Friday, October 25, 2024

California may lose two more refineries, would have to rely on gas from abroad

JusttheNews.com
   "Should California adopt more strict Low Carbon Fuel Standard requirements in November, which could include having more strict requirements on refineries and raising their costs, even more refineries may shut down rather than continue operating in California."

 "Short on the heels of another major refinery closure, Valero signaled it is considering closing its two California refineries that produce over 14% of the state’s gasoline. Refinery closures already have the state importing 8% of its gasoline supply, which means the state could soon have to significantly increase its imports of refined products such as gasoline, on top of its existing reliance on the Middle East and South America for the majority of its crude oil.

"Valero announced its profit is down significantly due to very low margins from its refinery business, prompting a question during its earning call about its costly California refineries.

"Valero CEO Lane Riggs responded the company has already “minimized strategic [capital expenditures]” in the state and “California is increasing its regulatory pressure on the industry, so we’re really considering everything — all options are on the table.”

"While Riggs did not explicitly state that the refineries, which represent over 14% of the state’s remaining refinery capacity, could be shut down, California legislators were quick to ring the alarm bell and tie the potential closures to new refinery regulation powers being granted to the state in a special legislative session called by the governor.

“ 'When California Governor Gavin Newsom said in 2021 he didn’t see a future for oil in CA, I didn’t know 2024 would be the year he ended it at lightning speed,” said State Assemblymember Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, on X. “Today, another refiner said “all options are on table” with refineries here. We can thank Newsom’s legislation.”  . . .

Valero announced its profit is down significantly due to very low margins from its refinery business, prompting a question during its earning call about its costly California refineries.

 

Harris Calling Trump ‘Fascist’ Is Too Much Even for Mitch McConnell and Mike Johnson

Robert Spencer  

But ultimately, it doesn’t matter what they wrote. Harris will pay no attention and continue crying wolf. We can only hope that the object of her incandescent hatred won’t get hurt, but there is no guarantee. 

https://grrrgraphics.com/

"These days, you can never tell. The old party lines are breaking down. Stalwart Republican Dick Cheney has endorsed Kamala Harris. So has his daughter Liz and another former Republican member of Congress, Adam Kinzinger. Meanwhile, a scion of the most celebrated Democrat family in the world, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is going with Trump. So is Tulsi Gabbard, who once ran for president of the United States herself as a Democrat. Elon Musk, who a few years ago called Trump a “dumb**s,” appeared with him on the campaign trail.

"In this atmosphere, it cannot be taken for granted that even pillars of the Republican and Democrat establishments are actually going to vote for their designated candidates. That’s why it was a bit surprising, and refreshing, that two of those Republican pillars, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) excoriated Kamala Harris for calling Trump a “fascist” and thereby bringing the already hysterical public discourse to a new boiling point. It would have been just as believable if McConnell in particular, a quintessential Washington insider who has clashed with Trump more than once, had endorsed Harris’ inflammatory rhetoric.

"Fox News reported Friday that McConnell and Johnson said in a statement that “labeling a political opponent as a ‘fascist’ risks inviting yet another would-be assassin to try robbing voters of their choice before Election Day."

"That is undoubtedly true, although if there is a new attempt on Trump’s life, Harris and her media sycophants will simply blame the victim again. By this time, this is a tried-and-true strategy. Old Joe Biden set the standard for the left’s strident rhetoric against Trump when he proclaimed, in his famous red-and-black speech on Sept. 1, 2022, that “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”

"Then later, after both attempts on Trump’s life, Old Joe and his henchmen blamed Trump’s rhetoric for the overheated atmosphere. The establishment media happily plays along, so Kamala knows that she has nothing to lose by trotting out this tired playbook again." . . . 

"Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 28 books, including many bestsellers such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)The Truth About MuhammadThe History of Jihad, and The Critical Qur’an. His latest book is Muhammad: A Critical Biography. Spencer has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the FBI, the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Justice Department’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. intelligence community." . . .

Kamala Harris Officially Chickens Out of Doing Joe Rogan's Podcast

Matt Margolis, PJ Media  
"It seems likely that Kamala Harris is going to do the bare minimum when it comes to media appearances going forward, as her campaign appears to have realized that she is the biggest obstacle they have to overcome. Instead of leaning on Kamala's personal appearances, her team is relying heavily on high-profile surrogates like Barack Obama and a roster of Hollywood stars to draw crowds and make the final pitch." . . . 

"Earlier this week, we received confirmation that former President Donald Trump would be interviewed on Joe Rogan's popular podcast on Friday. Rogan's show has more than 14 million followers on the Spotify platform.

"Last week, Reuters reported that Kamala Harris "could sit down for an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan, whose audience leans heavily towards young men, as she works to shore up support with male voters." However, her campaign has now confirmed she won't be doing it.

“ 'We talked with Rogan and his team about the podcast. Unfortunately, it isn’t going to work out right now because of the scheduling of this period of the campaign,” Harris-Walz campaign spokesman Iam Sams told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Thursday evening.

"It was always doubtful that Kamala would ever appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast, given her preference for tightly controlled interviews with sympathetic hosts. Just last week, her disastrous interview with Bret Baier on Fox News fueled speculation that she’d avoid taking risks like a Rogan appearance at this point in the race. 

"It should come as no surprise that her campaign officially backed out of doing Rogan's podcast in the wake of her disastrous CNN town hall on Wednesday.

"The main takeaway from the town hall was Kamala never seemed to answer any questions, relying on “word salads” instead of direct answers. CNN’s own pundits were unimpressed. Jake Tapper noted, “She focused a lot more on Donald Trump, I think it’s fair to say, than she did on many specifics in terms of what she would do as president.” Dana Bash echoed this by saying, “If her goal was to close the deal, they’re not sure she did that.”

"Van Jones criticized Harris for being “evasive” and expressed irritation with her "word salad stuff.' " . . .

Everyone is Hitler, apart from the people who enthusiastically support death squads killing Jews

And the scarf-people attacking Jews on America's streets.

UPDATE:   WATCH: Holocaust Survivor Destroys Kamala Harris for Comparing Trump to Hitler  . . ."Adolf Hitler invaded Poland when I was 9 years old," he said. "He murdered my parents and most of our family. I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes.

"For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I ever heard in my 75 years of living in the United States," he continued. "I know President Trump, and he would never say this, and Kamala Harris knows it this. She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology for repeating this lie."

When asked by an off-camera interviewer why the Jewish people should support Trump, Wartski replied, “Because he’s a mensch.”

“I believe that President Trump is definitely going to be good for Israel because everything that he’s done up until now was in [its] favor. He never double-crossed anyone, and he never showed any weakness."

Jerry Wartski met with Trump during a visit marking the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Trump visited the Ohel of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to offer prayers for the remaining hostages held in Gaza, an occasion Wartski recalls as a powerful moment of solidarity and support.

“He has always stood with the Jewish people and the state of Israel.” In Wartski’s eyes, Trump’s genuine care was on display when he prayed for the hostages taken by terrorists in the Ohel, showing a president not only invested in the Jewish people’s safety but moved by their struggles." . . .

"Holocaust survivor Jerry Warstki condemns Kamala Harris for comparing Trump to Hitler.

"For her to accuse President Trump of being like H*tler is the worst thing I ever heard in my 75 years living in the United States."

 Jupplandia: The sickening hypocritical evil of the Trump is Hitler narrative and its associated historical ignorance. 

And the greatest moral truth here is that Nazism, Communism and Islam are all systems of thought that demand total obedience and total submission. This would make them loathsome enough. But they also demand that anyone who does not submit should be enslaved or murdered.


  "In a rational world, we would all condemn and despise Nazism.

Ignorance personified
"In the same rational world, we would all condemn and despise Communism.

"And in this rational world, too, acting like either of these totalitarian ideologies would always be condemned and despised, no matter who did it.

"You know what would also be despised? Falsely comparing people to Hitler when the comparison makes no sense.

"We have 25 million reasons to despise Nazism, and 100 million reasons to despise Communism. Both systems murdered millions of people and both systems excused and demanded the most appalling atrocities where innocent men, women and children were tortured and murdered in factories of death.

" 'These deaths require that we be determined in our vigilance against these ideologies, but also respectful of their unique evils and extremely cautious in our references to them.

"There should never be a ‘competition’ between which of these we wish to condemn, and arguments about which was most evil are as entirely redundant as discussing whether Jeffrey Dahmer was worse than Jack the Ripper." . . .

"Every Republican is Hitler"

Considering that Germany only had one Hitler, it’s a wonder that this country has managed to survive all these years with so many Hitlers running around." Comment from reader.


. . ."In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North was accused of “following Adolf Hitler’s official strategy”. What did one have to do with the other? Nothing. But this sort of lazy accusation had become typical and routine. William Shirer, who had also compared Nixon’s bombing of Hanoi to the Holocaust and called Nixon an “apt pupil” of Hitler (Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedheim was Goebbels), compared Reagan to Hitler for intervening in Grenada. Then Shirer compared Bush I to Hitler for trying to outlaw flag burning.

"By the Reagan years, the left had achieved a banality of Hitler analogies. Everything Reagan did was just like Hitler. All of Reagan’s associates were just like Hitler. It was Hitlers all the way down.

"President George W. Bush inherited this banality of Hitlers. To left-wing Truthers, open and covert, 9/11 was the Reichstag fire, the Patriot Act was the beginning of a national dictatorship and Bush was a dictator. As Kurt Vonnegut quipped, “The only difference between Bush and Hitler is that Hitler was elected.”

"Everyone, to leftists, is Hitler except the Islamic terrorists allied with Hitler who are trying to kill Jews today." . . .

Kamalanomics?

 

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Harris Misleadingly Cites Some Economic Analyses of Her Policies and Trump's - FactCheck.org   "In recent remarks, Vice President Kamala Harris has cited several economic analyses, claiming they found her plan would “strengthen the economy” and former President Donald Trump’s plan would “weaken it.” But that’s not exactly what some of those reports said.

"In a Sept. 19 campaign event with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Harris criticized Trump’s economic plans, saying that he wanted to give “another tax break for billionaires and the biggest corporations that would add $5 trillion to our deficit” and that he had proposed “what I call a Trump sales tax, which is basically he’s going to put a 20% tax on everyday necessities, that economists have estimated will cost the average American $4,000 more a year, which is why Goldman Sachs, which is why Moody’s, which is why Wharton School of Business, which is why 16 Nobel laureates have collectively determined after analyzing our plans, one, mine would strengthen the economy, his would weaken it. Two, that on his plan, he would actually blow up inflation and invite a recession by the middle of next year.”

"We’ve written before about Harris’ characterization of Trump’s plans. The $5 trillion figure is the estimated 10-year cost of extending all the tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which Trump signed in December 2017, but those tax changes benefited people of all income groups — not only billionaires and big corporations. Harris’ reference to “a Trump sales tax” costing average Americans $4,000 a year is a high-end estimate from a liberal think tank about Trump’s plan for “universal baseline tariffs” on imports." . . .

Kamala Harris ignores food inflation question at townhall, burbles into word salad about 'gouging' and Trump   . . ."Food inflation has risen 21.3% since the day Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, and with no corresponding rise in wages. But many items sold at groceries are even higher, with some estimates showing food prices higher in the 30% range.

"Voter after voter has said he or she would like some kind of credible answer to the question of what Kamala Harris would actually do to bring down food costs.

"At a townhall meeting with CNN's Anderson Cooper hosting, they didn't get it." . . .

 . . ."Yet Harris has no answer to that, either, because she has no answer to inflation. She offers up a smorgasbord of little subsidies and remedies to this or that special interest group in her canned and repetitive answers, all of which would make inflation worse, but she has no insight about where inflation comes from, or the horrors of food inflation that hits voters every time they try to get a bite to eat.

"She fails to give answers not only because she doesn't know where inflation comes from, but because she wouldn't like the answer she would have to give if she did, which is to cut government spending. So she'll just keep trying to change the topic and expect every voter to vote for her anyway.

"That would explain why Harris isn't about to change her propensity to ignore voters and give them actual answers."

NON-CITIZENS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN MINNESOTA: Shocking Footage Reveals 31% of Interviewed Residents at One Apartment Complex Admit to Being Non-Citizens Registered to Vote

For the sake of political power, Democrats have turned America into a third-world puppet state. TD

The Gateway Pundit  

"This exchange is just one of many captured in the shocking footage, which showcases residents openly admitting that they are non-citizens who have somehow been registered to vote."

"Footage has emerged showing a disturbing trend of non-citizens being registered to vote in Minnesota.

"The footage, obtained by Anthony Rubin, CEO of Muckraker, exposes the ease with which non-citizens are being swept into the state’s voter rolls, thanks in part to Governor Tim Walz’s policies that are undermining the integrity of Minnesota’s elections.

"In the video published by Oversight Project, 31% of those interviewed at a single apartment complex admitted to being non-citizens who are nonetheless registered to vote.

"This comes on the heels of two controversial laws passed by the Minnesota state legislature under Walz’s leadership.

"The first, the Driver’s License for All bill, allows non-citizens—regardless of immigration status—to obtain driver’s licenses.

“ 'Ensuring drivers in our state are licensed and carry insurance makes the roads safer for all Minnesotans,” said Governor Walz. “As a longtime supporter of this bill, I am proud to finally sign it into law, making our roads safer and moving us toward our goal of making Minnesota the best state to raise a family for everyone .”

"The second, the Democracy for the People Act, automatically registers individuals to vote through the state’s Driver and Vehicle Services, raising serious concerns about the potential for non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to be mistakenly or even intentionally added to the voter rolls.

"According to Minnesota’s Secretary of State’s office, “Before this law, applicants at Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) needed to check a box “opting in” to voter registration. Under the new law, the eligible applicants will be registered without needing to affirmatively “opt in.” . . .


There's a New October Surprise Directed at Trump. Don't Fall For It.

‘I Worked For John Kelly And Don’t Believe Him’: No One’s Buying Atlantic ‘Trump Loves Hitler’ Smear


"The Atlantic’s “Trump loves Hitler” hit-piece hit a snag as several people who worked alongside — and for — retired Marine General John Kelly have come out to publicly dispute his claims.. . .

. . .“I worked for John Kelly and don’t believe him,” Mercedes Schlapp said in a post on X. “His last ditch effort to stop Donald Trump is desperate. This is a personal vendetta from a staffer who failed at his job and believed as a chief of staff that he should have been the ultimate decisionmaker. President Trump loves America, will preserve our freedoms, and has done more for the Jewish people than any other president.” . . .

Guardian Hit Piece Alleging Trump Groped Model Rapidly Debunked on Social Media   . . ."As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, Williams was a pro-Obama activist.

Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the allegations in this latest smear campaign are “unequivocally false.”

“These accusations, made by a former activist for Barack Obama and announced on a Harris campaign call two weeks before the election, are unequivocally false. It’s obvious this fake story was contrived by the Harris campaign,” Karoline Leavitt told The Guardian." . . .

 PJ Media   "On Wednesday night, another “October Surprise” story against Donald Trump dropped, and like the others, it doesn’t pass the smell test.

"According to the story, which The Guardian published, a former model named Stacey Williams, “who says she met Donald Trump through the late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein... has accused the former president of groping and sexually touching her in an incident in Trump Tower in 1993, in what she believed was a ‘twisted game’ between the two men.”

"It was curious that after it broke, I couldn’t find any domestic media outlets that had picked it up. I’m not sure if this is the October Surprise that sources reportedly shopped around to the likes of Mark Halperin or not, but this story has a lot of problems with it.

The timing is suspicious

"Donald Trump has been in the public eye for decades and has run three presidential campaigns, yet this story is only coming out now, less than two weeks before the presidential election?

"Williams told CNN, which picked up the story on Thursday, that the timing has nothing to do with the election.

“ 'The thought of that monster being back in the White House is my absolute worst nightmare,” she said.

"Apparently, it didn’t bother her when he ran for president in 2016 or 2020. I wonder why.

Williams was an Obama activist

"Even CNN noted that Williams has been “a Democratic supporter since high school, and she’s been engaged as a Democratic volunteer for decades,” as well as a climate activist who was part of Clean Tech for Obama back in 2008, which raised over $2 million for Obama’s campaign." . . .

IDF Kills Hamas Terrorist Who Murdered Dozens in Shelter; Was UNRWA Employee

What? No cries of "Genocide!" on American campuses? Is this what our keffiyeh-wearing students mean when shouting  "Death to Israel!"? The Tunnel Dweller

 Joel Pollak, Breitbart  "The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday that it had killed a Hamas commander who led the attack on dozens of civilians on October 7, 2023, who had fled the Nova music festival and hidden in roadside shelters.

"In addition to being a mass murderer, the IDF said, Mohammad Abu Itiwi had also worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).


. . ."The IDF also provided documentation with evidence that Mohammed Abu Itiwi had been employed by UNRWA.

"The shelters were the scenes of some of the most brutal murders on October 7. Many such shelters, made of concrete, stand alongside bus stops in southern Israel, due to the threat of rocket fire that existed for years before October 7." . . .

. . ."The shelters were painted over and still stand today as memorials to the fallen, visited by thousands of Israelis.

"Thursday marked the anniversary of the October 7 terror attack on the Hebrew calendar, on 22 Tishrei 5784." . . .


Hillary's jealousy rears it's ugly head; Democrats trolling for an assassin?

"Hatred is the essence of the left. Even Caroline Glick wrote that the left needed to abandon hatred, but hatred is the fundamental characteristic of the left. Because that hatred is projected outwards onto others, leftists don’t realize that it is leftists that are the haters. The left is cleverly designed so that its useful idiots can project their hatred onto others, and thereby imagine that the left stands for peace and love. It is hatred that holds the left together." Algorithmic Analyst

Hillary Clinton says Trump is going to Madison Square Garden to 'reenact' the 1939 Nazi rally 

 "[Hillary] explained: 'Neo-Nazis, fascists, in America were lining up to essentially pledge their support for the kind of government that they were seeing in Germany. So I don't think we can ignore it.' "

Consider the source.

"Hillary Clinton has made an extraordinary claim Donald Trump is holding a rally at Madison Square Garden to 'reenact' a Nazi event at the same venue 85 years ago.

"Trump's 2016 Democratic rival is still out railing against him and warning Americans against giving him another term with just 12 days left until Election Day.

"The former Secretary of State said Trump is seeking to 'reenact' the Nazi rally that took place in the New York City venue just over six months before the start of World War II.

"She was agreeing with former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's classification of Trump as a 'fascist.' and urged voters to 'open their eyes' and stop Trump from winning.

" 'The term fits,' she told CNN host Kaitlan Collins on Thursday. " . . .

How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?

The Babylon Bee shows us that Hillary was made for parody!

"9 Ways Trump Is Exactly Like Hitler"    "If you've watched any CNN over the past 8 years, you already know that Trump is literally Hitler. But what you may not know is just how similar the two fascist dictators really are. Here are 9 ways Trump is exactly the same as Hitler:" . . .

. . ."If you rearrange the letters in "Trump" (while eliminating the U, M, and P and adding H, I, L, and E), it spells "Hitler": OK, this is just getting scary..."

Mike Lee Says Kamala ‘Trolling for Assassins’ With Hitler Rhetoric  

"Harris’s remarks referred to a highly criticized Atlantic piece in which one anonymous source claimed that Trump mocked a dead soldier and praised Hitler’s generals. The piece has been widely denounced by the deceased soldier’s sister, as well as people in Trump’s circles, as false and “dishonest.' ” 

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Donald Trump expressed openness to creating a reparations fund for victims of crimes committed by Biden's illegal immigrants

 Whatfinger News 

 "BREAKING: Trump has stated that he is open to establishing a federal compensation fund for Americans harmed by illegal immigrants admitted into the
country 
under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Can we make the Democrats pay for it?" . . .

 

 

  • In an interview, Donald Trump expressed openness to creating a reparations fund for victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants under Biden’s administration.
  • He compared the proposed fund to the one established for victims of the 9/11 attacks.
  • Trump also criticized Kamala Harris for being “lazy” on the campaign trail and emphasized his focus on securing the border, tackling inflation, and restoring the military.

Quotes:

  • “I’ve met so many families decimated by these people.”
  • “We have to get those borders closed.”
  • “She’s got no stamina.”
  • BREAKING: Trump says he is open to creating a federal compensation fund for Americans harmed by illegal immigrants let into the country under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

UPDATED: Democrats and Never Trumpers Attack Sister of Slain Hispanic U.S. Army Soldier for Voting for Trump

Kristina Wong; Breitbart

"Democrats and Never Trumpers are spending the closing days of the 2024 presidential election attacking the sister of a slain Hispanic U.S. Army soldier because she said she voted for former President Donald Trump.

"Mayra Guillén — the younger sister of U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who was killed by a fellow soldier in 2020 — has spoken out in recent days after an anonymously sourced hit piece in the Atlantic claimed that former President Donald Trump called her sister a “fucking Mexican.”

"Guillén said in a post on X immediately after the piece published that Trump has shown nothing but respect for her family and revealed that she actually voted for him. She posted:

Wow. I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my sister’s death for politics- hurtful & disrespectful to the important changes she made for service members. President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today. . . .

Vanessa Guillen’s sister and family attorney slam Atlantic editor for claiming Trump dissed murdered Army servicewoman: ‘He outright LIED’   "The  family attorney and the sister of slain Texas soldier Vanessa Guillen both dismissed a report in the Atlantic Tuesday alleging that former President Donald Trump refused to pay for the Army specialist’s funeral and disparaged her ethnicity. 

Vanessa Guillen
The piece, written by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, claims Trump fumed about a $60,000 bill he received from Guillen’s family for her funeral during a December 2020 Oval Office meeting – allegedly telling aides that “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f—king Mexican.”

“Don’t pay it!” Trump ordered his then chief of staff Mark Meadows, after previously telling the Guillen family he would assist with Vanessa’s funeral expenses, according to Goldberg. Mayra Guillen, Vanessa’s sister, slammed the Atlantic report as “hurtful & disrespectful,” and
indicated that the former president treated her family with “respect” in the aftermath of sister’s brutal killing. 

“Wow,” Mayra wrote on X, in response to Goldberg’s reporting. “I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my sister’s death for politics – hurtful & disrespectful to the important changes she made for service members.”

“President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa,” she added. “In fact, I voted for President Trump today.” 

Natalie Khawam, an attorney for the Guillen family, accused the Atlantic editor of lying in the piece." . . . 

Jeffrey Goldberg goes after family of slain soldier for criticizing his latest hit piece UPDATED 10/25  

"Not only did he misrepresent our conversation but he outright LIED in HIS sensational story. More importantly, he used and exploited my clients, and Vanessa Guillen’s murder … for cheap political gain," Guillen family lawyer Natalie Khawam said about Goldberg. "I would like to also point out that the timing of this 'story' is quite suspicious, as this supposed conversation that Trump had would have occurred over 4 years ago! Why a story about it now?!"