Donald Trump just spent 80 minutes telling the press that he’s rubber and they’re glue, Politico reports. Surely, the Donald is just getting warmed up. Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Mussolini—all the greats—they spoke for hours. But just give the man time. I mean, talking is the one thing he’s good at.
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Meanwhile, back in the real world, Politico also reports that Trump’s nomination of Alexander Acosta for Secretary of Labor, ostensibly the purpose of Trump’s marathon rant (Alex wasn’t there, of course), may not be a done deal: “Trump’s Labor nominee oversaw ‘sweetheart plea deal’ in billionaire’s underage sex case”. It gets worse: the billionaire in question, Jeffrey Epstein, used to hang with Donald, who said of his pal (prior to his arrest), “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.” There is a ton of unsavory information about Epstein available, and it’s a bit amazing that Trump would pick someone tied to Epstein’s “sweetheart plea”.
