>

What an enormous fucking surprise
All those fucks should be rolled up into one giant bribery rico case. It is obvious that this hotel was just a front to kick up money to the boss. >

Too bad the supreme court's opinion on brides is you are only guilty of it if there is authenticated video of you accepting large burlap sacks of cash with $$$ printed on the side. >

A bag could have anything in it. You also need to say "I accept your illegal cash bribe, which I know is illegal and wrong" while looking directly at the camera for positive identification. >

While grandma is over in the corner confirming the person's identity while nodding and smiling. >

And the guilty verdict involves a fine lower than the amount in the bag. As is tradition. >

We have to keep things profitable. >

It's the American way. >

This is the way >

My gop state gov spent over $20000 of tax payer money there.  So much his own office flagged it as excessive.  Of course it was a money laundering/ bribe thing. >

Oh, but Trump donated his salary, yada, yada, yada. >

It turns out he didn’t donate his salary according to his tax returns. >

He totally donated it - just didn't want the tax write-off. /s >

Doonesbury called it in 2017. >

Cooking the books >

I'd rather see them booking the crooks >

This is the dumbest turn of phrase I’ve ever upvoted. >

Well gosh darn, this must be all that swamp drainin' that Trump promised! >

The article also mentions spending at the hotel by foreign governments which should be a violation of the emoluments clause. >

laws without proportionate penalty are not laws >

I bet that those severely marked up mandatory secret service and public employee stays were nice, and then he sold when the grift ran it's course. Fuck him, but he didn't mess this particular scam up. >

The grift didn't dry up.  It's just been moved to Mar-a-lago. >

true >

Kind of weird that the president had a pop up hotel for the length of his term >

He never owned this it was a lease agreement.  It was as symbolic a failure as he. >


Trump sold his DC hotel

Unlike successful business owners, he doesn’t know how turn the money from the sale of the hotel into even more money.
Soon this money will also be spent. >

I almost suspect that this is why they still support him. He's clearly incapable of actually amassing any amount of fortune. The money probably goes straight back to them or their allies. So they're really laundering the money to themselves, with Trump as a middle man.
In exchange they get this cult leader with a ridiculous rhetoric that somehow gathers cult-like followers despite the stupidity of everything he does. >

Stupid people like themselves. >

Remember when trump said he'd donate all foreign derived income to avoid emoluments issues and then immediately turned around and said that would be a lot of work so we're just not going to do it?
I remember. >

Pepperidge Farm…oh never mind. >

Let’s be clear. Republicans are addicted to hunters Dick. >

All this crazy liberal spin.  The GOP didn't stop using the hotel because  Trump sold it.  It's because Comet Ping Pong pizza stopped delivering the "Ping Pong Special ;-)" to the hotel.     Get your facts /straight!! >

Oooh, I thought they stopped the 'piss-on-me' Thursday special! >

If you order it Russian hooker style, it's buy one get one free. >

Oooo >

dont forget all the foreign money that was going to rent rooms that nobody used. >

I read a really interesting article 6 months ago about how it worked behind the scenes at that hotel. It was so pathetic, it was beyond parody. >


a really interesting article 6 months ago about how it worked behind the scenes at that hotel

What was the essence of the behind the scenes bs? >

Imagine that >

Not surprised he would want to keep that low key. His people like symbols and he just gave up DC >

It seemed obvious that people were spending huge sums of money at Trump-owned businesses as a way to get political favors. I'm assuming this continues even now. >

Who really would want to stay in an old post office? >

It is a nice building. Just doesn't need his name on it. >

used to be a nice building the fountains and such i heard were poorly maintained, it’ll be a fixer upper >

I say this only to highlight the danger of politicians owning businesses, not as a whataboutism.
Look at the donations to the Clinton Foundation before, and then after Hillary Clinton lost the race.
Here's an excerpt from their Form 990s:

2011: $56 million
2012: $51 million
2013: $144 million
2014: $172 million
2015: $108 million
2016: $62 million
2017: $26 million
2018: $24 million
2019: $30 million
2020: $16 million

It sure seems like those contributions correlate with Hillary Clinton's chance of being president, doesn't it? >

I believe that they made the decision in 2016 to mostly wind down the Clinton foundation to avoid conflicts of interests should she have become president. >

What a weird coincidence! >

What an enormous fucking surprise >

All those fucks should be rolled up into one giant bribery rico case. It is obvious that this hotel was just a front to kick up money to the boss. >

Too bad the supreme court's opinion on brides is you are only guilty of it if there is authenticated video of you accepting large burlap sacks of cash with $$$ printed on the side. >

A bag could have anything in it. You also need to say "I accept your illegal cash bribe, which I know is illegal and wrong" while looking directly at the camera for positive identification. >

While grandma is over in the corner confirming the person's identity while nodding and smiling. >

And the guilty verdict involves a fine lower than the amount in the bag. As is tradition. >

We have to keep things profitable. >

It's the American way. >

This is the way >

It gets the people going >

My gop state gov spent over $20000 of tax payer money there.  So much his own office flagged it as excessive.  Of course it was a money laundering/ bribe thing. >

Oh, but Trump donated his salary, yada, yada, yada. >

It turns out he didn’t donate his salary according to his tax returns. >

He totally donated it - just didn't want the tax write-off. /s >

Doonesbury called it in 2017. >

I don't think that was "calling it" so much as just describing what we all watched happen.  
I can't believe that the courts said the other hotels in the area didn't have standing and that the emoluments clause doesn't actually exist.   
Well, I can believe it but it sucks. >

I always knew there were some parts of the Constitution that were enforced/focused on a lot more than others, but Trump really showed us that the Emoluments Clause may as well not exist >

The framers literally wrote about a Trumpian situation, and they figured the electorate would function as the ultimate balance against a bad faith President whom congress refused, or could not, reel in.
Republicans preach founding intent so much because they know the system cannot handle the abuse they’re giving it. It’s also why they refuse to alter American systems to be more robust. The failure is the point. >

Well gosh darn, this must be all that swamp drainin' that Trump promised! >

The article also mentions spending at the hotel by foreign governments which should be a violation of the emoluments clause. >

laws without proportionate penalty are not laws >

In this case, foreign transaction fees >

Kind of weird that the president had a pop up hotel for the length of his term >

He never owned this it was a lease agreement.  It was as symbolic a failure as he. >

I bet that those severely marked up mandatory secret service and public employee stays were nice, and then he sold when the grift ran it's course. Fuck him, but he didn't mess this particular scam up. >

The grift didn't dry up.  It's just been moved to Mar-a-lago. >

true >

Remember when trump said he'd donate all foreign derived income to avoid emoluments issues and then immediately turned around and said that would be a lot of work so we're just not going to do it?
I remember. >

Pepperidge Farm…oh never mind. >


Trump sold his DC hotel

Unlike successful business owners, he doesn’t know how turn the money from the sale of the hotel into even more money.
Soon this money will also be spent. >

I almost suspect that this is why they still support him. He's clearly incapable of actually amassing any amount of fortune. The money probably goes straight back to them or their allies. So they're really laundering the money to themselves, with Trump as a middle man.
In exchange they get this cult leader with a ridiculous rhetoric that somehow gathers cult-like followers despite the stupidity of everything he does. >

Stupid people like themselves. >

dont forget all the foreign money that was going to rent rooms that nobody used. >

It seemed obvious that people were spending huge sums of money at Trump-owned businesses as a way to get political favors. I'm assuming this continues even now. >

Let’s be clear. Republicans are addicted to hunters Dick. >

All this crazy liberal spin.  The GOP didn't stop using the hotel because  Trump sold it.  It's because Comet Ping Pong pizza stopped delivering the "Ping Pong Special ;-)" to the hotel.     Get your facts /straight!! >

Oooh, I thought they stopped the 'piss-on-me' Thursday special! >

If you order it Russian hooker style, it's buy one get one free. >

Oooo >

I read a really interesting article 6 months ago about how it worked behind the scenes at that hotel. It was so pathetic, it was beyond parody. >


a really interesting article 6 months ago about how it worked behind the scenes at that hotel

What was the essence of the behind the scenes bs? >

Imagine that >

Not surprised he would want to keep that low key. His people like symbols and he just gave up DC