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moondust

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18. Maybe an attempted bribe.

Reply to stevenleser (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 04:22 PM

Apr 2017

TheRump may be assuming that everybody in Congress wants to live in the White House so he invites them all over to whet their appetites and let them schmooze with the king in all his glory. In return for the king's "generosity" he expects them to give him stuff that he wants. Quid pro quo.

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Maybe an attempted bribe. moondust Apr 2017 #18