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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 08:52 AM Aug 2018

Trump says daughter, son-in-law played no role in departure of White House counsel McGahn

Source: WaPo

President Trump went on Twitter on Thursday to deny news reports that his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner played a role in the announced departure of White House counsel Donald McGahn.

Trump announced Wednesday that McGahn, a low-key, 50-year-old lawyer who has been at his side since the early days of the 2016 presidential campaign, would leave his post at the White House in the fall.

“Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner had NOTHING to do with the so called ‘pushing out’ of Don McGahn,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Thursday morning. “The Fake News Media has it, purposely, so wrong! They love to portray chaos in the White House when they know that chaos doesn’t exist-just a ‘smooth running machine’ with changing parts!”



Multiple news organizations reported Wednesday that there had been friction between McGahn and the president’s daughter and son-in-law, both of whom are advisers at the White House, which has experienced unusually high turnover under Trump.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-daughter-son-in-law-played-no-role-in-departure-of-white-house-counsel-mcgahn/2018/08/30/8021f7aa-aaa9-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html?utm_term=.858492d6d992&tid=sm_tw
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Trump says daughter, son-in-law played no role in departure of White House counsel McGahn (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2018 OP
which means they were right in the middle of it. rurallib Aug 2018 #1
Yup. Trump would be a terrible poker player; always gives away the game. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #10
My first thought exactly. Doitnow Aug 2018 #22
Sanitizing Activity and just wait until after the election as GOP Congress cleans up bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #2
"Smooth Running Machine..." louis c Aug 2018 #3
Smooth running machine? cstanleytech Aug 2018 #4
It is! Smoothly generating indictments, best-seller books, and ruined careers. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #5
Which really means duforsure Aug 2018 #6
Yep! ailsagirl Aug 2018 #21
Smoke pouring from the trumpster fire belching out of that tweet truthisfreedom Aug 2018 #7
There is one big (bigly) part that we would all love to change! nature-lover Aug 2018 #8
........ trusty elf Aug 2018 #9
OMG jinx! BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #14
Ha! trusty elf Aug 2018 #15
... BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #16
That's funny! 2naSalit Aug 2018 #18
Trump's "smooth running machine"! SergeStorms Aug 2018 #20
When the amount of incriminating evidence you possess outweighs the political cost of your leaving.. nature-lover Aug 2018 #11
whatever, dude. ginnyinWI Aug 2018 #12
"Fire and Fury" talked extensively about the power of "Jarvanka". BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #13
Love Buster Keaton. BHDem53 Aug 2018 #23
Have another egg mcmuffin, doofus C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #17
If you're always changing parts.... SergeStorms Aug 2018 #19

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
10. Yup. Trump would be a terrible poker player; always gives away the game.
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 09:22 AM
Aug 2018

No wonder all his casinos went bust.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
2. Sanitizing Activity and just wait until after the election as GOP Congress cleans up
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 08:54 AM
Aug 2018

more wish list legislation, firing of Sessions, they will attempt to barricade their interests on a host of things

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
3. "Smooth Running Machine..."
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 08:55 AM
Aug 2018

Are you fucking kidding me? Even his staunchest supporters ain't buying that.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
6. Which really means
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 09:01 AM
Aug 2018

They were involved too with his being run off after they found out he was talking all along with Mueller, and means Mcgahn knows everything on them also.

truthisfreedom

(23,148 posts)
7. Smoke pouring from the trumpster fire belching out of that tweet
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 09:03 AM
Aug 2018

Everyone sees through his claims instantly.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
18. That's funny!
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 10:33 AM
Aug 2018

I had to turn off the sound but I was laughing so hard! All I could think of was agent orange melting down. and that it's a good thing they bolted that thing down to a pallet!


nature-lover

(1,469 posts)
11. When the amount of incriminating evidence you possess outweighs the political cost of your leaving..
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 09:25 AM
Aug 2018

... you are out!

BumRushDaShow

(129,096 posts)
13. "Fire and Fury" talked extensively about the power of "Jarvanka".
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 09:29 AM
Aug 2018


And this -

‘smooth running machine’ with changing parts!”


Yup. Mkay.



SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
19. If you're always changing parts....
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 11:33 AM
Aug 2018

then your machine isn't running at all, dipshit!

A "smooth running machine" is a machine that is well made from the beginning (and yours certainly wasn't! ) is well lubricated (by the sweat and labor of it's workers), and is constantly being examined for any defects in the final product. There are so many defects in your "final product" (tax cuts for the rich, the Korea foul-up, Russians owning your administration, trade wars, to name a few) that the machine is utterly useless and should be scrapped. That means you, Donnie Dipshit. You were nothing but scrap before you took your first step inside the White House, and you've gotten so much worse ever since.

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