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> embarrassingly naked grift of the POTUS launching a ridiculous and useless meme coin just before his inauguration It appears to be a violation of the emolume
by metabagel 2y ago
> embarrassingly naked grift of the POTUS launching a ridiculous and useless meme coin just before his inauguration
It appears to be a violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y ago> It appears to be a violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution. Hahahah! You mean that clause of the Constitution that nobody cares about because politicians have decided it doesn't mean anything? Laws only have power if they have consequences, and it's quite clear that right now that Trump could sell tickets to the annual White House Easter Egg hunt and Congressmen would laud him for "teaching entrepreneurship" or something impossibly insane. To be clear, I'm not laughing at you or your statement, I'm just laugh/crying at the clear slide of our republic. 30 years ago politicians on all sides of the aisle would have rightfully condemned this gross money grab, and now it's either crickets or resigned shrugs.