Trump’s Florida estate stirs protests, spurs ethics debate
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Mar-a-Lago is seen from the media van window in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump has described the sprawling Mar-a-Lago property as the Winter White House and has spent two weekends there this month.
PALM BEACH, Fla. >> President Donald Trump’s South Florida estate is no longer just the place where he goes to escape.
He has described the sprawling Mar-a-Lago property as the Winter White House and has spent two weekends there so far this month. But it’s also become a magnet for anti-Trump protesters and the subject of an ethics debate over his invitation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to join him this weekend — with Trump pledging to pay for the accommodations.
Demonstrators plan to assemble Sunday near the estate to protest Trump’s decision on the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The North Dakota project, opposed by a Native American tribe fearful of water contamination from potential oil leaks, had stalled in Democrat Barack Obama’s administration. Trump’s executive order cleared the way for the developer to start building the final stretch of pipeline.
During Trump’s other weekend in Florida, several thousand people marched near the property to protest his temporary ban on travel to the United states by refugees as well as citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision that temporarily blocks the ban’s enforcement.
Trump’s election is also putting charitable organizations, such as the American Red Cross, in an awkward position for choosing Mar-a-Lago for events booked months in advance. The Red Cross held its annual fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, as it has done for many years, on Feb. 4, about a week after Trump enacted the travel ban. Trump and his wife, Melania, attended.
“What an honor, what a great honor it is. And let’s go to Florida,” Trump told Abe on Friday at a White House news conference shortly before they boarded Air Force One for the trip.
The two world leaders and their wives headed straight to Mar-a-Lago, where they enjoyed a late dinner at the crowded patio restaurant. Joining them under a white-and-yellow striped canopy were Robert Kraft, the owner of the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots, and several interpreters. Paying members and their guests took in the scene and mingled with Trump and Abe into the night.
On Saturday, Trump and Abe went to Trump’s golf course in nearby Jupiter and were expected to hold more talks over meals at Trump’s various Florida properties.
World leaders typically exchange gifts, and Trump and Abe did so when Abe rushed to New York City in November to become the first foreign leader to meet with Trump after the election. Abe gave Trump a pricey, gold-colored Honma golf driver; Trump reciprocated with a golf shirt and other golf accessories.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Abe’s free-of-charge stay at Mar-a-Lago is Trump’s gift to Abe this time around. But the gesture wasn’t sitting well with government watchdog groups.
Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, said Trump and Abe don’t need to meet at Trump’s commercial property, where the membership fee recently was doubled to $200,000.
“Hosting a foreign leader at the president’s business resort creates impossible sets of conflicts,” Weissman said. “If the president hadn’t offered to pay, the U.S. government would be paying Donald Trump’s business for the purpose of hosting the Japanese leader.” Typically, the U.S. government would pick up the costs associated with such a visit.
Weissman said Camp David, the U.S. government-owned retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, which presidents use for personal getaways as well as to conduct the people’s business, would do fine.
“Why should you go to a resort in Florida?” Weissman asked. “Fine, you want to go to a resort in Florida? Don’t go to one Trump’s family owns.”
But Trump has shown that he isn’t too concerned about possible conflicts of interest involving him and his family. This past week, Trump used his official government Twitter account to criticize Nordstrom after the retailer said it had dropped a line of clothing and accessories sold by his daughter Ivanka.
Trump offered a possible explanation for inviting Abe to Mar-a-Lago, saying a “great friendship” had developed from their New York meeting.
The president is expected to continue bringing world leaders to the estate, helping to fulfill the vision of the property’s former owner, Marjorie Merriweather Post. The late cereal heiress willed Mar-a-Lago to the U.S. government after her death in 1973, intending for it to become a retreat for U.S. presidents and visiting dignitaries.
Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in the 1980s and retains a financial interest in the club.
Presidents through the years often escaped the majesty and protocol of the White House by choosing less formal settings for bilateral talks.
“It’s difficult, in effect, to get away inside the White House with the press corps in the same building,” said Bruce Buchanan, politics professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “In fact, it’s very desirable for presidents to have multiple venues within which to build and create relationships with other world leaders.”
President George W. Bush took advantage of his dusty ranch in Crawford, Texas, and regularly invited foreign counterparts there for talks.
Obama opted for Sunnylands, an estate in the California desert formerly owned by Walter and Leonore Annenberg. The late philanthropists built Sunnylands and long hoped the property they used as a winter home would become the “Camp David of the West.”
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So crony deals like Obama made were fine but because our new President actually has some assets its a problem? Seems like no taxpayer money goes to the club, and please don’t even compare camp David with Mar-a-lago. That’s like comparing camp timberline with the Four Seasons Koolina.
LIBERALISM IS TERRORISM !!!
Insanity, religious and fascist extremism is terrorism, e.g. ISIS and AL Quaeda, KKK, Nazis
Your boy started ISIs so stop the nasty name calling. It is disgusting!
Paulh, you are disgusting, just calling a spade, a spade
Your leftist ideals epitomizes all that you said. #Hypocrite
Agree, been to western Maryland, don’t understand the democratic side, you had millions of poor unemployed peeps in the US you could have run for president if that is what you wanted. Many poor after 8 years of Obama.
Plus these poor will be without medical after trumpf chops ACA and replace it with “whatevers”.
Trump is working on a fantastic plan. Better than Obama’s with its never ending rate increases…
NanakuliBoss, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have said repeatedly that people now covered under the ACA will be covered in the ACA replacement plan. On what is your comment based?
President Trump is making sure that his replacement health plan is one that everyone understands and can afford. Unlike Obamas ACA, in order to find out what was in it they had to pass it first (straight from the horses mouth PELOZI). Once it was passed a complete dissaster, just another example of the incompetent Obama administration, So before you left wing radicals criticize President Trump think back on the last 8 years of Obama, there is no comparison, President Trump has done more for the country in this short period of time than Obama ever hoped of doing.
Obama pulled us out of the Financial Market Collapse, The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown, the millions of job losses after the 2008 debacle left by Republican President George Bush. Trump so far has just created a lot of choas with his misconceived Executive Orders.
Obama pulled us out of the great recession all right but doubled the national debt at the same time. An amount greater than all the other presidents before him put together.
One could argue that “Anyone” would have been able to do the same given the amount of money Obama spent to accomplish the task.
Saywhat, Obama has gotten a lot of people back to work again, unemployment down from 12% to 4.5%, Gross Domestic Productivity up 2% per year since the Financial Meltdown in 2008. Trump is going to increase the National Deficit by building the Mexican Wall, huge increases in military industrial spending, huge increases in Army, Navy, Marine buildups, increases in nulear arms expenditures. You have’nt seen nothing yet in huge deficits, while Trump is in office. That’s where your Federal taxes are going under Trump. Make the military contractors and military support industries Great and very Rich Again
Look’s like a complete success to me. First president in a long time doing what
he said he would do and is doing it even before he went to office. I watched CNN
for almost 10 years, great coverage if a world event happened, but when it come’s
to politics’ they are extremely biased. I switched over to FOX NEWs. Much better
coverage of what this new president has done.
Yes, the world is scared of him and they should be. Everything was in there favor
to do whatever they wanted under a Obama presidency. And they did it and laughed.
They are not laughing now. Even Russia knows it is a new time. Even the president
of Syria is now bowing his head. And when Trump gets done with China, China will
put the hammer down on N. Korea.
Canada will profit very well under Trump. And if his financial plans get passed,
guess what the market will be on a tear upwards after a brief correction.
sarge22, Fox News is a very reliable and dependable site for right wing fascist Trump propaganda, fake news, disinformation and general and bald faced lies and phony narratives
wave1, how can Trump have a better plan than Obamacare, when he and the other Republicans after all the years still cannot agree on anything to replace Obamacare, and still not have any plan
@Vector. You’re only spouting off the cry-baby talking points. Actions speak louder than words. Fact…under Obama, world disrespected US. Fact…due to quantitative easening (go ahead and google the term) US economy and financial numbers are skewed. Fact…unemployment numbers faked by not counting millions of able workers, not looking for work. Fact…ACA will collapse because it cannot sustain itself. Fact…left wing ideologies of hatred and socialism have proven to fail (Nazi Germany, et al)
Fact…under President Trump, a non-politician, we have a business minded individual running our country instead of a “community organizer” who likes to hold hands and sing koombayah with those who want to destroy us. #MAGA
@ Andrew1
Excellent comment!
On point & FACTS….things liberals can’t fathom!
…not to be left out of the Trump family Conflict-O-Interest pool party, FLOTUS dived in headfirst…
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/07/melania-trump-saw-the-white-house-as-a-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-to-profit-lawsuit/
next up: Barron Trump’s line of prezidential clothing & accessories for schoolkids, all available at a retail outlet near you. Watch for an endorsement tweet from POTUS
@ mito
Picking on a 10 yo child?
WOW…you one punk!!!
…no taxpayer money goes to the club because none of the club members pay taxes
Congress wrote the tax code, blame them.
Yes Noheawill you are correct. It is the republican congress.
The Republican Congress is Okay with having Trump put all those Wall Street Goldman Sachs executive multi-billionaire SHARKS as Cabinet Secretarys. Hold onto to your wallets folks, what’s coming next, will make the 2008 financial meltown look like nothing. If you believe Wall Street is looking out for you, you are in their Alt-Right-Wrong Universe of alternate Facts and Fictions
@Vector. More left wing fake talking points. Those are excellent cabinet choices. Refreshing to see successful leaders in a position to get the job done. Unlike the past Prez, the community organizer, who surrounded self with “yes” people. I am sure that if those choices don’t do the job, they will be replaced with someone who can. Again, a business minded approach. What a novel idea, having a government employee held accountable for underperforming and/or not doing their job. #MAGA
Hope TheDonald has ICE agents in the crowds to pick up some of those “illegal” migrants in the anti-POTUS crowd for deportation
ICE agents will probably concentrate on illegal hires that trumpf use for cheaps. Oh them golf course yard men too. Yuge estate of illegals.
Good! I hope they do. Even if having to fine or take our POTUS to court! Drain da Swamp of illegal migrants!
Pocho, your ancestors were also immigrants fleeing from poverty, oppression, war, gangs, religious persecution. Most of us are also descendents of immigrants, unless you are a full blooded American Indian, or a full blooded Hawaiian, or a full blooded Mexican Indian.
Vector You seem confused about difference between a legal immigrant and the millions of illegal immigrants that Trump has talked about. No one wants to stop immigration to the US, we just want them to come legally. Is that so bad?
Common sense would dictate that it’s best to stop all Muslim immigration until ISIS and every other muslim extremist group is wiped from the face of the earth. There’s no way to conclusively “vet” these people so the right thing to do is to err on the side of the safety of the American people. The president has no more important job to do than that.
IRT Vector. My parents came to Hawaii “LEGALLY”. You Libertards/Democrats always forget to include words or are willfully excluding words to make your statement sound like we sane people are against “all” migrants. Your Pied Pipers of Democrats/Libertards put on the talking displays of FAKE news most times. Twist words like a kid, picking apart a thought to make it into your favor. They’ll do everything and anything to poison your mind. I’ve been brought up and thought by my parents that the Democrats are for the minorities and poor but the Party has changed in that it’s ALL SHIBAI trying to pick on the sores of people but not curing the problems, just to get elected to a public office. In the past and still today, if your a good speaker you can be a politician, a talking Head.
Nobody is above da LAW!
Even trump is not above the law?
NOPE!
Diplomacy pictures of POTUS Trump, First Lady Melania, PM Abe & Mrs. Abe…great!
JohnnyRayBobRicey, please explain how Trump tweeting complaints about his daughter’s treatment by Nordstrom helps to Make America Great Again. I would like to see things improve too but he should focus on his job. What say you?
Cheetoh Führer sure Made China Great Again, capitulated to Xi Jinping like a baby chumpanzee rolling over to get a tummy rub
@ mito
You ok? Grow up. Thank Heavens you are liberal.
Mite you are one sick lemming!
@ el_burrito senorita
You jealous? Why you picking on female? You can only dream if you could be as successful.
You seem more upset as POTUS Trump gets more successful…sounds like a sore loser. Get over it..move on…get a life…you lost. Good luck. #MAGA
JohnnyRayBobRicey, you continue to avoid the issue – how does Trump tweeting and complaining about his daughter’s treatment help to Make America Great Again? I would like him to focus on his job. You appear afraid to discuss the issue and use your continuing accusations of being being a sore loser, get over it, you lost, your continued tired lines you throw at everyone because you are afraid to address how this helps to Make America Great Again instead of Making America Great For Trumps. Why are you afraid to discuss this issue?
Trump will be Trump, being elected president isn’t going to change the man’s personality.
Trump has already lost all those 55% of people who disapprove of him
I don’t care if Trump will change or not, in fact it does him no good to change because then he won’t be the same man that got him to where he is. I also don’t care if people who previously supported him have changed their mind. We have him as our president and I want JohnnyRayBobRicey to answer a legitimate question, namely, how does Trump’s tweets regarding his daughter’s treatment help to Make America Great Again? JohnnyRayBobRicey has been avoiding this question for two days.
@ @ el_burrito senorita
“how does Trump tweeting and complaining about his daughter’s treatment help to Make America Great Again?”
Why are you mixing POTUS Trump’s #MAGA with his families political unfair biased treatment from private companies? TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUES. GET IT?
Your H@TE towards POTUS Trump (because you LOST and have not recovered from it) is seeping into his personal family’s problems. You’ve got to accept the election results and then maybe you can start to think reasonably.
Got it?
No it is not totally separate issues. He was elected president to serve our country, not to serve himself and his family. His daughter is an adult and can take care of herself. Your belief that this issue is not related is all the answer anyone needs. I have long ago accepted the election results and now I want Trump to do his job and do his job successfully as I have stated to you many times. Your refusal to accept that he is not devoting his full attention to being president only leads me to believe that you are just a mindless minion unable to think for himself. Your refusal to acknowledge that Trump should not be doing this makes you just as bad as Obama and Clinton supporters who refuse to acknowledge that their person has not made any mistakes. All people make mistakes, but those who cannot acknowledge mistakes are the worst, and those who blindly follow are just lame. Are you just a blind follower? I did not think that you were, but I must have made a mistake in my judgement.
It must be a very sad existence as a mindless minion for JohnnyRayBobRicey. All he is programmed to write is “Trump won”, “You Lost”, “Get Over It”, “Eat Crow”, and “MAGA”. He is unable to address why Trump wastes time tweeting about things that have nothing to do with his job. He is unable to address why Trump doesn’t focus on the task at hand. When he is flustered, all he is able to do is to revert back to his programming and spew forth one of his old tired statements. But he should not be vilified, in fact we should pity him for having to live his existence as a mindless minion because he did not ask to be born that way and no one should have to live such a miserable life.
@ el_burrito senorita
You are blinded by the loss of your “Wrong” candidate. You can’t think logically as you go over & over your narrow minded h@te for POTUS Trump. Sadly you are the one caught in your own miserable turmoil. You say you want a debate…you say I say the same things over & over…listen to yourself.
POTUS Trump is doing what he promised..but you weren’t listening because you were dancing in a dreamworld..”Clinton will Win” dream.
Debating you would be futile exercise….you getting informed by FAKEnews only makes you a worthless waste of time & energy. You would be better off by joining the protesters, at least you can bloviate to your hearts content.
POTUS Trump will #MAGA…you just can’t believe nor would you want to give him a chance….your loss again….SAD.
I’m ecstatic for the future of America, for Deplorable Americans myself included.
Hope you get out of the funk you’re in soon…if ever.
keonigohan, your god Trump has no faults, however, do not expect the rest of us to worship and wallow in ignorance, hatred, bigotry, mindlessness, greed and selfishness
@ vector
Back at you…and it’s God with a capitol G. Your liberalism is glowing.
Oh & btw I don’t “expect” anything from you folks as I know you folks are incapable of any expectations.
Can we just say “So be it”.
JohnnyRayBobKonnyakuHeadMindlessMinionRicey, who is the one who avoids the issues? You. Who is the one who cannot name a “real” news site? You. Who keeps repeating the same things over and over again? You. I do like some of the things Trump has done, but you assume I have the same mindset as the other mindless minions. I want to see Trump focus on the task at hand and you’re too mindless to see that he is not focusing on that job he was elected to do. You’re a sad case because you are too mindless to think for yourself. I pity you because it’s not your fault you were given this lot in life.
@ el_burrito-_salsa_senorita_hot _saucy
Blah blah blah
You really need to get over your DEVASTATING LANDSLIDE LOSS.
You use hot sauce on your CROW?
POTUS Trump….get used to it seniority.
Ps…you have papers?
See, JohnnyToiletKonnykuHead has to go back to his same old sayings. SAD!
Still silence from Trump voters about the $3 million it costs the taxpayer for each trip to Mar-A-Lago. He’s done that twice this month already. And the estimated $360 million (not a typo) the federal government will be paying in 2017 to have Trump Tower secured this year.
Trump travel and ancillary security expenses may reach 20 times what it cost during a typical year for Mr. Obama
Trump is a psychotic.
who knows what his total bill be at the end of his term. Why are you fearful, TheDonald’s trying to vett immigrants from Countries that are not friendly or have no history of it’s people doings. He’s trying to gather and deport all illegal criminal migrants. YOU should know there’s no money in da World that can bring back life to Ms. Stein who was murder by an illegal migrant deported out of the US 5 or 6 times. I value life more than money
It no surprise that your facts are all mixed up. Fearful? I’m not the one who is afraid of Syrian widows and children. That’s you and Trump.
huh, you have no fear of criminals, do you have door locks on your abode. You lock you vehicle doors, I bet you do. You fear, most everyone fear in one way or another. Seems you back support illegal migrants vs. American Citizens! UnAmerican! “smh”
Fear is trumpfs greatest ass-et. The trumpies eat it like they suck Goo Aid.
Pocho – Dictators make cowards even more fearful to control them. Muslims are dangerous; Mexicans are dangerous; Syrian widows and children are dangerous; the list goes on. Hi administration relies on controlling cowards like you.
Trump is bringing out the cowardice in Republicans. It’s disgraceful.
IRT Klastri: I would much rather have fear in me than all the hatred that the Democratic party and its left wing radical supporters have towards the country and President Trump. One look at the Democratic party says it all, Hatred will destroy you. Democrats are acting like they did when the REPUBLICANS abolished slavery.
Da Law does make one a Dictator! You are drumming UP conjectures into your political mind. Wake UP!
Widows and children my okole. And, not a
Christian in the bunch.
Trump won and you lost. Stop crying. Money well spent. We have to protect the President from all the nut cases, you included, on the loose. Have a good day.
Trump has our tax money to pay for his hospitality at Key Largo, to pay for all his trips to Key Largo, to pay for the security of Trump Tower, while he will have huge kickbacks from the oil and gas industry, his investments in the oil and gas industries, in particular from Rex Tillerson of Exxon Mobil, and Putin and the Russian oil giant Rosneft
need we mention the Clinton Foundation.
the University of Hawaii had a past President living elsewhere but the UH mansion and having to foot the bill to do so. And now you Libertards are complaining about TheDonald’s preference?
Still silence from Obama lovers about the 250 billion in cash he gave to Iran.
Lets not forget the 535 million loan guarantee that Obama gave Solyndra. Guess who got stuck with that bill (TAXPAYERS). The Democrats have know room to talk Obama was the king at wasting tax payer money.
…and Solyndra was not the only outfit. From dimming memory, I read a total of 92 billion was squandered on this green energy fantasy.
What about Trump’s huge business dealings with Russians, in this country and Russia. Many of Trump’s campaign aides, his son Eric, his real estate people have been to Russia many times in the past, have worked with Putin’s inner circle. Even Trump’s Chief Security Adviser, General Mike Flynn, many months ago sat right next to Putin at a banquet held for the Russian State sponsored TV station. Our Secetary of State, Rex Tillerson, ex-CEO of Exxon Mobil, was awarded the “Order of Friendship” months ago, before the election, for having signed a $500 Billion deal with Putin to provide technical, logistical and development of Russian oil and gas fields in the Russian Arctic, on shore and off shore, as well as Russian oil and gas fields in Siberia. Huge pay day for Trump, Putin, and the oil and gas industries in both countries. This is reason Trump, Flynn, Tillerson, and Putin want to have the oil and gas trade sanctions against Russia removed. Trump and gang want to remove the environmental regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Paris Agreement, so the oil and gas industries can drill everywhere, in conservation land , offshore, distribute the oil over laND like the Keystone XL Pipeline, and the Dakota Access Pipeline, and sell as much oil and gas without any regard to environmental pollution and climate change.
Those “huge business deals” was done with HIS money. Odummy wasted US TAXPAYER money. Big difference, don’t you think. Tears must be blinding with all that whining.
$36 mill x 8 years, worth it to me…
I can see you weren’t a math major. Try the numbers again.
WOW!
can you read? don’t see he gave you a total result buy for you to figa out. As always jumping to conclusions before the facts are out. Yup! Hands UP Don’t Shoot
Klastri, go climb back in your safe zone, your comments shows your ignorance.
Klastri, I do not recall you or any liberals complaining about the trips at taxpayer expense Obama made to Hawaii for his annual Christmas and New Year’s vacations, including two or three when Obama and his wife flew in separated planes one or two days apart. Nor do I recall you or any liberals complaining about the annual summer vacations at taxpayer expense Obama and his family made to Martha’s Vineyard. Nor do recall you or other liberals complaining about the numerous taxpayer funded “official” trips Mrs. Obama took with her kids. I am sure it was just coincidence that most of her trips occurred during their school vacations.
But I remember you Trumpers complaining during those times you cited…But not anymore with Trump…hmmm…Liberals and Trumpers…2 peas in a pod??? #MAGA
In this case we get our money’s worth. The Kenyan and Mooch money wasted.
More Cry Babies, Bullys ,Sore Losers, Anarchist, Property Destroyers, Divider, Racist etc. I mean the list goes on and on! OMG! Is this what the Democrat party has become? Do they have NO idea that President Trump is merely trying to protect All Americans even them?
BTW?
Since when has success become the NEW EVIL,you say? Since the Liberal Left embraced Socialist Ideas. This is NOT The American way. (Because Socialist /Communist countries around the world have all FAILED.)The USA is still “The Land of Opportunity”.
Why do you think so many people around the world are dying to come here and live the American dream? “Success”! IS the American Dream! Right?
The Liberals have wandered too far to the Left, they breaks all barriers of common sense and logic . You kinda wonder,why are you protesting ? Has it become so fashionable and popular just to protest? We know who’s been funding all of these Organized Protests.”The Pied Piper” himself.This is NO Big Secrete! “Soros and The Gang”.They keep pouring MONEY into this lost cause.
Or is it the outcome of a massive defeat(Landslide) and now can’t come terms of dealing with it. They have adopted this “Take My Marbles & Go Play Some where Else” attitude.
We all have been taught in school to be a “Good Sport”. You lose ,you lose with dignity! You vow to do better the next time.You congratulate the winner and move on……with Dignity. IMUA!
imua braddah moilee!
Can someone please point out to Klastri? Stop using his Fake Stats,with his usual “Assumptions and Guess-Estimations”. Guy never learns from his own past mistakes.
In Obama’s two terms,as POTUS,he spent a Record 93(>or was it 96?) Million US Tax payer dollars on VACATIONS ? MIND you this was NOT Official WH business, it was used for Vacations alone! Vacationing with your MONEY! How Cool is that!
And he’s still doing this,using other peoples money! Mahalo nui,Sir Richard Branson! Obama’s Living it up!Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Trump is on the Clock & using his own resources( Mar-A-Lago)…and BTW.May I remind you….. The POTUS isn’t being PAID the usual 400k President’s Salary. He’s paying himself! Aaaaaaaaaaaahh! How Refreshing is that! MAGA!
Who said he’s not collecting a salary? Where did you get that from?
Show me his pay stub! “smh”
Pay attention Klastri! Cripes!smh too!
@ MoiLee
You are right…I also heard POTUS Trump say he won’t take the salary.
Some people get informed by THEIR FAKEnews….sad.
Moi,will never go to Mar a largo. Neither will any trumpie. All they can do is lick the first family feet. And some Goo Aid on the ground they walk.
more name calling. No need to figa out why. “smh”
Yes Pocho beat them with words and they “Fold like a Limp Lumpia”,becoming frustrated and thus resorting to Name Calling…..this is all they have.
MoiLee> RIGHT ONS!!!! You one smart bugga, brahh! Excellent post and you tell ’em, especially, Klasti and NanakuliiBoss. Moi, you are absolutely correct and undisputable. All they can do is throw vErbal garbage at you, but that’s really minor. As far as I can tell, I heard that POTUS is not on the federal payroll. So, he gets no W-2 at the end of the year. Klastri’s MO is to insult us and post “fake news.” What a fool he/she is in believing all the BS that the DEMs put out. Yep, you are also correct in the FACT that George SOROS, who claims to be “GOD” mind you not the POTUS, is behind all of this protests, because it is his plan to see the US go down in FLAMES. This billionaire is a criminal and wanted in Russia and England. He is the TOTAL EVIL in the world. Bad person!!!! Moi, I congratulate you for being one smart and very insightful person. MAGA……….AMERICA FIRST!!!!!!!!!
Soros is wanted in Hungary too. Bath House obviously didn’t go along with extradition requests.
Maybe this administration will.
“Weissman said Camp David, the U.S. government-owned retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, which presidents use for personal getaways as well as to conduct the people’s business, would do fine.”
Good, if Weissman ever gets an invitation they can take him there.
Maybe let him bunk in with the new recruits.
This so-called ethics complaint is simply ridiculous. I don’t see the concern at all.
Moderation of my comment? There is no reason for that.
Of course you don’t. Not exactly shocking.
Why are you blind.
There’ll be protestors most of the time. Heck, if you go to DC there’s always a group of folks protesting something. The real news is the meeting between Trump and Abe. Come on media, report real news.
Eh, press, let it go and get used to it, we got 8 more beautiful years. Maybe by then you’ll be fired…
As an aside, remember the media reported on the protestors against the Dakota Pipeline. They were concerned about the pristine environment. Well, these same protestors left behind 250 truckloads of garbage and destroyed 50 acres of pristine land. Not saying all protestors are like this but …
Eh, and what fuel were them protesters burning in their vehicles on the way to protest, unicorn milk?
Imagine of President Obama had drawn the wrath of Republicans like the terrorist tactics aimed at President Trump by the left wing liberal democrat extremest???? Can you imagine President Obamas Kailua vacation home being attacked by rioters? But then President Obama was not a Republican now was he?
And trump can afford to buy his own digs instead of obama’s illegal vacation rental paid for by you and me…
stanislous> I could not pass your post without making a comment. REPs don’t hardly ever protest because most of us are conservative people, not liberals like the DEMs. Being conservative we look at things differently and act differently. Perhaps more on the so-called silent majority side. We know what’s going on and even if we don’t like it, we say nothing out loud, for we are the silent majority. We speak our best when it comes time to vote and this is where we are heard loud and clear. Have a nice day! Don’t buy into the insults from Klastri, calling us a bunch of cowards. What is his/her claim to bravery????? Take care………
Insanity spread thru America. We build a pipeline 95% with valid permits, then protest and want to throw it away, we protest when a person invites someone else into his house, we protest when a pres orders that the law has to be obeyed and we protest when people are required to show ID at the poll station , and call that racist.
Progressive Left Anarchists try to legitimize what is illegal have a right to protest, but should allow the President to do his job. Unfortunately, the corrupt Progressives would like America and President Trump to fail. The president knows what to do, just let him do it as he makes America Great Again!
We are still waiting for him to act like a president and start doing his job. Also what’s up with this week end trips. Ps: where is his taxes the majority of the people wants to see it.
Don’t worry about his taxes. Just do your own and stop crying. Wimpy dems pathetic.
Since he owns the Mar-A-Lago estate and he invited PM Abe to go there. It would be like I invite one of my friends to my house so i wouldn’t charge him to come to my house right? At least i hope he won’t charge the government for the use of the estate.
Anyhoo, one of his spokesperson said, the POTUS can’t be charged with any conflict of interest. Good to be a businessman with international/national holdings and the POTUS at the same time. Better still if all your friends are billionaire investors. One could do a lot for them and you can’t be charged with a conflict of interest.
GW let the Bin Laden family get out of the US right after the trade center.
Obama and his wife comes to Hawaii in separate jets, free accommodations, food, golf and there’s a problem? Figure that one out.
Donald Trump is remaking the Presidency in his own image, using business sense to improve relations with world leaders. The stage is his for the next four years, or eight years if the Democratic establishment doesn’t eschew their country club mentality. For those of you who are incensed that he is President, may I remind you that it was Hillary Clinton’s friends in the media who were his Pygmalion, bringing him alive as the eventual Republican nominee. You avidly supported a seriously flawed candidate for President, trashing anyone who dared disagree that she should be the nominee.
Yup, this guy is smart. He doesn’t provoke countries he has a financial interest in.
Barry probably had no monetary interest in Foreign Countries or maybe he did and look at the nearly US $20trillion deficit we have today. Barry practically doubled it all by himself in 8 years! TheDonald makes money or not overseas may not bother me if it’s legal and he brings the deficit down. But we won’t know the results like today, it’ll take time and maybe he won’t be able to do this in a time span of 4 years.