It seems Trump is one of those "It's all mine " type of guy. read this Do Trump supporters have a breaking point? I have a genuine and serious question for Republicans and other Trumpists. How much profiteering is too much? Seriously. How much is Donald Trump allowed to use the White House to advance his family's economic interests before you scream “enough is enough”? Most Americans are concerned first and foremost with their own family's economic situation, and that of their communities. They may reason that if they are doing well, who cares if the Trump family makes a little extra off of its public position? (Let's put aside the raging hypocrisy of the "pay for play" campaign against so-called Crooked Hillary.) But at what point does this cross a line? At what point do Americans stand up to Mr. Swamp-Drainer-in-Chief and say, "What on Earth...?" Trump supporters, please let people know if you have a breaking point. I am genuinely curious. Not even three weeks into his presidency, here’s some of what Trump has been able to get away with: 1. Trump uses his presidential platform to attack Nordstrom for ceasing to carry his daughter Ivanka's clothing line, even though the company had already said it had cut the line for commercial reasons. 2. Trump uses the White House press spokesman, a government official, to double down on his comments and also attack Nordstrom. 3. First Lady Melania Trump admits in a court filing that she had intended to use her position over the next four years to garner "multimillion-dollar business relationships." She then denies what her lawyers said in a court filing, but nonetheless continues with a $150 million "damages" claim based on the value of those profits. 4. The Department of Defense announces it is going to rent space in Trump Tower on the public dime. 5. Donald Trump refuses to divest of his businesses and instead merely puts them in the hands of two independent individuals — his sons Donald Jr. and Eric. When the federal government's ethics watchdog called that move "meaningless," House Republicans responded... by attacking the watchdog. 6. Trump announces that his Florida club Mar-A-Lago will be the "Winter White House" and then doubles the admission fees to $200,000. 7. Trump lets his daughter Ivanka sit in on his official meeting with the prime minister of Japan — while she is negotiating to license her clothing line to a Japanese company that is majority-owned by the government of Japan. 8. Ivanka Trump wears an "Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry" bracelet when she appears on “60 Minutes” with her father, and then immediately uses the publicity to sell copies for $10,000 apiece. 9. Days after he is elected president, Trump holds a photo-op at Trump Tower with his Indian business partners, helping market their new luxury development near Mumbai. 10. President-elect Trump speaks by telephone with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, and three days later a Trump development project in Argentina, which had long been stalled, is underway again. 11. When Eric Trump travels abroad for a high-profile marketing trip on behalf of the Trump organization, the $100,000 security bill is footed entirely by the U.S. taxpayer. Such so-called kleptocracy is nothing new in U.S. politics. President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson profited handsomely from her ownership of a Texas radio station. Ronald Reagan collected a big paycheck from the Japanese after eight years of appeasing their country's economic predations. Bill and Hillary Clinton raked in millions of dollars in speaking fees after leaving the White House. All of this can be criticized, with more and less force. But that doesn’t make it right. It is surely relevant that many Americans voted for Trump because both he and politically conservative media told them Hillary Clinton was a "crook," while Trump would "clean up Washington" and "drain the swamp." So I’m asking now: When does Trump’s profiteering become too much? Or have we come to a point where anything goes? --Brett Arends, MarketWatch
If by Trumpland you mean a place that is better off economically with lower taxes, I would hope that the U.S. is becoming Trump land. Bottom line, is most apolitical people couldnt care less about all the shit you stated above, only thing i care about at the end of the day is how my wallet is effected, and so my response is that i can only hope the U.S. is becoming more Trumpian after 8 years of far left ideologues like Obama doing everything they can to put me out of business, which was preceded by 8 years of another incompetent moron Bush. All i want out of the government is for them to get the fuck out of the way, and quit costing me and my family money, if theres a few inproprieties like this I dont give a shit, I dont care whether or not a Trannie can piss in the womens room, I care about taking care of myself and my family, and at the end of the day its all about dollars and "Sense" and it appears the Trump admin has far more of that than Obama.
Humpy, I do not understand what you are complaining about, or even why you are complaining. On the contrary, the more interesting "stuff" Trump does, the better it is for us in Europe, as we get to learn by example, and know - hopefully- what to avoid.
I am not complaining. Just pointing out to you US guys that the Trump family are treating the US as their milch cow. It matters little to me whether he ends his 4 years as a Trillionaire or not. But it will matter to all the guys he treads on to get there and all the election bull he has forgotten already to get elected. The rest of the world will I suppose reluctantly have to change their positions to accommodate this new friendship with Russia as the US dumps it's allies for financial gain. The Russians must be having a good laugh as this political ignoramus gyrates to their music. They are actively still trying to break the West as in the Cold War days and now Chump is rolling over to have his tummy tickled ! Yikes makes decent people puke !!
To Brett Arends: No, we don't have a breaking point over Trump. But you've obviously been all broken up over him since day one and it's killing you. Good.
nah, the average person will stick to their guns for a while, but the average person is also reasonable. I've started to see the tides turn in popular opinion, from obamacare to DeVoss, by the time they get to Dodd Frank his numbers more than likely will be abysmal. Only thing that could help him is a terrorist attack or taking the scapegoating to overdrive to obfuscate the issues.
Dodd Frank was one of the worst pieces of legislation in history, it did more to fuck small time traders than anything ive seen in history, and it did nothing to break up the banks so it was self defeating.
your average person is not a trader. Don't get me wrong, I'm heavy on financials on the chance it gets repealed.
Don't you live in Canada? How did Obama cost you and your family? Trudeau hasn't affected me one bit.