GOP mega-donor Adelson 'furious' over Tillerson's Israel comments: report
Source: The Hill
GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson is reportedly furious at Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for comments he made about the U.S. embassy in Israel, according to a new report.
Sources tell Axios that Adelson, who contributed $5 million to President Trumps inauguration and has donated tens of millions to GOP candidates, was unhappy with comments Tillerson made on NBCs Meet the Press on Sunday. Tillerson said Trump is being very careful in weighing his campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
"As you know, the president has recently expressed his view that he wants to put a lot of effort into seeing if we cannot advance a peace initiative between Israel and Palestine," Tillerson said. "And so I think in large measure the president is being very careful to understand how such a decision would impact a peace process."
During his presidential campaign, Trump told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at its conference that the U.S. "will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem."
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/333375-gop-mega-donor-furious-with-tillerson-over-comments-on-us
Does Trump pander to his Neo-Nazi supporters or to the Adelson/Netenyahu crowd?
burrowowl
(17,648 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,178 posts)Pro tip for Adelson: Consider the money you invested in an amoral, narcissistic, ignorant, man-baby to be the cost of an object lesson for yourself.
MattP
(3,304 posts)elleng
(131,129 posts)CanonRay
(14,118 posts)The rest of us are just citizens
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)It depends who's talking to him at the moment. I hope none of them actually expects him to tell the truth!
Trump doesn't tell his family the truth. Why would perfect strangers expect him to be square with them? Trump lies. It's what he does best.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)this is what happens when you make deals with the Devil. Just think about what happens if he gets Steve Bannon close again.
SunSeeker
(51,720 posts)JI7
(89,274 posts)which is why he hasn't been so pro israel.
same reason he said to netanyahu in public and to his face to hold back on the settlements.
the neo nazis come into play more in that it wont hurt trump with his base to do this.
dembotoz
(16,839 posts)Zambero
(8,971 posts)And the Jerusalem campaign sound byte has gone past its use-by date. Now, back to the business-as-usual world of flippidy-floppidy!
DFW
(54,443 posts)Adelson hasn't exactly been making the shrewdest of investments with his political donations. Gingrich, Romney. Even when his clown, Trump, wins, he STILL turns out to be a lousy investment for Adelson.
Marcuse
(7,508 posts)Sheldon merely had to pay a paltry $9M SEC penalty for having paid $50M in bribes in relation to his casinos in Hong Kong and Macau. The AG has stopped the criminal investigation. Just the cost of doing business.
http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/sheldon-adelsons-casino-agreed-pay-9-million-foreign-corruption-case
Bengus81
(6,933 posts)Money that they truly NEED in their pockets,not in Trumps. This clown will make $5M in interest in a day or so on his billions.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)that came out degenerate donnie's mouth is getting what they deserve.
lark
(23,158 posts)That's all he cares about, himself, his wealth and his image.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...that is tRump*s true vocation: PROFESSIONAL BULLSHITER, and it's served him quite well throughout the years. Quite well.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)he's saying."