Trump Decision Due Today
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 16th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
Trump Decision Due Today
Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with NBC executives this morning to give them his final decision on whether he’ll do another season of his show Celebrity Apprentice — or leave the show to explore a run for president — “just hours before they are supposed to present their plans for the new fall season to advertisers,” the New York Post reports.
IMF Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested on sexual-assault charges, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The arrest could change the course of France’s presidential elections next year. Mr. Strauss-Kahn had been widely expected to leave the IMF soon to enter the race as the leading Socialist Party candidate, and was running ahead of President Nicolas Sarkozy in recent polls. The arrest likely scuttles Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s candidacy, and strengthens Mr. Sarkozy’s prospects, analysts said.”
New York Times: “Strauss-Kahn’s extramarital affairs have long been considered an open secret. But the legal charges against him — which include attempted rape, an illegal sexual act and an effort to sequester another person against her will — are of an entirely different magnitude, even in France and elsewhere in continental Europe, where voters have generally shown more lenience than Americans toward the sexual behavior of prominent politicians, most notably the sexual escapades of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy.”
Felix Salmon notes that at the very least Strauss-Kahn is guilty of low level corruption for accepting a $3,000 per night hotel room.
