Quote (Goomshill @ Feb 9 2020 10:31am)
'President for profit' is about as bad a theory as Obama being a kenyan muslim.
There's no scenario in which Trump becoming president is in his financial best interests. People at least could have argued it was in his interests to run for president for a 2nd time, to build up his brand. But actually becoming president is like putting his money in a swimming pool and lighting it on fire
That's a great comparison. Obama wasn't born in Kenya, and Trump doesn't use his office to stream money into his business.
Except he does. Whether using his office ultimately results in a more prosperous business is irrelevant. He spends every other weekend at one of his golf clubs, with Secret Service renting rooms. That's our tax dollars going towards his businesses. Foreigners rent rooms in his DC hotel all the time. His swampish lobbyists gather there all the time.
It's kind of mind blowing that the same people who pretended to care about Hillary's self-dealing with the Clinton Foundation don't care about Trump's blatant corruption. If you guys stay consistent, there's practically nothing another president can do that will offend your corrupt sensibilities.
This post was edited by IceMage on Feb 9 2020 12:29pm