"Dear King": Trump Mar-a-Lago Buddy Wrote Policy Pitch. The President Sent It to VA Chief.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Wow!

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The President of the United States still owns and profits from a luxury resort in Florida where paying customers can give him notes, scrawled on resort stationary, that he personally forwards to cabinet secretaries
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mar-a-lago-buddy-wrote-policy-pitch-the-president-sent-it-to-va-chief …

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Trump Mar-a-Lago Buddy Wrote Policy Pitch. The President Sent It to VA Chief.
A handwritten note to Trump, addressed “Dear King,” presents another instance of access and influence for Mar-a-Lago associates.
by Isaac Arnsdorf March 6, 12:27 p.m. EST

In late 2017, on one of President Donald Trump’s retreats to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, he caught up with an old friend: Albert Hazzouri.

When Hazzouri is not at Mar-a-Lago, he’s a cosmetic dentist in Scranton, Pennsylvania. At a campaign rally there in 2016, Trump gave him a shoutout: “Stand up, Albert. Where the hell are you, Albert? Stand up, Albert. He’s a good golfer, but I’m actually a better golfer than him. Right?”

Shortly after Hazzouri and Trump saw each other in late 2017, Hazzouri followed up with a message, scrawled on Mar-a-Lago stationery. Here’s the letter:



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[procon]

1. "Dear King"??? Who is he referring to? nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Trump's ego. n/t

[malaise]

3. Himself -

the self declared Holey Moran Emperor.

European royals better lock up their jewelry. He wants that too.

[NewJeffCT]

4. and then at the end "love you president"

WTF?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Trump's personal dentist highlights friendship with president to obtain Florida dental license

This showed up later in the Twitter thread:

Here's more about that shithead Hazzouri.

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Trump’s personal dentist highlights friendship with president to obtain Florida dental license
By ALEXANDRA GLORIOSO 05/18/2018 06:58 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE — President Donald Trump’s personal dentist went before the state licensing board on Friday and specifically highlighted his friendship with the president in a bid to obtain permission to set up shop in Florida, according to three people present at the meeting. ... Dr. Albert Hazzouri ultimately withdrew his licensing application after receiving significant pushback from the Florida Board of Dentistry, which was concerned that he failed to properly complete the application, a state law requirement.

Missing were scores for a written and clinical exam, official transcripts and CPR certification, according to a Feb. 26 letter from Florida Department of Health Executive Director Jennifer Wenhold. “Typically, when applications are before the Board for consideration, it helps to have a complete application so that all credentials can be reviewed,” she wrote.

At Friday’s board meeting, Hazzouri stressed his personal relationship with Trump, according to three people who attended the meeting but did not want to be identified for fear of retribution. ... "This guy was so arrogant. He was saying you should break all the rules and make an exception for me,” said one attendee. ... “So basically, he was being lazy and thought that he could just come in and say, ‘I’m the president’s dentist, give me a license,’” said a second attendee.

A third person present at the board meeting described Hazzouri’s actions as “bizarre,” noting that he “implied it hard” that Gov. Rick Scott supported him receiving special permission. Scott’s office denied any special treatment. ... “It was just weird,” the third attendee said. “Everyone was kind of looking around, wondering if this was happening.”
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[winstars]

7. So the guy's a jerk off. Thats a fact. But just look who he wants to cut (save?) $250,000,000

from:

VETS

NATIVE AMERICANS

UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN


It would be funny if it wasn't so fucking sad.

This is the real story of how cray cray this is...

[mercuryblues]

6. Proof that our White House is for sale

The more you pay trump, the more you get to play.

[highplainsdem]

8. K&R