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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN: Trump pick shows power of family brain trust - seriously, this is a CNN headline
are you fucking kidding me?
Washington (CNN)For Donald Trump, politics -- like real estate -- is a family business.
The presumptive Republican nominee's search for a running mate revealed the intense and increasing role of three of his adult children, Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka Trump, along with his son-in-law Jared Kushner, in the billionaire's unorthodox political operation.
Trump offered the vice presidential slot to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Wednesday, CNN has learned, and the Indiana governor accepted. Sources said that Trump's decision to pick Pence over more controversial candidates such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie followed a sustained behind-the-scenes lobbying push orchestrated from within the family's inner circle.
After building a presidential campaign almost exclusively on the strength of his own persona and often seeming to make decisions on the fly, Trump's willingness to listen to others while agonizing over his most important political move yet does not just suggest a candidate who is evolving politically. It shows a man who is not used to being told he is wrong and who makes an exception for the opinions of those who are his own flesh-and-blood.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence-vice-president-children/index.html
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CNN: Trump pick shows power of family brain trust - seriously, this is a CNN headline (Original Post)
spanone
Jul 2016
OP
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)1. I want to read that as the headline is actually mocking...
how awful his top 4 picks are. But, I doubt it.
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)2. In other words the kids are the brains of the outfit.
CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)3. "Combined, the Trump family has one complete, working brain."
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)4. In other words, if elected, unelected people, his family, will
be running the west wing for donnie.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)5. Brain Trust? Brain? Trust? And they come up with Pence?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. More like family brain lust
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)9. Scary
I'll call Rick.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)10. Get Carol
"Just look at the flowers..."
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)11. LMAO
You're bad.
spanone
(135,636 posts)7. i think they meant brain freeze...
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)8. I can hear "If I only had a brain" playing in the background
every time I see a photo of his family.