The Trump Presidency: Part 18

[acbytesla]

He wants to "invest" in creating rat-infested slums, morelike? He and his family have quite the history with that, after all.

I seriously don't understand why anyone would ever ever trust Trump and what he says. I'm dying to see some ads showing his promises against reality. I bet you could run a great series of anti-Trump ads on this theme.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Ivanka tweeted

Today we met with Morocco’s Head of Government and Foreign Minister to sign implementing documents to further legal reforms in property rights that will actualize the economic empowerment of Moroccan women. #WGDP

 

[Ladewig]

Donnie found some Uncle Toms.No surpise there.
Note the hatred for anything "Green". I honestly think it's because in Donnie's mind, Fossil Fuels are strong and manly, but Renweable Energies are wimpy and faggy.

Of course. One need only look at his quotes

Trump said he had asked miners whether they wanted to work in technology and “they almost threw up all over the place.”

“Can you imagine miners with massive arms, shoulders -- who love what they’re doing -- in a line with little tiny widgets?” he added. “They’re putting little tiny computer parts together. These big strong guys? They don’t want to be doing that.”

 

[cullennz]

Just watched the video of Trumps kid pointing out stuff the women on "The View" have done, when they were slagging him off for having Trump for a dad through no fault of his own.

Was quite humorous

 

[Andy_Ross]

Why is she signing things?

 

[Armitage72]

Ivanka tweeted

Today we met with Morocco’s Head of Government and Foreign Minister to sign implementing documents to further legal reforms in property rights that will actualize the economic empowerment of Moroccan women. #WGDP

Is she calling a game of Buzzword Bingo?

 

[SezMe]

Which means that once it's confirmed that the Democrat has become Governor, the legislature will probably start changing the rules to limit his power, like what happened in another state.

Yep: Wisconsin

ETA: Umm, maybe Michigan

 

[SezMe]

I'd like to know the rationale behind trump's retweeting this.

My guess is that he didn't write it. I wonder if any of the White House staff are 'bama grads.

 

[SezMe]

NY Attorney General Tweeted

NY AG James
@NewYorkStateAG
BREAKING: We’ve secured a court order forcing President Trump to pay $2M in damages after admitting to illegally using the Trump Foundation to help him intervene in the 2016 presidential election and further his own political interests.
No one is above the law.

This strikes me as a mere slap on the wrist. If he is as rich as he claims then he can find $2M in the sofa cushions. Is $2M any measure at all of the damage he's done both here and abroad? Not even close.

 

[alfaniner]

This strikes me as a mere slap on the wrist. If he is as rich as he claims then he can find $2M in the sofa cushions. Is $2M any measure at all of the damage he's done both here and abroad? Not even close.

Notice how he turned that into "I decided to donate $2 million."

 

[SezMe]

It may not be Kellyanne. But I can't see how it couldn't be her.
I can just imagine what it's like in her home after she comes home after spending a day with the loon.

I imagine she gets home, pours a gallon of wine, puts her feet up and rants away...and away...and away. Meantime, George has turned up the tape recorder, taking it all down and writing it up. On weekends, they proof it together, get giddy with wine and hosannas and finally head up to the bedroom to bring the latest chapter to a ...er...climax.

 

[smartcooky]

This strikes me as a mere slap on the wrist. If he is as rich as he claims then he can find $2M in the sofa cushions. Is $2M any measure at all of the damage he's done both here and abroad? Not even close.

Err, thats JUST the Trump Foundation court action... a very small part of the totality of Dump's legal jeopardy

 

[MinnesotaBrant]

I am wondering if this impeachment thing is really just an attempt to open up Trump's clogged Uranus with congress as the plumbers. <snip>

I imagine she gets home, pours a gallon of wine, puts her feet up and rants away...and away...and away. Meantime, George has turned up the tape recorder, taking it all down and writing it up. On weekends, they proof it together, get giddy with wine and hosannas and finally head up to the bedroom to bring the latest chapter to a ...er...climax.

Trump does have a talent for hot older women in his cabinet(period) Noted

Edited by Loss Leader: 

Off topic comments snipped.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Ivanka tweeted

Today we met with Morocco’s Head of Government and Foreign Minister to sign implementing documents to further legal reforms in property rights that will actualize the economic empowerment of Moroccan women. #WGDP

And why the hell does she say 'we met to sign'? Does she have a political position in Morocco?

 

[Trebuchet]

My wife just told me Trump hasn't tweeted in over 24 hours. Has someone taken his phone away?

 

[Aridas]

And why the hell does she say 'we met to sign'? Does she have a political position in Morocco?

Concerning as that may be, there's also the larger question of... what, exactly, those legal reforms in property rights actually are and what the larger story is here.

Looks like AP News has a bit more about that.

Ivanka Trump meets with female landowners on Morocco trip

Ivanka Trump is a senior White House adviser who works on women’s issues and has sought through an initiative to encourage developing countries to help women build wealth and financial independence by owning land or other property.

Morocco is one such nation. Working in partnership with the Millennium Challenge Corp., a U.S. aid agency, Morocco has updated its land titling laws and earned the three-day visit from the U.S. president’s daughter.

<snip>

She is visiting Morocco to promote the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity initiative, a U.S. government program she spearheads that has a goal of helping 50 million women in developing countries advance economically by 2025.

It does look like the overall cause is good. Ivanka's official role in it, on the other hand, is in a legal grey area, at best, though. I'm willing to count that particular initiative as one of the positives of the Trump Administration, either way.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

This strikes me as a mere slap on the wrist. If he is as rich as he claims then he can find $2M in the sofa cushions. Is $2M any measure at all of the damage he's done both here and abroad? Not even close.

Given the miniscule size of the Trump Foundation assets at its peak, $2 million is a lot.
Plus he can't serve on any charity board.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

Fake News is reporting that I am talking to Mark Burnett about doing a big show, perhaps The Apprentice, after the presidency, which I would assume they mean in 5 years. This is not true, never had such a conversation, don’t even have time to think about it. False reporting!

Mark Levin blasts Adam Schiff, claims 'the law is on the president's side' on Ukraine

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Retweeted

House Homeland GOP
@HomelandGOP
Democrats are so obsessed with impeaching President Trump that they're doing nothing to fix real problems Americans care about, like border security.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Retweeted

Lee Zeldin
@RepLeeZeldin
This "evidence" would be thrown out of court so quickly for all of the right reasons. Here Taylor concedes to me that his ONLY substantive claim from his opening statement referencing Biden not only isn't first hand...it's not even second hand

he Dems/media are desperately relying on Taylor as their star witness to show there was an impeachable offense of quid pro quo. Aside from the fact he admits he has no idea what quid pro quo even means, Taylor also admitted to me his claims aren't based on 1st hand knowledge

The George Kent transcript was just released & once again there’s ZERO 1st hand info of US $ to Ukraine being linked to specific investigations. I'm sure the Dems & media would love to rely though on the unreliable here: Taylor told Kent that Sondland told Taylor, etc. etc. etc.

It appears Ambassador Yovanovitch did not accurately answer this question I asked her during her “impeachment inquiry” deposition under oath.

Real Cracker Jack reporting here. What actually happened in the room is Adam Schiff made up a new rule that day that NOTHING AT ALL can be asked related to the Intel Community. Very different line of questioning than what the AP inaccurately wrote here.

Volker confirmed to me during his interview that in no way, shape or form was there any quid pro quo whatsoever.