Top White House economic advisor Gary Cohn says he seriously considered resigning after President Donald Trump's reaction to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"I have come under enormous pressure both to resign and to remain in my current position," Cohn said during an interview with the Financial Times about economic policy.
"As a Jewish-American, I will not allow neo-Nazis ranting 'Jews will not replace us' to cause this Jew to leave his job. I feel deep empathy for all who have been targeted by these hate groups. We must all unite together against them," Cohn said.
The former president of Goldman Sachs has said that the administration "must do better" when condemning neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Initially following the protests the president blamed "both sides" for causing protests to become deadly. Trump also said there were some "very fine people" among the white supremacist protesters.
"Citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK," Cohn said in the interview.
Oh man, you know this is going to get Trump's panties all in a bunch.
And this wasn't a leak either, Cohn just said right out loud in an interview.
He clearly knows that Trump will not respond well to this, but he may not care because according to the New York Times he has already drafted a resignation letter:
The sharp critique from Mr. Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary D. Cohn, came nearly two weeks after deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., in response to a rally led by white nationalist groups. Mr. Cohn, who is Jewish, seriously considered resigning and even drafted a letter of resignation, according to two people familiar with the draft.
By coming out publicly like this Cohn could be positioning himself to be fired by Trump so he can later say that he was willing to stay to make the administration better, and also further demonstrating Trump's inherent vindictiveness.
"White House ECOnomic advisor,
ReplyDeletewho happens to be Jewish"
RepoRt>"August 23 has confirmed that what Exxon was saying internally about climate change was quantitatively very different from their public statements."
"Methane is a waste product released by coal mining and natural gas leaks; wastewater treatment plants; farting and belching cows, sheep, goats and anything else that chews its cud; decaying organic trash in garbage dumps; giant termite mounds in Africa; and even, in vanishingly small amounts, our own lactose-intolerant family members."
"Exxon’s choices have contributed directly to the situation we are in today, a situation that in many ways seems unREAL: one where many elected representatives oppose climate action,"
"The concept of tendering literal payment for $IN is nothing new." we humans have always sought to stave off the consequences of our actions and ease our conscience with good deeds, particularly of the financial kind. Today, many industry groups follow this familiar path: supporting science denial with the left hand, while giving to cutting-edge research and science with the right.""Philanthropist and political donor David Koch gave an unprecedented US$35 Million to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in 2015, after which three dozen scientists called on the museum to cut ties with him for funding lobbying groups that “misrepresent” climate science. Shell underwrote the London Science Museum’s “Atmosphere” program and then used its leverage to muddy the waters on what scientists know about climate."
"The appropriate response to MORALly tainted offerings is an ancient question." It is in the bible...
https://theconversation.com/i-was-an-exxon-funded-climate-scientist-49855
Cohn should have the balls to quit. He is pathetic.
ReplyDeleteI agree with him, actually. Let Trump fire him if he disagrees with him. That will speak louder than a resignation.
DeleteI, for one, am dying to hear her read on this.
DeleteShouldn't we wait to see what Queen Rachel Maddow has to say about this later?
ReplyDeletemethinks you don't like Rachel. she gets on my nerves a bit what with her stretching out the lead up to every story and repeating everything she says 3 times, but the stories she gets and her take on them is worth watching her despite my annoyances.
DeleteIs the diss because she's smarter and better looking than you?
DeleteWell, geez, that's a petty and whiny comment. What did Rachel ever do to you?
DeleteOops! Misplaced.
DeleteI, for one, am dying to hear RM's read on this....and other matters political.
Linda articulated it best.
DeleteLeland 3:36 AM, in response to a comment on yesterday afternoon's article, Former campaign adviser claims … wrote: 7:21, if 5:19 has the same problem on his computer as I do when typing certain things then he is trying to EMPHASIZE a word as is usually done with italics. So he is using the only method of adding emphasis available. …
ReplyDeleteOver the years, Leland has generally struck me as being a sensible and reasonable person, but here he seems to be claiming that the only way a commenter can signify emphasis is by using ALL CAPS.
This is only a "problem on his computer" if its keyboard is missing the characters "less-than" (typically on the same key as the comma) and "greater-than" (typically on the same key as the period).
"Less-than, letter-i, greater-than" in your text begins italics, and "less-than, slash, letter-i, greater-than" ends italics. On this blog, and on many others, it "just works." For example, "Roman text <i>Italic text</i> more Roman text."
Note that trying to do something similar to get boldface doesn't work, because all the text here is already boldface.
Thanks Ted! I did not know that!
DeleteWild Tortoise
Thank you, Ted! I really appreciate the information. I have been trying for years to figure that out, but since it was a low priority, I never actually searched for it. My bad.
DeleteI did not know this either. Thank you for trying to help by educating us here. (I actually wish there was a little side bar on every blog that would show these options!)
DeleteNote that to get the example: "Roman text <i>Italic text</i> more Roman text" I couldn't use actual angle brackets, because the example would have appeared as: "Roman text Italic text more Roman text." For the less-than symbol I used < — what I used for greater-than is left as an exercise for the reader. So is how I got < to appear. :-)
DeleteLeland 10:41 AM wrote: I have been trying for years to figure that out …
DeleteSurely you meant, "I have been trying for years to figure that out"?
Exclusive: Sources with links to the intelligence community now confirm that a tape exists of Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, discussing how Russian money could be funneled without detection to target GOP campaigns, including Ryan’s.
ReplyDelete...On Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, normally third in the line of succession, I can report as fact that sources say that Ryan has been legally intercepted, and is on tape, admitting that he knew Russian money was being laundered into the Republican party. Without co-operation pending resignation Ryan may find himself swept up into a RICO prosecution involving the apparatus of the Republican party who accepted laundered Russian money.
...Sources with links to the intelligence community report a widespread belief that Mr. Ryan is being forced to act sympathetic towards Trump and dismissive of the Russian probe because Russia holds kompromat upon him.
https://patribotics.blog/2017/06/09/paul-ryan-taped-with-russian-ambassador-on-gop-money-laundering/
" that this tape was not the same as I had heard previously, namely, that Paul Ryan was directly on tape at the GOP convention discussing money laundering with the Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. Reince Priebus was on tape doing so, these sources said.
DeleteSeparate sources with links to the intelligence community and justice departments now confirm that there are at least two tapes of Speaker Ryan discussing Russian money, however. One is the tape that I reported and which the Washington Post published. The second, however, is indeed of Ryan speaking with Kislyak at the convention. Sources report that there is signals intelligence, or SIGINT, of Paul Ryan discussing Russian money reaching the GOP and being covered up through companies using the ruling on Citizens United"
"Affirmation that Paul Ryan is on tape discussing Wikileaks and Russian money laundering with Sergei Kislyak at the GOP convention – as well as the extensive further tapes that exist of the Washington Post discussion where Ryan admits knowledge of the conspiracy to wash Russian money "
https://twitter.com/Yoojin_Cho/status/900725436556161024/video/1
ReplyDeleteWow, read what Putin just said about Amerka and it's agression.
ReplyDeleteUm, where? Got a link to your source?
DeleteThe dirty open secret about many CHristian Evangelicals in the USA is that they dislike Jews due to prejudice, or they have bought into the horse shit conspiracies that "they run all the banks".
ReplyDeleteThese uneducated and ignorant fools lap up the poison pablum served up by the likes of Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker, and Paula White without questioning these lies.
The irony is lost on that that JESUS WAS A JEW, but somehow believe the idiocy preached by ALex Jones, and others about Bilderberg and Rothschild conspiracies.
Given that literally 40% or more US Citizens are basing their lives on ancient Mid-east tribal tales from 2000 years ago, it's not hard to see how these sheeple can be taken in by the Grifter-in-Chief, and his CHristian pastor-enablers.
Gary Cohn is doomed now, because Drumpf will have to fire him.
No one can work for the Orange Bastard-in_Chief without bending the knee and worshiping the great Trump
I've read that there is an element of the population which states that they don't dislike Jews, but they believe that Jesus won't return until all Jews have been converted to Christianity.
DeleteNow there's a hypothesis that will be really hard to test!
Damn right Ted, because I FOR ONE AM NEVER CONVERTING TO BELIEVE in a religion, especially one that endorse slavery, denigrates and assigns women 3rd class status, and openly demands death to gays
DeleteTrump media trashes Jewish White House adviser after he belatedly condemns Nazi violence
ReplyDeletehttp://shareblue.com/trump-media-trashes-jewish-white-house-adviser-after-he-belatedly-condemns-nazi-violence/
O/T
ReplyDeleteTrump latest pay to play with the Russians. Interesting timing on the part of the Trump Admin. Sneak this in while the focus is on Texas.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-just-gave-a-big-carve-out-to-citgo-an-oil-giant-repped-by-his-ex-aides
Now>"The exemption Citgo received from the Trump administration in this latest round of sanctions won’t just benefit PDVSA, it will also benefit a Russian company that has been fighting U.S. sanctions on a wholly separate front. Months before the Trump inauguration PDVSA mortgaged 49.9% of Citgo to state-owned Russian energy giant Rosneft as collateral for a $1.5 billion loan to the Venezuelan parent company. Rosneft paid another $1 Billion this month for crude oil from the cash-strapped PDVSA, which is the Russian firm’s largest non-Russian supplier."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-just-gave-a-big-carve-out-to-citgo-an-oil-giant-repped-by-his-ex-aides
OT?
ReplyDelete"“must read” by Trump"
"shared by the Washington Post, whose review, which demoted it from “a must read” to “a must laugh, a must groan, and, if ‘Green Card Warrior’ is indeed where Trump is finding ideas for immigration reform, it is also a you must be kidding me.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/who-is-this-australian-writer-who-caught-trumps-eye/
"“Ortega orchestrated his power grab by polarizing the country, dividing the opposition, attacking congress, demonizing the press, forbidding protest, demanding personal loyalty from all government workers, and turning all his public appearances into campaign rallies for his core base of supporters,” Rogers noted. “He institutionalized his cult of personality and normalized the threats of violence and chaos that he could summon at the snap of a finger.”"“This is a dangerous moment for the country. Trump has shown no interest in preserving the sanctity of the presidency or the traditions of U.S. democracy. He might not even be familiar with the,” Rogers noted. “Trump is only interested in Trump. He’s willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of self-preservation. This is how dictatorships are born.”
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/historian-warns-donald-trump-may-have-to-be-removed-from-the-white-house-at-gunpoint/
"Must do better."?
ReplyDeleteLike pardoning Joe Arpaio?