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Another day, another familial loser chosen for key position

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Dec 12, 2024.

  1. Dec 12, 2024 #1
    G8trGr8t

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    this is who djt is going to install into a key position on the ME decision/policy making team

    what say ye MAGA, are you tied of these unqualified, dangerous, nepotic choices yet?

    Busted: NY Times exposes Trump's 'billionaire' adviser as just an obscure truck salesman

    President-elect Donald Trump generated controversy when he tapped Massad Boulos, the Lebanese-American father-in-law of his daughter Tiffany, to a key role in Middle East advisory policy, raising a fresh wave of criticism about how he awards government roles to members of his family.

    But, according to The New York Times, the hire may be even odder than it first appeared. That's because, although Boulos has long been rumored to be a fabulously wealthy financier, possibly a billionaire, whom Trump lauded as a “highly respected leader in the business world, with extensive experience on the international scene,” the new report claims he's actually just a low-level truck salesman.

    According to the Times, newly revealed records indicate Boulos "has spent the past two decades selling trucks and heavy machinery in Nigeria for a company his father-in-law controls. The company, SCOA Nigeria PLC, made a profit of less than $66,000 last year, corporate filings show."

    As for the claims about his wealth, "The truck dealership is valued at about $865,000 at its current share price. Mr. Boulos’s stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53" — and there's no indication he has significant wealth from other sources.
    Meanwhile, "as for Boulos Enterprises, the company that has been called his family business in The Financial Times and elsewhere, a company officer there said it is owned by an unrelated Boulos family," the report continued.
     
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  2. Dec 12, 2024 #2
    Gatorhall

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    Big improvement over the freaks and losers Biden is so proud of and I would probably guess you were proud of them too. Going to be a long 4 years for you.
     
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  3. Dec 12, 2024 #3
    coleg

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    That a boy, go on an waller in the mud with the felon. It's what you wanted.
     
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  4. Dec 13, 2024 #4
    Gatorhall

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    Heck yeah better than the syndicate Biden family.
     
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  5. Dec 13, 2024 #5
    mdgator05

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    l_boy

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    The American people have spoken and they really don’t care about this stuff. At this point I say we just let it play out and see what happens. I’m not going to get worked up every time he appoints some unqualified flunkie to some position. It is entirely predictable.

    Most likely somewhere along the way something will happen that will point out the obvious incompetence of such appointees. We can’t predict exactly how that will happen, but it almost certainly will. But until that point I’m not going to sweat it because I can’t control it and clearly most people just don’t care.
     
  7. Dec 13, 2024 #7
    ursidman

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    Do you ever not go “damn that was stupid, i wish he hadn’t done that” Or do you prefer gobbling up all trump’s fecal droppings and telling the libbies how delicious they are.
     
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  8. Dec 13, 2024 #8
    gator_jo

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    To be honest, this guy might have the tiniest shred more experience with the Middle East than the last guy -Jared Kushner- who had absolutely none?

    Also, with Kushner taken care of with that $2 billion Saudi investment fund which earns nothing, but charges a lot of fees.......this is probably Trump's way to see that some money gets grifted over to Tiffany. If you think about it, it seems fair.
     
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