The White House Romanovs (UPDATED)

We thought the Romanov dynasty was extinguished in 1917 following the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. It appears that it's alive and well in the White (Supremacist) House of narcissistic man-toddler Donald "Rump" Trump.  The elevation of his favorite (ahem) daughter Ivanka "Complicit" Trump and her prince consort husband Jared "Mr. Ivanka Trump" Kushner to advisory positions in the White House reeks of nepotism and conflict of interest (especially since neither has shed their private business interests).  It's one thing to use the spotlight of the Presidency to shill for your clothing / jewelry / real estate businesses, but it's another for Complicit to have a prominent place in meetings with foreign heads of state:

With Japanese P.M. Shinzo Abe

With Canadian P.M. Justin Trudeau

With German Chancellor Angela Merkel

There's more than a little "royal family" vibe going on here. Is Rump grooming her to be a future candidate for office? Or is this simply a case of signaling to foreign leaders that doing business with the family is good business for their countries? Either way, it's a betrayal of public trust and a misuse of their official positions for personal gain. In a just world, it would be one of many grounds for his well-earned impeachment.

UPDATE:

Rump's Royal Court (UPDATED)

There are growing signs that neo-fascist sociopath Donald "Rump" Trump is confusing the Presidency with a monarchy, specifically in the roles his "royal" family are playing in the transition and beyond. From asking about Government security clearances for his grown children, to son-in-law Jared "Christie Jailed My Dad" Kushner's role as vengeful hatchet man and horse's ass whisperer to Rump, and now to daughter Ivanka's sitting in on yesterday's meeting between her father and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, clearly because of her foreign policy experience. Whether King Rump wants his princess and princelings to run the government while he sleeps late at Trump Tower remains to be seen (they will be in competition with extremist and royal jester Mike "Dense" Pense for the delegated Presidency).

Beyond the optics of a royal "court" are the serious questions of conflicts of interest, from the fairly trivial (Ivanka's hawking of her jewelry) to the significant (Rump's possible dealings with Russian oligarchs beholden to his friend Vladimir Putin). Rump trusts that he'll be able to get away with the conflicts because he'll have his reality-averse cult followers backing him up, and threatening Rethugs who break ranks. Let's hope that officials in the "permanent" Government -- the Justice Department, Treasury, CIA, etc., if not the Rethug Congress --  won't be unpatriotic in looking the other way while Rump mixes business with governing, always for his financial benefit.

BONUS:

Ivanka is Trump's Dick Cheney, right?

— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 18, 2016

2. But who is in the room when Trump has his first meeting with the Japanese. Ivanka!

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 18, 2016

4. Lets say later Ivanka wants to build a hotel in Japan and needs permits. Think she'll have a problem?

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 18, 2016

(photo: Reuters)