Masayoshi Son “deal”

[frugal-one]

This has the earmarks of the Foxconn (appropriate name) that was done under trump in 2017. Many jobs promised but reneged upon and massive damage done to the community. Masayoshi Son gave $50b previously but it is unclear how many new jobs were actually obtained in that round. Also question if tariffs implemented, would this eliminate Japan from the roster?. Considering trumps 7 personal bankruptcies… it behooves more investigation. We can only hope he does not bankrupt this country. Last time he raised the national debt more than the previous 4 presidents combined. Scary to think what will happen this time around!

[Tradd]

Right now China, Canada, and Mexico are on the radar for increased tariffs. Unknown how this deal might affect Japan with increased tariffs.

[Rogar]

Sort of interesting how everyone is sucking up to Donald, hoping for a piece of his pie. Or at least to avoid retribution. The string of Zuckerbergs and Bezos types visiting Mara Largo is interesting.

[Tradd]

Sort of interesting how everyone is sucking up to Donald, hoping for a piece of his pie. Or at least to avoid retribution. The string of Zuckerbergs and Bezos types visiting Mara Largo is interesting.

Tim Cook of Apple did it during the first term. That’s why smartphones were excluded from the 2017-2018 tariffs. Cook and Trump apparently have a good working relationship.

[frugal-one]

Oligarchy... here we come!

[pinkytoe]

Reminds me of a word I had not heard in a while - fealty.

[catherine]

I am saddened by how hung up Trump and his cronies are on retribution. Again, it's such a good example of the ongoing decline of basic civility and the rise of meglomania. Liz Cheney is the first in the crosshairs. Talk about deflecting from the truth. I can't wait to read Loudermilk's report.

[Rogar]

I'm not certain how much the Trump minions can get away with. Once a person is in his legal crosshairs, the legal fees and any publicity, true or in Trumps world, baseless can probably bring some people to ruin. He can afford a lot of lawyers. Once the justice department inherits his retribution program it will be us tax payers who foot his revenge bills.

[iris lilies]

I'm not certain how much the Trump minions can get away with. Once a person is in his legal crosshairs, the legal fees and any publicity, true or in Trumps world, baseless can probably bring some people to ruin. He can afford a lot of lawyers. Once the justice department inherits his retribution program it will be us tax payers who foot his revenge bills.

yes the retribution programs of Biden and Obama funded by taxpayers are extremely annoying. And I wouldn’t be surprised if they become retribution on steroids in the next administration.

[Rogar]

yes the retribution programs of Biden and Obama funded by taxpayers are extremely annoying. And I wouldn’t be surprised if they become retribution on steroids in the next administration.

You're referring to the impeachment proceedings? Or the actual convictions of crooks like Roger Stone and Paul Manafort. Of the 1/6 criminals involved in the attack on the capital. Or the other charges like Trump keeping high security documents stacked his bathroom or other charges? I see a difference between investigating a criminal and hassling people over their exercise of the first amendment?

[frugal-one]

You're referring to the impeachment proceedings? Or the actual convictions of crooks like Roger Stone and Paul Manafort. Of the 1/6 criminals involved in the attack on the capital. Or the other charges like Trump keeping high security documents stacked his bathroom or other charges? I see a difference between investigating a criminal and hassling people over their exercise of the first amendment?

Well said!

[iris lilies]

You're referring to the impeachment proceedings? Or the actual convictions of crooks like Roger Stone and Paul Manafort. Of the 1/6 criminals involved in the attack on the capital. Or the other charges like Trump keeping high security documents stacked his bathroom or other charges? I see a difference between investigating a criminal and hassling people over their exercise of the first amendment?
No, not impeachment of Trump. My only problem with that impeachment for January 6 shenanigans is that the Senate failed to convict.

[LDAHL]

I see ABC will be contributing $15 million toward the Trump presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit. Apparently George Stephanapoulos leaned heavily on the “adjudicated rapist” trope during one of his ambush interviews, and ABC’s legal advisors were reluctant to go to court. Does that count as retribution?

I can just picture the Trump Library. Maybe a casino with boxes of documents in the garden shed.

[iris lilies]

I see ABC will be contributing $15 million toward the Trump presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit. Apparently George Stephanapoulos leaned heavily on the “adjudicated rapist” trope during one of his ambush interviews, and ABC’s legal advisors were reluctant to go to court. Does that count as retribution?

I can just picture the Trump Library. Maybe a casino with boxes of documents in the garden shed.

In the interview where George mispoke, he was haranguing Congresswoman Nancy Mace, a survivor of rape. He wanted to know how she could possibly support the rapist Trump.

Probably Nancy Mace can support Trump in the same way that George Stephanopoulos supported his old boss, rapist Bill Clinton. I am firmly convinced that Bill Clinton raped Juanita Broaddrick and no one can convince me otherwise so don’t even try. We do all recognize that Bill Clinton put his hands all over women uninvited and in ways they did not like.

George Stephanopoulos needs to take a seat.

In this I do NOT mean “Bill Clinton was a harasser so what if Trump is as well. “ I mean George Stephanopoulos is a hypocritical jerk and is the last one to be pointing fingers at supporting rapists.

[LDAHL]

We’ve gone from “dragging a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park” and “move on” to “the right to be believed” and “#metoo” over the last few decades, and George was there for all of it. He was an early example of the merging of media and politics we’ve seen over that period.