Discussion: Report: Trump Wanted To Fire Gates Over Republican Convention-Related Payment

Boy, if you thought he was mad about Rick Gates then…

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He’s just mad because he didn’t get a cut from the $700.000. That is all.

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Then it’ll be no surprise that Gates admitted he stole some money while in that role and can’t seem to remember how much according to reports in his testimony? They’re all a den of thieves. Its not like tRump did anything after that happened…so once again, Captain Crazypants didn’t know how to steer the ship of fools he was in charge of.

During court testimony last year, Gates also admitted to “possibly” stealing money from the committee.

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Trump hires only the best people surely…

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Exactly.

Hair Furor gets mad anytime he’s not the first one at the trough.

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Living through the past two years of the Trump administration has felt like being at the end of a gushing fire hose expelling sleaze, not water. God Almighty!

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OT, but WTF, Ilsa?

Every girl over 10 who crosses the border is given a pregnancy test, Nielsen says

Nielsen said she doesn’t know how many children are in custody

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“…he was “still seething about it” months later.”

That the story of Trump’s life.

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Right, Gates has no class. Everyone knows the boss gets to wet his beak on any deal!

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Let me guess, Trump didn’t actually fire Gates because he’s too much of a cowardly chickenshit? A big mewling baby who isn’t man enough to fire somebody to their face, but announces it on Twitter or sends an associate?

Just a guess.

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Spanky is a 3rd-rate mob boss: underlings are never allowed to steal $700,000 from the boss. That money is his.

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Gates had a habit of sticking it to his pals, was stealing from Manafort so I am assuming he pulled the same on Donnie two scoops.

Of course, if two scoops was legit he could have gone to the feds and complained, but as it was, he obviously did not think it a good idea.

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Why would Trump be mad about a 700k allocation if it wasn’t his money? Three reasons: 1. He’s a micromanager (not actually a good thing to admit when your only defense to all these acts of collusion is that you didn’t know it was happening); 2. He wanted a cut of it and didn’t get it (also not a good thing to admit); or 3. This is all a lie and Trump is trying to get plausible deniability for an expense that will be traced to a questionable transaction that is the subject of an investigation. Did Gates pay off people who then undertook acts that might be illegal or ‘collusiony’? (most likely).

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I wonder what the McGahn angle is?

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Awwwright! Another wisp of smoke for the House Dems to investigate. Wonder if Mueller is already on it, or has to buy a lot more cork board and red yarn.

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As Trump knows better than anyone, grifters gotta grift.

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Trump is a weird combination of excessive micromanagement and complete obliviousness. Tablecloths, he can go into detail about what he wants. Saluting vs not saluting the other side’s general, just can’t get it.

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I vote #3.

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Yeah that was first thought and it was my second thought and it’s my current thought - this is a lie.

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