Trump Threatens Republicans Who Represent Their Districts

Above is an excerpt from the Washington Post, quoting Donald Trump. He is very, very upset with a group of Republican congressmen who voted according to the wishes of their districts on repealing Obamacare, rather than the way Trump pressured them to vote. He thinks that he should threaten Congress to give America what it does not want, and he thinks that representatives are there to serve him, not their constituents.

When did it become Trump's job to "run" someone for Congress in a district where he does not live? It is not the job of Donald Trump to determine by whom other Americans may be represented in Congress, and it is not the job of his supporters to attempt to stick Americans with a country that only delivers threats and corruption, either.

Trump should also consider laying off Twitter. If he has problems getting along with members of his own party, he should either keep it to himself, or learn to get along with them.

More Retailers Drop Ivanka's Label

As an update to yesterday's post about Ivanka Trump's unprofitable brand name and Kellyann Conway's unethical promotion of the same via the White House, the news was shared by CNN earlier today that Sears and Kmart have also dropped Ivanka's goods from their stores. This is to be expected. Online sales of Ivanka's brand dipped 26% this past January by comparison to January of 2016. Brick and mortar stores have not done any better with it. There's no reason to continue wasting space on something that does not sell. Something that seems a bit convoluted and warped is the statement make by a senior marketer at "Ivanka Trump" Rosemary Young stated, "We believe that the strength of a brand is measured not only by the profits it generates, but by the integrity it maintains."

That's interesting. Every successful retailer measures its merchandise by the profits it generates. Elected officials, however; are measured by the integrity they maintain. It appears that the Trumps and their employees have mixed up priorities. At no time in Donald Trump's public life has integrity been a measure of anything he considers important. Generated profits, on the other hand, are a different matter, altogether to the Trumps.

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