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JHB

(37,158 posts)
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:02 AM Oct 2018

Friday TOONs - Deficit Driving Edition

Deficit Driving







Lucky Ducky wins again. So much winning.






Saudi ties
Careful, Donnie! Vlad may get jealous.




































And you’re a “4” Mitt, so get comfy in the dog carrier







Vote like your life depends on it… because it does.






Grade the “f” an F







More on equine visages









It’s the Ambien talking







Kushy


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Friday TOONs - Deficit Driving Edition (Original Post) JHB Oct 2018 OP
kick, kick, kickety kick planetc Oct 2018 #1
and Kick! planetc Oct 2018 #2
Great toons- hope DUers send Luckovich everywhere today malaise Oct 2018 #3
These cartoons reminded me .... kwassa Oct 2018 #4
Would that be the same yacht Trump sold to a Saudi prince in 1991? JHB Oct 2018 #11
yes, it is the same yacht. The Trump Princess. kwassa Oct 2018 #16
Oh, I never made the connection Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #22
Adnan Khashoggi was the richest man in the world for a time. jg10003 Oct 2018 #23
Thanks for this collection. Very painful and sad. Funny how humor works, sometimes. erronis Oct 2018 #5
great collection, thank you ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #6
Thank you! 2naSalit Oct 2018 #7
Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Oct 2018 #8
Lucky Ducky! PatSeg Oct 2018 #9
Great stuff, this! Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2018 #10
KnR! Canoe52 Oct 2018 #12
Kicktoons. Thanks, JHB Hekate Oct 2018 #13
Thank you! Duppers Oct 2018 #14
Trump, August 2015: I make $40 million, $50 million from Saudi Arabia. I like them a lot. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #15
Kick grantcart Oct 2018 #17
Kick and Recommend alfredo Oct 2018 #18
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #19
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #20
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #21

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
4. These cartoons reminded me ....
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:34 AM
Oct 2018

all the references to arms deals.

Jamal Khashoggi's uncle was the famous and very rich arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. Worth about $4 billion in the 80s.

When Adnan suffered business reverses and had to sell off his super yacht, the purchaser was Donald Trump.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
11. Would that be the same yacht Trump sold to a Saudi prince in 1991?
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 10:17 AM
Oct 2018

Referenced in the Anne Telnaes animated GIF:


kwassa

(23,340 posts)
16. yes, it is the same yacht. The Trump Princess.
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:47 PM
Oct 2018


At the time, Trump was almost bankrupt and looking to make some fast cash, reportedly selling the yacht to Prince Alwaleed bin-Talal for one third less than he paid for it.

In 1995, Trump also sold New York City's Plaza Hotel to Alwaleed and Singaporean investors for $325 million. In turn, they sold it nearly a decade later for $675 million. In July, Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Company re-purchased the Plaza along with a New York-based firm.


https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-deep-ties-with-saudis-from-selling-yacht-to-sword-dancing-2018-10#in-1991-trump-sold-his-282-foot-yacht-named-the-trump-princess-to-a-saudi-billionaire-for-20-million-1

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
22. Oh, I never made the connection
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 11:23 PM
Oct 2018

between Jamal and Adnan Khashoggi. He was one powerful man in his time. Wow.

keithbvadu2

(36,778 posts)
15. Trump, August 2015: I make $40 million, $50 million from Saudi Arabia. I like them a lot.
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:32 PM
Oct 2018

Trump, August 2015: I make $40 million, $50 million from Saudi Arabia. I like them a lot.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211290698

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1050565595136217088


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