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.
Or it could open the door to civil forfeiture of their crime money, with enough fines, penalties, and jail time to wipe the out for life. I like my way better.
Enforcement of the emoluments clause is all it takes. Enforcement is what’s failing in the US.
You need to get the sycophants out of congress first. Theyre all intentionally complicit. Ds and Rs.
It should lead to prison and new laws and constitutional amendments.
No new laws needed. Just enforce the emoluments clause.
We need to elect someone who, among other critical traits, is comfortable with approving bills to limit their own power and the power of their successors.
I don’t believe that will actually be possible.
We have laws against treason that just need to be enforced.
APNews is nothing but trump sane-washing now…
The capability had always been there but most people who reach that office understand who they’re there to serve: the people, not themselves. There’s also a fairly obvious conflict of interest along with it not being a particularly principled thing to do.
All of these things the orange moron lacks.
Politics has always attracted way more sleazy types than honourable types. This just fortifies that. How do we attract the honourable types, who are capable, but want nothing to do with this current bullshit?
The door’s been open…
It’s just trump is so bad at hiding it, everyone can notice.
The problem is most people still don’t understand it’s not new, just being obvious is new.
It’s not new, but the nazis are 100x more egregious… even more than Bush junior, who already deserved to be tried in the hague and imprisoned for life.
It’s not new, but the nazis are 100x more egregious
Yes…
That is a different way to say exactly what I had already said
