Nickolai

Donald Trump is testing the institution of the Presidency unlike any of his 43 predecessors. We have never had a President so ill-informed about the nature of his office, so openly mendacious, self destructive, or so brazen in his abusive attack on the courts, the press, congress ( including members of his own party ) and even senior members of his own administration. James Madison wrote in one of the Federalist papers during the debates over ratification of the Constitution " Enlightened Statesmen will not always be at the helm " He was right but James Madison could not have imagined Donald Trump. Trump is a Frankenstein of past Presidents worst attribute. Jacksons rage, Fillmore's bigotry, Buchanan's incompetence and spite, Theodore Roosevelt's self aggrandizement, Richard Nixon's paranoia, insecurity, and indifference to law; Bill Clintons lack of self control and reflexive dishonesty.

Trump in short is leading a Sopranos touch on american insstitutions " I'm fucking King Midas in reverse " Tony Soprano once told his therapist " Every thing I touch turns to shit"

America 1 Loc: South Miami

Oh, and what did your hero BO do for 8 miserable years?
Beside lie, write EO's to bypass Congress.
Along with opening the floodgate of immigrants and send billions to our enemy's.
Time to stop the BS.

moldyoldy

You should stop the BS.
Congress refused to bring any bills to the floor, so EO was used where possible.
The rush of immigrant children was the result of a Bush law that central americans could not be automatically stopped at the border.
Giving Iran its money back was a world court decision.

alabuck Loc: Tennessee

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king hall,

Please enlighten me as to which article I referenced, other than the one I mentioned in my initial post; and also of which you claim I plagerized. Sorry to disappoint you. But, I didn’t plagiarize anyone’s article. I noted where my initial source was from (WaPo) and the rest of the OP was written, totally, on my own. Also, give me the date the article you claim I plagerized was written. I’d like to compare what I wrote to their article.

As to the other claims you place against me:

being a troll: of that, there are more than enough people on here that know you’re lying about that call. There are several folks on here, both, liberals and conservatives, with whom I have personally communicated, and who can vouch as to your lying about me in that regard.

as to my plagiarizing the work of others: I’ve never heard of the 2 people whose article you claim I plagiarized, Mr. Lemire and Mr. Condon, much less any articles they’ve written. If there are any similarities, it is totally by happenstance. Again, I would like to read the article you say I plagiarized. Why don’t you send us, all, a link to it so we can all compare it with my OP? FYI, having written similar thoughts about things does NOT constitute plagiarizing.

In this vein, why do you trash one of the writers of the article you, apparently, believe I plagiarized? It isn’t enough to falsely accuse me of plagiarizing, you feel the need to personally attack someone else, just because you disagree with their economics. It’s as if you’re trying to deflect away from the subject at hand by interjecting some more bull shit.

In fact, I “Googled” “Lemire and Condon article” and came up with ZERO hits. Now, I have to wonder if you’re not the “troll,” simply trying to cause harm to my reputation. Just so you know, others have tried the same tactic on me and ended-up leaving this website. Would you like me to add you to that list? Simply referencing what seems to be a made-up article on your part doesn’t cut it if you’re going to accuse me of plagiarizing. You’d better show me the article I plagiarized.

You claim I don’t know what the Constitution says about a president divesting himself of control over his personal assets. Well, allow me to,educate you on a few things. According to a January 11, 2017, article in Forbes, Trumpet refused to divest himself of his holdings. Go to, “https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2017/01/11/donald-trump-will-hand-over-business/.”

In the article, Trumpet claims he’s going farther than he needs to. However, according to others, he’s not going far enough.
“‘Trump claims to have cancelled all pending business deals, according to the white paper, and the Trump Organization will not enter into new foreign licensing agreements, or any deals with foreign officials or the U.S. government, while Trump is in office. All new domestic projects are to be reviewed by the ethics advisor, and Trump pledges to donate to the U.S. Treasury any profits from foreign governments patronizing his “hotels and similar businesses.”

“President-Elect Trump will have no role in deciding whether The Trump Organization engages in any new deal, and he will be completely sequestered from any information regarding the Organization’s decisions,” the white paper reads. “In other words, he will learn about them only through the media, as the American People would.”

While Trump said his plan goes beyond what he is required to do, the move disappointed some ethics experts, who have been calling on Trump to sell his assets and put the proceeds into a blind trust. Trump will apparently, through the trust, retain ownership of the Trump Organization companies and will benefit financially from their dealings.

“Stepping back from running his business is meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective,” said U.S. Office of Government Ethics director Walter Schaub Jr. in remarks at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday, describing Trump’s plan as “wholly inadequate.”

“He has all of the conflicts of interest that he had before,” Richard Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, told Forbes. “We don’t know who his business partners are, we don’t know who he owes.’”

On April 3,2017, WaPo published an article entitled, “Trump can quietly draw money from trust whenever he wants, new documents show.” Go,to, “https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-can-quietly-draw-money-from-trust-whenever-he-wants-new-documents-show/2017/04/03/7f4c0002-187c-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d6924fdb0f83.”

In part it says, “Newly released records show the trust agreement that Donald Trump used to put his adult sons in charge of his company allows him to draw money from it upon his request, illustrating the thin divide between the president and his private fortune.

“The filing, first reported by ProPublica and found on Page 161 of 166 of a bundle of documents released last week by the General Services Administration, says the trust that owns hundreds of Trump businesses “shall distribute net income or principal to Donald J. Trump at his request,” or whenever his son and a longtime employee “deem appropriate.”

“Trump and his attorneys have pointed to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust as a response to widespread worries from ethics lawyers, who have said Trump’s refusal to divest ownership of his company creates the potential that he can derive personal profit from his public office.

“The filing — signed Feb. 10 by the trust’s managers, Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg — reveals more evidence that the trust offers little barrier against Trump making money from the hotels, golf courses, branding deals and other business interests that he has widely promoted during his presidency.

“Trump has visited his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, his luxury hotel in Washington and other Trump-brand properties for nine weekends in a row.

“He’s still the beneficiary of all these assets. He is still entitled to the income and the profits of the trust if he wants them,” said Beth Shapiro Kaufman, the president of law firm Caplin & Drysdale, who reviewed the trust document. “Has he put these things out of his control and out of his personal benefit? The answer is no.”

“The filing summarizes Trump’s trust agreement, which has not been made public, and it is does not make clear whether the “at his request” provision is a change to the trust or simply an additional detail of the broader trust.

“Past presidents have traditionally sold their financial interests or sequestered them in “blind trusts,” overseen by independent monitors with complete control. Trump’s trust is not blind, because he knows how his assets are performing, has close relationships with both trustees, can make money off the trust’s financial interests and can revoke the trust at any time.”

So, tell me, how does Trumpet refusing toremove himself from actual control of his business dealings, but, instead, have his sons be “in control” work in the “real world? ” You know, the one where the rest of us live, who aren’t rich and who don’t have the power of a currupted, GOPTP-controlled Congress to protect us from what are known to be illegal and unethical activities? Those same activities that the Mueller probe will bring to light, should the GOPTP-controlled Congress allow it to be released.

You may want others to think I plagiarized some article, but, without seeing the article in question and reading it for comparison, myself, I’ll call you the troll and a bald-faced liar, to boot. Also, since you don’t know what you’re talking about with Trumpet and his business dealings, kindly refrain from further posts on my OPs.

Your 5 minutes of fame are up!

JRumeryjr

Would you expect anything more from Donnie?

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

You people just can't seem to under stand any thing. President Trump has no control over the Trump businesses they are controlled by his children.

The deal you are using to discredit the President was set in motion way before he ever considered running for president. There is NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

Better luck on your twisted misleading accusations next time.

JRumeryjr

You are blind if you believe that!

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

Then you know nothing about business.

President Trump may legally own them but he does not run the day by day business his general manager(s) do.

You apparently are referring to the Trump tower hotel deal. That was started a couple of years before President Trump even considered running for president. His general managers finalized the deal not the President.

moldyoldy

A trumpster, hook line and sinker.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

No moldyooldy, just a plain old marine true patriot. Like Grandpaw taught me don't believe every thing you hear and only about half of what you see.

I support the President as long as he follows the constitution our forefathers founded this great nation on. If he deviates from that I no longer will support him.

moldyoldy

he has never read the constitution, or any other thing of substance.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

I kind of believe he has, and laws still on the books but seldom used. I don't like a lot of his ways but he is a master at chess and a shroud business man.

So far he has followed the constitution our forefathers founded this great nation with and the laws still on the books.

I uderstand his tactics since I users them in Vietnam to mislead and confused the enemy of what we were doing.

When he stops following the Constitution and the laws I stop supporting him. Just like I did Obama.

JRumeryjr

Are you seriously thinking that Donnie isn't getting profits?

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

Of course his properties are or he wouldn't be a billionaire investor today. Even his beautiful wife is a multi millionaire in her own right.

From his position as President he refused the $400,000.00 annual salary. When told he couldn't do that he donated his salery to charity.

The previous administration left office as multiple millionaires and audits show TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS missing and unaccounted for. Over a BILLION DOLLARS from Hillary Clinton's state department alone.

Have a nice fourth of July. 😆😆😆😎

moldyoldy

He hates the constitution.

In an interview with Fox News to mark the 100-day mark, he declared himself “disappointed” with congressional Republicans, despite his many “great relationships” with them.
He blamed the constitutional checks and balances built in to US governance. “It’s a very rough system,” he said. “It’s an archaic system … It’s really a bad thing for the country.”
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/trump-blames-constitution-for-first-100-days-chaos-presidency