Par for the Course

In the White House recently,

Reality made a strange appearance:

The president's son-in-law, Kushner,

Lost his interim security clearance.

 

After fourteen months in the White House

Around classified info, the kid

Saw no FULL clearance, so

The FBI must know what he did.

 

And then we hear that businesses

Owned by Kushner received loans

After White House meetings with

Execs. Suspicious overtones?

 

The loans were in the tens of millions.

Does anyone see a problem here--

A problem of conflict of interest between

A puppet and a puppeteer?

 

Nearby, the Secretary of HUD,

Dr. Ben Carson, happened to get

For his office a 31,000-dollar

Fancy, new dining room set.*

 

This for a person who speaks out against

Making the lives of the poor too rosy,

For he has warned us in the past

Not to make housing for the poor too cozy.

 

So nepotism, conflicts of interest,

Hypocrisy…What else can we say

Is adding to all the chaos we see

Happening in Trumpland today?

 

-by Bob B (3-1-18)

*After a sizable public backlash, Carson later cancelled his dining room set order.