June 11, 2018

“We’re the piggy bank that everybody’s robbing, and that ends.”
President Trump speaking Saturday at the G-7 summit in Quebec on trade issues with allies. He warned retaliatory tariffs – which countries threatened – would be a mistake. Trump also surprised by suggesting the world should eliminate all tariffs and barriers to promote free trade, despite just imposing tariffs on Europe, Canada & Mexico.
“Nobody started talking about a meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Trump until we suggested it at the Olympics.”
Dennis Alan, Pres. Trump impersonator to Associated Press. Alan and Kim Jong Un impersonator, Lee Howard Ho Wun aka "Howard X" traveled to Singapore. Their resemblance to the 2 leaders IS uncanny.
“To me, he was a warm person, and you liked to spend time with him because he was interested. He wanted to talk about me and my home … he just didn’t talk about himself and his interest in food."
92-year-old Marilyn Hagerty describing Anthony Bourdain, who took his own life last week. Bourdain published a book of Hagerty's food reviews as a North Dakota food critic, after one of her write-ups on a local Olive Garden became a viral sensation.
"Good deeds come back to help you, and bad deeds come back to haunt you….It felt good to give it to them…They said it restored their faith in humanity."
Kal Patel, parents own a Pit Stop in Kansas. He tracked down two long-time customers who bought a $1M ticket.
Have a great start to your week!
- Trump Says U.S. Will No Longer Be “Piggy Bank That Everybody”s Robbing”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/world/americas/donald-trump-g7-nafta.html - Kim Jong Un impersonator questioned on arrival in Singapore:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asiapacific/kim-jong-un-impersonator-questioned-on-arrival-in-singapore/2018/06/08/03b84a68-6b7d-11e8-a335-c4503d041eafstory.html - Writer of viral Olive Garden review grateful for Bourdain:
http://www.startribune.com/writer-of-viral-olive-garden-review-grateful-for-bourdain/485042741/ - Kansas man doesn”t regret giving up $1 million ticket:
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/06/08/kansas-man-doesnt-regret-giving-up-1-million-ticket/
by Jenna Lee,