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why are you bringing hilary clinton up? she has not been politically relevant since 2016.
jared kushner has no skills, every deal he has ever touched has died or ended horribly. (see nearly every policy decision he had a hand in while in the WH).
furthermore, hilary clinton was not in massive debt to foreign agents like kushner and the trumps.
you really cant take criticism of your lord and orange oompa loompa can you?
I'm bringing up Hillary Clinton because she's guilty of the exact same behavior, behavior that was considered perfectly ok in 2016, but which you now find beyond the pale in 2022. Hillary Clinton was not netting millions from Goldman Sachs / UBS because her 45-minute speeches were worth millions of dollars, but because was a very convenient way for those institutions to ingratiate themselves with a very powerful member of the Democratic party. The Saudis aren't giving her money because they think she's got some noble ideas in mind, they're giving her money because they wanted to ingratiate themselves to a potential future president.
As for Joe Biden, his son complained that he was footing the entire family's bill.
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“I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years,” Hunter wrote in a 2019 text message to his daughter, Naomi, that was found on his abandoned laptop. “It’s really hard. But don’t worry, unlike Pop [Joe], I won’t make you give me half your salary.”
Given that Hunter Biden was only making money because of his connection to his father, to whom he sold influence, this looks like the clearest example of personal, political corruption in years. But again, you aren't outraged about this, I doubt you've even seen it.
I don't like Trump, I think he messed up an incredibly fortuitous situation, and his lack of emotional control made him a poor representative of the change that is still urgently needed. His administration was inept at fighting the bureaucracy and pushing legislation through courts. Ideologically, he was unfocused.
But it's possible to both believe that and be revolted by the sort of outrage politics that you've presented here. Everything that Trump does is not unhinged, dangerous, or uniquely corrupt. And by contrast, the opposite to Trump is not ethical, principled, and worthy of trust.