These Are Trump's People

Campaigning in the New York state primary, Donald Trump declared, "These are my people!"  A bit later, he helpfully explained that "New York is . . . New York."  Thanks for clearing that up.

Although The Donald may peddle the baloney that John Doe and Jane Doe are "his people," remember that he's a tycoon.  More likely John and Jane are his servants.

Meet the three disreputable dogs running his campaign.  They are Trump's people.

OMFG!

Stone

Roger Stone, informal campaign adviser.  Recently threatened to ambush any non-Trump delegates at July's Cleveland convention by "visiting" in their hotel rooms for a little midnight persuasion.  He also wants Trump's delegates to sign a "loyalty pledge" to vote for Trump in every round of balloting.  Stone is a career right-wing lobbyist and a proud dirty trickster.  He got his start working for Tricky Dicky Nixon's CREEP (Committee to Re-Elect the President) of Watergate infamy.  Stone has a Nixon tattoo on his back.

Manafort

Paul Manafort, convention manager, i.e. delegate hunter/vote wrangler/midnight visitor.  Worked with Stone at the lobbying firm of Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly, an outfit known as the "Torturers Lobby."  Manafort represented dictators, guerrilla groups, oil sheiks, and murderous regimes and led efforts to supply them with U.S. guns and military equipment and government cash.  The client list included the likes of Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, Jonas Savimbi of Angola, and Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine.

Lewandowski

Corey Lewandowski, strong-arm campaign manager/bouncer.  Lobbyist for the right.  Got his start working for disgraced former Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), who was convicted of corruption.  Lewandowski then worked for Americans For Prosperity, one of the Koch brothers dark-money super-PACs.  He was recently charged with battery for roughly grabbing a reporter during a Trump event, and was once arrested for carrying a loaded handgun in the D.C. Congressional Office Building.

Trump's people.  They're thugs.