…As I'm sure you know, most of Columbia, SC is unsettled by your visit to Benedict College. … I think they're so disturbed because there are still plenty of folks who carry hate and anger toward the descendants of enslaved people. Folks who have repeatedly desecrated memorials to Emmett Till. So much so that the new memorial that they put up last Saturday in Glendora, MS is bulletproof. I encourage you to apologize for using that word (lynching) so casually.
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…I hear that Roger Penske (RSP) will be getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom today. When I googled "Penske Trump" I expected to find that he was one of you big donors who liked to hobnob at your clubs. Instead I found a 1988 piece from the WP that compared the two of you, noting that you were a "philosopher king" while RSP labored in the shadows. …
…So, as your friend, I have to tell you that I cringe when you talk about being "lynched." Senator Tim Scott can help you understand why that is….
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…I was surprised to see Larry Kudlow(LAK) citing Mark Zandi (MMZ) of Moody Analytics when talking about how great the economy is doing. LAK was talking about 180,000 new jobs as if that was a great accomplishment, but MMZ talks about it as a slowing in hiring as the "trade war takes a toll on the economy." …
…Even your friend, LOG, is unsettled by you. I'm sure you heard that he called you a "handful" and an "equal opportunity abuser of people." He also said that you can be "charming and gracious." He wants to do what he can to help you, but it sounds like he's lost some confidence in you….
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… I've been reading about Adam Schiff (ABS) since he's been put in charge of the impeachment inquiry. Here's what I learned:…He has a wife named, Eve, which means they are a Biblical couple. He likes to call himself, "Congressman for the Stars and Mars." He sounds like a nice guy to me so I wish you'd stop calling him, Shifty Schiff.
Thanks for sending your warm condolences to the Cummings family… I wish you had been kinder to EEJ when he was alive, but I think he will forgive you when you meet again on the other side. That's the kind of guy he was "always ready for reconciliation" so you can look forward to that when the time comes….
I read about your Italian translator making a face when you said that Syria, Turkey and the Kurds have "a lot of sand to play with." Please don't fire her. She just had a momentary lapse. You know how that goes. I wonder if she also made a face when you said that the Kurds were, "no angels." …
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…It IS weird that Prof. Joseph Mifsud has disappeared with the help of the Italian police. Maybe he's afraid that some thugs will kill him for talking to GDP. …
… I wish you were doing something diverting today like hosting Simone Biles at the WH and giving her a Presidential Medal of Honor for being the best gymnast the world has ever seen. She could do a triple-twisting double somersault in the East Room, flash her smile and amaze everyone at what the human body can do. …
How was lunch at the club with Rudi? How is his divorce coming along? It's too bad that he has to worry about that while he is trying to fend off this whole impeachment thing. … Did you thank Rudi for fighting so hard on your behalf? …I suspect that the honest, self-contained folk in Iowa find Rudi a bit offensive so you might want to ask him to tone it down.
It was kind of you to provide the Eastbank All Stars a ride in Air Force One back home to LA. I imagine that they were tickled pink. .. those boys, with their orange and yellow baseball caps, all looked thrilled to be riding on that special plane! It's too bad that you couldn't take the Rowan County All Stars back to NC. I hope the girls don't feel short changed. …
