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Judi Lynn

(160,525 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:41 AM Sep 2020

Trump launches attack on Steve Jobs' widow for 'wasting money' on supporting magazine run by 'con ma

Source: Independent

Trump launches attack on Steve Jobs’ widow for ‘wasting money’ on supporting magazine run by ‘con man’ Goldberg
Kate Ng
5 minutes ago

Donald Trump has lashed out at the widow of Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, whose philanthropy organisation Emerson Collective owns The Atlantic magazine - which reported earlier this week that the president made disparaging comments about dead American military soldiers.

The president called on his supporters to “call her, write her, let her know how you feel” as he retweeted a tweet by Charlie Kirk, founder of a right-wing student movement.

“Steve Jobs would not be happy that his wife is wasting money he left her on a failing Radical Left Magazine that is run by a con man (Goldberg) and spews FAKE NEWS & HATE. Call her, write her, let her know how you feel!!!” said Mr Trump.

Mr Kirk, an outspoken Trump supporter, said in his tweet: “The widow of Steve Jobs - Laurene Powell Jobs donated at least $500,000 to Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign this year.



Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-twitter-steve-jobs-laurene-powell-atlantic-goldberg-b404534.html

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Trump launches attack on Steve Jobs' widow for 'wasting money' on supporting magazine run by 'con ma (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2020 OP
Is he going after orphans next? Maeve Sep 2020 #1
That stuck pig is squealing so loud you can hear it in outer space! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2020 #2
That's a good one! SnowCritter Sep 2020 #13
Thanks, lol! Kinda wrote itself! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2020 #15
Powell Jobs has more money then he does. Women with big money offend him irisblue Sep 2020 #3
Women with a brain offend and scare the shit out of him......... Bengus81 Sep 2020 #23
*Everyone* offends Donald on some level or another. BKDem Sep 2020 #30
Meanehile he's not doing anything about Covid vlyons Sep 2020 #4
Actually, he's working hard to make it worse RVN VET71 Sep 2020 #33
Yes. The number of deaths on his watch is stunning. ananda Sep 2020 #43
Okay ... I wish someone would call him out for UpInArms Sep 2020 #5
Damn right! I'm tired of sharing the Earth with little Donnie. rickyhall Sep 2020 #10
not just wasting, but putting air to bad use LymphocyteLover Sep 2020 #14
The most interesting thing about this tweet is that he used three exclamation points at the end. BlueStater Sep 2020 #6
Another Sunday morning meltdown PatSeg Sep 2020 #32
Why does he do that........ MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #34
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Sep 2020 #35
Dear article writer... RobertDevereaux Sep 2020 #7
Yes, I like the word "whines" because it's weak and makes him seem childish. Lonestarblue Sep 2020 #40
Funny how he complains about a woman wasting her ex-husband's money Sanity Claws Sep 2020 #8
This, right here. ZenDem Sep 2020 #16
oh my my! Trump is having a hissy fit. too bad! riversedge Sep 2020 #9
He is blatantly encouraging his supporters to harass this woman. honest.abe Sep 2020 #11
Trump, the fiscal conservative with other people's money bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #12
If I had as $$$$ as she has. I would hire people to hunt down and expose anyone who harasses her. usaf-vet Sep 2020 #17
That's not her style. ZenDem Sep 2020 #20
I don't disagree. Remember I said IF I had her money I would hunt them down and expose them. usaf-vet Sep 2020 #29
What a piece of garbage still_one Sep 2020 #18
So incredibly dumb LymphocyteLover Sep 2020 #19
Time to subscribe to The Atlantic lonely bird Sep 2020 #21
Remember in 2018 the hard public pushback about hiring a guy who wanted women hung? irisblue Sep 2020 #28
Thanks lonely bird Sep 2020 #49
Hard to keep up in these last 4 years. irisblue Sep 2020 #50
This is just another diversion from C-19 & all his lawsuits piling up!... Illumination Sep 2020 #22
Does this matter at all? It's just one of many tantrums he's likely to throw today muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #24
I wonder how many death threats Ms. Jobs will get, as a result. Paladin Sep 2020 #25
Shocked Trump didn't call her 'nasty' left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 #26
I just subscribed to the Atlantic in response to the article, thanks to the Orange fascist Kyblue1 Sep 2020 #27
if u can't stand the heat old fancy man, get out of the white house. pansypoo53219 Sep 2020 #31
I'm certain she will be just devastated by His attack. MineralMan Sep 2020 #36
This might give some insight as to why Trump is worrying about Steve Jobs: Sloumeau Sep 2020 #37
The asshole can't leave anyone alone. Eyeball_Kid Sep 2020 #38
who is the con man? AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #39
"...the money he left her" JohnnyRingo Sep 2020 #41
Doesn't this guy have a job or something? JohnnyRingo Sep 2020 #42
Telling his cult to send hate letters to a widow. What a fabulous pResident we have. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #44
He wasted ALL the money his demonic father left him bedazzled Sep 2020 #45
Interesting, I wondered why their editorial outlook had changed Warpy Sep 2020 #46
"She should be wasting her money on my fake wall and campaign!" tanyev Sep 2020 #47
Only reason he mentions Goldberg is to throw in the "world run by Jews" trope. n/t femmedem Sep 2020 #48
Well I "wasted" my money on renewal of my Atlantic subscription...... mjvpi Sep 2020 #51
Gosh, Trump sure is upset over a "failing magazine" that "nobody reads", isn't he? Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #52
Jacob Blake, a man shot multiple times in the back Nexus2 Sep 2020 #53
What she does with her money is her own beeswax. raccoon Sep 2020 #54
Exactly. The Con is jealous she's richer than he is. onetexan Sep 2020 #55
I like that he is in capable of understanding why this kinda talk only hurts him... BadGimp Sep 2020 #56

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
30. *Everyone* offends Donald on some level or another.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:19 AM
Sep 2020

All people pale in comparison. Maybe someone has more money or a Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe someone has been on the cover of Time more often. But you have to understand those are actually *terrible* *disgusting* people who can only wish they were as tremendous as Donald Trump. Many of them actually owe their success to Donald Trump.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
33. Actually, he's working hard to make it worse
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:35 AM
Sep 2020

And I am not going to take any vaccine he and his "scientists" develop just in time for the election.

ananda

(28,858 posts)
43. Yes. The number of deaths on his watch is stunning.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:34 AM
Sep 2020

It's tolerated though.

Life is very cheap right now.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
6. The most interesting thing about this tweet is that he used three exclamation points at the end.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:56 AM
Sep 2020

Otherwise, it’s as tiresome and dull as everything else his brain poops out.

PatSeg

(47,418 posts)
35. Ha, ha, ha!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:45 AM
Sep 2020

Maybe that's when the ghosts of Sundays past visit him. Unlike Scrooge, however, he never sees the error of his ways. He just doubles down.

RobertDevereaux

(1,857 posts)
7. Dear article writer...
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:05 AM
Sep 2020

Has lashed out? No.

Has wet-noodled out? YES.

NEVER use a power word when talking about IMPotus.

Sanity Claws

(21,847 posts)
8. Funny how he complains about a woman wasting her ex-husband's money
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:11 AM
Sep 2020

This is part of his worldview: money belongs to a man and a woman wastes it. I don't think I've ever seen him say a man wasted money. No, it's more like he attacks them for supporting what the money does.

ZenDem

(442 posts)
16. This, right here.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:41 AM
Sep 2020

Look at the women Trump surrounds himself with.

Laurene is a strong, highly educated, compassionate, aware and successful woman. She had a future before she met and married Steve Jobs and continues to build her own legacy.

So, if Capt. Shitstain wants to put her name in his mouth, let's use that to her advantage. Use her name to encourage and empower young women.

honest.abe

(8,678 posts)
11. He is blatantly encouraging his supporters to harass this woman.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:28 AM
Sep 2020

This should be illegal. Such a pathetic asshole.

bucolic_frolic

(43,141 posts)
12. Trump, the fiscal conservative with other people's money
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:29 AM
Sep 2020

telling everybody else what to do with it to support him.

There's one in every family.

usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
17. If I had as $$$$ as she has. I would hire people to hunt down and expose anyone who harasses her.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:43 AM
Sep 2020

Expose all their dirty little secrets. Give out their names, addresses, places of employment, email addresses, cell phone numbers, and buying habits. Pick out 5 or 6 and make them targets for harassment. Warn others that they will be exposed.
One caveat leave out the kids.

This sh*t has to stop with TweeterTrump personally attacking Americans.

ZenDem

(442 posts)
20. That's not her style.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:58 AM
Sep 2020

She's doing just fine by donating to the right causes and supporting education.

usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
29. I don't disagree. Remember I said IF I had her money I would hunt them down and expose them.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:18 AM
Sep 2020

I don't disagree. Remember I said IF I had her money I would hunt them down and expose them. expose them to ridicule.

LymphocyteLover

(5,643 posts)
19. So incredibly dumb
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:45 AM
Sep 2020

We KNOW the article is true. The Atlantic is not radical left, it's quite centrist, and what's his deal with partisan funding of news? Like FoxNews isn't backed by the biggest rightwinger on the planet?

As usual, he's such a horrible hypocritical ass, and fuck his stupid lackeys like Charlie Kirk.

irisblue

(32,969 posts)
28. Remember in 2018 the hard public pushback about hiring a guy who wanted women hung?
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:17 AM
Sep 2020

Kevin Williamson has issues, big issues.

I cancelled my long term subscription then b/c of that.

snip from his wiki "In 2018, Williamson briefly joined The Atlantic. His employment was terminated following public criticism of a 2014 Twitter discussion in which he suggested hanging as a criminal punishment for abortion[8][9][10][11][12][13] and his reiteration of this suggestion on his National Review podcast in 2014.[14] Williamson later wrote that his comments had been intended to "mak[e] a point about the sloppy rhetoric of the abortion debate" rather than to promote capital punishment,[15] noting that he had previously expressed strong reservations about capital punishment in general.[16]."

Just an FYI.




irisblue

(32,969 posts)
50. Hard to keep up in these last 4 years.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:40 PM
Sep 2020

The slow subtle right ward movement of US media is hard to see some days.


To be fair, March 2018 the Atlantic had tje first article I remember about Paul Mamafort.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/

muriel_volestrangler

(101,310 posts)
24. Does this matter at all? It's just one of many tantrums he's likely to throw today
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:07 AM
Sep 2020

Of all the people in the world who can ignore what Trump thinks and says, an immensely rich person who doesn't need any 'public opinion' to continue to be rich and able to hold Trump to account is particularly able to ignore this tweet.

I'm glad to see The Atlantic has an owner with deep pockets.

Paladin

(28,254 posts)
25. I wonder how many death threats Ms. Jobs will get, as a result.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:12 AM
Sep 2020

Our sick, sub-human "president" in action.

Kyblue1

(216 posts)
27. I just subscribed to the Atlantic in response to the article, thanks to the Orange fascist
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:16 AM
Sep 2020

I hope others will react to what the Con says by supporting anyone or any organization that he opposes

pansypoo53219

(20,974 posts)
31. if u can't stand the heat old fancy man, get out of the white house.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:34 AM
Sep 2020

we don't have to fluff your fat ass.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
41. "...the money he left her"
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:16 AM
Sep 2020

See how Trump thinks? It wasn't their money, it was his money that Jobs let her have.

Good luck, Melania. She'd better be skimming.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
42. Doesn't this guy have a job or something?
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:29 AM
Sep 2020

He didn't have this much time to waste before he was elected.

Unfortunately, now the death threats will be filling her mail box.

bedazzled

(1,761 posts)
45. He wasted ALL the money his demonic father left him
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:42 AM
Sep 2020

I read somewhere he would be a legitimate billionaire if he had just put the money in the bank instead of wasting it on his so called businesses. Wanker

Warpy

(111,253 posts)
46. Interesting, I wondered why their editorial outlook had changed
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 11:36 AM
Sep 2020

They took a hard right turn when Ronny was in office and I dropped them. Lately, I've read quite a few good articles there.

The magazine is far from being a leftist screed on pinko paper, but it improved in the same way the WaPo did when Bezos bought it, backing off from the fascist fringe, hiring new writers, and becoming a worthwhile read.

I might have to get a subscription again. Anything Dumdum hates has to have something good about it.

mjvpi

(1,388 posts)
51. Well I "wasted" my money on renewal of my Atlantic subscription......
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:49 PM
Sep 2020

......and added a gift subscription for my sister as soon as this story broke. Great journalism.

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
53. Jacob Blake, a man shot multiple times in the back
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 04:33 PM
Sep 2020

and paralyzed from the waist down probably for life, whines and sulks less than this Mango colored goon.

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