Berl Falbaum
In our last column, we mused about Donald Trump’s desire to go to heaven although he admitted that as a candidate for entry he was probably at the “bottom of the totem pole.”
We didn’t argue with that assessment — actually, for once, we agreed with him — and speculated that he will do all he can to overcome his history and begin his campaign for an eternity in heaven by seeking character references to impress the Almighty.
Well, the first one is in.
The signatory, a woman, Ghislaine Maxwell, says she found Trump “always very cordial and very kind” to her. She said she never saw the president acting unseemly or improper.
“The President was never inappropriate with anyone in the times I was with him,” she said. “He was a gentleman in all respects.”
That is quite an endorsement. While we don’t want to appear picky, Maxwell was convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein (no ID needed) sex traffic young girls. She is serving a 20-year sentence on charges that she helped Epstein recruit and abuse underage girls.
Thus, the Almighty might not be impressed.
Nor would He be with a promise that she could get 100 or so more letters of praise for Trump from her cellmates. Like Maxwell, they believe in Trump’s innocence, especially those who have meetings scheduled to assess whether they qualify for parole.
I don’t think I would have ever been hired for a job by providing an endorsement from a convicted sex trafficker. That surely would be an awkward interview with a prospective employer.
“This letter came from whom?” I can hear the interviewer ask. “A woman charged with sex trafficking? Can you tell me more about your relationship with her?”
I don’t think I would get the job. And the requirements up there are much stricter.
Maxwell’s support for the president came during an interview with Todd W. Blanche, who was Trump’s defense attorney during Trump’s criminal trial in New York, and then was appointed to his present position as deputy attorney general.
In releasing Maxwell’s accolades, Blanche tells us much about himself and the administration’s moral standard -- as if we needed anymore evidence after 10 years.
In releasing transcripts of the interview, we, of course, are totally confident that Blanche did not withhold any information damaging to the President. Again, he may have stonewalled the media, but the Almighty knows.
Given Maxwell’s record, we should not be too surprised at her assessment of Trump’s character. Her moral standards are not exactly the norm.
After all, Trump bragged about assaulting women and was found guilty of doing do in a criminal trial, crashed into women’s dressing rooms unannounced, talked about dating his daughter, and is guilty of a few other vices.
So, appropriateness in the eye of the appropriate beholder.
However, what may be inappropriate was the transfer of Maxwell to a minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Fla. shortly after Maxwell completed hours of interviews with Blanche.
Was this a quid pro quo? A little tit for tat? Pardon us for being cynical and for using the word, “pardon.”
We expect the administration to consider the transfer totally appropriate.
We didn’t argue with that assessment — actually, for once, we agreed with him — and speculated that he will do all he can to overcome his history and begin his campaign for an eternity in heaven by seeking character references to impress the Almighty.
Well, the first one is in.
The signatory, a woman, Ghislaine Maxwell, says she found Trump “always very cordial and very kind” to her. She said she never saw the president acting unseemly or improper.
“The President was never inappropriate with anyone in the times I was with him,” she said. “He was a gentleman in all respects.”
That is quite an endorsement. While we don’t want to appear picky, Maxwell was convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein (no ID needed) sex traffic young girls. She is serving a 20-year sentence on charges that she helped Epstein recruit and abuse underage girls.
Thus, the Almighty might not be impressed.
Nor would He be with a promise that she could get 100 or so more letters of praise for Trump from her cellmates. Like Maxwell, they believe in Trump’s innocence, especially those who have meetings scheduled to assess whether they qualify for parole.
I don’t think I would have ever been hired for a job by providing an endorsement from a convicted sex trafficker. That surely would be an awkward interview with a prospective employer.
“This letter came from whom?” I can hear the interviewer ask. “A woman charged with sex trafficking? Can you tell me more about your relationship with her?”
I don’t think I would get the job. And the requirements up there are much stricter.
Maxwell’s support for the president came during an interview with Todd W. Blanche, who was Trump’s defense attorney during Trump’s criminal trial in New York, and then was appointed to his present position as deputy attorney general.
In releasing Maxwell’s accolades, Blanche tells us much about himself and the administration’s moral standard -- as if we needed anymore evidence after 10 years.
In releasing transcripts of the interview, we, of course, are totally confident that Blanche did not withhold any information damaging to the President. Again, he may have stonewalled the media, but the Almighty knows.
Given Maxwell’s record, we should not be too surprised at her assessment of Trump’s character. Her moral standards are not exactly the norm.
After all, Trump bragged about assaulting women and was found guilty of doing do in a criminal trial, crashed into women’s dressing rooms unannounced, talked about dating his daughter, and is guilty of a few other vices.
So, appropriateness in the eye of the appropriate beholder.
However, what may be inappropriate was the transfer of Maxwell to a minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Fla. shortly after Maxwell completed hours of interviews with Blanche.
Was this a quid pro quo? A little tit for tat? Pardon us for being cynical and for using the word, “pardon.”
We expect the administration to consider the transfer totally appropriate.
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