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Trump’s Love For Gaudy Fossil Fuel Wealth Is UnAmerican
And other problems with him getting publicly bribed with a big, dumb plane
It is a bad thing for public democracy how easily Donald Trump was just bribed by the Qataris with a big, dumb plane.
It’s a ludicrous bribe. It’s Trump’s presidential graft finally jumping the shark. The presidential salary is currently $400,000 a year, and Trump thinks presidents should accept a $400 million gift? That’s 1,000x his salary. Should every president from now on get paid 1,000x more by foreign countries than the US? What the fuck?! Republicans who respect US national security should be desperately curious to know what Qatar is getting for their bribe.
The Emoluments Clause should mean something, right?
Can Congress show some respect for their legislative branch’s dignity? This is so unbecoming of a president, so crass and ludicrously self-dealing. It’s pathetic any members of Congress are making excuses for him and what-abouting examples of previous presidential gifts that are nowhere near 1,000x the presidential salary.
