Steve Mnuchin, a name synonymous with sycophancy.
Defending "fine people" on both sides was crass, given what the "fine people" on TrumPutin's side were saying. Taking his vacations and jaunts on the government's tab is standard practice for TrumPutin's administration and even more standard practice for the Goldman Sachs team. Refusing to hand over tax returns and begging the DOJ for an excuse, which Barr was only too happy to provide, was a requirement for Steve to keep his job.
And now he tells us that putting Harriet Tubman's picture on the $20 bill is technically impossible, and the decision has nothing to do with politics. Even Steve couldn't bring himself to say that it had nothing to do with the racism of his boss, though. Sycophancy has its limits, even for Steve.
But no one believes him, except TrumPutin. And that is the only one Steve has to please, after all. TrumPutin admires Andrew Jackson, the hard case who certainly would have been proud to separate families, condemn Mexico for not paying for a wall to mollify his base, and TrumPutin longs for the day when he can march his opponents away in his own Trail of Tears.
Besides, Harriet Tubman would never have stayed in Trump Towers, and that is something neither TrumPutin nor Steve can forgive.
A recent report states the billionaires are worried over the state of capitalism. That worry has been set in motion over the poor view that the less wealthy have of them, and the movement to make billionaires pay their share of taxes.
So the richest in America worry that their continued obscene wealth is at risk of being diminished by even the smallest amount. They worry that the corporate tax rate cut from 39% to 20% will somehow be seen as unneeded enriching of corporations, with no value for working America. Of course, Amazon pays no federal taxes, and the effective tax rate for corporations like Boeing, Halliburton, Raytheon, Apple, IBM, etc. is single digits, not anywhere near 20%.
Hedge fund managers and those whose wealth is based on stocks, dividends pay smaller tax rates than most Americans making a hundredth of the amount that the wealthy earn. Yet Mnuchin, Ross, Jamie Dimon, TrumPutin tout their tax rates as the fuel for America's greatness.
Capitalism is not at risk, but the
TrumPutin says firmly that the country is FULL, and there is no room. Spoken like the innkeepers of the New Testament, his favorite role models.
The leader of the fee (sic) world says that the U. S. is full, as though he knows that for a fact, and it is his prerogative to declare. What he doesn't say is when it became too full.
Was it after Melania got in? Was it after her parents followed her in that horrible, but forgivable to TrumPutin and his immigration lapdog Miller, example of chain migration. Apparently, chain migration is okay if they can afford a few nights at Mar-muy-Largo. Or did the country get full after TrumPutin and his boys got the labor they needed for their resorts?
No, the country is not too full of immigrants. It is too full of TrumPutin's lies, bogus frontmen, and their scams.
TrumPutin claims "Complete Exoneration." No Collusion, No Obstruction.
What Mueller actually said was he found no collusion, but as to obstruction, the AG said Mueller's report showed Mueller did not exonerate TrumPutin.
For someone who wades in the legal netherworld, TrumPutin rejoiced in the "no crime" finding,
realizing that the gray area between no crime and no exoneration as close as he is ever going to get to innocence.
My money is on Mueller's reporting that, though there was a willingness to traffic with the Russians, the TrumPutin team of fools was too stupid, channeling their commander, to collude successfully.
It must feel good to TrumPutin to be close to innocence, without having to behave reputably.
What a true apprentice Obstructer-in-Chief.
