Another day, another leak from the White House. This time the leak featured transcripts from a discussion between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the self-proclaimed “world’s greatest person”, Donald Trump.
Perhaps even more amusing was Trump’s conversation with the Mexican President where the wall was discussed. In what must have been a moment of hard realisation for the POTUS, he acknowledged to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s translator, “He speaks English better than me.”
The Washington Post would not say how it got its hands on the transcripts. It may have been sitting on them for months. The old simile ‘leaking like a sieve’ is no longer apt in the White House. Sieves don’t let everything through. At the moment the White House is hurling documents out the window, carefully collated with accurate page numbers and stapled in the left hand top corner in the appropriate fashion to any passing journalist.
Trump demands loyalty from everyone in his orbit. As the old saying goes, if you want loyalty in politics, get a dog.
So it is quite odd Trump doesn’t have one. The 45th President of the US doesn’t own a pet of any description. Forty two of the 43 US Presidents before him (I’m not miscounting as Grover Cleveland was both 25th and 27th POTUS) have been pet owners.
Full column here.
I am really tired of Trump Trump Trump. I must admit though I found the article very amusing.
There has to be more interesting subjects than this obsession like what’s the real story behind the banning of building a new synagogue in Bondi?.
If it is for “security” reasons as some of the press suggests, then we are on a slippery slide to nowhere.
Wonder what the ruling would have been if it was a mosque not a synagogue. Sydney seems to be very anti-Jewish.
All sorts of undercurrents.
They are redeveloping tennis courts and it includes flats as well as the synagogue. There are parking problems and open space issues as well.
Who knows?
Actually much of Labor is very anti-Israel which can quickly overflow to anti-Jewish.
Clover being the Mayor should tell us something Mack……
“Cleaver” would be a more suitable name.
I wouldn’t wish the pain I just went through on anyone, but there are worse places to get an emergency root canal done than in Ottawa. My doctor was brilliant.
We’re off to Cuba a bit later and, despite Mike Moore’s views on medicine there, I’m sure glad that my tooth problem happened in Canada.
I think you are a very lucky man TO. If you run into JB in Cuba please send our love.
Will do, Razor.
It’ll be interesting to see if Cuba’s changed since the last time I was there, in 2010.
It’s not quite the same on Jack’s blog without old-timers like JB or TBLS. I’m guessing that both of them spat the dummy over something trivial.
As a trivial dummy spitter at times myself I can say with some confidence they’ll be back 😒
It seems that Malcolm T has won some grudging fans over the wall with his handling of the Trump phone call.
I wouldn’t have picked it.
Yeah agree – weird
I would
Some wag noted that Donald’s notion of local milk people probably didn’t include chocolate milk people.
I’m pretty sure that The Donald won’t be getting a chihuahua.
He’s a veritable treasure trove of gifts to journalism, but you have to wonder how long the GOP will continue to support him.
Trump’s certainly made politics a lot more interesting and I’m particularly loving the stories about Donald’s wall and the call with Mexico’s president, Nieto.
Who are the people who voted for this man?
A dog in the Whitehouse , people would be calling in to animal protection …
Am loving POTUS Trump, Mr Insider, as you well know. Goodness a leak you say, time for the Mooch to come back and flush it out! POTUS Nixon, one of the most insincere Presidents in my lifetime got a Dog too, in 1952, when he was under attack for receiving gifts. It was Checkers and the speech linked below. Poor Checkers wonder what became of him when Nixon no longer had any use for him? Trump is one tough hombre and I for one would not want to be called into his Office for a dressing down. Wait till he comes to see us here in Australia, all our Pollies will be giggling like schoolgirls. Except the Greens who will most likely dress up as Pumpkins and embarrass themselves!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjHoH2m3iKA
Coonhound!?
I checked just in order to avoid a regretable mistake and yes, it is a breed of dog.
Relax Jack, dog used to hunt raccoons or maybe eat cheese. Nothing sinister or inappropriate.
Trust you are well, cheers Nick
I know. My kids are into me to get a Maine Coon, an especially large domesticated cat.
Yuk, cat hair city, bluey hair everywhere is bad enough.
Not just cat hair city JTI but add associated common health problems like hairballs blocking their airway & cardiomyopathy. Strange visitors can be made most unwelcome too. Other than those ‘minor’ vet expenses, they’re described as a big love bundle. Haha
Stay strong Jack, cats have many uses but pets is not one. I won’t go into the details.
Your photo of a scrubbed up mut here on the blog is nowhere near the beautiful Groodle shown OTOS. We have two at home, with a bit of Maltese thrown in so Gramoodle if you need breeding political correctness.
They are better than most humans as companions. Obedient, friendly, empathetic and loyal, plus they make you get off your arse and take them for a two hour walk every day.
I’m thinking the Trumpster might be better suited with one of those furry hand puppets. What could go wrong?
My brother-in-law used blueticks to hunt coon when he was younger.
Always think the various types are a dog put together by a committee, Bloodhound, Beagle, whatever.
Dingo ? …
!!!!!!!
Bill’s a bad boy sometimes TO
Is that a cousin of the jughound Trivalve?
Probably the same litter
Hunting dog TV. In fact you can get a Redbone coon hound or a Tree walking coonhound if you so desire
Let’s say I knew that and said nothing. Where’s the fun in that?
Sorry that should read Treeing Walker coonhound…geez
If Trump does get a dog, he should make sure it is one of the less intelligent breeds, say an Afghan Hound or an Airedale Terrier. He should stay away from the more intelligent breeds. A Border Collie understands more words than Trump has in his entire vocabulary. I am not saying a Border Collie would be disloyal, but it would be animal cruelty for a dog to live with Trump and actually understand everything he says.
Neighbors across the road have two Boxer dogs, they roam all day on the front decking barking at anything that moves with usually the first one to bark getting jumped on by the other. Silly as wotsits and if they had a brain cell between them they’d be dangerous.
Our bluey just watches them through the window, if the Whitehouse needs something smart and furry they should get a ferret, there’s never been a first ferret
I think the Donald has the first ferret on his head
Oh, thought it was Guinea Pig https://youtu.be/GhgEtOQ6Z-Q
Great stuff TV!
I have to disagree Tracy. The Clintons had a ferret. Bill certainly was always trying to give the ferret a run………
My favourite saying by Groucho of blessed memory “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read” Trump probably doesn’t read either……..guess we should be thankful he can sign his name, or not.