Not asked of me, but I'll give these a shot:
Answer me this, Grimez. If he's innocent, why isn't he absolutely jumping at the chance to put his senior officials (like Bolton), who actually directly interacted with him and aren't relying on mostly second-hand information, on the stand? Instead he ordered them not to and several of them are threatening to sue the House for trying to compel them to take the stand. If their testimonies could once and for all clear Trump's name, why would he be so intent on preventing them from testifying? I want to hear your explanation for this.
Fist - there is separation of powers. The way I understand our constitution is that it keeps the checks and balances such that none of the branches gains control over the others. In this instance, if Trump gives the House everything it asks for, he sets the precedent (which by Executive privilege he should not) that every President remains under scrutiny by Congress, thereby weakening the Executive branch to have following Presidents either afraid to do their job out of fear of constant investigation and harrassment, or at least paralyzed by it. The Executive branch needs to remain honest and accountable to the people (through Congress, and also at the ballot box), but there are things that a President must take on that should not be done under a microscope or fear of a colonoscopy throughout the exercise. Personally, I see this more of a political play and not part of Trump's intent, but it is well within his rights and authority.
Second - there is the non-stop harassment he has suffered from Dems since before the election. I'd find it hard to believe anyone can't see the endless attacks he has sustained, none of which have been proven to a point of any sort of 'conviction', hasn't caused him issue? There's too many to list, but the biggest - Russia Collusion - did garner an investigation and came up empty. Whether Trump is guilty of anything today or not doesn't really matter. It hasn't all along. Once one accusation is proven wrong the Dems level another. My second point is that he has nothing to gain from cooperating. If he provides witness who say 'bullshit' and 'nothing there' then the Dems move on to the next accusation, but first there is more circus testimonies and depositions that get spun six ways to Sunday but ultimately don't do anything but sling mud in every direction. If he withholds witnesses (again, within his right), it keeps the Dems chewing on the same current bone (
quid pro quo bribery), he knows where they are and what their coming at him with and he controls his side of the story. If these folks could exonerate him, he can hold them until it will most cripple the Dems in the eyes of the public - he retains control. If these folks would sink him (looking at Giuliani, IMO), he can hold them as long as possible and buy more time, more distractions, etc. He may still get sunk, but he can hold control as long as possible if it is bad for him.
Because right now it looks exactly like someone who is guilty trying his hardest to evade justice. Not only the blocking of the testimonies I'm talking about, but his attacks against the character of those giving testimony, and his suggestion that the whistleblower is a traitor and should be killed (when part of the freedom and beauty of our nation is that one is allowed to come forward and say something against the president). How do you defend what I realize has now become a couple of different issues?
Does look like someone guilty. Also looks like someone tired of being accused, investigated, seen members of staff turn on him and others get arrested as Mueller tried to find something on him.
Him attacking other people's character, well, inexcusable. I can only say it reflects more poorly on him than anything he's trying to cast on others.
It is absolutely amazing to me how the American public can view what we can see happening with our own eyes in diametrically opposed ways. They got us in a mind fuck, that's for sure.
America has been mindfkd for awhile. We just didn't realize how bad. I'm afraid for what comes next.
