Ahead of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has launched and promoted a new cryptocurrency venture, raising fresh ethical questions about his attempts to monetize the incoming administration’s deepening political ties to the industry.
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What f’ing ethics? They’ll never be any consequences for his blatant abuses of power. We are now nothing but peasants who will be begging for crumbs in the very near future.
"Raising ethical questions"??? What a farce. Ethics are dead and buried. He committed countless crimes and won. Only public skepticism and poor sales will curtail the grifts.
WHY ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
He’s massively grifting off contributions from anonymous sources—many of which are no doubt criminal. He’s monetizing the Presidency. Who’s going to do something about it?
SERIOUSLY, what did everyone expect? Money, money, money. This is already the most corrupt government the US has ever had, and it's going to get worse.
So this is the thing that has you worried about his ethics? Not all the trials, convictions and out of court settlements or rape accusations? Gtfo wapo you’re bought and paid for.
it's striking to me how thoroughly @washingtonpost.com and most other media have just totally lost the plot. Trump's 1st administration was a giant operation to transfer $ to his businesses and you cling to some semblance of normalcy as if anything about what's about to happen is normal.
jeez, what happened to melania? she's aged decades in the past 4 years. her hair is flat, looks greasy. something is wrong with her. maybe it is the dystopian future which frightens her and is aging her.
If only a major news paper located in our nations capitol, with access to nearly unlimited journalistic resources, had spoken up before it got to this point….
That’s true! No harm, no foul to me if the ignorant want to remain ignorant. It’s one big huge Ponzi scheme. The only one to make money will be the trumps!
ETHICAL QUESTIONS? Nothing is ethical that he does. Not now, not in the past, & definitely not in the future. No one will stand up to him. Tomorrow democracy dies, literally.
It's not "raising fresh ethical questions." It's the most powerful leader in the world violating the most basic of conflict of interest agreements. It's VERY OBVIOUSLY unethical, @washingtonpost.com. No matter what Daddy Bezos says.
@mcuban.bsky.social do you follow what’s happening with crypto; what do you think of trumps cryptocurrency agenda? Will it go anywhere or is he scamming the crypto market only to devalue the dollar?
Mira, he is transparent. Not like Joe Bumbles filtering it behind yo back to the wild ones, Bidung Family. Joe was and is pathetic. He had no business near TWH then and now. An incompetent sleaze. Always.
"cryptocurrency venture" - please, this is not X with censorship aimed at protecting Trump, label things for what they are directly: Trump issued classical shitcoin to milk his "believers". And it was probably a Musk`s idea, imho :)
Meme Coin Is A Fraud, And There Hash Has Already Been Corrupted, Leaving People Without Any Way Of Getting Their Funds Out Again. Another SCAM From FELONTRUMP
We all knew he would do this because he does not have an ethical bone in his body. The master grifter will definitely increase his wealth in the next 4 years through his self-dealing and quid pro quo.
Does it even matter anymore after Trump attempted to overthrow our government, violated his oath of office, stole classified documents, raped, pillaged & destroyed our democracy, all the while a corrupt, deceitful Supreme Court said, “what evs“? Rule of law is dead as it is in authoritarian regimes.
What a stupid f-cking statement. There are no “fresh ethical questions” he monetizes everything. It is all about the grift. He dgaf about America(ns). Stop sounding surprised. He is a criminal, a sexual abuser, an evil, vengeful greedy SOB. Stop normalizing him. JFC. Do your f-cking job already.
Believe that is too broad a brush stroke for me. David Fahrenthold is still there I believe and his investigative reporting was essential during Trump’s first WH stint
Does this account qualify as the president- elect own quid pro quo using cryptocurrency where it can’t be traced. Anyone can deposit, in exchange for a favor from Trump. Especially corporations.
Raising ethics issues? Lol. Once again he blatantly violates laws, only now he doesn't even try to hide it. And congress and the courts are not holding him accountable.
What could go wrong with his new scam?
Stop clutching your fucking pearls. Donald Trump doesn't HAVE any ethics. Everything in his world is 100% transactional. If there was a market for it and he thought he could get away with it he'd be selling porn videos of his kids.
But of course he does. Scammers LOVE this type of thing.
And Trump is the worst of the worst of all scammers. Cheating, stealing, & scamming are the only "skills" he has sharpened over time.
The man is rug pulling an entire nation and half of them are cheering him for it. He learned from the best: Logan Paul, Hawk Tuah girl, Steven Bannon and Elon Musk.
They already showed that fans stay fans no matter how hard you scam them!
A cryptocurrency tied to political power? That’s not innovation—that’s a playbook for centralized influence disguised as decentralization. Watch where the money flows, not just the headlines.
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If only there was a reputable journalist available to investigate and say whether or not it is unethical.
It's just the incoming president creating an unregulated path for bribery in the open and setting up an obvious rug-pull.
Thanks Bezos....
Dick Rider won't be amused.
He’s massively grifting off contributions from anonymous sources—many of which are no doubt criminal. He’s monetizing the Presidency. Who’s going to do something about it?
Sound familiar?
Trump is the most corrupt president we've ever had and, by far, the most corrupt leader in the free world.
...as we say in germany.
Your mistake is believing they're beholden to truth and the public.
But look at who writes the checks...
Always follow the money.
None of them work at WaPo anymore though.
There are no other options.
Voters and
The ones who sat on their contrary asses. He’s
Robbing the fuck out of everyone and
Everything
Seems legit.
Alas, you're a cowardly shell of your former self and worthy if nothing but derision.
What could go wrong with his new scam?
Remind me what the outcome was?
buddy, they answered these questions in 1789. you’re just too chickenshit to call a spade a spade
He can get away with anything!!!!
He is a convicted criminal.
Did anyone expect anything different?
And Trump is the worst of the worst of all scammers. Cheating, stealing, & scamming are the only "skills" he has sharpened over time.
Impeach Biden because he maybe, without proof have profited from the presidency?
They already showed that fans stay fans no matter how hard you scam them!
Bubble behaviour!