I'm actually on board with it too, in theory. There are a few industries that I think warrant a heavier hand from govt regulation and this is one of them. Doesn't mean I'm not gonna call out the hypocrisy from MAGA when they flip flop on whatever Trump tells them to.
Qatar offers potus bribe, potus happily accepts, the cult rejoices. No longer will our dear leader have to travel like a pauper. All praise be to dear leader...
If you think this is bad, you should read up on what the Trump Family is doing with regard to Crypto.
Oh I'm aware but MAGA have already memory-holed that one. This one is so in your face that there's really not any way for them to defend it, so instead they're ignoring the thread.
They covered it this morning. Scrolled through some comments, and the general reaction is “look how he’s owning the libs”. I can respect a counter argument based on merits (which a few tried), but sadly much of our country (primarily MAGA) cares most about pissing off the other side.
The so called MSM did cover the Clinton "corruption" including the questionable land deal in Arkansas called Whitewater which occurred before Clinton was even elected and in the end failed and never really enriched Bill and Hillary as well as the scandal in which Clinton traded nights in the Lincoln bedroom at White House for campaign contribution and of course there was "travelgate" in which the staff of the White House travel office was fired (technically they were political appointees who served at the pleasure of the President) with their position being filled by friends of Bill and Hillary. As was previously stated the alleged corruption of Joe Biden which also covered by the MSM involved his sleazy son and maybe his brother scamming Ukrainian and Chinese interests into believing that he (Hunter Biden) could influence his father. There was never any evidence that Joe Biden himself benefited. On the other hand the Trump crime family including Donald himself as well as Eric and Don, Jr. received billions of dollars in benefits. Trump is making a place for himself in history. Between his corruption and incompetence he will end up displacing Richard Nixon and/or Andrew Johnson as the most reviled American president in history.
The House can impeach him a hundred times if they want. When will they have enough control in the Senate to actually do anything about it?
While the odds are very slim that Trump would actually be removed from office, if he screws up the economy bad enough there is possibility albeit remote that enough Republican senators could defect in effect forcing him to resign under threat of removal as was the case with Richard Nixon.
The correct way to handle this was to allow CMS, as the largest single payer of healthcare expenses, to negotiate drug prices charged to Medicare and Medicaid patients. Something that is already happening right now as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, with lower prices to take effect starting January 2026. In fact, I’m willing to bet that this EO from Trump is intended to actually help big pharma by muddying the waters and interfering with those already-happening negotiations, and ultimately delay them.
A couple months ago Trump said that Qatar funds terrorism. It's well known that Qatar also funds Hamas. Why do you think that Trump would choose to accept a gift from someone who is funding Hamas?
The fact that it’s being transferred to him personally after he leaves office seems to have been missed by the stable genius.
even Erdogan agreed to give his to TUrkey when he retires. Apparently Qatar gifted him one in 2019 Qatar's emir 'gives $500m private jet to Turkey' Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it has been given a jet worth around $500m (£380m) by Qatar's emir. Mr Erdogan said Sheikh Tamim Al Thani had donated the Boeing 747-8i to the Turkish state after hearing that it was interested in buying it. Opposition MPs had expressed concern that the president was using taxpayers' money to buy a jet as the country struggles to avert a financial crisis. Turkey has backed Qatar in a year-long stand-off with other Arab states.
at least the turkish strongman felt guilty enough about it to pledge it to the country Erdogan under fire after admitting $400 million jet was a gift from Qatar | Arab News LONDON: The Turkish opposition have ‘questioned the honor’ of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the leader admitted accepting a luxury jumbo jet as a “gift” from Qatar. Erdogan has come under intense pressure after it emerged he had received the $400 million jet from Doha. The opposition initially claimed the plane had been bought for the presidency with public funds. On Monday, Erdogan said Turkey had shown interest in buying the Boeing 747-8 plane but Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani insisted on offering the plane as a gift, Reuters reported. “We were interested. When the Qatar emir was informed of this he gave it as a gift, saying ‘I won't take money from Turkey. I will give this plane as a gift,’” Erdogan said. The Turkish president insisted that while the jet would be used for his trips, “the plane is not mine, it is the Turkish Republic’s,” he said while returning from a visit to Azerbaijan.
