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leahgreenberg.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Just insanely, flabbergastingly corrupt

Trump admin poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as gift for Trump from Qatar

The jet worth approx $400million will be overhauled by L3Harris and used as Air Force One and later transferred to Trump's presidential library foundation

WH & DOJ claim this is not a bribe
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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energychris.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just the national security threat alone. There is no way we should have the president traveling in a plane overhauled by a foreign entity. The opportunities for espionage.

msf1955.bsky.social•2 days ago

👎👎👎

turdhater.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Foreign Emoluments Clause in Article I, Sec 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution, prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts members of the federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign monarchies without consent of Congress

whalerswift.bsky.social•2 days ago

Indivisible must call for impeachment!

losinghope1.bsky.social•2 days ago

No conflict of interest there!

matthewbudman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Expect Karoline Leavitt to respond to questions by leaning heavily on Pam Bondi—who, remember, Trump bought off in 2013 for only $25,000—to insist that this naked bribery is very legal and very cool

theeagles.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unbelievable how much grifting Trump is doing with the silence from the Republicans!

vuduchyld.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is this the most overt act of corruption in the history of the US Presidency?

missygirl1999.bsky.social•2 days ago

quilterjude.bsky.social•2 days ago

All for them! None for us…

mtscott53.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just think the plane could be full of bugs and GPS tracking, so his enemies will know where he is at all the time in case they wanted to do something bad.

surfesq.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is blatantly unconstitutional, but who has standing to legally contest it? Trump got away with violating the Emoluments Clause numerous times in his first term and, given the “nothing to see here Congress and DOJ,” likely will do it with impunity and get away with it in his second term.

rgdub.bsky.social•2 days ago

More corruption from the Arab world to trump.

Makes you wonder what they get in return.

The corruption part is trump normal.

A crooked politician. Not to hard to find. Look for the red hats.

no2trumpism.bsky.social•1 day ago

The most corrupt public official ever
https://bsky.app/profile/no2trumpism.bsky.social/post/3lox5lt5zsc2z

of-by-forthepeople.bsky.social•2 days ago

the US Constitution is meaningless to a career criminal, his oligarch donors and the minions of the gop political crime syndicate he heads...

...but it means a great deal to the 99.99999% of the rest of us.

Talk is cheap and relatively safe. We need to demonstrate our resolve in public.

jackandsarahmcg.bsky.social•2 days ago

The hell it’s not

bopstyle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Could this be another Trojan horse?

dwhiteaker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Let's drop calling this a gift. It's a blatant bribe!!!

bluemorpheus.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good. Every time he profits they see his true nature. Nothing lives forever. This will
End someday. Life is harder than death especially in the USA.

eyeofthestorm23.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Insanely, flabbergastingly corrupt" could be the motto of this administration.

nibberdoo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Never, ever doubt it could get worse. Everyone needs to read Mary Trump’s book, like, NOW. There is no end to his corruption, and he now has the US military at his command. We don’t know the half of what we’re about to be dealt this summer.

cre8ve2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hope it has to fly through Newark🤨

jackwrong.bsky.social•2 days ago

Has anyone else thought of the potential National Security issues around this? What is preventing say a Russian or Chinese sympathizer in Qatar to insert some kind of bugging or communication listening device

sarahcconner.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or explosive device ….

jackwrong.bsky.social•1 day ago

You wish

sierraccmarie.bsky.social•2 days ago

WTAF

shermandorn.com•2 days ago

Thank you, John Roberts

freequail.bsky.social•2 days ago

🙄 And how much will it cost US taxpayers to “modify the 13-year-old aircraft to meet the U.S. military specifications required for any aircraft used to transport the president of the United States.”?

irishjb.bsky.social•2 days ago

NO,NO,NO in the name of God,WHAT is wrong with these morons ? This is an absolute BRIBE!
ALL LEADERS in this country should be holding this corrupt regime accountable!
So frustrated and disgusted!!

jooltman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Intended to make us all feel great about ourselves and America, I’m sure.

uniteourstates.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wouldn’t fly in it. Hope he does, though.

sam-and-the-dog.bsky.social•2 days ago

How does a presidential library use a flying palace? Once again it's an emoluments clause issue

mbhastings.bsky.social•2 days ago

Will every Republican be asked about this on the morning shows?

missygirl1999.bsky.social•2 days ago

kelan73.bsky.social•2 days ago

Turn it over as a valued gift.
As should the
SCOTUS Justices.

nlsmith.com•2 days ago

No worries, they claim it's not a bribe 🤷

joebauernotsure.bsky.social•2 days ago

A decisive chunk of the electorate does not give a shit, and is dragging the rest of us down into the sewer with them.

lmarianiello.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is no bottom to this man's grift. He sees the presidency as an opportunity to make money for himself. Never mind that it's a violation of the Constitution.

jeffreyhf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Make Congress go on the record for a vote based on their responsibility to do so, under the Emoluments Clause.

decon62.bsky.social•2 days ago

Impeach. Remove. Prosecute.

ericweinberger.bsky.social•2 days ago

Meanwhile Hegseth's planes roll off aircraft carriers, as if they were drunks like he is

3goldens.bsky.social•2 days ago

The White House Counsel is apparently another amoral lawyer who was hired because he’ll readily lie for Trump. Same goes for Pam Bondi. The legal profession should deal with the filth that are bringing disrepute to their profession.

kddp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not a Bribe my ass! But this is exactly the kind of Corruption the felon has always been capable of, there were just too many guard rails still in place during his 1st administration.

catkins.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don’t those gifts belong to the American people?

catkins.bsky.social•2 days ago

I thought a foreign gift accepted by the administration is considered public property

soccercoach27.bsky.social•2 days ago

Laws for thee not for me!

lynnrschrader.bsky.social•2 days ago

He been engaging in deeper, worse corruption since he took office (before, even) but non so visible.

lynnrschrader.bsky.social•2 days ago

*none so visible

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