Trump has his eye on what matters most: making more money. MONEY! PROFIT! He can never get enough!
The New York Times reported on his latest money-making scheme:
President-elect Donald J. Trump and his family on Friday started selling a cryptocurrency token featuring an image of Mr. Trump drawn from the July assassination attempt, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the office he is about to occupy again.
Disclosed just days before his second inauguration, the venture is the latest in a series of moves by Mr. Trump that blur the line between his government role and the continued effort by his family to profit from his power and global fame. It is yet another sign that the Trump family will be much less hesitant in this second term to bend or breach traditional ethical boundaries.
Mr. Trump himself announced the launch of his new business on Friday night on his social media platform, in between announcements about filling key federal government posts. He is calling the token $Trump, selling it with the slogan, “Join the Trump Community. This is History in the Making!”
The venture was organized by CIC Digital LLC, an affiliate of the Trump Organization, which already has been selling an array of other kinds of merchandise like Trump-branded sneakers, fragrances and even digital trading cards.
But this newest venture brings Mr. Trump and his family directly into the world of selling cryptocurrency, which is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Trump recently disclosed he intended to name a cryptocurrency advocate as S.E.C. chairman.
A disclosure on the website selling the tokens says that CIC Digital and its affiliates own 80 percent of the supply of the new Trump tokens that will be released gradually over the coming three years and that they will be paid “trading revenue” as the tokens are sold.
The move by Mr. Trump and his family was immediately condemned by ethics lawyers who said they could not recall a more explicit profiteering effort by an incoming president.
“It is literally cashing in on the presidency — creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office” said Adav Noti, executive director of Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit ethics group. “It is beyond unprecedented.”
Trump’s greed cannot be restrained. And there are no boundaries because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that he has “absolute immunity” while he is president.
How low can he go? Just watch.
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Didn’t there used to be some thing about emoluments?
Did Felon47, GICOTUS (Grifter In Chief Of The United States), just blow that out of water?
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The Emoluments Clause doesn’t apply to Trump. Only to other presidents.
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Yet he pays virtually no taxes ($750); pays no fines; stiffs workers and expects his flock to buy his crap with an economy so bad people can afford $100K watches and a bunch of other worthless garbage. Still can’t people the fools who thought his “bucks” were real money.
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The grifter keeps on grifting.
Trump is truly evil.
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HOW TO THWART TRUMP
Challenge Trump’s Executive Orders on the constitutional grounds that they violate Article 1, Section 1, of the Constitution. Here’s how:
Article I, Section 1, of our Constitution states: “ALL [emphasis added] legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in “Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha” that the clear intent of our Constitution is that laws are to be written ONLY by Congress, not by some other entity, including the Executive Branch or state governments.
Presidential Executive Orders that carry the weight of lawmaking therefore violate Article 1, Section 1, of our Constitution because our Constitution gives lawmaking power only to Congress.
And The Delegation Doctrine of Article 1, Section 1, provides that Congress cannot simply cede its lawmaking power to the Executive Branch. Only Congress can make laws.
President-elect Trump has stated that he will issue emergency orders under the National Emergency Act (NEA), but the Act is clear that it can only be used to address actual emergencies which are defined as sudden and unanticipated events. The immigration issue is neither sudden or unanticipated and has evolved over the span of decades as a result of the failure of Congress to address the issue. Therefore, the NEA cannot be used to issue emergency orders regarding immigration.
SLOWNESS IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION
The Court stated in Chadha that the slow, deliberate pace of legislation in Congress does not constitute a reason for Congress to delegate away its legislative responsibility: The Court declared that “There is no support in the Constitution or decisions of this Court for the proposition that the cumbersomeness and delays often encountered in complying with explicit constitutional standards may be avoided, either by the Congress or by the President. With all the obvious flaws of delay, untidiness, and potential for abuse, we have not yet found a better way to preserve freedom than by making the exercise of power subject to the carefully crafted restraints spelled out in the Constitution.”
Nor can Congress delegate its constitutional lawmaking duty to special agents, such as the proposed “Department of Government Efficiency”, because as the Court also pointed out in Chadra: “[T]he fact that a given law or procedure is efficient, convenient, and useful in facilitating functions of government, standing alone, will not save it if it is contrary to the Constitution. Convenience and efficiency are not the primary objectives — or the hallmarks — of democratic government.”
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Melania also launched a “meme coin” today, whatever that is.
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the only thing more corrupt than Trump’s grifting is the supreme Court’s paving the way for it,
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I hope this crashes soon. OTOH, guess who (or what) will backstop his losses?
A. Trump’s non-profit
B. Trump University
C. Trump Campaign
D. The US Treasury
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