I usually try to limit my writing about Trump's tweeting to one big morning blob of mocking commentary and documented debunking (for all the good it does, it at least makes me feel better), but I do have to call out this article at TheMarySue about Donald Trump publicly complaining on Twitter that Nordstrom is dropping his daughter's clothing line.
More on this in the morning, but a few observations:
1. Um, really, Donald? Personal kvetching about your family business interests on your own Twitter account and the @POTUS one? I'd be willing to bet there's some federal reg you've violated there, except you'd say you were exempt because you say you are.
2. You tweeted it in the middle of one of your occasional intelligence briefings? Did you at least ask Mike Flynn to stop droning on and on about how evil ISIL is before you started tweeting, or did you just tune him out? Or was it a bio break?
Nordstrom stock went up 4% today.
Playing devil's advocate, it should be noted that the Press Secretary to the President characterized this as a politically-motivated "attack."
Or perhaps "attak," since Spicer was speaking, not writing.
Oddly enough, the Justice Department did not use this theory of previously-expressed motivations when testifying before the 9th District yesterday. In that forum, the judges were encouraged to look at the executive order on its face, and to ignore all of the stuff that was said beforehand.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ivanka-trump-nordstrom-line
+John E. Bredehoft No, a "direct attack" would be "We think the President sucks and so we're going to sock it to his daughter." If you instead say, "Um, this stuff isn't selling well, and, beyond that, we've had a number of customers say that they would prefer not to have her line stocked at our stores," that's a very different matter.
Not that I expect the niceties of anything the President can possibly find a way to interpret as disrespect to be highlighted by either him or Spicer.
+John E. Bredehoft Nordstrom's on the other hand, said it was due to bad sales.
Off hand, if I had a client who complained to 20m people that I was bad because their product line wasn't selling well, I'd drop them like a hot potato, and I sure wouldn't go into business with him.
At this rate, assuming he doesn't become president-for-life, this guy is likely to be bankrupt when he leaves office. (Although frankly, I suspect he already technically is–it's just hidden in loans.)