Saturday, August 25, 2018

Like Quicksand


Donald Trump's world is falling apart. Now that David Pecker has turned on him, more nasty stuff is emerging. CNN reports:

A former Trump World Tower doorman who says he has knowledge of an alleged affair President Donald Trump had with an ex-housekeeper, which resulted in a child, is now able to talk about a contract he entered with American Media Inc. that had prohibited him from discussing the matter with anyone, according to his attorney.
On Friday, Marc Held -- the attorney for Dino Sajudin, the former doorman -- said his client had been released from his contract with AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer, "recently" after back-and-forth discussions with AMI.
CNN has exclusively obtained a copy of the "source agreement" between Sajudin and AMI, which is owned by David Pecker.
The contract appears to have been signed on Nov. 15, 2015, and states that AMI has exclusive rights to Sajudin's story but does not mention the details of the story itself beyond saying, "Source shall provide AMI with information regarding Donald Trump's illegitimate child..."
The contract states that "AMI will not owe Source any compensation if AMI does not publish the Exclusive..." and the top of the agreement shows that Sajudin could receive a sum of $30,000 "payable upon publication as set forth below."
But the third page of the agreement shows that about a month later, the parties signed an amendment that states that Sajudin would be paid $30,000 within five days of receiving the amendment. It says the "exclusivity period" laid out in the agreement "is extended in perpetuity and shall not expire."
The amendment also establishes a $1 million payment that Sajudin would be responsible for making to AMI "in the event Source breaches this provision."

No other sources have confirmed Sajudin's story. But one thing is clear. Trump never drained the swamp. He just dumped more crud into it. And, like quicksand, it's dragging him under.

Image: Epic Wildlife

8 comments:

the salamander said...

.. deary me ..
Trump was the 'pick of the litter' of the GOP
The 'cream of the crop'
The 'winner'

Now he hectors and lectures America
golfs incessently, spews from golf carts
as does his new personal lawyer Giuliani
who scooted out of Dodge to Scotland..
presumably at a Trump branded course
and likely staying in the same country club
Who know what airline he flew.. Air Force One ?

Trump probably holed up in the good old USA
at a branded country club with his golf carting Secret Service
to conceive the sara Huckabee denials and deflections
and outright deceits and nonsense -.her specialty

In a world or whirled of hurt is the Donald
so far out of his league its painful..
The GOP needs to be crucified..vand the earth salted
or lit on fire.. where ever they trod or spewed..

Pity the illegitimate offspring of Trump..
What a frightening and sad reality ..
Quicksand.. and how deep ?
Maybe his head and hair could be left exposed
just at 1/16th from his nostrils - for all eternity

Owen Gray said...

When one has gotten away with this kind of stuff for forty years, sal, the end -- when it comes -- is fast and furious.

Anonymous said...

I don't think "drain the swamp" means what ordinary people think it does. Swamp doesn't mean the corporate-government revolving door, lobbyists, corruption, kick-backs, emoluments or anything of that sort.

For the GOP, swamp = Democrats. It has no other meaning for them. Understood correctly, Trump is successfully draining the swamp.

Cap

Owen Gray said...

That's an interesting take, Cap. Given the fact that, for Republicans, Democrats represaent complete annilihation, you may be right.

e.a.f. said...

Oh, there is most likely a whole lot more we don't know about Trump and his family because it has been held under wraps. However, the base won't care. those are 34 Million committed voters or voters who might best be committed.

On some level its funny. You can't make this sort of thing up for a comedy series. No one would have bought it because it was too far fetched.

Owen Gray said...

I agree, e.a.f. If it were a movie script no one would have bought it. Something tells me that, when the full story is told, people will wonder why anyone bought anything from Donald Trump.

e.a.f. said...

People "bought into" Trump for the same reasons people buy "name" brand cloths, cars, anything with a "name" or a "star's" name. they don't buy it for the perhaps added quality of the "name", they buy it because they have the name on it and some how they believe that some of that "star power" transfers to them. It is the wonder of Mad Men and those who started the "name" game.

Owen Gray said...

That's the insanity of branding these days, e.a.f. The brand has nothing to do with quality. What matter is how well the brand is known.