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riversedge

(70,246 posts)
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 09:40 PM Dec 2019

Mongolian officials retroactively granted Trump Jr. permit after he killed endangered sheep: report

Source: the hill




By John Bowden - 12/11/19 10:05 AM EST



The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reportedly shot and killed an endangered sheep in Mongolia before receiving a permit from the Mongolian government.

A ProPublica report published Wednesday found that Trump Jr.'s recent hunting trip to Mongolia in August resulted in the president's son shooting and killing an argali, a species of sheep listed as endangered and which requires a permit to be hunted legally.

Trump Jr. was not offered a permit for shooting the animal until after he left the region, according to ProPublica, raising questions about whether he received special treatment.

The White House declined a request for comment from The Hill, and a spokesman for Trump Jr. told ProPublica that the trip was a personal excursion won at auction before Trump announced his candidacy in 2015.

Trump Jr.'s spokesman added that the permit was obtained “as is standard in the industry" through a third party.............................

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/474046-mongolian-government-retroactively-granted-trump-jr-rare-permit



umm...what was Jr aiming at?

A sheep??





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Mongolian officials retroactively granted Trump Jr. permit after he killed endangered sheep: report (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2019 OP
So I guess Mongolia is totally in Drumpf's pocket. JHC. Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #1
I just got put in Twitter jail for 12 hours for calling that thing a worthless piece of shit. catbyte Dec 2019 #2
Bravo Traildogbob Dec 2019 #3
"Could this guy be a bigger piece of shit?" Grokenstein Dec 2019 #4
Another entitled asshole Redleg Dec 2019 #5
Donald Trump Jr. (alias Uday Hussein) is one bent individual. YOHABLO Dec 2019 #6
Capitalism always gives vast privledges to the filthy rich. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #7
Sheep fear him. mpcamb Dec 2019 #8

catbyte

(34,408 posts)
2. I just got put in Twitter jail for 12 hours for calling that thing a worthless piece of shit.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:52 PM
Dec 2019

I guess somebody didn't like it. Tough shit. It was worth it.

Traildogbob

(8,761 posts)
3. Bravo
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:07 PM
Dec 2019

I got a lifetime prison sentence from Twitter for calling Tomi Lauren a Lamp post appendage after she praised refugee gassing on thanksgiving a year ago. Some things are much bigger than Twitter. Best thing ever. Fuck any Media that allows tRump and bans anyone else.

Grokenstein

(5,725 posts)
4. "Could this guy be a bigger piece of shit?"
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 12:03 AM
Dec 2019

Never, never never never EVER ask that question, especially of a Trump.

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