” with journalist Chris Wallace and attempted to make a seemingly Orwellian case for why everything…