Looks like 'Jr' got thrown under the bus, huh?

After a series of vicious attacks on their home by their own president, proud Baltimoreans are standing by their city. But there is something local they would likely be happy to ditch: decrepit “Kushnerville” housing provided by Donald Trump’s own son-in-law, who has been blasted by tenants in the press as a “slumlord.”

Trump has lashed Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) in yet another attack on an African-American because of the congressman’s criticism of inhumane treatment of immigrants at the southern border, and slammed Cummings’ Baltimore district as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”

Ironically, Jared Kushner’s many Baltimore area housing projects — which he continues to own even as he works as a senior White House adviser — racked up hundreds of building-code violations creating the kind of conditions that Trump hints at.

“We expect all landlords to comply with the code requirements that protect the health and safety of their tenants — even if the landlord’s father-in-law is President of the United States,” said a statement at the time by Baltimore County officials.

The Negro community is NOT amused with your lie about their support.

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choad wrote:

Let's hope that's all she wrote, Shitweasle.

It will make him eat the rest of his liver, for sure.  Unfortunately this is only for the Primary and he probably doesn't need California to win that.  Now, if we could get that on the ballot for all 50 states for the General Election, then he's probably screwed.

Hell..just do it to Trump Towers and Mar a lago....LOL.....

Baywolfe wrote:

China: Let's turn our Trade War retaliation up to 11.

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and not even a peep about it on Fox News

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This is going to be fun!

1. There is no recession coming
2. Most economists say we will not have a recession but the rest of the world is not doing well like we are doing
3. Tariffs do not effect the economy but I'm not going to implement additional tariffs on China like I said I would
4. If it does look like there's going to be a recession it's the Federal Reserve's fault
5. If we have a recession it's Obama's fault, or crooked Hillary, or immigrants and poor people

Emmeran wrote:

1.  Well if it ain't gonna be a recession it's gonna be a crash.
2.  Trump will do anything to prevent taking responsibility for his economic actions.
3.  Trump doesn't understand the concept of "save your powder" so the Fed will be unable to jump-start an economic recovery.
4.  Our deficit is beyond out of control - it's way past time to cut up the credit cards.
5.  This would be a very bad time to consider a career change or major life purchase.

Basically spoiled country club boy who has who has always had someone else's money to spend is acting like a spoiled country club boy who has always had someone else's money to spend.

Even if he were a great businessman, which he obviously isn't, I have read several economists say the same thing, "Business people do NOT understand how the economy works."  Since tRump's Director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, doesn't even have a master's degree much less a PHD in Economics, he like all of the rest of his fellow advisers and acting cabinet members are grossly unqualified for their jobs.

Twitter storm and Presidential meltdown in 3.. 2.. 1...

China retaliates with tariffs on $75 billion of US goods

Donald Trump turns on everyone, part 763
Updated 11:02 AM ET, Fri August 30, 2019
(CNN) - On Thursday, Madeleine Westerhout, personal assistant to the President of the United States, was forced to resign in the wake of the revelation that she had talked about Donald Trump's family in an off-the-record dinner with reporters.

Westerhout had worked hand-in-glove with Trump -- her office was right outside the Oval -- since shortly after he was elected President, making her one of a handful of aides who had served under Trump for the duration of his term.

And now, she is out. Because, reportedly, a journalist at the dinner broke the "off the record" terms and told the White House what Westerhout had said about the first family. (CNN was not among the news organizations represented at the dinner.)

Now, we don't know what exactly Westerhout said -- and we may never know -- only that she shared what one person described as "intimate" information about the family, which, candidly, could mean almost anything. (One man's "intimate" detail is another man's mundane fact.)

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But her removal is a reminder that if you stay in Trump's orbit long enough, he will turn on you. He demands and expects total and complete fealty from those who work for him but doesn't even pretend it's a two-way street. You will give him your loyalty and life; he will not reciprocate. Them's the rules.

Take Westerhout. There's no doubt that talking about Trump's family -- in any terms -- is the sort of thing that is always going to get you into trouble with the boss. But she was talking in a format that, according to CNN's White House team, is both a) a regular occurrence during presidential trips and b) established as an off-the-record (meaning that there is no talking about the nature of the conversation or any details of it) event.

While Westerhout should know better than assuming that just because something is "off the record" means it will never leak, she also almost certainly earned, through her years of service to Trump, a second chance. (Nota bene: There are things she might have told reporters -- although I can't really imagine what -- that are so beyond the pale that she had to go no matter what.)

But that's not how Trump works. There are no second chances. Total loyalty is expected. Anything short of it is punished. Severely. No exceptions -- unless you're family.

While Trump's critics like to compare his management style to an organized crime organization, the parallel that feels most apt to me is to HBO's hit show "Succession," which documents the trials and travails of Logan Roy, the head of a massive media company, and his four children.

Logan Roy is domineering, bullying and entirely convinced he knows best in every situation. (Sound like anyone else you know?) He takes everything about his company -- Waystar Royco -- personally. The only people who have been able to survive around him for any period of time are those willing to dedicate everything to him, and to follow his at-times wild orders without question.

In the most recent episode of the show, Logan is trying to sniff out a leak in his inner circle. He rages at the "pygmies" who surround him. He humiliates three top executives to prove his dominance. And everyone is expected to take it because, well, he is Logan Roy and they aren't. (Roy -- and his kids -- are supposedly loosely modeled on Rupert Murdoch and his family.)

The more I watch Logan Roy, the more he reminds me of Trump -- and vice versa. The obsession with loyalty, the lack of it he is willing to give. The view of people as pawns to be played for his gain no matter the real-world consequences. And the unstinting belief that whatever he does is the right thing because he is doing it.

The firing -- uh, resignation -- of Westerhout could easily have been an episode of this season of "Succession." Which, I suppose, makes sense given that Trump views every day of his presidency as the next episode of a hit reality TV show.

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Emmeran wrote:

Whoop - There it is!

The Market is over-inflated by 5000 points anyway so, yes it's an indicator but I wouldn't read too much into it.  The Gross Domestic Product has been down for a while and the Consumer Confidence Index may be the torpedo that eventually sinks tRump's battleship.

Gawds, I love the Irish.  You can't make up fake headlines as good as the real ones.

How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland’s spare room



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Bing! - we have a conviction winner here.

Incompatibility with most other humans.
Though she did bring in the bank, he will be just fine.

Finally Trump is legitimately ranked Number 1.  It makes a fella proud...
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choad wrote:

Trump says 'it doesn't matter' if he asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden

Why isn't this guy wearing a straight jacket, locked away in a rubber Faraday cage?

If those mouth-breathers who worship at the altar of the Second Amendment would wake up and do their duty, would could live with Pence for 14 months.

When Greta Met Sally.

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He really should show his sycophants more love.

I've been calling him Stillson since he first started campaigning.