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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:37 AM Jan 2019

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Trump ordered Kudlow to stop a nonexistent Amazon deal during his first week on the job: Ex-WH aide

BRAD REED
28 JAN 2019 AT 09:04 ET

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As The Atlantic’s Elaina Plott reports, Sims also has a telling anecdote about current Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow learning how to ignore the president’s crazy orders from his predecessor, Gary Cohn.

Within just days of starting the job, Sims writes, Kudlow was ordered by Trump to stop a “special deal” that Amazon was supposedly getting from the United States Postal Service, even though no such deal existed.

A flustered Kudlow was then advised by a laughing Cohn to do what he had been doing for months: Ignore Trump.

“Welcome to the White House… it’s total bullsh*t,” Cohn told Kudlow, according to Sims.

“I shouldn’t do anything about this?” Kudlow asked Cohn, who replied that he should just pretend Trump never said anything to him.

“Now you know why I’m so happy to be leaving,” Cohn said, according to Kudlow.

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Trump ordered Kudlow to stop a nonexistent Amazon deal during his first week on the job: Ex-WH aide (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Pity the Secretary of Defense DFW Jan 2019 #1

Booze or pills. You'd almost have to be hitting hard on one or the other to work for Trump. Solly Mack Jan 2019 #2

Shows how just much these asshole are paying attention to anything but 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #3

seems everyone in the white house has figured out what the media can't -- just ignore his nonsense. unblock Jan 2019 #4

then the media could report what is actually happening mopinko Jan 2019 #5

Hardy har har! The president of the United States of America is a fucking moron. Hilarious! tanyev Jan 2019 #6

DFW

(54,519 posts)

1. Pity the Secretary of Defense

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:44 AM

Jan 2019

Just wait for when Trump gives the order to bomb and invade Nambia.

Solly Mack

(90,803 posts)

2. Booze or pills. You'd almost have to be hitting hard on one or the other to work for Trump.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:50 AM

Jan 2019

No natural highs in that White House.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,110 posts)

3. Shows how just much these asshole are paying attention to anything but

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:59 AM

Jan 2019

Their own massive egos!

unblock

(52,505 posts)

4. seems everyone in the white house has figured out what the media can't -- just ignore his nonsense.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 12:10 PM

Jan 2019

mopinko

(70,394 posts)

5. then the media could report what is actually happening

Reply to unblock (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 12:17 PM

Jan 2019

behind the scenes, and who is actually giving orders in this fun house.

tanyev

(42,678 posts)

6. Hardy har har! The president of the United States of America is a fucking moron. Hilarious!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 02:13 PM

Jan 2019

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