by Noah
Yes, it was very possible and Traitor Trump knew it. 16 years later he proved it and now looks forward to the chance to do it again!
While republicans are working on endless Hunter Biden hearings designed to lower his father's favorability numbers and coming up with nothing that sets off alarms or that they can make stick, Democrats have recently released a list of amounts of money that Traitor Trump pulled in from various foreign sources in violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution while he was pretending to ba an actual president. Of course, the list is just the tip of the iceberg but, however small, it's a start and, most importantly, it comes with receipts. The biggest question is why did House Democrats wait so long in going public with it. Timid much? Anyway, here's the list:
China $5,572,548, Saudi Arabia $615,422, Qatar $465,744, Kuwait $303,371, India $282,764, Malaysia 248,962, Afghanistan $74,810, The Philippines $465,744, UAR $65,225, The Congo $25,171, Kazakhstan $23,772, Thailand $11,340, Cyprus $8,800, Mongolia $8,486, $7,720, Albania $6,002, Kosovo $4,950, Latvia $2,739, Turkey $1894, Hungary $1,011
Note that the above list includes nothing about the $2,000,000,000 the Saudi royals handed over not to President Biden's son but to Traitor Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Gee, why no investigation of that? There's also no mention of the over 600 patents that China gave to Ivanka Trump, or god knows how much Trump's handler Vlad Putin has sent to his personal Manchurian Orange President via third parties like the ones who send money to Moscow Mitch.
Lots of sleazeball politicians make money from their position both during and after the time they hold office. One need only compare their accumulated wealth before they ever ran for office to where it stands now to feel a tsunami wave of suspicion. People like Moscow Mitch McConnell didn't make their millions on the salaries and benefits that come from our tax dollars alone and his current wealth is so extensive that it's hard to believe that every penny of it came solely from legitimate business deals or even the dubious dealings of his wife's family.
What's a poor starving politician who's just starting out in Washington to do? Well, besides cashing in on insider trading, a problem neither party wants to put an end to for some no so mysterious reason, that's why corporate America created K Street as a cash for influence scheme and Congress legalized it and made the whole thing into a legalized bribery setup, complete with disbursements right before votes ala John Boehner handing out checks right on the house floor. But, on paper at least, even the political "class" has rules, you know, rules in the same way that the Cosa Nostra has (had) rules. There are boundaries. There are barriers that are not to be broken. At least that's the way Washington wants you to believe it is. Reality says otherwise.
Sure we have the recent cases of lowlifes like Marjorie Traitor Greene (R-Hee Haw Land) improperly using her campaign funding. For her, that's like saying "I'm not just a traitor and an asshole that defies description, I also moonlight as a common criminal." Common criminal, as in dipping into one's campaign funds seems almost de rigueur in Washington because, in Congress, the word oversight means don't look. Certainly, there doesn't seem to be any punishment for a transgression like that of Traitor Greene's or even worse. I mean, think about it. When a $enator like Bob Menendez (D-NJ) can be found to have a house full of gold bars from Egypt and he hasn't been beaten senseless and tossed from the top of the Capitol dome, is anyone going to look at MTG's crimes and say boo? Besides, she's been getting away with a lot worse, hasn't she? So there ya are. I'm sitting here typing this wondering if Menendez handed over a couple of his gold bars to Chuckie Schumer and Moscow Mitch and all was forgiven.
And did I mention insider trading? Yes I did. Here's former $enator Richard Burr from nutstate North Carolina after he just happened to suddenly retire when his suspicious activities went public:
This week, the SEC informed me that they have concluded their investigation with no action. I am glad to have this matter in the rearview mirror as I begin my retirement from the Senate following nearly three decades of public service.
Ya know, just call me somewhat cynical but that phrase 'no action' doesn't say to me that no criminal activity was found. Instead it says to me, "Go away quietly and no further punishment will occur. In fact, there will be a cushy job awaiting you somewhere else." "Public service" my ass!
So now we have the revelations about Trump talking foreign money. As I implied above, that can't be news to those in Congress. Surely they've known all along. That goes along with a theory I've had since high school which goes like this: "They" always have something on you and they'll use it only if you go too far. And Trump surely has. As soon as he took office, there was talk about how it was expected that he would violate the emoluments clause and more but why did he go right ahead and do it? Simple: He broke new ground in matters of Washington sleaze because he knew no one would enforce the rules against it. Why? Because it's all one big nudge-nudge, wink-wink fraternity in Washington. Sure, if he wins later this year, he could be impeached again and rightfully would be for that and so much more but would he be removed from office? Nope, not as long as there are 41 $enators in the $enate who just happen to be fellow Nazis! That's the way the system works folks. It relies on the stupidity of the common man (and woman). Marvelous!
Oh, and you do know it's already gotten worse, don't you? What do you think that the Trump-Ryan Tax Scam of 2017 was all about? It was nothing but an organized kickback scheme on each of our dimes. It codified the rights of billionaires to become trillionaires. As a reward, they contribute more and more to our sleazeball politicians, judges, too. Just look at Clarence Thomas and his owner Harlan Crow, aka The Hitler Garden Man.
and 99.3% of everyone who votes keeps voting for that bipartisan grift.
so... who's at fault here? should be easy to suss out the answer.
4barts, I think it's deeper than that. It's more along what he's saying in the next to last paragraph. They have a system they constructed. They like it and they find it useful.
It’s not that they don’t learn. They don’t care they protect themselves and refuse to go after their own. They want to be able to continue the grift. It all comes down to character, which is mostly missing in Congress on both sides of the aisle. 100 percent on the Republican side.
You just refuse to say the quiet part out loud. This only proves that the democraps are total shit and should be summarily sacked. They've refused to enforce any and all clauses of the constitution (in this case, emoluments) for 56 years. Their publishing this list is nothing if not an admission that they spent the last 7 years (so far) shirking their duties and refusing to honor the oaths they all took.
trump knows nobody learns anything at all from history. your democraps know that none of YOU gives a shit about the constitution as well.
But ya know what... we gots to have even more of those "timid" pussies... absofuckinglutely!!!
what's the point of having a constitution if…