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According to the Daily Record, Ramsay said "thank you but no thank you" to an invitation to prepare a banquet during an official visit to the UK earlier this year.

In response, Trump supporters have slammed the silver-tongued chef online, calling him a "f**king idiot" for turning down the opportunity.

"This guy is rude and mean," wrote one Facebook user.

"Why would the president or any president want him at the White House? I wouldn't want this foul mouth at my home."

Trump is infamous for using coarse language himself, both before and after he became US president. There are easily found videos online of the former Celebrity Apprentice host using the C-word and F-word, along with the notorious audio of him bragging about grabbing women by their genitals.

But it's not just Ramsay's language Trump fans have lashed out at. Another upset commenter attacked his culinary skills, saying: "Chef Ramsey [sic] refuses to cook a steak passed [sic] medium-rare."

"So he will never cook for me I will not eat his trashy raw meat. He does have the right to refuse to serve any but that should also be with a good reason."

Some three years ago, Ramsay proclaimed he would like to cook dinner for Trump's then-political rival, Hilary Clinton.

One self-proclaimed chef and "anti-feminist" on Twitter wrote of Ramsay: "Such a shame and disappointment".

"I still respect his status as a chef, but as a person.. I just can't anymore... anyone who believes Hillary is a more worthy person to serve food to than our great president, or anyone for that matter, is a f**king idiot."

Meanwhile, fans of the Kitchen Nightmares star have praised the decision, claiming Trump would "rather have McDonald's than have a gourmet meal made by a world-class chef".

"I knew I liked his foul mouth for more than one reason," one tweet read.

Last week, reports surfaced claiming Trump had cauliflower hidden in his mashed potatoes according to the doctor who used to be charged with his health.

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Rep.John Garamendi(D-Calif.) on Friday threatened a serious altercation if he came face to face with Donald Trump Jr. after the presidents son suggested Democrats wanted the coronavirus to kill millions of Americans to end his fathers streak of winning.

He should not be near me when he says that. There would be a serious altercation, Garamendi told MSNBCs Hallie Jackson.That is just totally outrageous. That is totally outrageous. I can assure you theres not a Democrat or Republican in Congress that wants anybody to be sick.

What we are concerned about is the administrations response to this illness, Garamendi explained, before criticizing the messy way in which the Trump White House has handled the developing crisis.

Don Jr. better not get anyplace close to me. It would not be a healthy situation, concluded Garamendi, whose district reportedly contains what health officials believe isthe first so-called community spread example of the virus in America. The virus causes the flu-like respiratory disease COVID-19.

Andy Surabian, a spokesman for Trump Jr., condemned Garamendis comments, describing them to Fox News as outrageous and beyond the pale, also criticizing Jacksons lack of pushback or condemnation.

By threatening Don Jr. with physical violence on national TV, Congressman Garamendi made clear to everyone watching that he is better suited to represent Antifa than the people of Californias 3rd Congressional District, Surabian added, demanding an immediate apology from the lawmaker.

Garamendi later clarified his comments on Twitter, saying there is no threat of physical violence but he can expect a strong verbal altercation.

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Some of the world's largest and most powerful banks spent the past decade mired in scandal, but none descended as far into ignominy as Germany's Deutsche Bank. Its rap sheet includes a staggering array of ethical and legal lapses, including money laundering, tax fraud and sanctions violations not to mention mysterious ties to President Trump that federal investigators are even now looking into.

How this plodding, conservative bank from a country famous for diligence and thrift turned into the most infamous casino on Wall Street is the subject of David Enrich's excellent, deeply reported book Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction.

It is by now a familiar story. "This proud national icon was seduced by the siren song of Wall Street riches," Enrich writes. Thanks partly to deregulation, big firms such as Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch were coming up with tantalizing new ways to make money, and by 1994 Deutsche Bank wanted a piece of the action.

It started by recruiting Edson Mitchell, an American executive from Merrill, who believed Deutsche Bank's "stubborn Germanness was the main impediment to unleashing its full animal spirits." Mitchell set about building a global markets operation, not at the bank's Frankfurt headquarters but in London, where he could function more independently. He hired a staff of "bloodthirsty piranhas" from Wall Street who knew how to push boundaries, as Enrich's tale tells.

Among them was Bill Broeksmit, a risk management genius who subsequently killed himself as regulators were moving in on the bank and whose death is the mystery Enrich uses to frame the story.

Mitchell died early in a plane crash, but the machinery he built kept chugging along. Enrich tells the story of its rise and fall in the careful style of a good newspaper reporter (he is an editor at The New York Times) but allows the complicated material to unfold like a good novel.

Over time, he writes, Deutsche Bank became less German and more global, so much so that the bank had to post a sign in its London lobby explaining how to say "Deutsche." Too many of the American traders were pronouncing it "douche bank."

With the piranhas in charge, Deutsche Bank eventually became the biggest bank in the world, with 90,000 employees and some $2 trillion in assets almost the size of the German economy, Enrich notes. Despite that, it was a clumsily managed place. The bank's antiquated computer system made it difficult for senior management to monitor London's activities, even if they'd wanted to and it's not clear they did. Management tended to look the other way when employees broke the rules, even when they did business with dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin and their friends. "Even by the amoral standards of Wall Street, Deutsche exhibited a jarring lack of interest in its clients' reputations," Enrich writes.

Just how disconnected the bank became can be seen in its ongoing relationship with a then New York real estate developer named Donald Trump, whose multiple bankruptcies had made him a pariah in the banking world. One part of Deutsche Bank turned down Trump's request for a loan. But the private banking division, which catered to the rich and famous, arranged the loan anyway and then, when Trump stopped making payments, arranged another one.

Trump's murky relationship with Deutsche Bank is still under congressional investigation, so Enrich's story is necessarily incomplete. Still, the book has enough detail to make its case that Deutsche Bank was more than just one more rogue bank; it is a cautionary tale of what happens when a bank pursues profits at any cost, without being weighed down by pesky moral scruples.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) President Donald Trump is planning a campaign stop in Colorado Springs this week. Colorado RepublicanSen.Cory Gardner will join the president during a rally on Feb. 20 at the Broadmoor World Arena.

The rally is set to start at 5 p.m. local time. Tickets are available online on a first come, first served basis.

Gardner for Senate Communications Director Jerrod Dobkin issued the following statement ahead of the rally:

Senator Gardner is looking forward to joining President Trump to tout all the great accomplishments they have delivered to Colorado, including the BLM headquarters, Space Force, delivering clean drinking water to fifty thousand Coloradans, record low unemployment, and more. Senator Gardner is hopeful both Democrats and Republicans will want to celebrate these successes.

Colorado Democratic Party spokesman David Pourshoushtari released the following statement Thursday evening:

Cory Gardners a spineless yes-man whos sold out Colorado to Donald Trump time and time again. Whether its their numerous attacks on Coloradans healthcare or raiding millions of dollars from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, its no wonder theyre both so profoundly unpopular here in Colorado. We rejected Trump in 2016, and well reject him and his enabler Cory Gardner at the ballot box this November.

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John Meredith, of Huntsville, is a former Capitol Hill lobbyist who was recognized as one of the countrys 100 most influential Black Republicans.

In a nation claiming reverence for the Lord, an oath before God cannot be meaningless.

In a nation claiming to respect the rule of law, breaking those laws can never be excused, even if it furthers the cause of a political party. In a nation where trial and punishment are only visited upon ones political enemies and those without means, justice is impossible.

Ignoring the role of Attorney General William Barr in orchestrating the demise of the rule of law in America, three actions taken by POTUS in particular have forever stained the legacy of American jurisprudence and symbolize the end to the unbiased administration of justice.

John Meredith is a contributing columnist for AL.com.John Meredith

First, and arguably the most nefarious, was granting a pardon to Arizonas disgraced xenophobic Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Convicted of disobeying a federal judge's order to stop racial profiling in detaining people thought to be in the U.S. illegally, President Trump pardoned Arpaio before he was even sentenced for his crime. What makes this act so detrimental to our criminal justice system is that POTUS used the constitutional power of his office to block a federal judge's effort to enforce the Constitution itself.

The next action taken by the President threatening the rule of law was his instructing recipients of duly served subpoenas not to honor the compulsion of their appearance. Investigation is indispensable to addressing crime. Subpoenas compel those with knowledge of a crime to share that knowledge with law enforcement or the courts. Without the knowledge gained through subpoenaed testimony, the majority of crime in America will not be prosecuted due to lack of evidence and our streets would soon teem with unaccountable felons.

The latest presidential act to redefine American justice involves the sentencing memo for convicted felon, Roger Stone. Since the 1980s, every federal criminal case resulting in conviction employs the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for determining punishment. In Stones case, POTUS has defied his own Department of Justice by preemptively encouraging leniency to his friend, regardless of the standard to which others violating the same laws are held.

The aforementioned trifecta of judicial breaches affects both pretrial and trial viability. In addition, it mitigates findings of guilt both before and after sentencing. As a result, we now have trials without proper evidence or fact witnesses. As a result, convicted criminals may well escape punishment if their crimes benefited the rich or powerful while granting no recourse for the falsely accused.

In other words, the faithful administration of justice is functionally impossible in America today. What remains is the illusion of justice. The weight of that illusion is borne entirely by those without influence and administered by the unaccountable hands of those without mercy.

Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the attack on law and order in America is the failure to protect those who come forward after witnessing blatantly illegal acts. They are the bedrock of American jurisprudence. They must be protected from retaliation, not terrorized for bearing witness to the truth.

Upon further reflection, the plethora of openly brazen political payoffs to partisan Senate jurors for the willful violation of their impeachment oaths, is the worst element of Donald Trumps assault on truth and justice. One documented example of this flagrant miscarriage of justice occurred only days after the vote for acquittal when Senator Lisa Murkowski miraculously landed a $20 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for port infrastructure development in her home state of Alaska.

A Christian nation that fails to embody biblical teachings is an anathema to God. A democracy that does not administer justice blindly is destined for autocracy. Before the Founding Fathers roll over in their graves ashamed of what we have done with their greatest gift, citizens must summon the courage to demand the restoration of the rule of law in America. Until then, those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom will have done so in vain.

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