u.s. lawmakers on both sides, republicans and democrats, coming forward to say that the nba sold out the hong kong people in exchange for protesfi after silver made those comments saying that they endorse his right to free speech but not the essence of his tweet, cctv, that chinese broadcaster, said not other they going to to airing the rockets games, but they re going to halt airing all preseason nba games here in china, which is huge. that s a significant market. and ultimately this comes down to whether they re compromising and manipulating free speech and threatening profit in exchange, dave. that tv deal alone is worth a billion and a half dollars. that s not getting into the merchandising and other agreements. and lebron plays in china, he will have to weigh in. that will carry a lot of weight. thank you. matt stone and trey parker
market. look, china s coveted consumer market comes with big moral concessions for american companies. if history is a guide, companies make those concessions. the airline industry changed its dropdown menu so the taiwan flag or taiwan was not its own country because that angered the chinese. a taiwan emoji on a keyboard. tech companies are careful not to use those because they anger the chinese. hollywood also making concessions here. lebron james will be in china, he will have to walk that thin line that adam silver is. not really taking on the substance of the now deleted tweet from daryl morey, but suggesting they support all their organizations freedom of speech, freedom of expression, a very thin line to walk. more people watched the nba finals game in china than here in the united states, a massive market, a $1.5 billion tv deal. it ties into the commerce
sort of weeping with joy and pride and saying she did it, she did it, referring to his wife, kellyanne conway. and saying she managed this campaign, she got him elected. and he was just so deeply proud and truly happy for her in that moment. so it s sort of striking to see how things seem to have at least from a public point of view descended in just those two years. so when you ask is this sort of performance art for the trumpian era, it s a great question i ve been asking. is this sort of the james carville, mary matalin shtick? and the people in the president s orbit i ve talked to have said no. again, if you re not in a marriage, you don t know exactly what s going on. but they have said that this is their sense is that this is real and these are actually tension points and it s not just something to give them a book deal or tv deal after they leave the white house, or after she leaves the white house, rather. robert, here s how your colleagues at the post reported one of the
people i have talked to, no, if you are not in a marriage, you don t know what s going on. they sense this is real and these are actually tension points and it is not just something to you know give them a book deal or tv deal after they leave the white house or after she leaves the white house rather. robert, here is how your colleague reported. in a conversation with trump and with mnuchin, trump approached him and complimented him for not taking a job under attorney sessions. he said to me, i remember clearly you were smart to not work for that guy. he s so weak. trump complained few a few minutes that sessions should not recuse himself from the mueller investigation. i told him, i heard the recusal was very clear. i took great affront at that. what do you think is going on
did it, she did it. she managed this campaign and she got him elected. he was truly happy for her in that moment. it is strieking to see how froma public point of view descended in just those two years. is this performance arc for the trump s era. people i have talked to, no, if you are not in a marriage, you don t know what s going on. they sense this is real and these are actually tension points and it is not just something to you know give them a book deal or tv deal after they leave the white house or after she leaves the white house rather. repoobert, here is how your colleague reported. in a conversation with trump