Public Relations Exec ~ Current Union for Reform Judaism, former CBS, Hallmark Channel. traveler, gym goer, bourbon drinker, happy dad, sad NY Giants fan
Literally no one is surprised that Trump was bluffing. He wants the war to end because he already lost. The US and Iran are nowhere close to a deal about Iran's nuclear program, ballistic missiles or support for terrorist groups. This is Trump begging them to reopen the Strait.
This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.
More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.
And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.
Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.
The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.
Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.
We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.
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President Donald Trump’s personal travel routine has generated an estimated $70.8M in taxpayer costs this year, and projections based on federal audit data show the total could exceed $300M if the pattern continues. https://t.co/2cOGLgYpU2
Earlier this week, Will Smith and I released a new Stimson Center report on the war in Iran as part of the "Is War Worth It?" project.
We examined the stated US objectives, whether the US achieved them, and the costs (direct and indirect) of the conflict.
Our conclusion: the Iran War is worse than a failure. It's a strategic calamity with no notable achievements and potentially trillions in direct and indirect costs to the US and global economy.
Iran’s nuclear capacity is broadly unchanged, its missile force largely intact, its hard-liners empowered, its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz enhanced, and U.S. munitions stockpiles depleted.
How did we come to that conclusion?
We actually took into account how the Trump administration publicly tried to justify the war -- and then took a deep dive look at the costs of the war. https://t.co/yR28eZwbnT
(Bloomberg) -- US officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump and his businesses while a plan to set up an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is on hold, @cstrohm reports.