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Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by KellyCriterion »

schnika wrote: post #6
spiderfarmer wrote: post #2

I would love to hear from HN republicans why they think this amount of self enrichment and corruption is okay. Add to this all the paid-for pardons, the shady stock trades, the never ending vacations at his own properties, the plane deal and much, much more. No whataboutisms or anonymous downvotes, I’m genuinely curious why people continue to support him.

You forgot to mention the Epstein files

Its really interesting how he was able NOT to stumble upon these! My high-stake bet still is: All of the "major people around a distinct circle" are highly involved, meaning: Lot of politicians/gov people etc.

They will try to resist until last breath to not disclose them.

Why more Gov people and not Billionaires: While a few Bilns maybe amongst there, the thing is as Billionaire you can already affort anything everybody wants, but a Gov person cant do that, even if the person is rich/wealthy

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

sajithdilshan wrote: post #42
andyjohnson0 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Let's say we got rid of Trump, but then who is going to be the alternative in your opinion? You seem to be using the "they're all as bad as eachother" argument. But previous US presidents haven't used their office for enrichment on this scale - and so it seems likely that there are alternative potential presidents who would behave with integrity and dignity.

> "they're all as bad as eachother" But isn't that the case? They are all as bad and corrupt in their own merit. Coming back to the original question, do you have anyone concrete in mind that can be the alternative to Trump?

> But isn't that the case?

No, it isn't. There are people of good will and integrity in US politics. As there are is almost all countries.

"They're all as bad as eachother" is just a lazy excuse for cynicism and inaction.

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by gamessucknow »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #62
sajithdilshan wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "they're all as bad as eachother" But isn't that the case? They are all as bad and corrupt in their own merit. Coming back to the original question, do you have anyone concrete in mind that can be the alternative to Trump?

> But isn't that the case? No, it isn't. There are people of good will and integrity in US politics. As there are is almost all countries. "They're all as bad as eachother" is just a lazy excuse for cynicism and inaction.

> There are people of good will and integrity in US politics. As there are is almost all countries.

Yep, and over the last year I’ve watched them get slaughtered in primaries.

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by sph »

sajithdilshan wrote: post #41
sph wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read you argue in favour of far-right German anti-immigration politics a few days ago, in which you admitted living in .de, now you're saying that there is no one better than Trump for US citizens? How would you know and why would you have such a strong opinion? Do you also happen to astroturf rightoid politics on Twitter by any chance? I heard it's a common pastime.

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Antifa is an American political construct to rally the neofascists behind. In Europe it just means ‘antifascist’, and is still something to be proud of.

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by trymas »

sajithdilshan wrote: post #59
throw0101a wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But isn't that the case? No. Has any other president fired the the FBI directory because he wouldn't swear personal loyalty to him (like Trump did Comey)? Did any other president try to do a (self) coup? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito... Did any other president receive hundreds of millions of dollars in value as a gift? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_VC-25B_Bridge > Coming ba…

Examples where former presidents firing people for lack of loyalty, here is a list of them ( https://washingtonian.com/2017/07/03/brief-history-president... ). Spoiler: Trump is not the only president that did that The Boeing wag given to the US government. Not to Trump personally. It's stated explicitly in the wikipedia link you provided. > Any Democratic candidate, including Harris and Clinton. With GOPers: Pence,…

> Further, wikipedia is not a credible source link in-case you didn't know.

@grok what is a credible source?

/s of course

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by spiderfarmer »

KellyCriterion wrote: post #61
schnika wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot to mention the Epstein files

Its really interesting how he was able NOT to stumble upon these! My high-stake bet still is: All of the "major people around a distinct circle" are highly involved, meaning: Lot of politicians/gov people etc. They will try to resist until last breath to not disclose them. Why more Gov people and not Billionaires: While a few Bilns maybe amongst there, the thing is as Billionaire you can already affort anything every…

People like to forget that Elon Musk also wanted to party on the island. And that he lied about that before the email came out.

These people have enablers everywhere. It’s exactly like the abuse in the catholic church. The people in power can’t do without the enablers that make excuses for them.

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by sajithdilshan »

trymas wrote: post #65
sajithdilshan wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Examples where former presidents firing people for lack of loyalty, here is a list of them ( https://washingtonian.com/2017/07/03/brief-history-president... ). Spoiler: Trump is not the only president that did that The Boeing wag given to the US government. Not to Trump personally. It's stated explicitly in the wikipedia link you provided. > Any Democratic candidate, including Harris and Clinton. With GOPers: Pence,…

> Further, wikipedia is not a credible source link in-case you didn't know. @grok what is a credible source? /s of course

Had you ever been to a college and used wikipedia link as a source reference when writing a paper you would've known. But I guess for you it's just asking from some probabilistic token generator I guess.

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by Steltek »

spiderfarmer wrote: post #35
infinitezest wrote: post #31

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If sarcasm, this is very funny.

After 6 years of this drama I fail to see the fun in sarcastic comments that remind me of Poe’s law.

I hate to break it to you but this drama has been going on for 10+ years. Remember birther conspiracies?

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

#69

Post by Hikikomori »

sajithdilshan wrote: post #59
throw0101a wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But isn't that the case? No. Has any other president fired the the FBI directory because he wouldn't swear personal loyalty to him (like Trump did Comey)? Did any other president try to do a (self) coup? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito... Did any other president receive hundreds of millions of dollars in value as a gift? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_VC-25B_Bridge > Coming ba…

Examples where former presidents firing people for lack of loyalty, here is a list of them ( https://washingtonian.com/2017/07/03/brief-history-president... ). Spoiler: Trump is not the only president that did that The Boeing wag given to the US government. Not to Trump personally. It's stated explicitly in the wikipedia link you provided. > Any Democratic candidate, including Harris and Clinton. With GOPers: Pence,…

>The Boeing wag given to the US government. Not to Trump personally. It's stated explicitly in the wikipedia link you provided.

>The aircraft is slated to be transferred to Trump's presidential library foundation shortly before the end of his second term, though critics argue that such a transfer may be unconstitutional.

So it will go to Trump, but only after getting the government to pay billions to upgrade it.

Re: How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)

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Post by sajithdilshan »

Hikikomori wrote: post #69
sajithdilshan wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Examples where former presidents firing people for lack of loyalty, here is a list of them ( https://washingtonian.com/2017/07/03/brief-history-president... ). Spoiler: Trump is not the only president that did that The Boeing wag given to the US government. Not to Trump personally. It's stated explicitly in the wikipedia link you provided. > Any Democratic candidate, including Harris and Clinton. With GOPers: Pence,…

>The Boeing wag given to the US government. Not to Trump personally. It's stated explicitly in the wikipedia link you provided. >The aircraft is slated to be transferred to Trump's presidential library foundation shortly before the end of his second term, though critics argue that such a transfer may be unconstitutional. So it will go to Trump, but only after getting the government to pay billions to upgrade it.

If it’s unconstitutional, then sue him and let the court decide.
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