Epstein Secrets

’s lunch with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Lunch was followed by another meeting about the

ecretary nominee Wilbur Ross; Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith; Washington Post national reporter Mark Ber

at had surveilled him. Making clear his confidence in his adviser, Trump insisted that Flynn come to Monday’s lunch with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Lunch was followed by another meeting about the furor. There were yet more details of the phone call and a growing itemization of the money Flynn h

t something. Everything. The billionaires had to rethink. So did everyone in the Trump orbit. The campaign staff, now suddenly in a position to snag West Wing jobs—career- and history-making jobs—had to see this odd, difficult, even ridiculous, and, on the face of it, ill-equipped person in a new light. He

he newly appointed deputy chief of staff, Katie Walsh, Reince Priebus’s deputy at the RNC, and together they had peeled off to inspect the now vacant West Wing. The carpet had been shampooed, but little else had changed. It was a warren of tiny offices in need of paint, not rigorously cleaned on a regular ba

t long after, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, a forty-five-year-old globalist in the style of

l). Not long after, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, a forty-five-year-old globalist in the s

ense that might have redounded to his vast advantage (without his having to actually pay for the wall). Not long after, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, a forty-five-year-old globalist in the style of Clinton and Blair, came to Washington and repeatedly smiled and bit his tongue. And that did the tri

as not only known by people outside the White House for the alacrity with which it returned calls and for the ease with which it seemed to accomplish West Wing tasks, it also seemed to be comprised of people who liked each other and who were dedicated to a common goal: eliminating as much friction as possibl

n Sachs, too, that in the middle of a Republican-controlled Washington and a virulent, if not anti-Semitic (at least toward liberal Jews), right-wing West Wing, the Kushner-Cohn Democrats appeared to be ascendant. Part of the credit went to Kushner, who showed an unexpected tenacity. Conflict averse—in the K

on, 159 Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 231 60 Minutes (TV show), 309 666 Fifth Avenue, 211, 281 Skybridge Capital, 269-70 Slate, 98-99 Slovenia, 15 Smith, Justin, 78 Snowden, Edward, 42, 95 Soros, George, 178 Special Operations, 265 Spencer, Richard, 127, 129-30, 137-39, 292-94 Spicer, Sean, 10, 47-48, 64,

04-6 Time magazine, 50, 56, 93, 130, 147, 276 Time Warner, 78, 92 trade, 116, 174, 276 transgender ban, 284 Treasury Department, 133 Trotta, Liz, 223 Trudeau, Justin, 107, 228 Truman, Harry, 61 Trump, Barron, 14 Trump, Don, Jr., 17-18, 27, 204, 252-61, 271, 278-79, 307 Trump, Donald Abe meeting at Mar-a-La

Republican Party had now become the symbol of its civil war. On that Monday, the president’s son-in-law appeared at the microphones in front of the West Wing to preview his statement to Senate investigators about the Trump campaign’s connections to Russia. Having almost never spoken before in public, he no

l influence with the president, but important members of the staff saw them as having this juice, and hence believed that they were the true north of West Wing advancement and power. Curiously, for all their callowness, Jared and Ivanka had become quite a fearsome presence, as feared by others as the two of

g, at least 90 House Democrats [plus independent Justin Amash (Mich.)], had denounced Trump's remarks, w

ump to care more about cutting spending and the deficit. But Trump has rebuffed many of their proposed cuts as deficits soar: "Trump recently told West Wing aides that Senate Page 17955 EFTA00047466 Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told him no politician had ever lost office for spending more

g, at least 90 House Democrats [plus independent Justin Amash (Mich.)], had denounced Trump's remarks, w

rump to care more about cutting spending and the deficit. But Trump has rebuffed many of their proposed cuts as deficits soar: "Trump recently told West Wing aides that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told him no politician had ever lost office for spending more money. Two people with dire