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riversedge

(81,770 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:01 AM 2 hrs ago

Rodney Mims Cook Jr - the man charged with overseeing Trump's ballroom and arch projects - was in no mood to speak to th

sure margo!!


Rodney Mims Cook Jr - the man charged with overseeing Trump’s ballroom and arch projects - was in no mood to speak to the press in St Petersburg today. Marco Rubio said he was “unaware” a US delegation was at the International Economic Forum, once dubbed “Putin’s Davos”. Surreal!


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Rodney Mims Cook Jr - the man charged with overseeing Trump's ballroom and arch projects - was in no mood to speak to th (Original Post) riversedge 2 hrs ago OP
Isn't Russia under some sort of sanctions? Prairie Gates 2 hrs ago #1
I've read his last name as "Crook". Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #2
I am ashamed this prissy POS is from Atlanta. His father apparently was a good guy. Look at this slappable face CurtEastPoint 1 hr ago #3

Prairie Gates

(8,529 posts)
1. Isn't Russia under some sort of sanctions?
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:08 AM
2 hrs ago

Wouldn't this fool have to get some kind of permission from the State Department to visit St. Petersburg?

The guy building the Ballroom and the Arch is at a Putin event in sanctioned Russia? What. The. Actual. Fuck?

CurtEastPoint

(20,114 posts)
3. I am ashamed this prissy POS is from Atlanta. His father apparently was a good guy. Look at this slappable face
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:59 AM
1 hr ago
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