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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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What if some criminal blatantly says "I'll give you $1bn if you pardon me" and Trump does it? Is that enough for something to happen? Because it seems like that's the only place we can go from here...

It's not enough. The only thing that might make a difference will get this comment removed. And we may have even passed the point for that to have an impact.

The states are going to start engaging in economic warfare with the federal government before too long.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

#202

What if some criminal blatantly says "I'll give you $1bn if you pardon me" and Trump does it? Is that enough for something to happen? Because it seems like that's the only place we can go from here...

The bar is much lower https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-...

The currency here is loyalty, not USD.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope so. That way we can rebuild the White House the way it was and pay for it by seizing Mar-a-Lago and selling it off.

Trump is a corrupt idiot and a terrible president, but the White House controversy is dumb too. I'm sure the addition will be ugly like everything Trump builds, but that building is not exactly a historic artifact that mustn't be mutated. It's been gutted more than once.

Bit like suggesting the controversy over bombing boats in the Caribbean is dumb because the U.S. has bombed ships before. The way it's happening is completely unprecedented and absurd.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

#207

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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So is Friedman next?

Didn’t he donate to the wrong guy?

I think he made public mention of "donating to the wrong guy" to get one side to like him more. IIRC, he donated similar or more to the "other" side, but just didn't make a big deal of it publicly.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

#210

At this point, I wouldn't touch crypto with a 10 ft pole. What happens when everyone recognizes that the whole thing has turned into a money laundering grift? Who's going to give you anything for your bozo bucks? At this rate, it's not going to take long.

You might want to go look at CDO's... or synthetic CDOs. In comparison, crypto looks like a rational product relative to that.

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