The CORRUPTION is palpable. It’s happening right out in “plain view” which, apparently, is what is allowing “conservatives” to say nothing about it. Right before taking (LYING about) the oath of office (while refusing to put his hand on the Bible) Trump, along with his two sons and his wife, introduced what are called “meme coins” – (full disclosure, the only thing I know about these “coins” is they are not real) – and, after the initial rush by people with too much money to purchase them in HUGE quantities – Trump managed to pull in about $100 MILLION in transaction fees. That was BAD – but it was “then.”
The “now” is the latest grift by Trump in relationship to this scam. He’s offered a “dinner” at one of his golf clubs to the 220 highest owners of these fake coins. Well, first up it seems comes from the government of the United Arab Emirates who decided to “invest” $2 BILLION in Trump’s most successful grift (actually, he might have a second crypto scam?) – again, right out in the open the “Emoluments Clause” be damned. A while back I read a report where an “investor” put $75 MILLION into Trump’s $cam and soon, thereafter, coincidentally had an investigation into his own crypto fraud “paused” by “Trump’s” Securities and Exchange Committee. Certainly, this person, Justin Sun, will be one of the guests at Trump’s dinner for those who’ve been funneling the MOST money into his pockets.
The CORRUPTION goes much deeper than the actual grifting Trump and his two sons are showing no shame in enacting – it’s just that, to me, it appears the constitution’s emoluments clause is no longer even considered valid. First, there’s the “domestic emoluments clause” which reads as follows: “The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.” I suppose “or any of them” is open for interpretation – but, the literal reading is the ONLY compensation a president may receive is the fixed salary which may not be “increased or diminished” in order to prevent Congress from manipulating the president. (Or vice versa)
Then there’s the foreign emoluments clause: “No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” According to Hamilton in Federalist 22: “One of the weak sides of republics, among their numerous advantages, is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption.” Therefore, to counter this “foreign corruption” the delegates at the Constitutional Convention worded the clause in such a way as to act as a catch-all for any attempts by foreign governments to influence state or municipal policies through gifts or titles. The framers intention was to prevent “nobility” from being established in the United States and curbing “influence” from foreign governments.
Has Trump violated these two clauses of our constitution? Check and check! Did he do so in his first reign? Once again, check and check. One thing I’m sure of is we have no idea to what extent these parts of our constitution have been violated by Trump and his family. What we do know, for example, is son-in-law Jared Kushner pulling in around $3 BILLION shortly after Trump 1.0 – for an investment “firm” to which he had NO experience. Of course, he did set it up to provide him with a salary of $25 MILLION per year. But, of course, Hunter Biden!
Here’s the reality, for the next 3 1/2 years there’s virtually NOTHING “we the people” can do about this – other than to march in the streets until Trump declares martial law and eliminates the 2026 mid-terms. OK, there’d be nothing “we the people” could do about that either. It’s simply a matter of time until Americans realize what they’ve done in electing a fascist organized crime boss to be our so-called two times popular vote LOSING 34 times convicted FELON who has no intention of allowing the courts to “check” him. And, of course, he’s got about 170 unelected surreptitious fascist puppet masters, the authors of Project 2025, in the background filling out illegal executive orders for him to sign and advising him on how to trash our constitution.
One of the “puppet masters” Stephen Miller was recorded on tape the other day pointing out Trump’s administration is “studying” what they need to do in order to “torpedo” Habeas Corpus. If you don’t understand what that means, here’s a definition which may get your attention of the “greatest writ:”
“A writ that a person may seek from a court to obtain immediate release from an unlawful confinement, as when the confinement has occurred through a means that violated the person’s constitutional rights.
The right of a person to obtain such a writ.
A writ to bring a person before a court or a judge, most frequently used to ensure that a person’s imprisonment, detention, or commitment is legal.”
In other words, “due process” – which is GUARANTEED under our constitution. But just the other day Trump was asked if he felt obligated (or words to that affect) to follow the constitution? His answer was: “I’m not sure.” Now, let me remind you of that pesky “oath of office” Trump has taken (LIED about) twice now: The president has to “swear or affirm that they will faithfully execute the office and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” They MUST swear to this oath before they can assume the official duties as president. Is that “oath” hard to understand? Also, has Trump rendered it as meaningless?
Or, maybe the question should be, “why would anyone believe Trump takes his oath seriously after attempting a coup d’etat in Trump 1.0?” Reminds me of the saying, “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” “We the people” had advance notice of what was going to transpire should we be STUPID enough to put this TRAITOROUS FELON back into the Oval Office. Can the United States survive four years of this fascist FELON and his fascist puppet masters? I really have my doubts.
I’ve long felt the one department which would hold things together in the United States would be the Justice Department – but, that is going to be a hopeless mess for the next 3 1/2 years. Pam Bondi is a disgraceful and pathetic sycophant as our “attorney general.” Just ask yourself which, if ANY, of Trump’s ILLEGAL activities will she be investigating? Is anyone “memorializing” the corruption of Trump 2.0? Of course not. The head of the FBI is someone (Kash Patel) who shows up for work late – when he shows up – according to accounts published of late – and he referred to Trump as the “King” who’s the victim of a plot by “Hillary.” I’m not kidding. He did this in a children’s book – one of the books “conservatives will leave on the shelves. Do you really believe the FBI is going to be solving serious white collar crimes for the next 3 1/2 years? Yikes!!
To make matters worse, Trump is ordering the Justice Department to take down the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement task force. Huh??? Why would Trump want to do that after all of his BS about needing “law and order?” This task force was created to take down drug cartels, human trafficking rings, and transnational crime syndicates and Trump wants it disbanded by September 30. I believe he’s already fired the task force’s director. This is the group that helped capture Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman — the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, possibly the largest drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere—and seize over $2 billion from criminal enterprises. Your guess is as good as mine as to why Trump wants this shut down. But, are you getting the “law and order” picture of what lies ahead in the U.S.?
My guess is Trump is attempting to “out Putin” Putin when it comes to running an organized crime syndicate from the head of state. Despite most people claiming (f)Elon Musk is the “world’s richest man” – from what I’ve read it’s not even close with regard to Putin. It’s just that Putin doesn’t publish his wealth in the Forbes list of the wealthiest people in the world. Regardless, it appears to me Trump’s goal is to put himself into the upper registers of Forbes’ “richest people in the world.” But, as usual, there’s always more!
And, this time it’s significant if not ridiculous arrogance. I started this rant several days ago with the focus on how Trump is destroying whatever was left in belief in the constitution’s emoluments clause and, well, it’s like now he’s kicking it while it’s down. This past weekend it was reported Trump is getting a $400 MILLION gift from the Qatari’s – you know that outfit (country) which is aligned with Iran – as long as Trump seems to be focused on “anti-Semitism” in America’s universities. Could the hypocrisy be any “thicker?”
The Qatari’s are giving Trump a Boeing 747 plane worth $400 MILLION to use as “Air Force “one” until right before his term is up when it will be transferred to Trump’s “presidential library foundation.” Talk about something obliterating the emoluments clause. I have to wonder if there are any members of the republican party in Congress who will give a “peep?” The Qatari’s, for example, are reported to be affiliated with HAMAS – you know, those who attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023. Do you wonder what Trump will be giving to the Qatari’s? If you remember, during Trump 1.0 it was the Qatari’s who bailed out the aforementioned Jared Kushner and his family on their disastrous investment in 666 5th Avenue in New York. (In case you don’t do the Bible, 666 is the number of the devil) Apparently, that wasn’t enough for Trump in regard to what he’s planning to “give” to the Qatari’s. OMG!!!!
Final Thought: Above all of this is what Trump is doing to what was the “best economy in the world” the day Trump 2.0 began. Will Trump be “played” by only the Chinese? Or, are they simply setting the “stage” for other leaders around the world who are planning to push back on Trump’s tariff bluffs. And, do you really believe the on again off again tariffs will be the way to get companies to build factories in the U.S.? (Factories, by the way, which will be largely “manned” by robots) I’ve said it before – in my lifetime (77 years) – when the stock market is making wild swings up and down there is a serious downturn in the offing. Will it happen this time? We’ll see. Stay tuned……