Trump says something to Justice Kennedy that shocks him. Something's up. (No sound)

[yaesu]

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[Midnight Writer]

1. One of those mysteries I would love to see cleared up.

But I don't think Kennedy will talk.

Kennedy's son was Trump's banker at Deutchesbank, making huge loans to him when others wouldn't.

[captain queeg]

2. Oh for God's sake. The cesspool of trump is bottomless

[Kid Berwyn]

3. "Say hello to your boy," Trump said, "Special guy."

“Your kids have been very nice to him,” Kennedy replied.

“Well,” Trump said, “they love him, and they love him in New York.”

Source: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/donald-trump-supreme-court-236925

[tinrobot]

4. So he shocked Kennedy after swearing in his replacement?

The timeline here doesn't seem to add up.

I always thought this clip happened before Kennedy decided to step down. That implied Trump said something that got Kennedy to retire.

But now I see from the CNN feed that it was after Kavanaugh was sworn in. So, whatever Trump said couldn't have convinced Kennedy to retire.

I'm still not convinced that Kennedy resigned out of the goodness of his heart. There probably was some sort of pressure. But this clip isn't evidence of that.

[panader0]

5. trump wanted Kennedy to resign so he could appoint Kavanaugh.

Kennedy's son worked for Deutches Bank and had made questionable loans to trump.
trump uses this leverage to force Justice Kennedy to resign.
Do I have that right?

[Nictuku]

6. Both Gorschuch and Kavanaugh were law clerks for Kennedy

I have been highly suspect of Kennedy's surprise retirement ever since he announced it.

One of Kennedy's sons was involved in millions in loans from Deutch Bank, I think the other works for NASA (It would be interesting to see if the NASA son got some high ranking place in NASA).

And the fact that 2 of the 3 SC nominees by Trump clerked for Kennedy is highly suspicious to me.

A deal was made. Will we ever learn the truth and details? I doubt it.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/30/brett-kavanaugh-neil-gorsuch-learned-supreme-court-ropes-together/1050836002/

[Retired Engineer Bob]

7. Oh well, it's just some more TFG corruption

Nothing to see here, just move along.

Not making light of this, but I love Smitty’s interpretation of what was said:

T: otherwise your son
K: (freezes) don't you effn touch my son
T: I have no control over these things, lets see what happens


Reminds me of Felix Unger’s lip reading of the airplane mechanics:

[stillcool]

8. Rosemary Vrablic

was Jared and Trump's personal lawyer at Deutsche Bank.

[IronLionZion]

9. Nice family you have there, be a shame if something happened to them

[TomDaisy]

10. he said "Now we just have to hope RBG dies."

[aeromanKC]

11. Retire, or your kid goes to jail!!