Restaurant reservations in DC plunged after Trump announced his
takeover. It's no surprise that rolling out troops into the streets
dampens consumer appetite.

https://bsky.app/profile/steverattner.bsky.social/post/3lwpbiqkqis2l

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:27:28 -0400, Auric Hellman
<[email protected]> wrote:

Trump will take his usual bows.

Premeditated...but MAGAites will be clueless as to what went down.

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:27:28 -0400, Auric Hellman
<[email protected]> wrote:

Trump will take his usual bows.

"Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday"
WAPO

Why does he need them....streets are "safe" now, right?

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On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:52:12 -0500, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

Restaurant reservations in DC plunged after Trump announced his
takeover. It's no surprise that rolling out troops into the streets
dampens consumer appetite.

https://bsky.app/profile/steverattner.bsky.social/post/3lwpbiqkqis2l

Trump: I have never received so many phone calls thanking me for what
we have done in Washington, D.C., from people that haven't gone to a
restaurant literally in four years

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lwwvt5j6vq26

Oh Pamela used that same rhetoric recently...I wonder how those
"people" got their phone number?

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On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:50:13 -0400, Auric Hellman
<[email protected]> wrote:

Somehow I have a hard time picturing Trump and Melania sitting in the
living room, watching TV, when the phone rings. Trump answers and its a >citizen thanking him for his police action.

One of his previous books should have been titled, "The Art of
Snake-Oil Salesmanship"

Trump says business is wonderful, and The Washington Post
says 'The city is dead': D.C. restaurant reservations drop amid
federal crackdown

As the economy tanks, them MAGAites will learn the snake-oil person
has moved on, just like they did in frontier days in US.

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Are you better off since Donald Trump took office?

Trump delivers failed leadership of golf trips and White House
ballroom plans, not what voters need

In the past few weeks, President Donald Trump cheated at golf in
Scotland on the taxpayer dime, announced a $200 million White House
ballroom to host his rich donors, finalized a Qatari grift for his new
Air Force One, waddled around the White House roof like a lost old
man, and talked about how his old pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein
"stole" a 16-year-old spa worker from Mar-a-Lago.

How much of that time did he spend actually focusing on the economy?

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/you-better-off-since-donald-trump-took-office

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:27:28 -0400, Auric Hellman
<[email protected]> wrote:

Trump will take his usual bows.

Trump, without providing evidence, said D.C. was now the safest city
in America.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-orders-aimed-ending-cashless-bail-policies-2025-08-25/

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