Day: April 15, 2017
Mitch McConnell Fears Elizabeth Warren
“I’ve spoken to him, but he has not spoken to me. I say hello to Mitch every chance I get, and he turns his head.”
— Sen. Elizabeth Waren (D-MA), quoted by the Boston Globe, noting how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has given her the cold shoulder.
Secret Service Has Spent $35k on Golf Cart Rentals
$35,185
A purchase order reviewed by CBS News shows the US Secret Service has already spent $35,185 on golf cart rentals for presidential visits to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach so far this year. In addition, President Trump’s trips on Air Force One to Mar-a-Lago have cost taxpayers an estimated $700,000 for each round trip.
Tourism to U.S. Dropping Quickly
4.3 million
Washington Post: “Demand for flights to the United States has fallen in nearly every country since January, according to Hopper, a travel-booking app that analyzes more than 10 billion daily airfare price quotes to derive its data. Searches for U.S. flights from China and Iraq have dropped 40 percent since Trump’s inauguration, while demand in Ireland and New Zealand is down about 35 percent. (One exception: Russia, where searches for flights to the United States have surged 60 percent since January.) … The result could be an estimated 4.3 million fewer people coming to the United States this year, resulting in $7.4 billion in lost revenue… Next year, the fallout is expected to be even larger, with 6.3 million fewer tourists and $10.8 billion in losses. Miami is expected to be hit hardest, followed by San Francisco and New York.”
Trump Already Raising Money for Re-Election
$13.2 million
President Trump’s reelection campaign “is off to a quick start, pulling in $13.2 million through a trio of committees in the first three months of the year, while paying an unusually large staff of about 20 employees,” Politico reports. “The FEC reports for the three Trump committees suggested that much of their fundraising bounty came from the sale of branded merchandise sold around Trump’s inauguration and early presidency.”
Sean, Lamb of Trump
In another administration Sean Spicer would have been fired.
But he’s actually just what the Trump White House required.
He’s a stand-up white guy,
Who will stand there and lie and lie,
And for that trait — at least in Trumplandia — he’s admired.
Anything But Speeches
When Trump needs something, Jared’s his standby,
From Middle East Peace to Russian elites, he’s just fly.
But when it came to speeches,
Kushner overreaches,
He said, “I’m not a f*cking speechwriter, I’m a real-estate guy!”
