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People Are Paying Millions to Dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

38 points by pwim 2y ago

Terr_ 2y ago
Bribes. Again. I miss the days when most politics disagreement were over things like whether it was better to have more taxes/services versus fewer... As opposed to today, where it seems to be "government shouldn't commit evil crimes" versus "but I really wanna crime and you can't stop me".
msie 2y ago
I hope there is a reckoning. How hard is it to prosecute Trump when the Supreme Court ruled that he can't be prosecuted for crimes committed during his presidency?
- quantified 2y ago
  Very. He can carry out armloads of gold from Fort Knox to Mar-Lago and is untouchable.
  - johntitorjr 2y ago
    No one is untouchable by the American people.
    - quantified 2y ago
      Good luck touching him. He won't be prosecuted.
      - beretguy 2y ago
        I’ve heard Americans talking about 2nd amendment or something.
johntitorjr 2y ago
Who are they paying? Mar-a-lago? Trump directly? Some fixer? (sorry - tfa is paywalled)
quantified 2y ago
> It’s unclear where the money is going and what it will be used for, but one source with direct knowledge of the dinners said “it’s all going to the library,” as in the presidential library that will ostensibly be built once Trump leaves office. Right.
- Terr_ 2y ago
  With a portrait [0] on every wall and niche. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-painting-foundation-money https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/michael-cohe...
jauntywundrkind 2y ago
Grift grift grift. Its not subtle at all. One of the first executive orders was announcing non-enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/paus... Then this week the Treasury has basically given international criminals & ultra-wealthy tax cheats the pass of their life, by again simply not enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038 Its a travesty to see such trampling of basic governmental health, such willingness to let officials wet their beak / grift, and to let wealthy & criminal elements go unmonitored.

38 points by pwim 2y ago

Bribes. Again. I miss the days when most politics disagreement were over things like whether it was better to have more taxes/services versus fewer... As opposed to today, where it seems to be "government shouldn't commit evil crimes" versus "but I really wanna crime and you can't stop me".

msie 2y ago

I hope there is a reckoning. How hard is it to prosecute Trump when the Supreme Court ruled that he can't be prosecuted for crimes committed during his presidency?

quantified 2y ago
Very. He can carry out armloads of gold from Fort Knox to Mar-Lago and is untouchable.
- johntitorjr 2y ago
  No one is untouchable by the American people.
  - quantified 2y ago
    Good luck touching him. He won't be prosecuted.
    - beretguy 2y ago
      I’ve heard Americans talking about 2nd amendment or something.

johntitorjr 2y ago

Who are they paying? Mar-a-lago? Trump directly? Some fixer? (sorry - tfa is paywalled)

quantified 2y ago

> It’s unclear where the money is going and what it will be used for, but one source with direct knowledge of the dinners said “it’s all going to the library,” as in the presidential library that will ostensibly be built once Trump leaves office. Right.

Terr_ 2y ago
With a portrait [0] on every wall and niche. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-painting-foundation-money https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/michael-cohe...

jauntywundrkind 2y ago

Grift grift grift. Its not subtle at all. One of the first executive orders was announcing non-enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/paus... Then this week the Treasury has basically given international criminals & ultra-wealthy tax cheats the pass of their life, by again simply not enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038 Its a travesty to see such trampling of basic governmental health, such willingness to let officials wet their beak / grift, and to let wealthy & criminal elements go unmonitored.