Mr. and Mrs. America, your Commerce Secretary:
‘I think the other thing that was fascinating to me, there was not a single hint of a protestor anywhere there during the whole time we were there, not one guy with a bad placard.’
– Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross
Uh, yeah. There wouldn’t have been. Not if the government said there wouldn’t. On such matters the Saudis could have given lessons to Mao. When this was helpfully pointed out to him, Old Rich Guy did not back down but again spake thus…
“In theory that could be true. But, boy, there was certainly no sign of it, there was not a single effort at any incursion. There wasn’t anything. The mood was a genuinely good mood. And at the end of the trip, as I was getting back on the plane, the security guards from the Saudi side who’d been helping us over the weekend all wanted to pose for a big photo-op. And then they gave me two gigantic bushels of dates, as a present, as a thank you for the trip that we had had. That was a pretty from-the-heart, very genuine gesture. It really touched me.”
Sounds like you brought home a great lesson there, Wilbur. Maybe you’re wasted at Commerce, maybe you should go for that empty FBI slot instead. Please keep in mind, though, that the court of Louis XVI was allegedly a cheery place as well, keeping any signs of discontent well out of sight. For a while.
Thank you for your service, Mr. Secretary. Enjoy the dates.
Lack of protest was “fascinating”. He sounds like an idiot. Perhaps he could fill the slot for Trump’s food taster.