SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
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“It’s everyone else who missed the boat,” a Trumpworld source with knowledge of the meetings says, referring to latecomers to the Trump agenda. The source pointed specifically to the tech sector, where executives have scrambled to show fealty to the new administration.
All I have to say is: BOYCOTT United States.
Buy NOTHING Made In the USA.
Until they remove this pile of feces from the White House.
Until they BURN DOWN the Republican Party.
It’s unclear where the money is going and what it will be used for, but one source with direct knowledge of the dinners said “it’s all going to the library,” as in the presidential library that will ostensibly be built once Trump leaves office.
That “library” will be desecrated and destroyed when, and every time, they build it. FOTUS and his ilk will go down in American history as our biggest mistake, and his name will replace Benedict Arnold as the stereotype for a traitor.
The “libary”. Call it the Bribebary.
This should be a reminder that John Roberts is the the single person most responsible for this. Trump is an animal who can’t help himself; he’s that scorpion. Roberts had paths other than committed fascism and kleptocracy.
Oh. Of course. But it definitely won't be in NY. Because, as we all know, they're forbidden to run a charity there BECAUSE THEY USED IT AS A SLUSH FUND.
Is there any world in which That Man would let money go to build an edifice that won’t benefit him and his spawn financially? The mind boggles at the suggestion.
“It’s all going to the library,” now that's pretty funny because I'm willing to bet there's no oversight or auditing of those funds - my money, which is staying in my pocket, is on yet another way to grift.
It’s kind of a joke thinking about a trump presidential library, he’s an inarticulate clown who doesn’t read anything without pictures so the term library is misused. What will the focus of this library be - golf, surely not statesmanship
I never knew Playboy and Hustler magazines were that expensive. This is all his putrid library will be filled with. Well there may be a lot of scratch and sniff books and the collection of Scholastic booklets. All of the books will include lots of pictures and very few words. Words hurt Shitler.
Show us the receipts, account and whose names appears on it and instructions on administering the funds. There should be a separate account frozen until construction begins on the library.
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And as people pay millions to dine with Trump, sources and staffers also told us this week how Elon Musk's $1 spending limit is paralyzing federal agencies.
By freezing government credit cards, Musk has sown chaos in an already chaotic mess, causing even more of a mess by blocking essential purchases, halting travel, and crippling federal agencies—leaving employees unable to do their jobs, even in areas unaffected by other funding freezes.
A U.S. president can be impeached for actions taken in a prior term. The Constitution states that a president can be impeached for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors," and there is no requirement that these offenses must have occurred during the current term.
I love it. You guys have nailed why tech oligarchs threw their lot in with this regime. I have subscribed again for the first time in years and will keep subscribing.
Tech folks can help clean up their own mess, and I'm here for it.
And which book(s) does Trump plan to put in his library? It won't be about the U.S. Constitution. And it won't be a biography of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. Maybe a book about Hitler's rise to power.
That one source is either a dimwit or a liar. There is no reasonable basis to believe anything other than that the money is going into Trump's own pocket.
If we are ever going to get out of this, it will not be enough to remove Trump and Musk and the Heritage Foundation from power. We will have to undo the outsized influence of big business
The fascists moving fast and breaking things unconstitutionally fired staff across the system, including five at JFK crucial to visitor operations. Their unexpected and sudden departures required it to close for a few hours. It reopened the next day.
So conflict of interest not an illegal thing in the USA anymore? I want a list. And the only way I’d have dinner with Donald is if I could cook the meal.
I have Trump-obsessed relatives who worked in the first admin, literally falling over themselves to attend any fundraiser he attended. When they built their first mansion, their “library” had FAKE BOOK PROPS to fill shelves & they mocked college reading assignments yet somehow finished law school.
He’s NEVER building a library. If he was, he’d have started preparations immediately after he was voted out in 2020. But he didn’t. What he did do, though, was continue to grift his supporters and line his pockets. Which he’s doing here. Elect a criminal and this is what you get.
It's amazing how dumb fascists are. Over and over and over they have to learn that fascists have no friends nor allies and that they will eat each other at the first opportunity.
They have main character syndrome turned up to 11.
Stop consuming. Corporate America is facilitating our democracy’s annihilation. They don’t care at all if USA becomes the United States of Russia for the sake of their rapacious greed. And our dollars feed these unfaithful traitors. Lock wallets.
We wasted 2 years investigating Biden because his brother used $40k he got in a deal with a Chinese company to repay a personal loan. Republicans said it was proof he was selling influence but this is OK?
BTW, how does everyone like those tariffs that will tank the economy and market so the billionaires can buy shit up on the cheap? This is all working out really well.
The tfg admin will be a huge money grab. Have been saying it since day one. The level of blatant corruption is beyond anything this country has ever seen.
I'm wondering if they plan to steal as much as possible and then just leave the country. Sounds insane but I don't see how this level of chaos can continue for 4 yrs.
Good question. But, it appears that they plan to stay in power beyond 2028. They're already working on destroying our elections. No, this level of chaos can't continue UNLESS the dems & the American people allow it to continue.
We used to call these "Bribes". And bribes used to be felony/crime. But neither Congress nor the Supreme Court are interested in fulfilling their oaths to put this grifting at the highest level to an end. Trump's treats the Presidency as another of his businesses, designed to enrich only himself.
Why do these business leaders support this creep? He's going to have us all in a recession soon and Americans won't be and to buy the products these companies make.
So he goes to his creepy sex traffic resort on the taxpayers dime and then earns millions of private income while we pay for him to vacation? Sounds perfectly legal
“Trump selling access for millions? 💰 This is pure corruption in its worst form—he doesn’t care about people, only about exploiting them for power and profit. Buying influence with blood money—that’s all he’s offering. Disgusting. 🤢🔥
This was always part of Elonald's plan, to monetize the position of the Presidency and grift off the backs of America. Your White House is for sale and the going price is $5 million dollars.
What is wrong with them? Extortion seem to work very well when it isn't personal money, but stolen from the workers you underpay to keep the dividends up.
Ask tRump what actions he is going to take against Putin to FORCE him to stop the invasion of Ukraine! Why is he only attacking Ukraine? Is it because Putin has 'dirt' on him? Or does he think Putin will let him build a tRump Tower & Casino in Crimea? You know tRump only cares for himself.
If they were spending their money wisely, they’d use that opportunity to try to convince Trump to change course regarding some of his more destructive economic policies. Sadly, I’m certain they’re blowing it, trying to curry favor by stroking his…ego.
Ask Republicans if they'd find it an impeachable offense if Biden sold meetings with himself (or Hunter), at his private residence for millions of dollars, while he was POTUS. They should be asked nothing else until they answer.
Meanwhile people are hungry, in massive medical debt, poor and without prospects to enhance their lives. But yes let's blow millions on a dinner with trump. Tax the fucking rich.
Why would anyone pay even one dollar to be near this asshole? What a total waste of money and those people shouldn’t have access to that kind of money.
If we have the receipts, can he be sued or such corruption is covered by th SCOTUS immunity decision?
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I guess when maga complains about Biden making money they’re really upset because he could have made so much more? must be why they call him dumb because he didn’t maximize his corruption like a mobster would
Meetings in the oval office are recorded for history. Official photographers record the meetings for history.
Does the same happen with meetings in Florida?
Also how much is the US government paying trump international properties with trump doing government business there?
I remember when the Republicans faked outrage about somebody buying Hunter Biden‘s paintings. But this right here is absolutely unethical in every way.
But that’s ok because Democrats are going to bring noise makers to congress for the big speech!!! Yaaaayyy!!! Thanks Democrats!!! Your feckless complacency continues to inspire!!!
Flooding the zone with grift and corruption. Courts will never be able to keep up. The most corrupt takeover of our government in American history. I don't know how we peacefully recover.
As I have always said: the wealthy can pay their taxes. Indeed, they are so profligate with their money that the government in taking their money is performing a service by stopping the rich wasting it.
I'm still waiting on the names from the Democrats who met in Loudoun County last week to come up with "it's the new Democratic Party Plan! Definitely not the old GOP plan!"
They’re not really paying to eat with him - who could with the smell? - but a “legal” way to grease his palms in exchange for letting them join in on stripping our nation for parts.
Those "leaders paying as much as $5,000,000" should be forced out by shareholders. The other idiots "paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine" probably need to pay their fair share in tax & quit fudging on their returns
Once again, if Biden or any Democrat had done this, we would have 24/7 news coverage on every cable news station, online news site, and podcast on the scandal of the century.
I always wondered how it worked that dictators around the world bilked their countries of so much wealth and consolidated their power. Seeing it happen in real time.
Emollient violation? He never cared about silly constitutional guardrails in the past and he's moving full steam ahead with Republucan Congresspersons and Senators as wingmen.
Anyone still not seeing the blatant concentrated capital corruption that leads directly to fascist control to protect it is currently facilitating that fascism.
the grift is so blatant now. He doesn't care because he knows that this iteration of Congress will DO NOTHING. I dream of a future in which the domestic and foreign Emoluments Clauses will be found to mean what they say.
Well, yah, you can buy this president. He used to charge to have his picture taken at Mar a Lago. Anything to make a quick buck. The US have fallen so low
In other words, mass scale corruption is taking place in plain sight and only Wired seems to care enough to report on it. Guessing CBS took a pass on any honest reporting as they beg Trump to let them be his next propaganda channel while they lick his fat ass.
there goes the emoluments clause! he's continuing to just flaunt his sidelining of the constitution. and no one is doing a goddamn thing about it. #smdh
The fact that it was broken at all with no punishment is why he's doing it more blatantly now because the government has proven that they will NEVER punish Trump no matter how many times he breaks the law.
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This should be a reminder that John Roberts is the the single person most responsible for this. Trump is an animal who can’t help himself; he’s that scorpion. Roberts had paths other than committed fascism and kleptocracy.
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Are you joking?
He's never told the truth.
He's never kept his word.
And by "library" they mean Donald Trump's checking account.
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Save US taxpayer’s money. Reduce the debt. Cancel Musk’s lucrative taxpayer funded gov contracts. He’s a FAILURE!
Inside the DOGE-mandated credit card freeze.
Tech folks can help clean up their own mess, and I'm here for it.
So it’s going in his pocket as we know he will never willingly leave office.
And if for some reason he does, an illiterate like him will not be building a library.
The fascists moving fast and breaking things unconstitutionally fired staff across the system, including five at JFK crucial to visitor operations. Their unexpected and sudden departures required it to close for a few hours. It reopened the next day.
“Tried to call you last night”
“Sorry Mom was at the Library”
Good one
They have main character syndrome turned up to 11.
All good then 🙄
BTW, how does everyone like those tariffs that will tank the economy and market so the billionaires can buy shit up on the cheap? This is all working out really well.
Follow me, God protect democracy. 🙏🇩🇪”
And yes Mar-a-Lago is the White House...
Lock this corrupt MFer up
HISROYALASSHOLINESS
how fun
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Does the same happen with meetings in Florida?
Also how much is the US government paying trump international properties with trump doing government business there?
Almost.
Failing that, I will settle for a revolutionary tribunal.
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