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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump asked whether [George] Washington was "really rich,"
No surprise to hear this question from Trump. I would not have appeased the jerk by trying to get him interested!!
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/10/donald-trump-mount-vernon-george-washington-1264073
............The presidents disinterest in Washington made it tough for tour guide Bradburn to sustain Trumps interest during a deluxe 45-minute tour of the property which he later described to associates as "truly bizarre." The Macrons, Bradburn has told several people, were far more knowledgeable about the history of the property than the president.
A former history professor with a PhD, Bradburn was desperately trying to get [Trump] interested in" Washington's house, said a source familiar with the visit, so he spoke in terms Trump understands best telling the president that Washington was an 18th century real-estate titan who had acquired property throughout Virginia and what would come to be known as Washington, D.C.
Trump asked whether Washington was "really rich," according to a second person familiar with the visit. In fact, Washington was either the wealthiest or among the wealthiest Americans of his time, thanks largely to his mini real estate empire.
That is what Trump was really the most excited about, this person said.
If Trump was impressed with Washingtons real estate instincts, he was less taken by Mount Vernon itself, which the first president personally expanded from a modest one-and-a-half story home into an 11,000 square foot mansion. The rooms, Trump said, were too small, the staircases too narrow, and he even spotted some unevenness in the floorboards, according to four sources briefed on his comments. He could have built the place better, he said, and for less money. ..... .......................
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It's said that dead men tell no tales. Won't even need a non-disclosure agreement.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)You stupid moron!!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That is what I am screaming in my head every time I hear his idiotic words! I just cannot believe someone so fucking stupid is our president. It's infuriating!
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Can't imagine what would make him say such a thing. Surely such an athletic, fit specimen of genetic superiority such as he can bound up staircases like a NINJA!
rurallib
(62,416 posts)and Benedict Donald is trying to drive the price down.
I believe the president(?) gets a cut on any national monument he sells.
FM123
(10,053 posts)Yavin4
(35,441 posts)Real proud.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)applegrove
(118,677 posts)not really rich.