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2016 Postmortem

mythology

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5. They were thumbing their nose at him.

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 12:06 AM

Jan 2017

Those tweets were ironic. They applauded Trump for announcing his divestiture which Trump hasn't done. Trump has claimed he wants to take steps the remove even the appearance of a conflict of interest, which for Trump means having his kids run the family business, which obviously doesn't remove the overt conflict of interest.

But the OGE tweeted this:

"@realDonaldTrump - we told your counsel we'd sing your praises if you divested," the agency tweeted. "we meant it."

.@realDonaldTrump Bravo! Only way to resolve these conflicts of interest is to divest . Good call!
— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) November 30, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump OGE is delighted that you've decided to divest your businesses. Right decision!

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Emails: Gov't Ethics Chief Ordered Tweets Praising Trump [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

And here's how we describe ass kissing government officials. HassleCat Dec 2016 #1

They were thumbing their nose at him. mythology Jan 2017 #5

He has been trying to ensure trump divests . He wrote a lengthy letter earlier . 2013 Obama appt. lunasun Dec 2016 #2

This is crazy. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #3

Walter M. Shlub Blue Owl Jan 2017 #4