Both from Tyler Durdin at Zero Hedge:
First - Trump Picks Former Goldman Partner And Soros Employee As Finance Chairman
In an oddly ironic twist, today Donald Trump announced that he has picked as chairman of his newly launched fundraising operation none other than a former employee of the bank he has repeatedly criticized in the past, and which he used as a foil to criticize Ted Cruz: Goldman Sachs.
Trump announced that heading up his own personal fundraising operation as national finance chairman will be Steven Mnuchin, a long-time business associate, chairman and CEO of the hedge fund Dune Capital. More importantly, however, he spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs where he was most recently a Partner, having built a fortune of $46 million before launching his own hedge fund.
A bit more:
In addition to Goldman, Mnuchin also worked at Soros Fund Management, whose founder, George Soros, has funded many left-leaning causes. Where it gets even more bizarre is that Mnuchin has donated frequently to Democrats, including to Clinton and Barack Obama.
As a hedge fund manager, Mnuchin is part of a group of businesspeople Trump has excoriated. In August, Trump said hedge fund managers were "getting away with murder" as he touted his proposal to end the so-called carried interest loophole, which gives private equity and hedge fund managers preferential tax treatment.
And Second: Caught On Tape: 100s Of M1 Abrams Tanks Roll Through Houston, TX
Just days after we exposed Texas police planning for riots and conducting mass arrest drills, the sight of hundreds of M1 Abrams battle-tanks rolling on a train through Houston raised more than a few eyebrows...
Several locals reported seeing a train Tuesday, loaded full of tanks, painted in a desert tan color - the second time in a week.
Interesting times indeed...
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