Lawmakers Suing Trump Over Enrichment Get a Grilling on Standing

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  1. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Which one is suing to hide their finances? Which one is frequently sued for not paying people? Which one has multiple bankruptcies
     
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    Obama wrote a book while IN OFFICE and enriched himself by millions. Trump Jr. is a private citizen and wrote a book. It's not like he went to Ukraine with his Dad, bilked millions in personal gain and spent the money on coke, crack and strippers at a DC club and then knocked her up and lied about it until the DNA test came back positive.

    :)

    You still "Ridin with Biden"? Check his glove box and see if he has a bag of coke in there. If not, it might be in his son's car.

    lol
     
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    I mean his personal deals obviously. Although you think he runs half the govt still so maybe it’s not obvious to you.
     
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    Ain't politiks grand.
     
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    BuckyBadger Well-Known Member

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    Who cares what his finances are. He was a billionaire back in the 80's and has more money than any other President. Maybe you should be looking at all the public servants that came into office and are now worth tens of millions. :)

    You are clutching at straws, again. :)
     
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    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Which book did Obama write in office? Surely you don’t mean the one where all proceeds went to charity?
    Which one is suing to hide their finances? Which one is frequently sued for not paying people? Which one has multiple bankruptcies
     
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    Exactly.

    Nice work if you can get it.:flagus:
     
  8. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Because rich people often stop trying to get rich? Lol
     
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    If Obama, as president, would have forced people (nationals and foreigners) to buy his book, he would have profited from office. However, he didn't.

    For Trump, having people doing government business stay at his hotels is just par for the course.
     
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    If he wanted to get even richer, he would have stayed private. He didn't need public office, like Obama or Pelosi or Waters or Cummings or Schumer, to make a billion dollars.

    Trump was rich way before he served the people. Big difference. Obama only got rich because he was President and he did it while in office.

    What? No outrage? :)
     
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    His books were published before he was president, taxpayers were not forced to prop them up, he did not endorse them while in office, and the risk of him financially benefiting from outside influences is virtually zero unlike with trump.

    I am not surprised that you do not see the difference between the two.
     
  14. The Mello Guy

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    He’s still private. He never stopped running his business.
     
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    Just wait till the state investigations are under way. What he has lost will hopefully pale in comparison.
     
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    The Trump haters are certainly vindictive aren't they?
     
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    Care to post the breakdown of the earnings?
    Why did you skip Bush?

    And trump’s is anyone’s best guess — you have nothing to back up those figures
     
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    His sons run his businesses. :)

    Meanwhile:

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    Good for them. He’s still personally financially benefiting from his businesses. We’ve got a right to know if he’s using his office to make enrich his business.
    Obviously you’re afraid he is or you wouldn’t be opposed to looking.
     
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    I am not afraid of anything, much less the false accusations against Trump. He has proved time and time again to be better than the people trying to remove him from office.

    I just find it extremely hypocritical of democrats to be screaming about QPQ and about using the office to get rich when the very people screaming at a billionaire (who came into office already a billionaire) got extremely rich using their offices to enrich themselves.

    Trump was already a billionaire. He doesn't need the Presidency to make money.

    :)
     
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    ROFL! Democrats have Joe Biden selling his office to Ukraine, Iraq, and China to enrich his family and they don't care.
     
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    I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the insider-trading laws that allow congress (and I assume) the POTUS to make stock trades based on Govt data without being charged with Insider Trading laws.

    It's why every congressperson leaves wealthy. The POTUS also has the benefit of drawing a near half-million annual salary but doesn't have to pay for anything while Potus. That's a lot of money to be able to invest every year...
     
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    Folks like you would have impeached President Washington no matter there is not rule or law against owning businesses while President.
     
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    He did not “give” it away, he donated it and then deducted it as a charitable contribution while extorting the taxpayer to fix his hotels, rent golf carts, rent hotel rooms and further profited by foreign nationals and business renting out hotels that prices were inflated during key events.
     
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    So you think dems should ask a foreign power to investigate trump instead?
     

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