>> have demonstrated countless times [...] powers of the federal government for personal benefit and enrichment
Same as the previous administrations then? At least Trump doesn't need money.
Same as the previous administrations then? At least Trump doesn't need money.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22229806.
How that is not a more of an impeachable offensense is beyond me. But no, he can milk taxpayers money. The redline is if he dares to cross another power center..
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-admits-to-ukraine-mili...
What does that even mean? If you're implying that he was rich before becoming president (which is already on shaky ground), are you saying that rich people aren't looking for more money?
> for someone who's already a multibillionaire
> Dumb people do not win presidential elections
in particular stand out as quite dubious.
That said, four or eight years is still quite Lot of opportunity cost.
Bloomberg did it and he was only Mayor of NYC.
> Dumb people do not win presidential elections
Reagan won in 84 when his mind was already mostly gone, and it's debatable how smart he was to begin with.
"It's very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it," Trump said...
His inauguration party alone rented out his own $5k ballroom for $150k. He rented his own offices for triple their cost to his campaign. The list goes on and on until you realize it isn't here or there, but all the time, non stop that these grifts are happening.
The bill for golf playing is over $100 million. His super bowl party alone was $3.5 million and even though it was on the official schedule a reporter asking about it was berated for implying 'that the president wasn't always working'.
Once he leaves office the rest of his life will be lived in court.
The security extra is where the $100 million in golf comes from. Local police security is also why his campaign owes millions to the cities he has used to hold rallies and refused to pay.