For decades, presidents avoided even the appearance of profiting from their office.
Harry Truman refused to lend his name to any business, even in retirement. Richard Nixon so feared a brother might profit off their ties, he had his phone tapped. And George W. Bush dumped his individual stock holdings before taking office.
Donald Trump is taking a different approach.
The family real estate business is undergoing the fastest overseas expansion since its founding a century ago, each deal potentially shaping everything from tariffs to military aid.
Led by Eric, and his brother, Donald Jr., the family business has expanded into cryptocurrencies with ventures that brought in billions of dollars but raised questions about whether some big investors received favorable treatment in return.
Man, yet another thing on the pile of things easily avoidable by FUCKING VOTING.
Well, Kamala cackled and there was the genocide, so I so tots had to stay home and/or vote for a bullshit party. Or at least do so much bitching about the Democratic Party that I convinced others to take that course of action!
And I don’t feel the least bit sorry for it, because I’m Morally Superior! Toodles!
–More than a few conversations I’ve had with a few maximalist contrarians. Some of it IRL, unfortunately.
If every moral abstainer/third party voter had voted for Kamala in 2024, Trump would still be President. There simply weren’t enough of them to matter.