Trump the Business vs Trump the President

[FrankWheeler]

Transition team official says now that they are not currently seeking clearance for the kids. But, at this point is there any reason to believe anything that is coming out of the Trump camp? Trump recently tweeted out that he is all for the electoral college now, after previously calling for it to be abolished and for people to march on Washington to get rid of it.

 

It almost seems like they are leaking out ideas to see what the reaction to them might be and then pulling back if need be.

[NM11046]

Transition team official says now that they are not currently seeking clearance for the kids. But, at this point is there any reason to believe anything that is coming out of the Trump camp? Trump recently tweeted out that he is all for the electoral college now, after previously calling for it to be abolished and for people to march on Washington to get rid of it.

 

It almost seems like they are leaking out ideas to see what the reaction to them might be and then pulling back if need be.

If only there was a way for me to communicate to him that pretty much anything he leaks out I will react negatively to.

[zoogs]

Hence why sustained, vocal, prominent opposition is important.

 

Without it, all Donald "All I know is what's on the Internet" Trump hears are his own jeering crowds and the hard-right echo chambers. Yeah, that's an actual quote. So is "Am I going to check every statistic? ... This came out of radio shows and everything else."

 

Relatedly, from a former (Republican) Congressional staffer: How to make your Congressman listen to you.

[Red Five]

How Trump Can Make Money Off The Secret Service

 

When it comes to political campaigns, the U.S. Secret Service pays for agent travel, be it on aircraft, trains, boats or automobile.

 

Unlike Clinton, Trump didn’t need to charter an airplane since he flew on his own jets. As a result, while the Secret Service chipped in for its share of what the Clinton campaign paid to charter a plane, when it came to Trump’s campaign, the federal agency effectively just paid him.

 

For travel on Trump’s black-and-red Boeing 757 and Cessna Citation jet, the candidate’s aviation company TAG Air Inc. has raked in almost $6 million, Politico reported. These payments, Secret Service spokesman Joe Casey said, accord with FEC rules specifying that those traveling with a campaign—including the news media—must pay for their travel.

 

For any of the Trump or Pence clans assigned a protective detail due to safety risks—and the rancor of the 2016 vote could well produce many—Secret Service travel on a Trump-owned plane means the agency would need to reimburse the aircraft’s owner. In this case, the president.

[Red Five]

[BigRedBuster]

How Trump Can Make Money Off The Secret Service

 

When it comes to political campaigns, the U.S. Secret Service pays for agent travel, be it on aircraft, trains, boats or automobile.

 

Unlike Clinton, Trump didnt need to charter an airplane since he flew on his own jets. As a result, while the Secret Service chipped in for its share of what the Clinton campaign paid to charter a plane, when it came to Trumps campaign, the federal agency effectively just paid him.

 

For travel on Trumps black-and-red Boeing 757 and Cessna Citation jet, the candidates aviation company TAG Air Inc. has raked in almost $6 million, Politico reported. These payments, Secret Service spokesman Joe Casey said, accord with FEC rules specifying that those traveling with a campaignincluding the news mediamust pay for their travel.

 

For any of the Trump or Pence clans assigned a protective detail due to safety risksand the rancor of the 2016 vote could well produce manySecret Service travel on a Trump-owned plane means the agency would need to reimburse the aircrafts owner. In this case, the president.

But...remember....he's not taking a salary for bring president.

[Red Five]

Blind Trust

 

https://twitter.com/ivancnn/status/799434198511587328

[FrankWheeler]

This is insanity. That Ivanka and Kushner sat in on the meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister is unbelievable to me.

 

http://nyti.ms/2f4fsqg

[NM11046]

Get used to it - and we only know because someone was allowed to take a photo (Im guessing it was someone on the Japanese side, as he has totally disallowed US media involvement) Imagine what happens during the meetings we don't know about and those that there aren't pictures of.

 

I guess if we're going down we should shoot the moon and make sure it's a big, fiery, sloppy, embarrassing descent.

[BigRedBuster]

Well...her wealth of foreign policy experience will help him immensely to make America Great Again.

[Red Five]

[Red Five]

What's the word for this? Pay to play? Remember when that was a big issue for one candidate?

 

[NM11046]

The quotes about (paraphrasing here) "we would be foolish to not take the opportunity to stay at Trumps' hotel to build a solid relationship. What's better than being able to go to the White House for a meeting and start it with - "we stayed at your hotel and its' beautiful"are quite telling.

[NM11046]

So we know about Japan because of the pictures, DC hotel because of those in attendance, India based on the comments their leadership has made ... what about this? What else is he doing?

 

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cashing-in-bigly-in-argentina

[BigRedBuster]

So we know about Japan because of the pictures, DC hotel because of those in attendance, India based on the comments their leadership has made ... what about this? What else is he doing?

 

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cashing-in-bigly-in-argentina

Remember, he isn't taking a salary as President.