just a guess… whatever was served up wasn’t kosher.
Sometimes you’re just hungry for an overcooked steak doused in ketchup and having the host eat your dessert from your plate.
“Listen. Jerry, I need a $5.7 billion loan later this month… I’m building something (call it “peaches” if you want). And don’t worry. Mexico will pay you the loan back. What do you say?”
Jerry Powell has turned into an asset for the Trump Organization. He changed interest rate policy based on criticism from Preshitident Skanky-Manslut and his family. His predecessor had more integrity and was far more effective.
… but the two men did not discuss the future course of interest rates.
So what did they talk about, the weather and the food?
I pity Chairman Powell, having to sit through an hour and a half at a table with Trump. What a nightmare!
Hamberders for all…
Can you imagine the accusations if Barack Obama had done this? Can you imagine the Donald Trump tweets? Can you imagine the snarky Jennifer Rubin columns in the WaPo about Obama? I can.
Classic pavlovian reinforcement. The only question is whether dinner at the white house is a reward or a punishment.