No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
-Emoluments Clause
America first!
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@flexghost I had assumed he was getting it from the very beginning... Now we have proof that TFG was bought and paid for... That piece of sh*t (Trump)...
@flexghost he was perfectly content rejecting the president’s salary bc he had every intention of being corrupt and selling out America for his own personal gain from the beginning of his presidency
@enoch @flexghost I'm almost positive he donated his salary to some PAC that himself controls. He took the money from his left pocket and put it in his right pocket. Then, his dum-dum supporters cheered like he cured cancer.
@flexghost
But Nancy Pelosi traded stocks!
@SNerd @flexghost basically the same thing!
@SNerd lol
Jan 4, 2024, 4:44 PM@flexghost
But those payments were not presents. They were bribes to get the Trump Crime Family to help them prosper at the expense of the citizens of the US.
@TopKnot got some pretty neat documents out of it along other things. Great ROI
@flexghost You know absolute presidential immunity will somehow not apply to Biden.
Jan 4, 2024, 5:29 PM@flexghost Now, assuming they meet that qualification, do Jarvanka, the Interns.
The only parts of the constitution that Republicans care about are the parts they like (the electoral college, the second amendment, etc.) Anything in the constitution that puts limits on what Republicans can do, they just ignore those parts.
Jan 4, 2024, 5:33 PM@flexghost
You forgot the asterisk *does not apply for republicans *.
Jan 4, 2024, 5:43 PM"I love Trump steaks" - Kim Jong Un who now knows our weaknesses
@flexghost But what about the Faux News Clause that says it's only bad when a democrat does it when it's made up?
You know Republicans don't read, let alone spell big words like that.
@flexghost does explain why "Republicans" were trying to smear Biden. Not to hurt Biden, but to make their traitor puppet look less guilty.
@flexghost @jarvisscript With the faith I have in Congress at this point, I think they’d probably grant him consent and waive section 3 of the 14th amendment at the same time (according to section 3, they have this power).
"And no Person holding any Office of Profit ... under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Interesting. This would mean no executive, manager, or supervisor in any corporation licensed by the US would be able to receive those either. Yet we know they do all the fuckin' time.
I wonder how much we could have restrained Capitalism's vile effects if our courts decided to enforce this.
@atatassault ahem. Elon.
@flexghost Can the Justice Department confiscate this as illegal income?
The thing is Trump only follows his own rules, and so far he is not being stopped…
Let’s hope the last and final chance to do that will succeed in 2024. Either by law or the voting process. Preferably both…