(10-27-2026 06:36 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 01:58 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  

(10-25-2026 09:49 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 05:42 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(10-23-2026 09:35 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Yep. But of course, Yahoo! News is left-leaning so I doubt it's true anyway.

And they don't even allege any crime.

I saw that, too, now that you mention it. Gitanole just likes to stir stuff up.

Gitanole trolls for the sake of trolling.

He's not interested in any political discussion.

And, his responses are nothing but verbose word salads.

And he is still allowed to do it. Any comparison to CP is simply deflection.

CP actually posts news articles.

Yes, they have a right wing slant to them, but they're still news articles.

(10-23-2026 02:58 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution that prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts federal officials from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states and monarchies without the consent of the United States Congress.

Full article, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Emoluments_Clause

How does this compare with billions of taxpayers money wasted on fraud and other so called events in other countries?

Where was your outrage when billions of fraud was uncovered in blue states child care?


Hypocrisy 101

Gold Star member Gitahole


PS you may want to dislodge that redwood tree from you eye before you worry about a splinter in someone else’s

(10-23-2026 08:27 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Did he sell any half a million dollar paintings??

Such a stupid ******* argument.

Hunter wasn't working for the government in any capacity. And I don't think he's sold any painting for a half million dollars alone. By most accounts, he sold a number of them for a grand total of maybe 1.5 million.

And while art is subjective, his paintings are actually pretty good IMO. Certainly better than anything I could do. Like that would make any difference to those trying to make a ridiculous whatabout for perhaps a major issue with Jared/trump/Arabs.


https://hunterbiden.com/current-works

Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Also Tom,

We get that you hate Trump's family and want them in jail or dead.

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

Trump is the first president in a long time to actually lose money while in office. Per Fox TV reporting last night.

He never needed more money. The Bidens did.

People like him with their rampant TDS simply cannot see reality.

Ever notice how, for all the talk, Mr. Trump, 80, thinks Muslims and Communists are pretty cool?

When they’re moving millions of dollars into a family member’s account, that is. Or gifting him luxury planes. Or sending dictators to pal around with him on red carpets.

It's not Trump's plane. It stays with the gov.

(10-27-2026 11:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

Trump is the first president in a long time to actually lose money while in office. Per Fox TV reporting last night.

He never needed more money. The Bidens did.

Ah, got it. Fox news said it.

(10-27-2026 12:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  It's not Trump's plane. It stays with the gov.

You sure about that? I guess we sill see. He'll grab anything he can, just like last time.

(10-27-2026 12:40 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

Trump is the first president in a long time to actually lose money while in office. Per Fox TV reporting last night.

He never needed more money. The Bidens did.

Ah, got it. Fox news said it.

Gee, I'm shocked.

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

lol, it is interesting while when it's related to the previous admin is written off like no big deal but with the current admin it's the end of the world. Hint: the dollar amount isn't the driving factor as most people know Hunter's money was for access to his father. Yes, I realize the same type of graft is happening now and, no, I don't agree with it. However, to accept one while lambasting the other reeks of partisan politics. But alas, that's where we are.

(10-27-2026 01:05 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 12:40 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

Trump is the first president in a long time to actually lose money while in office. Per Fox TV reporting last night.

He never needed more money. The Bidens did.

Ah, got it. Fox news said it.

Gee, I'm shocked.

All you need to do is provide a link to a credible source. Just saying I saw something on TV isn't going to work here. I wouldn't expect you to take anything I say as gospel if I just said that I saw it on CNN, would you? Didn't think so.

(10-27-2026 01:08 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

lol, it is interesting while when it's related to the previous admin is written off like no big deal but with the current admin it's the end of the world. Hint: the dollar amount isn't the driving factor as most people know Hunter's money was for access to his father. Yes, I realize the same type of graft is happening now and, no, I don't agree with it. However, to accept one while lambasting the other reeks of partisan politics. But alas, that's where we are.

No, dude, I'm not writing it off. But I am applying logic and common sense to it. Of course people likely tried to pay Hunter to get to Joe. I've said that for years now. But what you need to do is actually show that it went anywhere or changed something. I've been asking for that for years now and you still can't provide it. We've had years of a trump presidency now and years of the house committee and still nothing but conjecture and speculation.

And yes, the amount of money matters. FFS, again, Hunter got at most maybe 1.5 million for his paintings...and he got paid to work for Burisma for a few years. From what I can find online...if accurate...he made a total of just over $4 million working for Burisma. So you're at around $5.5 million for Hunter. Just looking at Jared alone and not the other failsons and daughters, you're into the billions. When, if ever, will that become any sort of real concern for you?

And again, NOWHERE did I ever say that I accepted what Hunter got paid or why they might have paid him for it. But at least we have some tangible things in return with him. He did do work for Burisma and he did actually create some art. We still know next to nothing of what Jared is doing with access to billions of dollars of Middle Eastern money.

(10-27-2026 11:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:38 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:34 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Tom,

If you really believe Hunter Biden's paintings are good, then you have an incredibly bad taste for art.

Most people know the $$$$$ wasn't for the painting.

Right, that whopping million dollars or so was enough to buy the whole "Biden crime family."

Meanwhile, pay no attention the billions and billions flowing through the trump mafia.

How you just continue to whistle past this is tiresome.

I hope I live long enough to see all of this exposed...I predict the amount of grift will make our collective heads spin.

Trump is the first president in a long time to actually lose money while in office. Per Fox TV reporting last night.

He never needed more money. The Bidens did.

To try to claim that Trump isn't using the presidency to enrich himself and his kids is just crazy.

1. $TRUMP meme coin. The $TRUMP meme coin launched on January 17, 2025, three days before Trump’s inauguration, and peaked at $74.24 within 24 hours. His 2025 disclosure shows CIC Digital LLC, a Trump-linked entity, generated more than $600 million from Trump-branded meme coin activity, mostly through royalty payments. https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/articl...r-business

2. Paid access to the president through the meme coin. The coin’s website promised the top 220 holders a dinner with the president, with the top 25 also getting a reception and a VIP White House tour. The contest drew $148 million in global purchases, and blockchain data suggested many of the high-value holders were likely not U.S. citizens. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-meme-coin-dinner

3. World Liberty Financial token sales. Trump reported making more than $594 million from World Liberty Financial sales; the firm’s co-founders include Trump, his sons, and Steven Witkoff, a top diplomat in his administration. Reuters estimated the Trumps’ total World Liberty token earnings at more than $1.4 billion, the largest piece of the $2.3 billion the family has made from crypto. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/tru...earnings-1

4. A foreign official buying into the family’s crypto firm. An Abu Dhabi vehicle backed by UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan bought a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal reportedly sent about $187 million to Trump family entities, and months later the U.S. approved the sale of 500,000 advanced AI chips a year to the UAE, a fifth earmarked for Tahnoon’s AI firm G42. World Liberty Financial and the White House denied any wrongdoing. https://www.theblock.co/post/387931/uae-...ration-wsj
UAE Sheikh secretly acquired 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial days before inauguration: WSJ

5. A $2 billion foreign deal routed through the family’s stablecoin. Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX used World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin to close its $2 billion investment in the crypto exchange Binance. Choosing USD1 instead of cash or another cryptocurrency gave World Liberty $2 billion to invest in U.S. government-backed money markets. https://www.theblock.co/post/352830/worl...mgx-report

6. Pardon of a business partner’s founder. Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had pleaded guilty in 2023 to federal charges of willfully failing to follow anti-money-laundering laws. Zhao and Binance had been key supporters of several Trump family crypto ventures, and World Liberty’s token spiked shortly after the pardon became public. The White House said the Biden administration had pursued Zhao despite no allegations of fraud or identifiable victims. https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-par...ao-binance
President Trump Pardons Binance Co-Founder Changpeng Zhao

7. A paused SEC case for a major investor. Justin Sun bought about $75 million in World Liberty tokens in late 2024 and early 2025, and shortly afterward the SEC paused its case against him. In March 2026 the SEC settled after he agreed to a $10 million penalty, without admitting liability. https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/jus...fi-tokens/

8. American Bitcoin (the sons). Eric Trump’s stake in American Bitcoin, a crypto company created in 2025, was worth about $548 million when it began trading on the Nasdaq. Bloomberg described the company as formed with little more than another firm’s technology and a flurry of paperwork. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ares-surge

9. Trump Media / Truth Social. When Trump Media went public in March 2024, Trump owned 58 percent of the shares, a stake worth more than $5 billion in early trading. The Trump Organization owns much of the company, so Trump can benefit financially from traffic to the platform where he posts as president. https://abc7news.com/djt-stock-truth-soc.../14572760/

10. A $400 million jet from Qatar. Qatar donated a Boeing 747-8 to the Defense Department in 2025 for presidential use, with an estimated $400 million price tag before security modifications that added cost for taxpayers. It is to be transferred to Trump’s library foundation by January 1, 2029. Reports said it could become the most valuable gift the U.S. has ever received from a foreign government. https://seekingalpha.com/news/4446152-tr...ary-report
trump casually brags about his 400m gift

11. Media company settlements paid toward his library. Trump’s disclosure shows Meta, ABC and Paramount paid a combined $56.5 million in settlements, with net proceeds going to his library foundation, and X paid another $8 million, for $64.5 million in total. Paramount settled while it needed approval from the Trump-led FCC for its merger with Skydance. The fund originally set up to receive the money was dissolved in 2025. https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/p...brary-fund

12. A $230 million claim against his own Justice Department. CNN called Trump’s demand that his own Justice Department pay him $230 million for past investigations of him unprecedented. The department’s No. 2, Todd Blanche, who was previously Trump’s defense lawyer, may have to sign off on any settlement. Trump said he would give any money he received to charity. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/21/n...mpensation

13. Settling a $10 billion lawsuit against his own IRS. Trump and the Justice Department settled his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury over a contractor’s leak of his tax returns. Before the settlement, the judge had questioned whether the two sides were adverse enough to have a real case, since the agencies being sued are under the president’s direction. https://www.news9.com/national-politics-...gainst-irs

14. Amazon’s $40 million Melania documentary. Amazon paid $40 million to license the film, the most it had ever spent on a documentary and nearly three times the next-closest offer. The first lady’s cut is reportedly more than 70%. Amazon said it licensed the film only because it believed customers would love it. https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148619

15. New foreign business deals while in office. In his first term the Trump Organization forswore new overseas deals; this time it has not. The company unveiled 12 new overseas projects after the 2024 election, more than in his entire first term. These include a $5.5 billion golf club in Qatar with a Saudi developer and Qatari Diar, a company owned by the Qatari government, though the Trump Organization says its agreement is only with the Saudi firm, Dar Global. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/30/b...esort-deal

16. Using an official foreign trip to launch a family golf course. Trump’s five-day trip to Scotland in July 2025 was designed around promoting his family’s luxury properties, and it ended with him opening a new golf course bearing his name. He did fit in official business: talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a tariff framework with the EU. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-scotl...e-balmedie

17. Record inaugural fundraising. Trump raised a record $239 million for his inaugural committee, far above the $107 million he raised in 2017. A person close to his fundraising said excess donations were expected to go to his presidential library. The committee is not required to report how it spent the money. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-a...rcna202074

18. Trump Mobile. The Trump Organization launched a branded wireless service and a $499 gold smartphone while Trump was in office, essentially as licensing deals. The FCC, the main regulator overseeing the venture, has been used by Trump in personal disputes, and he has criticized Apple, now a business rival. https://qz.com/trump-organization-launch...le-service

19. Branded merchandise sold before taking office. His disclosure for 2024 listed $2.5 million from sneakers and fragrances, $2.8 million from watches, about $1.3 million from the Greenwood Bible, and about $1.06 million from “45” guitars. Former President Biden’s comparable disclosure ran 11 pages; Trump’s ran 234. https://www.aol.com/trump-financial-disc...46872.html

20. His sons’ stakes in companies winning federal contracts. ABC News found that companies backed by Trump’s eldest sons have secured more than $6 billion in active or promised government contracts since getting their investments. One 1789 Capital-backed startup reportedly received the Pentagon Office of Strategic Capital’s largest loan ever, $620 million. The companies say they won on merit, and 10 of the 15 already held federal work before the brothers invested. https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/p...ards-loans
Firms Backed by Trump’s Sons Have Scored Over $6B in Pentagon Contracts: Report

So Trump and his family can't enrich themselves, but Democrats can.

Got it.

(10-27-2026 05:03 PM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  So Trump and his family can't enrich themselves, but Democrats can.

Got it.

I mush have missed the $BIDEN crypto currency, his wife getting a $40M check from Amazon, the $400M airplane bribe from another country, or the $2B middle eastern investments in Bidens crypto company.