Turns out phony billionaire president Donald Trump has more in common with his Treasury Secretary Wilbur Ross than just ownership of shell companies that hide dealings with Russia. Forbes magazine looked into what it called discrepancies in his financial disclosure documents and concluded that he has been crediting himself with $2 billion that never existed. Remember, these are the people Republicans admire because they “earned” their riches.
The danger of being full of beans is that sometimes you spill them. That happened to GOP Rep. Chris Collins today when he told a reporter for The Hill the real reason Republicans are so focused on cutting taxes: “My donors are basically saying, ‘Get it done or don’t ever call me again.'”
Politico ran a profile on Trump “bodyguard” (more like what politics calls a “body man,”) Keith Schiller, but the tidbit — or should I say McNugget? — grabbing attention concerns the presidential diet. Schiller confirmed longstanding rumors that the Stuffed Pumpkin does not avail himself of the professional catering operation known as the White House kitchen. He gave them a fair shot, apparently. But when the White House chef, hampered by professional training and a lack of chemical food additives, failed to replicate the chain’s signature quarter-pounder with cheese (no pickles, extra ketchup) and fried apple pie, he sent Schiller out for Mickey D’s.