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Remember how every other President put their assets into a blind trust? Shit like this is why! It deterred them from firebombing the entire goddamn economy to
by Terr_ 2y ago
Remember how every other President put their assets into a blind trust?
Shit like this is why! It deterred them from firebombing the entire goddamn economy to make a buck for their friends and followers!
- fragmede 2y agoJimmy Carter's peanut farm remembers.
- WillAdams 2y agoI remember how Jimmy Carter had to sell the family farm because it was viewed as a potential conflict of interest and how Mitt Romney's father, when making his run, when asked for a single year of tax returns made them all public, arguing that a single year could easily be manipulated to show anything, and that only by seeing the entirety of multiple years could an accurate evaluation be made.
- opo 2y ago>I remember how Jimmy Carter had to sell the family farm because it was viewed as a potential conflict of interest ... Are you sure you remember that? Jimmy Carter put his farm in a blind trust, he didn't sell it. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/24/fact-check-jimmy-carter-put-peanut-farm-blind-trust-during-term-president/11340029002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/24/fac...
- WillAdams 2y agoFair. https://www.tastingtable.com/1204239/why-president-jimmy-carter-gave-up-his-peanut-farm/ https://www.tastingtable.com/1204239/why-president-jimmy-car... notes: >Carter sold all his personal stocks, and he put his interest in Carter Warehouse and Carter Farms into a blind trust.
- grandempire 2y agoTrump is already a billionaire and is in his 70s. No explanation of his behavior in terms of gaining money makes sense.
- MammaMia2025 2y agohe just wants more social media followers. So people feel like they're not missing out next time he posts something like this.
- grandempire 2y agoThis is honestly more believable to me than money.
- rescripting 2y agoYou do not become a billionaire unless you have a pathological obsession with obtaining wealth. They have structured their entire lives, often at the expense of everything else, to increase their wealth. It isn't a goal, its a lifestyle. There is no number that is "enough".
- grandempire 2y agoIndeed. But the path he chose since 2016 is a bit suboptimal for making money. Don’t you think? Or do you think the long con was to become president for this week? I’m not trying to ascribe moral character either. Power, status, fame, etc are just so much more compelling.
- rescripting 2y agoI agree, which is why I used "wealth" and not "money", since power/status/fame is just another form of wealth. Trump seems to be a special mix of rich kid who didn't get hugged enough as a child.
- grandempire 2y ago
- JasserInicide 2y agoI remember when presidents used to divest themselves of their private holdings. That went out the window in 2017