Stephen’s “I want to be clear that I had no intention of getting him in any sort of trouble but I think his managers should be aware of what he Tweeted” remark on MSNBC was sort of the giveaway on that one. Also he apparently emailed others in the hierarchy above Karpf separately.
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The "Leader of the Free World has called Brett Stephens a bedbug. Now what?
(Mr. Stephens, I believe it’s your move…)
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It’s clear that you haven’t had a chance to purchase the Trump-branded “MAGA” bedbugs on his campaign site.
It’s a privilege to be bitten in your own home by bedbugs that were once the property of the President. Don’t accept imitations!
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#TrumpIsARat, who actually has bedbug infestation on his own properties…is actually calling one of his own ilk a bedbug!
Talk about tone deafness and shameless lying…
https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jose-lambiet/article129651494.html
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Billy Martin played pro baseball in Goodland, Kansas. Just to catch you back up to speed on things all East Coasters know about the game. That, and Ted Williams had his head cut off and cryogenicly frozen so that it could be reattached to another persons dead body if and when doctors ever discover a cure for death. 
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OTOH, informing his 55 million Twitter followers of his resort’s (resorts’) bedbugs might be the greatest act of public service he’s performed in his presidency.
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He should have left it alone, but I’m ok with him letting it all out.
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You have a point. Ill wind and all that.
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Why are there bedbugs at Trump’s properties? He brought them there!
Republicans = Bedbugs
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Trump = Bedbug
Republicans = Bedbugs
Don’t let Trump co-opt the meme!
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Lousy security, roachy food, and bedbug infested rooms are going to make next year’s G7 attendees downright antsy.
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The Mets, while their new GM appears to have gotten the team functional enough to contend for the 2nd wild card slot this year, have suffered for decades under the ownership of Fred and Jeff Wilpon. The team’s on-field success is secondary to the marketing opportunities, media ownership (SNY), etc, and it shows in the way corners have consistently been cut. That’s in everything from their approach to talent, to lower-profile staffing like trainers.
Every year, the Mets have been riddled with injuries—more than most teams, and many of which were entirely preventable. Every year, they’ve been built around a ‘win right nao’ mindset without actually having much shot at doing that… because they’re always looking for the quick fix. And as much as I’m enjoying having them actually compete this year… it’s just going to convince the Wilpons they’ve finally hit on the right combination of quick fixes. In some ways, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, and the New York Mets, are emblematic of everything wrong with the US’s approach to… everything. ‘Make it work for the moment, we’ll figure out the long term… eventually’.
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As a kid in the late 60’s and 70’s I would go to the Miami area with family where we would stay at the Sea Isle which was the more middle class version of the Fountainbleau located right next door.
I had relatives who stayed at the Doral nearby. I was taken by the Art Deco design and the classy overall appearance.
Many New Yorkers remember what he did to a historic hotel like the Plaza as well as failing to preserve artifacts when he tore down Bergdoff Goodman so you can only imagine how downgraded and gauche the Doral must be.
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It wasn’t a joke, really. If Madoff had left the Wilpons so broke they’d had to sell the Mets, I’d have thanked him.
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Twas indeed a joke about the Wilpons/Madoff fiasco + its effect on the Mets:
When the Madoff scheme went bust, hundreds of millions of dollars that the Mets’ ownership had invested with him disappeared. The Wilpons also had to borrow hundreds of millions more to cover debts they had made against their Madoff assets, and have almost a major-league payroll’s worth of money due every year just in interest on those debts. Finally, the Wilpons are likely to owe $29 million to a fund dedicated to making Madoff’s other victims whole.[from a 2015 Mets fans site]
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And those bedbugs are not the local variety, they’re imported from China, and for some reason Trump hasn’t put a tariff on them.
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People actually work for this Orange Slob! Ponder that. #lackaconscience
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It’s curious that my “I don’t know details about current East Coast professional baseball” was interpreted as including “and I want to”. Must be more careful with my comments.
I’m kidding, I’m kidding.
My intention was just to politely point out why I wasn’t laughing or liking or etc, though all that might have been totally warranted. For all I knew.
Leave it to trump the dumbfuck to give the Doral bedbug story even more oxygen.
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I disagree. He should keep his bedbugs to himself.
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