Joy Reid: "The Trump family behave like classic third world Kleptocrats."

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Joy Reid‏ @JoyAnnReid 12h12 hours ago
The Trump family behave like classic third world Kleptocrats. And they do so with a brazenness and openness few thought possible in the U.S

Jim Roberts‏ @nycjim
Ivanka is getting an office in the West Wing, security clearance, a gov’t communications device. But no real WH job. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/ivanka-trump-white-house-236273 …

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[Cha]

1. Is she being positioned so trump can continue on

his vacations with abandon, tweeting stupid lies and, have plenty of time for his ego boosting rallies?

[democratisphere]

2. Yep. We have achieved and attained third world status.

[world wide wally]

17. Yes, we have

And for the first time since in 241 years we have a mother country.

[Scarsdale]

3. Weekends

While tRump was spending ANOTHER $3 million of taxpayer money in Florida, his family went to Aspen for a skiing vacation with 100 SECRET SERVICE people!! How much did THAT cost us?? Is he cutting vital services for citizens, in order to fund his family's vacations?? What qualifies Ivanka for a position at the WH, or even her husband for that matter? The gop have screwed this country ROYALLY by letting this person break all the rules. No taxes shown, no medical report, no financial records shown. He thinks he is KING.

[gratuitous]

11. Remember when "waste" was a hot topic with Tea Baggers?

Not so much anymore. I can't imagine why that is, that the Tea Baggers' deathless concern over wasteful government spending has gone into deep hibernation.

[shenmue]

4. Go Joy

[treestar]

5. Makes no sense

Is she going to run her business from that office?

[onecent]

6. She's probably doing this so she can watch Daddy's back

and make sure he doesn't DO or SAY anything that would fit right....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. tRump needs adult supervision. But she is incommunicado 24hrs on Sabbath (Fri evening+). nt

[bigtree]

9. she's there to expand the Trump fortune

...through the influence and prestige of the White House.

Period.

[Scarsdale]

10. On the job training

for her future run for the WH. She is as qualified as her Daddy, after all everything she knows was learned "at her father's knee" so to speak. Maybe that should be "ON her father's knee" For someone who had to steal other people's ideas for her shoe line, she certainly takes herself seriously. I think she is keeper of his medications. Makes sure he gets just the correct dosage for his paranoia and dementia.

[secondwind]

8. Ivanka will digest the intelligence and "simplify it for Daddy" he is just NOT FIT TO SERVE

[Foamfollower]

12. Joy Reid has been more spot on with Trump than any other journalist!

She is by far the only one that gets it.

[ehrnst]

13. Remember the screeching and howling on the right when Hillary got her own office as FLOTUS?(nt)

[bigtree]

15. the first justification was that Ivanka was standing in for Melania

...now that Melania is said to be moving to the WH this summer, it becomes even more absurd to give her an office.

Grifters.

[gordianot]

14. Trumps have to be bad for business wherever they go.

Any business that has a line or depends on public accessibility grinds to a halt when a Trump is in town. Trumps require total access.

[IronLionZion]

16. She's not a government employee and nobody voted for her

Every day is take your daughter to work day

[WinkyDink]

18. WTH are the Trumps being accorded such historic deference? Are Republicans AFRAID of them?!

[hopeforchange2008]

19. I think he needs a full-time soother because he's batshit crazy /nt

[SharonAnn]

20. I do think he's not stable. She may be his "keeper" to manage him.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

23. I think so too.

She is probably there to keep him from flying off the handle. He seems not right, that's for sure.

[tiptonic]

21. Money

Its all about the money. They care about nothing or anyone else. 'Benedict Donald', should be in jail.

[Gothmog]

22. When their idol is Putin what do you expect

[Yavin4]

24. She's there to do battle with Reince and Pence.

The WH has become Thunderdome.

[Frustratedlady]

25. I have to vote for Ivanka being close by to calm down the ol' man when he loses control...

and before the press hears about it. She seems to have better control of her dad than Melania. Of course, Melania probably fears for her position as wife/mother, so she is dutiful and non-critical of his stupid statements/actions.

Ivanka doesn't have a title or paycheck. That should tell us something. She is either working for the Trump family organization or protecting her infamous father. I would imagine that ski trip last weekend was more for the benefit of having a family meeting than a vacation. They have their hands full and they know it.

Just sayin'.

[malaise]

26. There is precedent

Jeb Bush stole Florida for his brother

[stopbush]

27. Ivanka is tRump's Daughter Wife.