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@Lazarou no one ever even asked #Trump this time around if he was going to divest or separate business interest in any of his holdings. #emolumentsclause
#emolumentsclause
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"What did Merrick Garland do for four years?"
Merrick Garland refused to prosecute Donald Trump for his #January6th coup attempt, and for crimes documented in the #MuellerReport, and for his violations of the #EmolumentsClause. Garland delayed prosecuting Trump for other crimes long enough for Trump to escape justice.
They made #JimmyCarter sell his family peanut farm. So gross. "Crime Family Adds #CellPhone Plan to Grift List" Roadside assistance only valid if you can prove you beat a faggot or a trannie that day...
Gov't employees weren't allowed to rent the D.C. #PostOffice, but millions of international #bribes were washed through there, in his #hotel. Maybe #Ivanka wants to hawk Goya again, never mind the #EmolumentsClause...
#patent #collector #CrimeFamily #Trump #grift #Jared https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/16/trump-mobile-phone/6491750087262/
UPI · Trump Organization gets into the mobile phone business - UPI.comThe Trump Organization is getting into the mobile business, promoting a plan and a $499 smartphone at a Monday news conference.
To all the MAGA folks, do you not understand English? #EmolumentsClause
#GiftLink #EmolumentsClause needs work
'Vietnam ignored its own laws, granting concessions more generous than connected locals receive. Vietnamese officials explicitly stated the project required special support from the top ranks of the Vietnamese government because it was “receiving special attention from the Trump administration and President Donald Trump personally."'
Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex - The New York Times
The New York Times · Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq855lx87z3o
trump’s Qatari plane needs so many upgrades it may face flight restrictions and need a military escort —
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-qatari-plane-needs-many-171727881.html
The US Air Force has been tasked with modifying the Qatari jet gifted to trump. It could cost US $1B to upgrade — https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-air-force-tasked-modifying-130643537.html
#grift #Qatar #trump #emoluments #EmolumentsClause #folly #foolish #NatSec (as if anyone in this administration cares)
www.bbc.comUS defence officials confirm acceptance of Qatari plane for Air Force OneThe White House insists that the gift is legal, but some of Trump's biggest backers have criticised the deal.
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In the movie "No Way Out"* a crucial plot point is that the POTUS has received a GIFT of a jeweled box from Morocco which he fails to declare
It violated the #EmolumentsClause & becomes a danger to his Presidency
How quaint--In 1987 the Rule of Law still mattered
*No spoilers
i'm having trouble understanding why Senator Chris Murphy, who in many ways is the very embodiment of what it means to be a dude from #Connecticut, is the only member of Congress who seems to sufficiently both understand and relentlessly harp on the Trump family's crypto corruption but he's doing a great job and I'm here for it (even if he doesn't go into the fact that Trump is collaborating with Chinese organized crime companies and personalities like #Binance and Justin Sun)
Why is this kind of simple explanation of corruption so hard for the rest of the #Democrats?
I'm old enough to remember that the great #corruption of the 90s that got Republicans all riled up was Bill Clinton selling nights in the Lincoln bedroom. Did #FloridaMan complain about that too at the time? #EmolumentsClause
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Let's take a deep, cleansing breath and call this #LuxuryJet from #Qatar exactly what it is:
"Baksheesh (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh[1]) ... and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia. "
These are Arabians
They know exactly who #Trump is
They know exactly what they are doing
They know exactly what they're going to get -- for starters
Trump does not
Trump gets played for the fool he is -- once again
en.wikipedia.orgBaksheesh - Wikipedia
In early 2015, I was in an all-day meeting that involved a bunch of scientists and high level NASA officials, including the then NASA Associate Administrator for Science.
We ordered pizza because the meeting went so long. All the scientists got a slice of pizza first, and then AA was allowed to get one, because leftover food is not considered a gift.
At any rate, that's how the #EmolumentsClause was interpreted a decade ago.
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#Trump is now talking about the new $400 million plane that #Qatar is just gifting him.
He starts off by complaining that the #ExecutiveOrder he signed for a new plane in January hasn’t resulted in anything.
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The aggressive effort by #Trump & his partners to promote the dinner has also drawn scrutiny from former #securities regulators, who assert that Trump may be violating federal securities laws. However, he would almost certainly not be targeted for investigation, now that his admin has curtailed #crypto enforcement efforts at both the #SEC & the #DOJ.
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#Trading records examined by NYT show that a flurry of purchases of the $TRUMP token started the day before the coin’s backers disclosed the contest. Information had leaked about the upcoming promotion, allowing certain parties to make early bets that the market price was about to jump, the records suggest.
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…But the blitz of profit-seeking by #Trump & his family is also provoking a backlash.
Last week, it helped derail a major piece of #crypto legislation pending in #Congress, as the sale prompted objections from crypto industry executives & lawmakers, including *some* #Republicans.
“It does give me pause because it complicates our work here,” Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said…. “The optics are challenging.” [just the optics?]
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The contest has pushed up the #memecoin’s trading price, adding billions of dollars, at least on paper, to the value of a $TRUMP stash controlled by the #Trump family & its business partners. And in a matter of weeks, the Trumps & their partners have reeled in more than $1.3 million in fees, taking a cut every time the coins changed hands, according to Chainalysis, a #crypto data firm.
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Since the announcement, #crypto investors around the world have raced to expand their holdings of $TRUMP — a digital currency called a #memecoin, which is typically treated more as a novelty investment than an actual currency.
Certain buyers, in interviews & statements, have said they bought the coins or entered the dinner contest with the intention of securing an action by #Trump to affect United States #policy.
The sale of face-to-face access to #Trump using the Trump family’s own #cryptocurrency has done more than benefit him financially, though it has certainly done that.
…The auction, which ends Monday, has set off a spectacle that has drawn bipartisan criticism, triggered a suspicious trading pattern, & left a sitting US president wide open to attempts to corruptly #influence him.
#law #EmolumentsClause #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/auction-to-dine-with-trump-creates-foreign-influence-opportunity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=50D22944-10C4-445E-B5EB-92C22D4B43A0
The New York Times · Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity