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brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:16 PM Aug 2017

Trump's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, is reportedly 'disgusted' and 'appalled' with Trump's Charl

Source: Yahoo Finance

(Donald Trump and Gary CohnMichael Sohn/AP Images)
Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser and former Goldman Sachs COO, is reportedly incredibly upset over Trump's press conference Tuesday in which he defended his original statement regarding the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Multiple reports following Trump's press conference said that Cohn, who is Jewish, is troubled by Trump's statements regarding white nationalists' role in the violence in Charlottesville over the past few days.

Cohn was "upset" and "disgusted" by Trump's freewheeling press conference, according to The New York Times' Glenn Thrush, who cited three sources with knowledge of Cohn's thinking. During the Trump Tower press conference, Trump said there were "two sides to a story" of what happened in Charlottesville. During a white supremacist rally, a man drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing a woman.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/trumps-top-economic-adviser-gary-133330141.html

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Trump's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, is reportedly 'disgusted' and 'appalled' with Trump's Charl (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2017 OP
He can be as "upset" and "disgusted" as he wants bearsfootball516 Aug 2017 #1
Cohn "upset", "disgusted" - really??REALLY??? asiliveandbreathe Aug 2017 #2
But he loves cutting taxes for rich people more ... nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #3
words are cheap....asshole.... dhill926 Aug 2017 #4
I didn't see him say any of this shit..... The_Casual_Observer Aug 2017 #5
I will believe he is upset and disgusted when Grammy23 Aug 2017 #6
meh, repukes love to protest but actually do anything ethically or morally correct. Javaman Aug 2017 #7
First he came for the Mexicans and Cohn said nothing. Tanuki Aug 2017 #8
Evidently not disgusted enough to resign or even to speak out to Trump blueinredohio Aug 2017 #9
Wait 'til Cohen finds out ... Jopin Klobe Aug 2017 #10
Then walk the fuck away matt819 Aug 2017 #11

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
2. Cohn "upset", "disgusted" - really??REALLY???
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:18 PM
Aug 2017

Too bad...step out..step away...oh, can't - gotta get me some tax cuts...dontcha know...

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
6. I will believe he is upset and disgusted when
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:29 PM
Aug 2017

he says buh-bye to the tRump administration. When he tells trump what he really thinks about him and what he said during that awful press event yesterday. When he stands in front of a microphone and explains loudly and forcefully why he can no longer work with this reprehensible man. That's when I will believe it. Anything less and I will assume he is simply making excuses and looking for cover.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
7. meh, repukes love to protest but actually do anything ethically or morally correct.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:29 PM
Aug 2017

he will stay on because money/power..

until he resigns, it's just bullshit.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
8. First he came for the Mexicans and Cohn said nothing.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:30 PM
Aug 2017

Then he came for other immigrants and for refugees.... and transgender military....and the healthcare of millions...and the health of our planet...

It sure has taken a long time for this guy to become "upset" and "disgusted."



Jopin Klobe

(779 posts)
10. Wait 'til Cohen finds out ...
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:38 PM
Aug 2017

.. that he's gonna have to convert to Christianity when he dies or else go to Hell ...

... at least, according to tRump's knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing goon supporters ...

matt819

(10,749 posts)
11. Then walk the fuck away
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:45 PM
Aug 2017

Words are fine. Actions are better. You can't work with the Nazi president. An earlier generation learned this the hard way.

Walk the fuck away, Mr. Cohn. Otherwise, you are not only tacitly supporting but explicitly supporting a neo-Nazi president and movement. Dedicate your time and money to efforts designed to fight this president and support Jewish groups, BLM, LGBTQ movements, etc. It's the right thing to do.

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