The Trump campaign isn’t saying much about how an infamous former mob boss ended up taking a picture with the ex-president at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach earlier this month. Ex-con Joey Merlino, who reputedly ran Philadelphia’s organized crime family, is seen giving a thumb’s up with Donald Trump in the photo obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“President Trump takes countless photos with people. That does not mean he knows every single person he comes in contact with,” a campaign spokesperson said, declining to say whether Trump knows Merlino or was aware of his history. The Inquirer notes that the picture may “renew concerns among Trump loyalists eager to help him retake the White House next year that he still lacks the sort of protective political infrastructure that would prevent a candidate for president from taking a picture with a convicted mobster whose last stint in federal prison ended in mid-2020.” Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
This is terrible. Trump should resign immediately!
Fake picture
Right! This NUT JOB doen’t know ANYBODY.
Bandits.
New hat Donald. Try it.
Birds of a feather
Typical brainwashed comment.
Your screen name suits you
BOO HAAA OOOYYY VEEEEYYYY, he took a picture with someone, OMYYYYYGOD the world is coming to an end……
Lets see how his apologists will spin this
. Can we please get a president who will bring back respect to the office he holds?
If I wanted to be snarky I could remark that if the picture was taken with a Democrat then the media would call any complaints as racist and xenophobic. But lets just ask just how many commenter here actually knew who this guy was before the media told you? For that matter, how many current “mafia” figures can any of these commenters name? And how many can they recognize on sight?