Shares of Square Inc. SQ, -13.57% plunged 15% in morning trade Thursday, putting them on track for the biggest selloff this year, in the wake of the fintech company's announcement that Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar was leaving. Raymond James analyst John Davis said the "rockstar CFO" leaving is a "blow to the company," as Friar ran a significant portion of Square's day-to-day operations given Chief Executive Jack Dorsey's dual duty as Twitter Inc. TWTR, +0.24% CEO. "As for the stock, we expect continued pressure in the near term…given uncertainty created by Ms. Friar's departure and lack of valuation support anywhere in sight," Davis wrote in a note to clients. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Andrew Jeffrey said Friar's leadership may have been more instrumental to Square's emergence as an impressive growth story. "As a result, we would probably have to see a material discount to become constructive [on the stock]," Jeffrey wrote. The stock, which is headed for the biggest selloff since Nov. 27, 2017, has still gained 90% year to date while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.02% has tacked on 3%.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/squares-stock-tumbles-toward-biggest-drop-this-year-after-cfo-departure-2018-10-11

A New York artist is encouraging dogs to urinate on the US President by leaving small statues of Donald Trump around Brooklyn with the accompanying sign ‘Pee On Me’.

The ‘art exhibit’ is by Phil Gable, who serves as creative director for the brand content company Porcupine Armadillo. Gable said the purpose of the installation is to add "a little moment of levity" to the generally depressing political climate, but admitted to VICE it was also a personal expression of his own personal “disdain for Donald Trump”.

We are honored to do the Lord's work…https://t.co/osNYJUi9kVpic.twitter.com/v0d5YyaBld

— Porcupine Armadillo (@PorcupineArmad1) October 10, 2018

“I’ve always loved political humor,” the artist told told NBC, adding that with the current administration “people need some good laughs just to make it through the day.”

@billmaher Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/TyS4RdnMD3

— Porcupine Armadillo (@PorcupineArmad1) October 10, 2018

Gable set up five of the tiny Trump busts in locations around Brooklyn and he plans to expand the operation to neighboring borough Manhattan.

“If I can give them a laugh and a little break from their day, that's great,” he said. “And if this gets anyone at any point in the political spectrum to contemplate the concept of decency at a time when this administration is being so hostile to so many groups, that's good, too.”

@LastWeekTonight A few golden drops of sunshine for you. pic.twitter.com/gWP6loXSXD

— Porcupine Armadillo (@PorcupineArmad1) October 10, 2018

Gable said response to the artwork has been mixed with praise and criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. He says while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, he feels the artwork is “light-hearted” in comparison to the “mean-spirited” things Trump has said and done.

However he admits that his work isn’t to everyone’s taste. “Some very straight-laced Democrats have been offended because they think it's distasteful, and some Trump supporters have been offended because they think it's disrespectful,” he added.

https://www.rt.com/usa/440982-trump-pee-statue-brooklyn/

President Trump told Fox News he is “surprised” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein won’t testify Thursday on Capitol Hill about reports the Justice Department official suggested secretly wearing a wire to record the president, considering their conversation on Air Force One earlier this week.

“I’m a little surprised that Rod wouldn’t do it,” Trump said during a lengthy interview on “Fox & Friends.”

The president was referring to the stalled negotiations to bring Rosenstein to Capitol Hill as early as Thursday to testify on the allegations. Those talks reached an impasse Wednesday, and some GOP lawmakers have even called for Rosenstein to be subpoenaed in response.

Without necessarily taking sides in that dispute, Trump on Thursday cited their meeting aboard Air Force One earlier this week. The president said they discussed Rosenstein’s reported comments – including that Rosenstein once suggested invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office last year. Rosenstein has denied seriously suggesting either.

GOP LAWMAKERS WANT ROSENSTEIN SUBPOENA, AS TALKS HIT IMPASSE

“He mentioned certain things to me that you know are very positive about that event,” Trump said. “I would imagine you would want to put that down. And frankly, whether you were under oath or not shouldn't matter. But he mentioned things to me that I would think would be fine for him to testify.”

The New York Times first reported the details of the alleged discussions between Rosenstein and senior FBI officials in May 2017, one day before Rosenstein appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to oversee the Russia investigation.

After the allegations surfaced, Fox News reported on Sept. 22, based on a source who was in the meeting, that Rosenstein's "wire" comments were viewed as "sarcastic."

Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Thursday confirmed to Fox News that Rosenstein told Trump his comments on wiretapping were “sarcastic.” Further, he said Trump did not believe Rosenstein considered invoking the 25th Amendment to oust him.

Rosenstein previously released a statement saying, "I never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false."

But as reported by Fox News, former FBI general counsel James A. Baker told congressional investigators during a closed-door deposition last week that two senior FBI officials at the time told him they believed Rosenstein was “serious.”

The original Times report triggered new tensions between the White House and DOJ, where Rosenstein oversees the Mueller-led probe. But Trump later met with Rosenstein, assuring his job is safe at least for now, and said Thursday he gets along with his deputy attorney general.

On Wednesday, the Washington Post also reported that Rosenstein and then-acting FBI director Andrew McCabe feuded in front of Mueller in May 2017, with both urging each other to recuse themselves from the Russia probe.

Asked during his Fox News interview if he bonded with Rosenstein over distrust of McCabe, Trump took aim at both McCabe and former FBI director James Comey, calling them both "bad." He praised Rosenstein for writing a memo recommending Comey's firing.

“Andy McCabe is a bad guy,” Trump said. “And Comey is a very bad guy. … This country got very lucky when I fired him. And, as you know, Rod wrote a big memo about how horrible … Comey is. He is a horrible guy and he lied and he leaked.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-surprised-rosenstein-wont-testify-after-hearing-his-side-of-the-wire-story.amp