Howard Schultz…Please Don’t Run for POTUS

Donald Trump and I finally agree on something, that being–former Seattle Sonics owner Howard Schultz has no business running for President of the United States as an independent.

I laughed when I saw the Scott Pelly piece on Sixty Minutes. This is the same Howard Schultz who as owner of the Seattle Super Sonics bailed out on his city of Seattle by selling the team to Oklahoma City’s ownership group headed by Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon. He couldn’t get a new arena built in Seattle after five years of haggling. David Stern became weary of the situation with the franchise, and then Schultz sold the franchise to a group from Oklahoma he knew had virtually no chance of getting an arena built in the Seattle area.

Then to save face, he filed a lawsuit against the Clay Bennett group after they of course failed to get financial support from Seattle and moved the team to Oklahoma as every fourth grader in Oklahoma knew they would do upon the purchase of the team.

So…this Howard Schultz is the guy who is gong to navigate the complex problems of the presidency?

I find that amusing.

Trump may actually have this one right in that I can’t imagine the coffee billionaire is tough enough to handle the job. If I were to vote for a billionaire independent maybe I’d vote for Michael Bloomberg or maybe either Bill or Melinda Gates, but in no way would I take Howard Schultz seriously.

So answer me this, if you as one of the most visible CEO’s in Seattle can’t get an arena built in your own hometown, then explain to me how you’d get anything accomplished dealing with the American Freedom Caucus.

Good luck with that.

If I were Howard Schultz I’d just focus on the foundation work and leave 2020 to someone who might have a clue as to how to handle the American Freedom Caucus and start getting some things done in this country again.

I’m not sure who that person is or if one exists, but I’m fairly certain it isn’t Howard Schultz.

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