Trump’s children must keep their jobs
Again there’s that unprecedented issue that Trump has binders full of business interests that present unmistakable and undeniable conflicts of interest – and the fact that he wants to keep it that way. I guess nobody told him this was an issue during this entire campaign? That was sloppy. Is sloppy the word I mean? Do I mean reckless? Do I mean corrupt? Gosh it’s hard to choose.
The Washington Post reports that Giuliani – lawyer Giuliani, former prosecutor Giuliani – says it’s cool for Trump’s family to run his businesses and also help Daddy run the government.
Appearing on televised interviews on Sunday, Giuliani initially said Trump should set up some kind of “blind trust.” When pressed, Giuliani told CNN’s “State of the Union” that Trump has an unusual situation and that creating a traditional blind trust would “basically put his children out of work.”
He says they then would have to “start a whole new business and that would set up … new problems.”
Giuliani said Trump’s three children — Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric — who are involved in his businesses would not advise Trump once he becomes president in January. All three children are, however, are on the executive committee of Trump’s transition team.
And these people had the gall to call Clinton corrupt. Clinton was much too cozy with bankers and CEOs, yes, but this is a whole different level, one we can’t even see from where we are.
Also it’s interesting to see that Giuliani’s concern is what would be good for Trump’s children, and their employment, and the family’s business interests. It’s not for…you know…the country, and its people.
And then there’s the fraud division.
Donald Trump’s attorneys have filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University.
In the motion filed Saturday in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli argues that the extra months would give both sides time to possibly reach a settlement.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Petrocelli wants to postpone the trial until sometime soon after the Jan. 20 inauguration to allow Trump to focus on the transition to the White House.
Right, because once that’s over he’ll be able to kick back and relax. He’s not going to have anything to do after he’s inaugurated, naturally.
And then there’s the bullying and threatening.
The war of words between Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and President-elect Donald Trump is escalating, this time through their top aides.
Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, on Sunday said Reid should be careful in a “legal sense” about characterizing Trump as a sexual predator. When asked whether Trump was threatening to sue Reid, Conway said no. Also on Sunday, Trump took to Twitter to taunt The New York Times.
So Conway first threatened and then lied. Good start.
Those tweets –
Wow, the @nytimes is losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the "Trump phenomena"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016
The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change – doubt it?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016
Trumpenstein will shortly be on the rampage big time, along with a widely talented cast of extras: most incredibly, Sarah Palin in charge of the environment – or whatever might be left of it after the strip miners, loggers and the NRA cheer squads are done with it.
At best, it will be a comedy of errors. At worst, the daddy of all horror movies.
I went on the Canadian Gov. immigration site (befoere it crashed) to find out if my american wife can move to Canada with me. She can. So at least we have that escape route; but the future looks very very bleak whether in the USA or elsewhere. It ‘s not like trump is the president-elect of Guatemala or something. No matter where in the world the US affects one.
I didn’t realise the convenience of the defendant was a factor in scheduling a trial against that person. Taken to its logical conclusion, that argument suggests that people with jobs are immune to being sued.
In the motion filed Saturday in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli argues that the extra months would give both sides time to possibly reach a settlement.
But I thought Trump never settled? A much more likely explanation is that he will be much better positioned to fend off legal challenges, being President rather than President Elect.
The fucking pillock doesn’t even know the difference between phenomena and phenomenon, plural and singular. Hardly the worst thing he has written, but has there ever been a more vacuous candidate in American history?
Unfortunately, that is not indication of anything. I say unfortunately, because this is a pet peeve of mine, and I had a professor in college, a well-educated, intelligent, and in fact brilliant man, who couldn’t use it right, either. This is the new normal on language usage (criteria, anyone?). I’m trying to get used to it, but with an internal burn.
People can say what they like about language changing, but the underlying assumption in that statement is that all change is okay, all change is good, because it’s what the people want. But it makes the language more muddled if you can’t keep singular and plural straight, and besides, for someone who loves language, I see red when I hear it abused.
In this case, it may not be the lack of education, or underlying illiteracy, but simply the fact that so many educators now believe that it doesn’t matter how you say something, as long as you are expressing your feelings. And, also, part of the cause is that anyone who tries to correct such things is a “Grammar Nazi”.