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Trump phone is supposed to be made in the USA. Impossible. There is no capacity to make it in the US. #Emoluments
#Emoluments
The filing also discloses details of a *#NationalSecurity* [personsal enrichment scheme] agreement inked w/the Trump admin, which gives #Trump the personal authority to name a board member as well as a non-economic golden share.
The golden share gives the US govt veto authority over a raft of #corporate decisions, from idling plants to cutting production capacity & moving jobs overseas, as previewed in a weekend social media post by #Commerce Secy #HowardLutnick.
The #NipponSteel acquisition of #USSteel closed, with big role for #Trump
#profiteering #Emoluments #law #securities #SEC #ImpeachTrump
Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of US Steel closed on Wed, the companies said, confirming an unusual degree of #power for the Trump admin after the Japanese company's 18-month struggle to close the purchase.
Under the deal terms, Nippon bought 100% of US Steel shares at $55 per share, as it first laid out in its Dec 2023….
@GreenFire
#OrangeJuliusCaesar is given a pass on SO many mistakes/flubs/stupidity with the excuse "He's not a politician"… so it's okay if he is so badly misinformed that he "unwittingly" commits NUMEROUS crimes/mistakes (most notably, his acceptance of #emoluments, ignoring #DueProcess, etc.) that it only highlights WHY someone like him should NOT be #Potus.
I'll never forget #Republicans crying: "The presidency is not an Entry Level position!" when Obama ran in 2008. But #IOKIYAR. 🤬
So...Happy new week of #TrumpVirus vs. #democracy and #truth
Bored - oops, I mean needed to return with Marco to Miller and the NSC, to solve the crisis in the Middle East as nobody else can - he left the conference early.
They should have had a G8, he said.
So here we are after a show of #WeThePeople in massive numbers protesting the daily rush to #authoritarianism and Sir rolling in #emoluments and #corruption "like nobody's ever seen before". In broad daylight, in front of #GQP / #media
!["THIS MODERN WORLD" - by Tom Tomorrow
Sir is pictured here consulting with J.D. Vance, in red bellhop uniform, and Stephen Miller, ghostly white, in white bowtie and red Dracula collar.
1.
DT [Trump]: LOS ANGELES IS A DISASTER ZONE!
IT'S SHEER *CHAOS*! KURT RUSSELL IS RUNNING AROUND WITH AN EYE-PATCH AND A GUN! I SAW IT ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT!
JD [VANCE]: ER, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN JOHN CARPENTER'S 'ESCAPE FROM L.A.', SIR.
DT: *NEVER* CORRECT ME, SMILING GUY.
JD: SORRY
2.
SM [STEPHEN MILLER]: SIR, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!
WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IS AN *INSURRECTION*! THEY ARE DEFYING YOUR RIGHTFUL *AUTHORITY*! THE CITY IS OUT OF *CONTROL*!
DT: IT'S AN *INVASION* -- OF PEOPLE WHO ALREADY *LIVE* HERE!
3.
SM: SPEAKING AS YOUR TRUSTED ADVISOR, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DECLARE *MARTIAL LAW*! WE'VE GOT TO *CRUSH* THESE DISSENTERS, AS WELL AS EVERYONE WHO MADE FUN OF ME IN HIGH SCHOOL.
DT: YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO HEGSETH ABOUT THAT. SO IF IT ALL GOES SIDEWAYS, I CAN BLAME THE DRUNK.
4.
SM: WE NEED *YOUR* SIGNATURE, SIR. BUT JUST THINK OF IT! WE'LL ERADICATE YOUR ENEMIES LIKE THE VERMIN THEY ARE! YOUR MOST FLEETING WHIM WIL BE *LAW*! PUTIN WILL FINALLY *RESPECT* YOU!!
DT: WILL THERE BE GIANT GOLD STATUES OF *TRUMP*?
SM: AS MANY AS YOU WANT, SIR
[5- Trump asks for Space Lasers]
<Snipped - not enough space, but this is the essence>
DT: THAT'S IT! I'VE *DONE* IT! I WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN IF I HAVE TO *BURN IT* TO THE *GROUND*
SM: THAT CAN ABSOLUTELY BE ARRANGED, SIR.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/697/360/053/270/127/original/d00358823efe0cc1.webp)
The #Emoluments Clause is very clear. #trump is directly benefiting privately from his position in the White House.
How many more crimes will he have to do before the people finally tear him out of his throne?
#corruption #oligarchy #tyranny #felon
#LockHimUp
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-turns-presidency-into-his-cash-cow-with-600m-haul/
Well, marines have arrived around 9:30P Local, in white armored Humvees -
Seemingly just connecting with the sheriffs, and standing guard at logical post, one end of the blockade.
But no "news", and you can hear reporters saying they have to stay around "in case" something breaks. Wonder if Bannon or Miller or other terrific friends of Sir might be able to keep the story going.
So many other things happening, between #Epstein and #emoluments
It's #TrumpVirus time! Made for TV.
Jasmine #Crockett keeping the pressure up on #musk, #trump and #doge.
Keep up the fight!
#resist #fight #antifa #fascism #oligarchy #eattherich #project2025 #emoluments #heritageHeritage #budget #efficiency #rxecutiveOrders
$1.7 MILLION PER PLATE to attend the #GrifterInChief's #MemeCoin dinner is 500 TIMES the legal political donation limit. #MostCorruptPotusInHistory #DisasterPresidency #Emoluments #TheGriftGoesOn
#Trump, the first #convicted #felon elected president, has erased #ethical boundaries & dismantled the instruments of accountability that constrained his predecessors. There will be no official investigations because Trump has made sure of it. He has fired government inspectors general & #ethics watchdogs, installed partisan loyalists to run the DOJ, FBI & regulatory agencies & dominated a Republican-controlled Congress unwilling to hold hearings.
Yet a mark of how much #Trump has transformed Washington since his return to power is the normalization of moneymaking schemes that once would have generated endless political blowback, televised hearings, official investigations & damage control. The death of outrage in the Trump era, or at least the dearth of outrage, exemplifies how far the president has moved the lines of accepted behavior in Washington.
By conventional Washington standards, acc/to students of official #graft, the still-young #Trump admin is a candidate for the most brazen use of government office in American history, perhaps eclipsing even Teapot Dome, Watergate & other famous scandals.
“I’ve been watching & writing about #corruption for 50 years, & my head is still spinning,” said Michael Johnston, a professor emeritus at Colgate University & author of multiple books on corruption in the United States.
And #Trump hosted an exclusive dinner at his Virginia club for 220 investors in the $TRUMP #cryptocurrency that he started days before taking office in January. Access was openly #sold based on how much #money they chipped in — not to a campaign account but to a business that benefits Trump personally. [He also gave the top investors a White House tour on Friday]
Just last week, #Qatar handed over a luxury #jet meant for #Trump’s use not just in his official capacity but also for his [nonexistent]*presidential library* after he leaves office. Experts have valued plane, formally donated to the *Air Force*, at $200M, more than all of the foreign gifts bestowed on all previous American presidents combined.
31 years later, after dinner at Mar-a-Lago, #JeffBezos agreed to finance a promotional film about #MelaniaTrump that will reportedly put $28M directly in her pocket—280 times the Clinton lucre & in this case from a person with a vested interest in #policies set by her husband’s govt. Scandal? Furor? Washington moved on while barely taking notice.
When Hillary Clinton was first lady, a furor erupted over reports that she had once made $100k from a $1k investment in cattle futures. Even though it had happened a dozen years before her husband became president, it became a scandal that lasted weeks & forced the White House to initiate a review.
#Trump #law #emoluments #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-money-plane-crypto.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J08.MV12.FMyyoC3z_EI_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The former NBA star #LamarOdom — now promoting his own #memecoin, $ODOM — posted on social media that he would be attending the event, & appeared in guests’ photos from inside #Trump’s club.
The dinner list also included #NicholasPinto, a 25-year-old entrepreneur from Cranford, NJ, who first became rich by selling scooter wheels when he was 13 & has since branched out to build a sprawling moneymaking social media presence & invest in #crypto.
Others guests included #VincentLiu, the chief investment officer at #KronosResearch, a #crypto firm founded in Taiwan. #Kronos profits by conducting high-frequency trading on crypto platforms across the world — except in the US.
But with a nod from #Trump & his *#regulators*, Liu wants to enter the US market. His firm bought enough of the $TRUMP coins to ensure he had a seat at the dinner—with the hope he might get Trump’s ear.
#SangrokOh, a Korean #crypto exec, arrived at the dinner with a collection of red baseball caps emblazoned with the words “Make Crypto Great Again” that he planned to hand out at the event. He said he had flown all the way from Seoul to attend the dinner.
“It’s kind of a fund-raiser” for #Trump, Oh said in an interview at his hotel in Virginia. “And he’ll always be good to his sponsors.”
Wearing a black bow tie & accompanied by an assistant who held an umbrella over his head, #JustinSun was among the first guests to arrive. In a brief interview at the club, he told NYT that the dinner would be his first meeting w/ #Trump.
“I’m very excited to meet him & discuss about #crypto’s future,” Sun said.
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