Trump and the Press - How Transparent is the President-elect Going To Be?

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John A. Smith, Founder/Editor, New York, December 15, 2016 10:05 PM

How Transparent is Trump Going To Be?

First he said he would "turn over his tax returns when the Internal Revenue Service audit was completed." After the IRS said there was nothing illegal about him turning over his tax returns during an audit he changed his excuse to "I will turn over my tax returns when Hillary turns over her 33,000 missing e-mails." Well, the election is over making that a moot point, yet, no tax returns. It's no secret that Trump does not like ANY media because they report his exact words, which a very high percentage of the time turn out to be outright lies, or ignorance. Today he tweeted "The media tries so hard to make my move to the White House, as it pertains to my business, so complex - when actually it isn't!" Really?! "How about how his kids are going to run his businesses, and just not tell him anything? What about that long awaited "Press Conference" he's been touting for today that was going to explain how "easy it's going to be.?" Perhaps it was postponed until "sometime in January" because Kurt Eichenwald, (Newsweek) published a cover story on Wednesday showing very serious conflicts that have already been put in play. "Conflicts Zone - How Trump's Business Ties Have Put America In A Bind" was previewed by Rachael Maddow (The Rachael Maddow Show - MSNBC) on Tuesday night and explained how Donald Trump mentioned, in fact carried on about and praised, an executive of the Dogan company, that is the key player in building the "Trump Towers - Istanbul" during a congratulatory phone call from the President of Turkey, the day after he was elected. The President of Turkey wants an Imam, a United States citizen, living in Pennsylvania, extradited, because he believes the Imam is responsible for coordinating the coup attempt in Turkey this past summer. So, on Tuesday, The President of Turkey arrested that executive and blamed him and the founder of the company, for being complicit in the coup attempt. An official in the Turkey government said, "The President of Turkey wants someONE, and the President-elect of the United States wants someTHING (that would be the millions of dollars Trump and his family are getting for letting that company, Dogan, use the Trump name on those towers)." Read the whole story of how Trump is now in a position of getting blackmailed day one of his presidency

Read Kurt Eichenwald's full article - "How Donald Trump's Business Ties Are Already Jeopardizing U.S. Interests

White House Press Briefings

Reince Priebus, President-elect Donald Trump's soon to be Chief of Staff, told conservative radio show host Hugh Hewitt today, "Even looking at things like the daily, the daily White House briefing from the Press Secretary, I mean, there's a lot of different ways things can be done and I assure you we're looking at that. The first front row of assigned seats issue, as I understand it, started in the Obama administration. In the Bush administration, you just took a seat and I guess there were a couple people that had reserved spots, but for the most part, the more formalized reserved seating piece came in over the last eight years. That issue is being talked about. The Point of all this conversation is that the traditions, while some of them are great, I think it's time to revisit a lot of these things that have been done in the White House."

The Flaunting of Ignorance, lack of Knowledge, and the Willingness To Talk Without Knowing Any Facts Is Showing

As Ronald Reagan would say, in response to Priebus's statement "Well, there you go again." First of all it's quite obvious Reince Priebus made this statement without having ANY prior knowledge of White House Press Briefing protocol or history.

The first front row of assigned seats issue, as I understand it, started in the Obama administration." NO, Mr. Priebus, According to a statement put out by Jeff Mason, President of the White House Correspondents' Association, (WHCA) "That was not an Obama-era innovation as Mr. Priebus suggested. The WHCA assumed responsibility for assigning seats in the briefing room over the last two decades at the request of both Republican and Democratic administrations, who were mindful of the potential appearance of playing favorites if they assigned seats themselves.

Trump has said recently of his tweeting "I tweet because press not covering my honestly." Does President-elect Trump understand what a "free press" is? I know for a fact he doesn't know what a "blind trust" is. Does he think that when the press reports his exact words, which are often lies, outrageous fabrications, and attacks on our (soon to be his) intelligence community that the press is being dishonorable?

Newsweek To Break Conflict Where Trump Is Pressured By Turkey Tomorrow - Rachael Maddow Has Exclusive Tonight!

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Trump Team Knows Story Coming Out Tomorrow On Cover Of  Newsweek Shows Serious Conflict With Turkey

John A. Smith, Founder/Editor, New York, December 12, 2016, 10:38 PM

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     Once again Kurt Eichenwald, a Contributing editor, Vanity Fair, Senior Writer Newsweek, a New York Times bestselling author and a veteran investigative reporter who has done a lot of  investigative reporting on businesses like Enron, has NYT best selling books including 500 Days, Conspiracy of Fools, Serpent On The Rock, and The Informant is breaking another blockbusting story on the cover of Newsweek tomorrow and once again Rachael Maddow, (The Rachael Maddow Show, MSNBC) has been given an exclusive "peek" at that story tonight. "Conflict Zone - How Trump's Business Ties Have Put America In A Bind" will be on the cover and the story will tell how Trump is being pressured by Turkey. Eichenwald has gone full throttle into Trump while he was a candidate and what the President-elect is dragging into the political field from his business life including his active business ties with foreign governments and his alleged breaking of the Cuban embargo through his business. Maddow reports that as of tomorrow Eichenwald is about to publish new allegations that in at least one case a foreign government may have already taken action to threaten the private business interests of the President-elect as a way of getting something that that foreign government wants from the United States government. This is a serious allegation.

Background on the Beginning Of The Conflict

     It starts with out with a project called Trump Towers, a twin building complex in Turkey. Trump did not build the towers but is being paid a lot of money to let them use his name on the buildings. The buildings were built by a company called Dogan. The son-in-law of the founder of Dogan, who now has a key operational role since the founder, the patriarch, has moved into semi-retirement. The son-in-law had the biggest role in building these towers in Istanbul, Turkey. 

The Hook - How Trump Snared Himself

     Now the story. The day after our election one of the world leaders that called President-elect Trump was the President of Turkey. One of the strange things reported about that "congratulatory" call was that Trump brought up by name, that executive from the Dogan company. The key guy on the Trump Towers business deal. He not only brought up that executives name but indeed praised him repeatedly to the President of Turkey while he was taking this "congratulatory" call. Now Newsweek reports that Turkey has now figured out how to turn that into a advantage and put America over a barrel. 

The Line - Action Is Taken By Turkey

     On December 1st the top representative of the Dogan company got arrested in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, by the Turkish police. Our President-elect chose to use that congratulatory call from the Turkish President to tell him how important that company was to him and named the specific executives and look what happened. "On December 1, authorities detained Barbaros Murtgl, a 28-year veteran of Dogan who was the company's representative to Ankara, the Turkish capital." Newsweek reports that "a senior Dogan executive is detained on threadbare allegations." The Turkish President says that the executive, and the founder of the company, were tied to the coup attempt that happened this past summer. 

The Sinker - What Turkey's Play Is To Get What They Want

     The Turkey government desperately wants a Turkish Imam that lives here in the United States, in Pennsylvania. He is a legal U.S. resident and Turkey wants him extradited so they can lame him for the coup attempt. Until now the U.S. government has said no. They have been fighting for his extradition since the coup attempt occurred. But what if you can squeeze the personal financial interests of the United States President? The Trump family stand to make millions of dollars from their relationship with the Dogan company. Newsweek reports "If Erdogan's (the Turkish President) government puts more pressure on the company that's paying millions of dollars to Trump and his children, revenue flowing from the tower complex in Istanbul could be cut off. That means Erdogan has leverage with Trump, who will soon have the power to get Gulen (the Imam living in Pennsylvania) extradited." The financier with contacts in the Turkish government explained the dynamic to Newsweek: "Erdogan has something he believes Trump wants (money,) and Trump has someone Erdogan desperately wants." As Newsweek puts it Trump has business interests in Istanbul, those personal business interests appear to be getting squeezed by the Turkish government to try to get the United States of America to do what Turkey wants. That is the explosive claim, among others that the Newsweek plans to publish tomorrow. 

Change Of Plans On That Announcement About How He Plans To Deal With Business Conflicts 

     Trump announced last week that he was going to "reveal" his plan on how he was going to "deal with" his business interests. That long planned announcement has been postponed late tonight, indefinitely. It's starting!