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spanone

(135,636 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 09:46 PM Jul 2016

CNN: 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
I want to read that as the headline is actually mocking... Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #1
In other words the kids are the brains of the outfit. craigmatic Jul 2016 #2
"Combined, the Trump family has one complete, working brain." CrowCityDem Jul 2016 #3
In other words, if elected, unelected people, his family, will Ilsa Jul 2016 #4
Brain Trust? Brain? Trust? And they come up with Pence? Solly Mack Jul 2016 #5
More like family brain lust pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #6
Scary Solly Mack Jul 2016 #9
Get Carol pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #10
LMAO Solly Mack Jul 2016 #11
i think they meant brain freeze... spanone Jul 2016 #7
I can hear "If I only had a brain" playing in the background Solly Mack Jul 2016 #8

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
4. In other words, if elected, unelected people, his family, will
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 11:04 PM
Jul 2016

be running the west wing for donnie.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
8. I can hear "If I only had a brain" playing in the background
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 11:19 PM
Jul 2016

every time I see a photo of his family.

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