Fox Business' Lou Dobbs slams Trump 'dynasty' as '1 of the dumbest things' a populist candidate could promise

Lou Dobbs.
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"Build that dynasty" is a bit at odds with every other thing President Trump has promised.

Yet in a direct contradiction to Trump's 2016 campaign promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington, D.C., Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale claimed Saturday that the "Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades." Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, who is usually on Trump's side, succinctly called out Parscale's contradiction in a Monday morning tweet.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.