WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN DONOR WHO HAS FINALLY HAD ENOUGH.
WOW.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE.
AND I DON'T MEAN
ENOUGH WITH THE TAX CUTS THAT ARE FILLING UP HIS POCKETS WHERE
HE'S LIKE ALRIGHT GUYS, I'M FULL, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, I
CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE TAX CUTS -- HE IS SAYING THAT IN SOME
WAY, BUT NOT IN THAT WAY, HE'S SAYING WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU
DO THIS FOR?
FASCINATING, AND HE'S NOT A LITTLE DONOR, HE'S A BIG DONOR.
LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT --
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>>SO NOT ONLY IS HE NOT GIVING TO REPUBLICANS ANYMORE, HE'S
GOING TO GO GIVE TO DEMOCRATS TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HIS
NAME IS SETH KLARMAN, CEO OF BAUPOST GROUP, THIS IS
ORIGINALLY REPORTED BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, SOMETIMES HE'S
APPARENTLY KNOWN AS THE ORACLE OF BOSTON, LET'S HOPE THE ORACLE
KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING IN THIS CASE.
SO WHY?
LET'S GO TO HIS
OWN QUOTE, HE SAID --
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>>STRONG WORDS, BUT ABOUT TO GET STRONGER, APPARENTLY NOT A
FAN OF TRUMP, HE SAYS THAT TRUMP WAS, QUOTE --
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>>BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE NOT BLIND, DUMB, AND DEAF, AND I'M
POSITIVE THEY COULD ALSO FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S SUPER OBVIOUS HOW
UNQUALIFIED DONALD TRUMP IS.
HOW UNINTELLIGENT HE IS, HOW
UNETHICAL, WE COULD GO DOWN THE LIST, BUT UNQUALIFIED CERTAINLY.
WITH NO APPARENT MOTIVATION OR INCENTIVE TO LEARN.
HE REFUSED
TO GET BRIEFINGS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
AND YET MOST OF THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE DECIDED, EH, SPEAKING OF BLIND, DEAF, AND
DUMB, I WILL LOOK AWAY, I WILL CHOOSE NOT TO SEE IT.
SETH
KLARMAN SAYS I HAVE EYES AND EARS AND IT'S OBVIOUS.
HE GOES
FURTHER, HE SAYS THAT HE MIGHT -- TRUMP MIGHT BE A THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY.
I THINK HE IS, I DON'T THINK HE BELIEVES IN THE
CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY.
NOW, OF COURSE THIS DOES TOUCH HIS ECONOMIC INTEREST
LITTLE AS WELL, LET'S KEEP IT REAL --
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>>SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT TRADE AND THOSE
PROPOSALS OF TRUMP, HE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT A FAN.
BUT NOW TO
THE SIZE OF HIS DONATIONS --
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>>SO THAT'S NO JOKE.
$7 MILLION TO FIGHT AGAINST OBAMA, NOW
TURNING AROUND AND GIVING IN THOSE 78 CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTIONS, ALL TO DEMOCRATS --
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>>NOW, BACK TO THE TAX CUTS, A REALLY INTERESTING OPINION
THERE.
FIRST OF ALL HE SAYS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN IS VERY
OBVIOUS --
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>>AND IN FACT THEY TOLD US IT WOULD ONLY BE $1.1 TRILLION THEY
WERE ADDING TO THE DEFICIT, WHICH IS ALREADY A HILARIOUS
STATEMENT, FROM THE GUYS WHO SAID DEFICITS WERE TERRIBLE AND
UNACCEPTABLE, IT'S ONLY A $1.1 TRILLION HOLE IN THE BUDGET.
BUT
IT TURNS OUT OF COURSE AS WE FOUND OUT LAST WEEK, TOTALLY
UNSURPRISINGLY TO ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING
TO BE AT A MINIMUM $1.9 TRILLION THEY ARE ADDING TO THE DEFICIT.
SO THAT PART IS CLEAR, BUT KLARMAN GOES ON
TO SAY --
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>>WELL, FOR THAT YOU DO HAVE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.
FOR BEING ABLE
TO SAY THESE TAX CUTS ARE TOTALLY UNNECESSARY TO WEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS HIMSELF, AND IN FACT THEY WILL DO DAMAGE TO
THE ECONOMY, WHICH DOES DAMAGE TO ALL OF US.
SO IT IS A GOOD
DAY IN AMERICA, AND FOR A GUY WHO SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FIGHTING OBAMA TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, I MEAN, IF YOU THOUGHT
OBAMA WAS BAD, TRUMP IS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER, SHOWS YOU
SOME INDICATION THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE WOKEN UP AND REALIZED THE
HORRIBLE SITUATION THAT TRUMP HAS PUT US IN.
BUT HIS COMMENTS
ABOUT TAXES ARE WHAT I APPRECIATE THE MOST.
THAT IS
TRUE, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE A REPUBLICAN DONOR ADMIT THAT.