Discussion: Trump Org Reports Jump In Foreign Gov Profits In Bid To Avoid Emoluments Issues

ā€œWe can easily afford this pittance, as we have stolen millions from the US treasury and American citizens.ā€

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What a joke.

President Carter was forced to sell his peanut farm to avoid any improprieties, and yet this corrupt scumbag tries to play off gross corruption with this lame PR stunt.

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  ā€œIt is our great honor to donate $191,538.00 to the United States Treasury

about the cost of what ā€¦ā€¦ 2 tickets to the Inauguration ?? ā€¦ā€¦

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ā€œIt is our great honor to donate $191,538.00 to the United States Treasury. This voluntary donation fulfills our pledge to donate profits from foreign government patronage at our hotels and similar businesses during our fatherā€™s term in office,ā€ said Trump Org executive and large adult son Eric Trump in a statement provided to TPM.

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The Presidentā€™s third child added in the statement that, ā€œunlike any other luxury hospitality company, we do not market to or solicit foreign government business. In fact, we go to great lengths to discourage foreign government patronage at our properties.ā€

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Trump Org executive and large adult son Eric Trump

Did he gain weight? Intelligence?

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Has the check bounced yet? Donā€™t worry, it will.

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Shouldnā€™t ā€œlargeā€ be substituted with ā€œlard ass?ā€

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wow we are so impressed Dotard! so you donated a teensy little bit of the millions you have raked in under the table. Ha! for the millionth time, what an asshole!!!

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What a hucksterā€¦

Trump beenā€“for a while nowā€“in the Regime stage common with Dictatorsā€¦

Laying out words on record which can be pointed to by the Dictatorā€™s henchmen.

To keep the record straightā€¦and to be warned not to challenge the record.

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I wondered about that too. It made me think of Baxter Black, Large Animal Veterinarian. Maybe heā€™s Ericā€™s pediatricianā€¦

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I donā€™t have a dog to compare notes with but Iā€™m pretty sure I smell fear.

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"we go to great lengths to discourage foreign government patronage at our properties.ā€ā€¦ah yesā€¦the pictures of Mar-a-Logo this weekend showed just how much you ā€˜discourageā€™ foreign patronage.

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Wait, so that means Junior is the small adult son? Lilā€™ Donnie Jr?

I donā€™t know why I just thought of the Harrison Ford/Kelly McGillis film ā€œWitnessā€ā€¦where the old Amish cat said to Kelly:

ā€œYou bring fear into this houseā€

I would like to be in Muellerā€™s offices right now. He must be having a HOWL.

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The Trump Org donated $191,538 of declared 2018 foreign government profits to the U.S. Treasury, a move intended to head off allegations that the Presidentā€™s stake in the company violates the Constitutionā€™s Emoluments clause.

Which is probably .001% of what the actual amount is no doubt. Its even less than his official salary as Pissident. I want to see that for that heā€™s given that up as well as he promised, now two years in a row.

As of February 2018:

Like the typical American, the president of the United States is on salary. Unlike the typical American worker, who brings in about $44,564 a year, the president is paid $400,000 a year, plus an extra expense allowance of $50,000 a year, a $100,000 non-taxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment.

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Who/Whatā€™s more dangerous MS-13 OR BS-45?

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Trump and the campaign facing a sexual harassment and a violation of the unequal pay statute based on gender discrimination from a former African American female campaign worker. Credible looking complaint. Aligns to the other 19 stories about Trumpā€™s alleged assaults. She has named Pam Bondi and one other woman as a witness. Harassment incident happened in FL in a RV during the campaign. The optics of Trump assaulting a black woman with 2 white women looking on and appearing to give her a nod of approval after he made his move are not going to be good. This is going to be a real problem for Trump.

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The double standard between Democrats and Republicans is stunning. Somehow this needs to be made a political issue. A dialogue needs to be created that makes the average brainwashed American news consumer understand that economies to poorly under Republicans, Republicans spend while cutting taxes for people who need it least. Also that Republican crimes are so vast folks canā€™t even keep up. I understand the power of Fox News, quite frankly now more than ever, but if Republicans get pissed off when confronted with the truth, access journalists need to find a way to deal with these truths or get off the stage.

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"In fact, we go to great lengths to discourage foreign government patronage at our properties.ā€

As Nancy Reagan would say, just say no. But as usual, Trumps expose where the lie is through hyperbole. He should have stopped after he said they didnā€™t solicit foreign business, but he had to go overboard and insist that they go to ā€œgreat lengthsā€ to discourage foreign business because Trumpers think big lies are always better than small lies.

The obvious followup question is what lengths theyā€™re going through when they could just say no, but thereā€™s no point since we already know this is a charade and the grift isnā€™t a byproduct of what the Trumps are doing but the purpose.

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