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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is flying around in a jet given to him by Qatar...
Would it make a difference if it was given to him by Russia or China?
It doesn't seem very patriotic from my viewpoint.
But there are a lot of questions around Trump and his "business" ventures.
Is his memecoin and his cryptocurrency ventures anything other than money laundering schemes? What do you get in return for your "investment"? Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it matter so long as it is mixed in with the rest of our economy? That's the whole purpose of "money laundering" - mix all the illegal money in with legitimate money and no one knows the difference.
In my opinion, it is one large criminal network, international in scale. And Donald Trump is only using the White House as a front.
He has been told that he has immunity from any prosecution so he isn't held accountable for anything he does. This is where our system has taken us.
OrlandoDem2
(3,260 posts)pdxflyboy
(969 posts)n/t
Initech
(109,724 posts)They're practically giving away the playbook on Hannity Tonight.
Delarage
(2,652 posts)Like it bc we're too cheap in the US ( to lavish such luxuries on our dictator; other countries treat their dictators better apparently)
allegorical oracle
(6,725 posts)31j20b3
(164 posts)Of course all his department heads, whether or not they are cabinet posts are shielding him.
And then there is the Republican sides of the Senate and House
And then there is the Leonard Leo Originalists/Opus Dei leaning members of the Supreme Court
and don't forget the many heads of the beast of the Oligarchs, who want more return on their investments in the presidency, the Congress and the Courts.
kentuck
(116,157 posts)As they pretend he is wide awake, as he is about to flop in the floor, asleep at the wheel.
31j20b3
(164 posts)For Trump, dodging his tax cheating seems to be high value, as does washing money from tariffs into his own bank accounts
We really have no idea what protections and compensations lie beneath our demented leader
vapor2
(5,169 posts)Klarkashton
(5,531 posts)He wanted it for himself. He is going to use it after he's out of office as his private plane, after that eventually his family will sell it.
kentuck
(116,157 posts)...should gall every American. He will fly around in that plane for the rest of his life, pretending to be the President of the United States.
Klarkashton
(5,531 posts)Library. The whole scam is transparent..
allegorical oracle
(6,725 posts)Donman
(44 posts)Trump is a damned fool. He's turned the White House into a pimps station. What a gaudy idiot. He's on his way out. His anticipated long ass speech on July 4th is just another avenue for his vengeance and superlative braggadocio. Gives all of us a reason to turn off the TV. Who wants to see and hear a bloated ego spew nonsense, anyway? Worst President ever.!
Emile
(44,226 posts)kentuck
(116,157 posts)Or will the next president use it also?
My bet is that he will continue to use the plane.
2naSalit
(105,031 posts)GoodRaisin
(11,208 posts)My expectation is when we restore the AG office from the crime family occupying it now, we should seize that aircraft and prosecute Krasnov for taking it as a bribe.
Klarkashton
(5,531 posts)Emile
(44,226 posts)says different.
Klarkashton
(5,531 posts)Emile
(44,226 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,725 posts)Clause forbids accepting gifts from kings and other royalty.
2naSalit
(105,031 posts)A fucking traitor, he's fine with it. Doesn't bother him that he's just a big FUCK YOU! to us and the whole world, actually, he gets off on it.
Easterncedar
(6,685 posts)The Qataris must be laughing themselves sick
orthoclad
(5,280 posts)there are many very discreet nonobvious ways to broadcast.
My physics is weak these days but there are many many physicists and NSA,CIA-adjacent resources available to the global oligarchy.
Whip-poor-will
(674 posts)Short name epstein Lolita express
orthoclad
(5,280 posts)he leaves? Does that mean he'll get exclusive use of this luxury flying bordello?
Helluva way to get around the personal gifts thing.
LessAspin
(2,155 posts)Qatar is keeping a retirement account for him safe from the American taxpayers who might try to get it back.
malaise
(299,841 posts)Qatarstrophe 😀
dave99
(710 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,689 posts)....it's an albatross