Trump support erosion, Kellyanne's cost, coal to the rescue!

Satire from Ted Block

AROUND THE BLOCK

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Trump annoyed about fake reports of his eroding support

Kellyanne’s TV appearance on the issue is her first in two months; begs the question: How much does she cost taxpayers?

The Washington Post reported today that President Trump is clearly rankled by the notion that his political support is slipping, pushing back against the idea during a barrage of tweets Monday from his Bedminster, N.J., golf club, where aides said he is having a “working vacation.

Despite this, one of Trump’s most trusted advisors, Kellyanne Conway, acknowledged the erosion in an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

But who cares what she says. More important is how often she says things and at what cost to the American taxpayer.

Conway’s appearance on “This Week” was her first appearance on TV since a disastrous interview in June on CNN. This is incredible, as Conway was the face and voice of the Trump campaign and in the early months of the administration, appearing on TV more often than “Seinfeld” reruns.

More incredible is what Conway’s lack of activity is actually costing America.

Conway’s annual salary as a senior White House advisor is $179,700 or $14,975 a month. With two appearances in two months, Conway is taking in almost $15,000 per appearance!

When questioned by “Around the Block” about what her lack of visibility is costing the U.S. taxpayer, Conway immediately and typically pushed back.

“You’ve got it all wrong; I’ve been around the whole time on a special assignment – on the road trying to find solutions to opioid abuse,” Conway said.

When “Around the Block” questioned her about that assignment, given that the president had specifically made the opioid abuse problem one of Jared Kushner’s eight high-level jobs, Conway was quick with an answer, telling us, “You’re right. Frankly, I’ve been temporarily filling in for Jared while he was meeting with the Russians. But now, because of the Mueller witch hunt, that might be over, so he’s back finding solutions to the opioid abuse problem.”

And as for Conway?

“Now that the president has increased coal supplies by mandating coal mining on public lands, I’ll be spreading the word to those Americans who are suffering from the shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp, the country’s other devastating epidemic, that the cost of coal tar therapeutic shampoo is coming down. Now tell me that’s not worth $179,700 a year!”