A never-ending parade of litigants. “A Los Angeles woman who worked for President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a federal lawsuit in Manhattan to void a confidentiality agreement she signed, claiming the agreement has been ‘weaponized’ to silence her allegations of discrimination.”
There seems to be untold numbers of Trump confidantes who made contact with Kremlin-related figures. “The special counsel investigating alleged links between Trump campaign associates and Russians is looking into longtime adviser Roger Stone’s 2016 claim that he had met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a person familiar with the matter.”
Innumerable enemies, few friends. “President Donald Trump was unsparing in his Twitter-based attacks on Monday, calling the Justice Department and FBI an ’embarrassment to our country,’ slamming the news media, taking on retail giant Amazon, and blaming Democrats for a ‘dead’ DACA program. The outburst came as Trump returned to Washington in what is expected to be a relatively quiet week, with Congress away and few major events scheduled. Some in the White House viewed the attacks as an outgrowth of that unfilled time.” Why is the FBI such a failure under Trump? Hmm.
Limitless stock gains? Not so fast: “Stocks tanked thanks to a combination of anxiety about a trade war, and fears about the tech industry getting hit with regulation. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 458.92 points to close at 23,644.19, with Intel as the worst-performing stock in the index. The 30-stock index fell as much as 758.59 and hit a new low for the year on Monday, falling below the low touched during the slide in February.” Trump’s rich friends will be unhappy.
Trump may do incalculable damage to the economy. “A Commerce Department study finds the $1.3 trillion digital economy — including hardware, software, ecommerce, and digital media — grew at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent over the past decade compared to 1.5 percent growth in the overall economy. And the jobs being generated by all that growth tend to be good ones with average annual compensation of $114,000, nearly twice the US average.”
An inexhaustible supply of barbs directed at the Sinclair Broadcasting’s mandatory recitations. “[John] Oliver said: ‘Yeah, nothing says ‘We value independent media’ like dozens of reporters forced to repeat the same message over and over again like members of a brainwashed cult.’ ” Trump can chat about this with Kim Jong Un, who knows a thing or two about the cult of personality.
This might explain the multitudinous lies, exaggerations and plain errors in Trump’s economic statements. “Donald Trump ‘Cherishes’ Lou Dobbs So Much He Puts Him on Speakerphone for Oval Office Meetings.”
