Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Reposted from
Norm Eisen
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Who will forbid it? Even if the courts sanction him he'll just Andrew Jackson that shit.
It's a military coup or nothing at this point. End of the republic either way.
Too many people stayed home from the election or voted for third-parties, as they didn't see Trump as a threat to the whole world.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
The momentum will continue ♥️
Also:
https://youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?si=3m46u5xTw042VEso
prosecuted & imprisoned for J6 - we would be having a different year..
As much as it might not seem the case, driving down trump’s public support weakens him as he needs congressional republicans to back him, and they’ll flee a sinking ship.
That's a $40 million tariff bill, right? At a minimum....
In Australia, I can still remember the 💥scandal💥 when the State Premier of NSW HAD TO RESIGN over an expensive bottle of wine he was gifted...for my friends in the USA, that would be like Newsom resigning as Gov of California because someone gifted him a fancy suit 😆
Yet, here we are, and the Republicans are treasonous weasels.
DOGE: Illegal and yet they continue to destroy our gov't
Who’s left to enforce the rules / laws.
They are not surrendering power.
There will be elections.
But will they be fair?
I fell safer already - what a farce. This is what happens when you elect a convicted felon, fraudster& rapist.
Hunger is not a shame upon the hungry, but a disgrace upon a society that possesses abundance and ignores those in need. It is a test of humanity—if hearts succeed in it, goodness prevails; but if they fail, justice is lost.
In other words, it can't be stopped. Conservatism is expensive.
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okay, that doesnt qualify as "not as bad as it looks" nevermind.
A question from Trump- So?
What the F* is anyone going to do about it ? NADA, ZILCH.
because as Nixon said:
“It’s not illegal if the President does it”
And “ I am not a Crook”
But does it violate any criminal laws?
Does Trump or anyone else risk indictment, even theoretically, for doing this?
Yeah, he could be impeached for this and a hundred other things, but Senate Republicans clearly won't ever hold him accountable for anything.
If this was any Dem President the GOP would be in an uproar.
Cripes, they investigated Biden for four full years...for no reason.
I really have hope that he will get what is deserved… eventually
Not anymore.
We just have to sit by and watch all this blatant corruption????
Failing that, the wholly-owned GOP subsidiaries known as the US House and Senate could impeach him.
The ONLY reason he ran for President was to enhance his "brand" and make money.
Public service? Come on, he never did anything for anyone other than himself his whole life.
"It's illegal" so what gets done? Nothing.
"It's illegal" so what gets done? Nothing.
"It's illegal" so what gets done? Nothing.
When something does eventually get done, it's done either slowly or in such a way where appeal after appeal after appeal after appeal is allowed.
And the less publicly seen that any accountability is being held, the more some think he's not doing anything wrong at all.
"It's illegal" so what gets done? Nothing.
So when will someone do something?
The AF1 at the Reagan Library is STATIONARY. It is a museum piece on exhibit to the Public. Trump’s plane is totally different.
Who CAN and who WILL do anything about it?
Especially the second part, as I have little faith that there is anyone
We need Jack Reacher to take care of the Justice Department
right-wing "originalists"
ignore the plain language
of our Constitution
when it bans
foreign emoluments.
The Founders could not
have been more clear:
NONE.
See the right-wing
justices make sure
it has no teeth.
https://bsky.app/profile/dutchgenx.bsky.social/post/3low445bmfc2u
For National security, absolute nightmare. Only reason it wouldn't get shot down is because it's a platinum mixed with diamond mine for data breaches.
#ImpeachHim and then #LockHimUp
Thanks John Roberts for the ultimate enabling
And many others are complicit of course but jaysus the best hope is we get out of this somewhat intact and legislate so hard that this level of flagrant corruption can never happen again 🇺🇸
An economy at the whims of a Fascist government is not a safe bet. The US dollar will crash as investors flee the bond market.
"This is spectacularly corrupt, a level of greed and depravity that is breathtaking, even for Trump."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-air-force-one