Trump probably calls his three-inch putts Mulligans… as Trump trolls Iran, because his tweets are “work”.
"At Mar-a-Lago, anyone who can get within eyesight changes the game," said a former White House official, speaking anonymously to candidly discuss a sensitive subject, and referring to the club members and guests who sometimes try the influence the president on policy, share an opinion on his administration or simply say hello. "Everyone who is angling for something knows to be there."
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Mar-a-Lago, said Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser and longtime friend of the president, "allows Trump to be Trump."
"Nobody tells Donald Trump where he can and cannot go," Stone said. "The president is able to get a lot of information that is normally blocked from getting to him ... You don't have the minders. There is no doubt that he makes more calls."
Trump's personal quarters are off-limits to most members – several friends said they have never been inside.
His regular routine is simple and predictable: He wakes up, watches television, tweets, makes phone calls, reads the papers and works. He often emerges for golf if the weather allows, before returning to the club, where he sometimes eats lunch or has meetings with White House staff. He then returns to his living quarters, before emerging again for dinner.
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Instead, Trump now sets up "a virtual rope line," said Ruddy – the chief executive of Newsmax, a conservative media company – where friends like he, Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter and local restaurant owner Lee Lipton come to say hello.
Trump, for instance, recently chatted with Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman for 30 minutes after dining with son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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Many reports of peaceful protests by American citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth. US govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching!
From Washington Examiner:
Noah Gray, a producer for CNN who tweeted a picture of a white box truck in front of hedges adjacent to the golf course on Wednesday, tracked down what looked to be an identical, if not the same, truck parked Thursday in a parking lot at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department.
When asked about the truck Wednesday, the sheriff’s department told CNN it did not order the truck to obstruct the media’s view of the president. Gray noted that a spokesperson for the department, Teri Barbera, reiterated that denial on Thursday, saying the management team didn’t order the truck.
While CNN’s John Berman, who sat in for Anderson Cooper on his “360” evening program on Thursday, said that the truck, which was in a lot behind a fence, was parked in such a way that they could not compare license plates, on Friday, three days into the story, Gray said CNN confirmed a report by WPEC CBS 12 reporter Mike Magnoli that the license plate he saw on the truck parked at the sheriff’s department was the same one CNN spotted on the truck blocking their view on Wednesday.
and a reminder of Ivanka-world
Ivanka wants out of copycat deposition because she's a 'high-ranking government official….'Buy American, Hire American… and then there’s the lawfare of international brand-’jacking… darn that family feeling like they’re above the law.
Osorio, the co-founder and creative director of fashion label Aquazzura, calls the sandal one of his most iconic creations. Coveted by celebrities and fashion bloggers alike, these $785 suede numbers became a true “It” shoe since gaining traction in 2015. They helped catapult the designer and his label to international prominence. So when he discovered that the clothing brand run by the daughter of now-President Donald Trump was making a similar item for only $65, he called in the lawyers.
Ivanka Trump wants nothing to do with the case, let alone a trial. She tried to duck a deposition by arguing she shouldn't be forced to testify because she isn’t involved in the design or sale of her company’s allegedly offending shoe.
“Trump was not aware of the Aquazzura style ‘Wild Thing’ shoe at the time she signed off on the season line that contained the Ivanka Trump style ‘Hettie’ shoe,” Saunders, her lawyer, argued in a letter to the judge. “The burden of a deposition of Ms. Trump would far outweigh any likely benefit to Aquazzura.”
Saunders added that her role as a “high ranking government official” should preclude her from having to submit to a deposition. (Trump was appointed to be an assistant to her father in the White House).
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