WaPo: Trump Kids Worry That Family Business Will Take A Hit From WH Chaos

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published APRIL 13, 2017, 12:58 PM EDT

President Donald Trump’s children are worried that reports on chaos inside the White House will hurt the family brand and have been pushing for changes, according to a Wednesday night Washington Post report.

Per the Post:

Trump’s three oldest children — Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric — and Kushner have been frustrated by the impression of chaos inside the White House and feel that their father has not always been served well by his senior staff, according to people with knowledge of their sentiments. The Trump heirs are interested in any changes that might help resuscitate the presidency and preserve the family’s name at a time when they are trying to expand the Trump Organization’s portfolio of hotels.

“The fundamental assessment is that if they want to win the White House in 2020, they’re not going to do it the way they did in 2016, because the family brand would not sustain the collateral damage,” said one well-connected Republican operative, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the president’s family. “It would be so protectionist, nationalist and backward-looking that they’d only be able to build in Oklahoma City or the Ozarks.”

Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have been battling with White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, per the Washington Post. Bannon’s removal from the National Security Council’s Principals Committee has been followed by a flood of reports indicating that Bannon’s influence in the White House has decreased and that he’s been at odds with Kushner and other Trump aides.

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[niyad]

1. so, not that the chaos might be screwing with the country, but affecting THEIR wallets

[JTFrog]

44. +1 nt

[forgotmylogin]

2. THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FAMILY BUSINESS

THAT CAN BE AFFECTED BY WHITEHOUSE "CHAOS".

FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD!

[pandr32]

3. Boom!

Exactly!

[Angry Dragon]

19. +1287

[Zambero]

20. That is why divestiture has always been the standard practice

Until now that is.

[tikka]

40. Wait until NY AG Eric Schneiderman takes away their business license

He's thinking about opening an investigation into the trump org

[Judi Lynn]

41. Hoping he will follow through! Thanks for the info. n/t

[calimary]

4. Gee whiz - ya think?

If so, that would be rather satisfying. Not as good as prison-for-all, but if it hurts their brand - especially if it DEEPLY wounds their brand, that would be some sweet comeuppance. Because you KNOW that's all this crime family really cares about. How much money they can rake in, from ANY "opportunity" of ANY sort that they think presents itself.

This is a CLASSIC grifter family if EVER I've seen one.

[Leghorn21]

5. 1. How is this crap even an issue, right? I mean - the President of the United States of

America worries about "branding" his junk, and his kids are worried about their cash flow ohhhh noooo I'm freakin OUT!!

2. Get your brand out of my Consitution, punks

3. Though I realize it's a hypothetical scenario, you stay the hell on out of the OZARKS, motherfuckers

sorry, rant. So over them.

[maxsolomon]

6. IDGAF

the brand is already dead; * killed it by running that campaign.

they are just too dumb to realize it.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Well, there's a nice slap in the face for OKC and the Ozarks.

These people are all class, aren't they?

BTW. Trumpons, OKC and the Ozarks don't need you, anyway.

[ananda]

8. Boohoo

Cwy me a wiver.

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. They may be worried about worse than that.

According to something I just saw on Louise Mensch' twitter feed.

Audiotape of criminal activity?

[Control-Z]

25. That should be a DU violation of some kind -

bringing up a tweet without providing the link to it. It's just not right. Lol.

Seriously, though, could you give us the link?

[Cracklin Charlie]

34. Sorry.

I would gladly provide a link if I knew how.

Not a great day for me to break the internet.

[keithbvadu2]

10. The WH is a family business now... Makes Palin look like chump change.

[Snarkoleptic]

11. If they think the future looks dim now, just wait until the impeachment hearings.

There's a reason you don't find a lot of Nixon-branded merchandise and properties.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Poor little rich kids. Daddy didn't think things thu when he did deals w Putin agents & oligarchs.nt

[Yonnie3]

13. One can only hope that ...

their bankruptcy is the worst thing that comes out of the WH chaos. I wouldn't mind that being the case at all. That's the least of my worries.

Ah, the one percent's problems. Environment, war, human rights, economy, to name a few, aren't worrying trump's kids.

[HughBeaumont]

14. America's Kids Worry That Their Livelihoods and Futures Will Take A Hit From WH Chaos

But hey, let's think of Ivanka and her dumbass adult brothers' plights!

[Bettie]

15. My greatest hope is that

all of the Trumps die penniless.

[tosh]

17. Penniless and behind bars.

Every one of them.

[Moostache]

26. C'mon man....Tiffany too? She is a total after-thought to the rest of them...

I kid...I don't spend any time keeping up with the Trump offspring because they all make me want to vomit.
I join the chorus cheering for them to all die penniless and imprisoned...ALL of them!

[smirkymonkey]

38. If only!

We can dream, can't we?

[UltravioletDingo]

16. Didn't Trump resorts start going downhill during the election last year?

I remember reading reports last summer that his resort property bookings were way down.

[Zambero]

18. THEIR worries are the least of OUR worries

The chaos that Trump generates on a daily basis is manifest on a global scale. I try to stay optimistic, but I fear that it will only be getting worse. As for the concerned trio of spoiled kids, the biblical reference to reaping what one sows would be good study material at this point.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. But *****, Inc. and *****'s day job are supposed to be completely separate, so

there's nothing for them to worry about, is there?

[muntrv]

22. It's taking a hit from Twittler himself.

[muntrv]

23. Divest, then!

[meow2u3]

24. Yo, Trump Crime Family, there is a way to solve that problem

Donald can resign. Period. Problem solved.

[Moostache]

27. NO!! Not until Pence is implicated in something to force him to NOT become President.

I do not want to live in the Theocratic States of America...EVAH!!!

[meow2u3]

30. Oops! I forgot about that detail

Ayatollah Pence needs to be ousted first on grounds of illegal sex discrimination.

[Hekate]

28. My heart just bleeds for them

[meow2u3]

32. My hemorrhoids bleed for them, too

[ocd liberal]

29. Maybe if they had a smarter father?

Things wouldn't be so bad! Twitler reminds me of my own father. We think the little things he says in private are funny, but I wouldn't want him repeating these things in public. It reveals his intrinsic idiocy.

[Lint Head]

31. Boo fuckin' who.

[3catwoman3]

33. Boo-fucking-hoo is the...

...phrase that comes to mind.

[paulkienitz]

35. LOL, even Uday and Qusay think Trumpsky is too un-presidential

[hatrack]

36. Well FUCK THEM

That is all.

[Demtexan]

37. The more bombs dropped might be a problem to.

WWW 3 could be bad for the brand.

[Kimchijeon]

39. Good, let the infighting continue and may it all crumble. Good riddance to them.

[AntiFascist]

42. All of the Russian oligarchs who have invested in Trump real estate...

could probably bring Trump Organization crashing down. I'll bet that's the real problem.

[JTFrog]

43. Then convince him to resign. Easy enough for fuck's sake. nt

[Blue_Tires]

45. Silly me... All this time I've been worried about minor stuff like getting arrested or shot

along with other selfish concerns like clean air and clean water...