White House: 'The President's Not' OK With Pruitt's Apartment Deal

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Matt Shuham | April 4, 2018 4:06 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was “not” OK with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s below-market-rate townhouse lease with a lobbyist power couple, and that the White House was reviewing the situation.In a press briefing, Fox News Radio’s John Decker called the arrangement “swamp-like” and asked: “Why is the President OK with this?”

“The President’s not,” Sanders replied. “We’re reviewing the situation. When we have had the chance to have a deeper dive on it we’ll let you know the outcomes of that, but we’re currently reviewing that here at the White House.”

“Does the President have confidence in the EPA administrator at this point?” Decker asked.

“The President thinks that he’s done a good job, particularly on the deregulation front,” Sanders said. “But again, we take this seriously we’re looking into it. We’ll let you know when we finish.”

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[awesomerwb1]

1. He's not ok with Pruitt's apartment deal

because he paid $50 too much per day

[MontanaMama]

2. Spanky The Grifter

is only bummed he didn’t get in on that sweetheart real estate deal himself.

[JDC]

3. Its the gettin' caught part he has a problem with.

[marble falls]

4. Cheetolini's only P.O.'d because Scott got caught...

Why does it seem almost anyone named Scott (first or last name) is a POS in government? I bet Pence's real name is "Scott"

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Trump is only displeased with it in that it makes him look bad...

If Pruitt had been exposed, Trump wouldn't have cared.

[angrychair]

6. Why is no one talking about the first class trip to Europe?

Why did the head of the EPA take a first class flight to Morocco to talk to them about buying American LNG (liquid natural gas), something the EPA has nothing to do with.

On the five-day trip that the EPA has said cost taxpayers around $40,000, Pruitt only worked one full day and had one-hour meetings the days before and after.

The condo he has been renting for $50/day is owned by an energy lobbyist, specifically for LNG.

The bigger story is this trip in conjunction with the cheap rental rates.

Not only do you not need to be Sherlock Holmes to put this together, the Three Stooges detective agency could put this together.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. AND..............

LNG just got federal approval for another pipeline.

COINCIDENCE??

[Roy Rolling]

7. At This Point

I don't give a rat's ass what is the judgment of the current POTUS. He has proven to have no reliable foundation nor moral compass. I wish he would just STFU, and his personal choir of sycophants, too.

[Skittles]

8. LOL, TRUMP THE GRIFTER DOES NOT APPROVE

[FSogol]

13. He didn't get his cut.

[Renew Deal]

10. I doubt he knows about it or cares

Trump doesn't understand nor care about such matters. That's why it keeps happening.

[marylandblue]

11. Trump's only pissed because he didn't stay at the Trump Hotel

[gibraltar72]

12. He was supposed to pay $800

at Trumps hotel.

[FSogol]

14. The President's Not OK PERIOD.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. As long as Pruitt's destroying the environment at a licky-split pace, Trump's o.k. with it.

IQ45's only interest is in how he can use the presidency to make himself and his supporters (in that order) rich at the expense of the American taxpayers. Donnie Two Scoops is probably figuring out what new crisis he can create to distract attention from his administration's latest scandal.