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Inside Donald Trump's Shady Scheme to Keep Jon Bon Jovi from Buying the Buffalo Bills
Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/fahrenthold
This article is everything.
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Inside Donald Trump's Shady Scheme to Keep Jon Bon Jovi from Buying the Buffalo Bills
BY BEN SCHRECKINGER
20 hours ago
The plan involved a covert political operative who worked with Putin, a double amputee, a settlement with Texas A&M, and—ultimately—a failed bid that opened up the opportunity for Donald Trump's presidential run.
As Donald Trump finds new ways to drag out his vicious feud with the National Football League— he tweeted Monday morning that there's "no leadership in the NFL"—a big question looms about where this all began. Could it be, as several reports now suggest, that this whole national trauma can be traced back to Trump's failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills back in 2014?
That's what some team owners have reportedly said, contending that the president is driven by a personal grudge stemming from his multiple doomed efforts over the decades to become the owner of an NFL franchise. Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan told USA Today that Trump is "jealous" of the league and its owners, having failed to become one. "He's been elected President, where maybe a great goal he had in life—to own an NFL team—is not very likely," Khan said.
But, come on, how badly did Trump really want to buy the Bills? Badly enough, it seems, to create a dubious grassroots campaign to pressure the team and the league to not sell to a rival group of bidders.
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Ben Schreckinger is a GQ correspondent in Washington, D.C.
BY BEN SCHRECKINGER
20 hours ago
The plan involved a covert political operative who worked with Putin, a double amputee, a settlement with Texas A&M, and—ultimately—a failed bid that opened up the opportunity for Donald Trump's presidential run.
As Donald Trump finds new ways to drag out his vicious feud with the National Football League— he tweeted Monday morning that there's "no leadership in the NFL"—a big question looms about where this all began. Could it be, as several reports now suggest, that this whole national trauma can be traced back to Trump's failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills back in 2014?
That's what some team owners have reportedly said, contending that the president is driven by a personal grudge stemming from his multiple doomed efforts over the decades to become the owner of an NFL franchise. Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan told USA Today that Trump is "jealous" of the league and its owners, having failed to become one. "He's been elected President, where maybe a great goal he had in life—to own an NFL team—is not very likely," Khan said.
But, come on, how badly did Trump really want to buy the Bills? Badly enough, it seems, to create a dubious grassroots campaign to pressure the team and the league to not sell to a rival group of bidders.
....
Ben Schreckinger is a GQ correspondent in Washington, D.C.
A coda: @NFL owners and the NFL itself still showered Trump’s inauguration with cash this year
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Donald Trump inauguration bankrolled by corporate giants
Many companies, executives have business before federal government
By Dave Levinthalemail 7:57 am, April 19, 2017 Updated: 2:09 pm, April 20, 2017
Many companies, executives have business before federal government
By Dave Levinthalemail 7:57 am, April 19, 2017 Updated: 2:09 pm, April 20, 2017