Trump’s Personal Wealth Crashes And Burns According To Forbes
Apr 27, 2018 12:36:37 #
eagleye13 wrote:
I have a $3 bill with Billy C on it. It is on my wall right in front of me. 
Right where it belongs too!! Lololl hanging on a wall....
Apr 27, 2018 12:55:00 #
BigMike wrote:
Sorry...I'll smoke more Chem Dawg before replying next time.
Ya nut!! I had to look that one up~It said:
Chemdawg has practically secured itself a permanent place in the cannabis hall of fame....
I read why, giggle,giggle, that one is a stay at
Home recreation...
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Apr 27, 2018 12:55:43 #
Apr 27, 2018 13:16:08 #
lindajoy wrote:
Right where it belongs too!! Lololl hanging on a wall....
Hanging from a tree would also work☺☺
Apr 27, 2018 13:17:39 #
eagleye13 wrote:
Sounds like Morgan crawled back under her rock and joined her roommates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re72di5phM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re72di5phM0
Goooooooooooooooo Prez Trump!! MAGA😚😚
Apr 27, 2018 13:39:50 #
[quote=Morgan]I'm assuming you know the difference between unethical and illegal but possibly not. This is the way of Trump and his cronies to find loopholes and manipulations they can do without being technically illegal, but they pay a lot of lawyers to get this job done so they are able to make their money by hook or by crook, hence Trump, his Presidency and his international chain of hotels.
Trump promised to divest himself — or to walk away — from his business while in office. The main reason, of course, is to avoid conflicts of interest.
The president has many business dealings which continue to earn him money in violation of the constitution. Trump is actively profiting from the presidency, which is something that the framers never intended.
They had tried to prevent this type of self-interested corruption in the Articles of Confederation. Article I, Section 9, Clause 8. They created this to prevent the very thing that Trump is doing.
He’s refused to divest — and the lawsuits have poured in.
We still have never seen his tax return, another lie of his and more covert dealings with foreign countries.
According to the Trump campaign's self-reported FEC filings, this has amounted to about $600,000 spent at Trump-owned properties in just the first six months of his presidency.
[Nearly $400,000 of that campaign money went to rent at Trump Tower, with $90,000 going to the The Trump Corporation for "legal consulting," nearly $60,000 to the Trump International Golf Club, $15,000 to the Trump International Hotel in DC, and about $1,700 to Trump-brand bottled water, among various payments. And that's just the money that went to businesses in which Trump has a personal role. The Trump campaign has spent a total of $10 million in the last six months; any shell companies and subsidiaries of other Trump-owned businesses that may have gotten a piece of that don't have to be disclosed.
What's more, this number doesn't include the more nebulous (and almost certainly larger) total spent on Trump's businesses simply by virtue of Trump being president. According to filings released last month by the Office of Government Ethics (whose director, Walter Shaub, quit earlier this month in protest of the executive branch's refusal to obey ethical norms) Trump's seen the income from his properties increase by tens of millions of dollars since he started campaigning. And the Trump family seems happy to do their part to help that along. After his election victory, Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort doubled its initiation fee to $200,000.
Not to mention the fact that any time either Trump or his family members stay at any Trump property (which they often do), the Secret Service is paying a Trump business for the privilege of accompanying them. For instance, The Washington Post reported that, of the $60 million in additional funding the Secret Service has requested for next year, $26.8 million would go toward protecting Trump's family in Trump Tower. And since the inauguration, the Secret Service has spent over $35,000 on Trump-owned golf cart rentals alone. Trump, of course, could easily choose to waive those fees if he so desired. As for the campaign front, the Republican National Committee held a $10 million re-election fund-raiser last month at the Trump International Hotel in DC—which, according to The New York Times, charged the RNC "regular prices" to use its facilities.
These sorts of expenses lining the president's own pocket is unprecedented.[/quote]
More to your post ;
The president's preference for keeping his campaign funds within the Trump universe whenever possible may lack precedent, but doing so doesn't necessarily violate any laws. The main potential issue at play is a legal concept called "personal use." Basically, when candidates raise campaign money, they can use it for any purpose related to getting themselves elected—or, if they're already a public official, they can use it for a number of official purposes. They can't, though, use the money for anything unrelated to the campaign or office. In Trump's case, that leaves a bit of a gray area.
"The argument is that funneling campaign funds to your business could also be considered personal use," said Weiner. "Except here’s the catch: If your business is selling or providing a bonafide service to your campaign, I don’t believe there is anything illegal about that. The question really is: Is the campaign paying a fair rate or a fair value for the service?" We've reached out the White House for comment, and will update if and when we hear back.
Don't you think if the Office of Ethics thought they could get Trump on anything illegal they would be singing it in every news paper going??
A little more info relative as well~~ also Relevant~Albeit, the Inherent vice is certainly within the realm of confliction..
Likewise, I suspect President Trump is fully aware of how many people are trying to nail him for something illegal and he’s not going to jeopardize himself in doing so. What is glaringly obvious is the laws or rules are not very strong. That leaves plenty of room for open interpretation given President Trump’s wealth..
According to the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, all high-ranking federal officials are required to disclose their financial holdings and recuse themselves from any government business in which they, their families or close associates have a financial interest. All federal officials, that is, except the president, the vice president, members of Congress and federal judges.
Meaning they do not have to legally divest thrmselves at all.. They can legally run their business but most do not so the conflict of intreast clause or the so-called emoluments clause in Section 1, Article 9 of the Constitution bars any federal office holder from receiving "emoluments" — compensation or pay for services — from foreign government etc..
Even though the law doesn't require it, every president since Lyndon Johnson has chosen to either sell off all their investments before taking office or seal them in a blind trust to avoid even the appearance of profiting from the presidency....
Trump promised to divest himself — or to walk away — from his business while in office. The main reason, of course, is to avoid conflicts of interest.
The president has many business dealings which continue to earn him money in violation of the constitution. Trump is actively profiting from the presidency, which is something that the framers never intended.
They had tried to prevent this type of self-interested corruption in the Articles of Confederation. Article I, Section 9, Clause 8. They created this to prevent the very thing that Trump is doing.
He’s refused to divest — and the lawsuits have poured in.
We still have never seen his tax return, another lie of his and more covert dealings with foreign countries.
According to the Trump campaign's self-reported FEC filings, this has amounted to about $600,000 spent at Trump-owned properties in just the first six months of his presidency.
[Nearly $400,000 of that campaign money went to rent at Trump Tower, with $90,000 going to the The Trump Corporation for "legal consulting," nearly $60,000 to the Trump International Golf Club, $15,000 to the Trump International Hotel in DC, and about $1,700 to Trump-brand bottled water, among various payments. And that's just the money that went to businesses in which Trump has a personal role. The Trump campaign has spent a total of $10 million in the last six months; any shell companies and subsidiaries of other Trump-owned businesses that may have gotten a piece of that don't have to be disclosed.
What's more, this number doesn't include the more nebulous (and almost certainly larger) total spent on Trump's businesses simply by virtue of Trump being president. According to filings released last month by the Office of Government Ethics (whose director, Walter Shaub, quit earlier this month in protest of the executive branch's refusal to obey ethical norms) Trump's seen the income from his properties increase by tens of millions of dollars since he started campaigning. And the Trump family seems happy to do their part to help that along. After his election victory, Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort doubled its initiation fee to $200,000.
Not to mention the fact that any time either Trump or his family members stay at any Trump property (which they often do), the Secret Service is paying a Trump business for the privilege of accompanying them. For instance, The Washington Post reported that, of the $60 million in additional funding the Secret Service has requested for next year, $26.8 million would go toward protecting Trump's family in Trump Tower. And since the inauguration, the Secret Service has spent over $35,000 on Trump-owned golf cart rentals alone. Trump, of course, could easily choose to waive those fees if he so desired. As for the campaign front, the Republican National Committee held a $10 million re-election fund-raiser last month at the Trump International Hotel in DC—which, according to The New York Times, charged the RNC "regular prices" to use its facilities.
These sorts of expenses lining the president's own pocket is unprecedented.[/quote]
More to your post ;
The president's preference for keeping his campaign funds within the Trump universe whenever possible may lack precedent, but doing so doesn't necessarily violate any laws. The main potential issue at play is a legal concept called "personal use." Basically, when candidates raise campaign money, they can use it for any purpose related to getting themselves elected—or, if they're already a public official, they can use it for a number of official purposes. They can't, though, use the money for anything unrelated to the campaign or office. In Trump's case, that leaves a bit of a gray area.
"The argument is that funneling campaign funds to your business could also be considered personal use," said Weiner. "Except here’s the catch: If your business is selling or providing a bonafide service to your campaign, I don’t believe there is anything illegal about that. The question really is: Is the campaign paying a fair rate or a fair value for the service?" We've reached out the White House for comment, and will update if and when we hear back.
Don't you think if the Office of Ethics thought they could get Trump on anything illegal they would be singing it in every news paper going??
A little more info relative as well~~ also Relevant~Albeit, the Inherent vice is certainly within the realm of confliction..
Likewise, I suspect President Trump is fully aware of how many people are trying to nail him for something illegal and he’s not going to jeopardize himself in doing so. What is glaringly obvious is the laws or rules are not very strong. That leaves plenty of room for open interpretation given President Trump’s wealth..
According to the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, all high-ranking federal officials are required to disclose their financial holdings and recuse themselves from any government business in which they, their families or close associates have a financial interest. All federal officials, that is, except the president, the vice president, members of Congress and federal judges.
Meaning they do not have to legally divest thrmselves at all.. They can legally run their business but most do not so the conflict of intreast clause or the so-called emoluments clause in Section 1, Article 9 of the Constitution bars any federal office holder from receiving "emoluments" — compensation or pay for services — from foreign government etc..
Even though the law doesn't require it, every president since Lyndon Johnson has chosen to either sell off all their investments before taking office or seal them in a blind trust to avoid even the appearance of profiting from the presidency....
Apr 27, 2018 13:56:05 #
eagleye13 wrote:
I have a $3 bill with Billy C on it. It is on my wall right in front of me.
I'm looking at one in the bookcase to my left.
Apr 27, 2018 13:57:31 #
BigMike wrote:
I'm looking at one in the bookcase to my left.
I had a Hillary one also; but lost track of it
Apr 27, 2018 13:59:44 #
lindajoy wrote:
Ya nut!! I had to look that one up~It said: br Che... (show quote)
I'm adopting a new theme song. This is super cool.
Apr 27, 2018 14:00:59 #
eagleye13 wrote:
I had a Hillary one also; but lost track of it
Uh...I meant a can of Billy Beer.
Apr 27, 2018 14:08:17 #
BigMike wrote:
Uh...I meant a can of Billy Beer.
My dad bought several cases of Billy Beer. I had a couple of them years ago.
Apr 27, 2018 14:35:50 #
son of witless wrote:
Compared to the Clintons Trump is as pure as the driven snow. Also since Mueller and the Democrats have him under constant scrutiny and as yet have zilch on him, he has to be the ethical President in decades.
No not at all, the methodical turtle wins the race, Mueller is making sure it'll be ironclad.
Pure as the driven snow,
the Clintons combined don't even come close to Trump, they're not even in the same category of depravity.Neither one, the Clintons or Obama ever came close to what Trump is doing presently and does it so arrogantly blatantly, it must be nice to rule in Congress with the majority.
son of witless wrote:
You say my boy Donald J. is actively profiting from his office and yet this topic is that Trump has lost money as a President. Contrast that with the Clintons and Barry Obummer. Look where they were before they achieved their high positions and look how rich they are now. Tell me again who profited from their office. Especially how much richer Bill and Hillary got while she was Secretary of State.
Yes they've made money through speeches and books, not as a conflict of interest with being in office.
I find my statement to be quite reasonable, if you find them strange, so be it.
Apr 27, 2018 15:46:22 #
Morgan wrote:
Yes they've made money through speeches and books, not as a conflict of interest with being in office.
I find my statement to be quite reasonable, if you find them strange, so be it.
I find my statement to be quite reasonable, if you find them strange, so be it.
Hillary Clinton: A Lying Compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI
Hillary the Scandals
http://youtu.be/BYKAzJcU-DA
Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight.
https://youtu.be/-dY77j6uBHI
Meet The Clintons https://youtu.be/X8BiEnZel4Q
What really happened; An ongoing update - The Clinton body count keeps growing:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/BODIES.php
Apr 27, 2018 16:14:13 #
BigMike wrote:
I'm adopting a new theme song. This is super cool.
Now that makes me Happy!!!
Apr 27, 2018 16:15:35 #
Morgan wrote:
Yes they've made money through speeches and books, not as a conflict of interest with being in office.
I find my statement to be quite reasonable, if you find them strange, so be it.
I find my statement to be quite reasonable, if you find them strange, so be it.
Uhhhhhh, you do realize that books and speeches are the way you get legally paid by your masters when you are a politician, right ?
Did you imagine imagine that the Russian bank that paid Bill Clinton $ 500,000 for a speech at the time the Russian government was pushing Uranium One stock had nothing to do with Hillary being Madam Secretary of State ? Tell me you do not have a problem with that ? ?
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