Thread by @nycsouthpaw

Political reporters are losing their goddamn minds and I’m here for it.

https://twitter.com/riceid/status/1463367413546766338

I think maybe they don’t realize it’s a rental property? Like they think the president is getting a massive bribe from this guy and they’re the only ones who care. idk

But anyway, the President renting a the chairman of the Kennedy Center’s place for a holiday wknd on Nantucket is totally comparable to the President using the powers of his office to benefit the scammy real estate business he still de facto runs while in office. Go with that.

In all likelihood, this should be a story about Rubenstein getting a sweet infusion of taxpayer money to house the president’s massive security footprint on his big property and the WH downplaying that expense, not him buying influence. But no one is ready for that conversation.