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The Official 2nd Term Trump corruption thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by astros123, Jan 7, 2025.

  1. astros123

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    You're perfectly fine with your billionaire cult leader selling a fake hope of getting rich to his low iq supporters who are buying into a project with zero assets or future who are likely soon to lose all their money lol

    Unbelievable just how utterly braindead everyone has become in America.

    The CFTC wasnt even a thing back then. Pump and dump schemes werent even a thing back then. Arent you a boomer? Dont you know your history
     
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    with apologies, I got the date wrong. It wasn't 1850 . . . it was 1864.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_contract#Origin
     
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    Its completely different if unknown parties are gambling on something versus the president of the USA. Being the president elect your title caries a certain form of respect and reputation. Selling your image to scam investors on a project that has no assets or future is the lowest form of fraud one can do. This Trump crypto project literally has no assets or value behind it other than his name

    Why are you so slow ? Are you purposely acting dumb to get a pat on your head from MAGATs?
     
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    well, I guess you really can't explain the "corruption" part of your claim.

    I'm unfamiliar with the term "scam investors." How are scam investors different than, say, other investors?

    you keep asserting "fraud" without explaining the fraud

    and that's different from other crypto how? explain it to me (a) like I know nothing about crypto and (b) like I'm a five-year old

     
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    LOL
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    Nothing corrupt in having a crypto meme coin. I tried to buy in last night but couldn't get through the exchange permissions in time before it jumped up so high. It went from $11 to $28 like boom.

    The corruption is likely that he his giving favors out (policy changes) in exchange for money. There's no doubt that he's personally profiting from companies in order to do things like grant them exceptions when he applies tariffs. It is terribly corrupt, but he doesn't see it that way as he feels he is entitled to use the full power of the presidency to profit himself and his family personally.
     
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    yeah but I want to hear @astros123 explain it ;)
     
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    Trump owns 80% of the supply of the coin. He's getting rich off his name and making a **** ton of money off a meme coin. The president of the USA shouldn't be involved in meme coin pump and dumps. Jesus christ

    Unbelievable what's become of America.
     
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    by the way, and not a whataboutism, I am genuinely interested in an apples to oranges comparison . . .

    how does Trump's profiting from a sale of this sort as a private citizen (i.e., he is NOT president yet) compare with (a) Nancy Pelosi's decades-long stock trading, and (b) Biden's family's benefiting from Hunter Biden's energy industry expertise and fluency with the Ukrainian and Chinese languages?
     
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    actually Trump does not individually own the supply of the coin, I was just reading about that. It is a company affiliated with Trump but not owned by him or by his family members, from what I understand.
     
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    Joe biden himself never profited off anything his kids did. His kids profited off his name and abused that privileged. I dont blame Jared kushner for landing a 2 billion dollar deal from the Saudis. I dont blame Ivanka trump for getting trademarks in China fast tracked.

    Trump himself is personally benefitting from the corruption. The suadis are renting out his golf course for tournaments. He's making billions selling scam meme coins.

    Delusional
     
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    if you say so
     
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    Pelsoi wasn't doing favors for those companies. She was probably insider trading which the vast majority of congress is engaged in - if you go after her at least go after everyone.

    Hunter Biden was capitalizing off his dad's name. He got money because they thought it would buy them influence. It didn't seem to.

    Trump - like I said, the meme coin itself isn't the issue. It's that he is going to manipulate policy and his power of the presidency to max the value of the coin. So no, he hasn't done anything wrong yet. But let's not be naive and say he isn't going to do that. He already has done it in his first term. He now is certifiably above the law so can do whatever he wants. And why shouldn't he given what the courts have shown? So yeah, he's going to pass policy to directly benefit himself. That's why I dumped money into cypto - particularly the ones he has invested in and his family has invested in. It's corrupt, but I am still going to take advantage of it.
     
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    well damn. Guess we gotta put Sweet Lou 42 on the Trump corruption list!! Never saw that one coming :cool:

     
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    by the way, the Comer book came out this week:

    Comer book cover.png
     
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    I am betting on Trump being corrupt, so the smart thing to do is invest in his aligned interests. That's how sure I am he will use the power of the presidency to benefit himself and his donors.
     
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    lol. A Republican writes a book attacking Biden. Yeah, that's factual!
     
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    Honestly, I don't give a **** about that. Trump has been fleecing dumb people out of money for decades. You're worried about the pennies on the ground over the gold bars sitting on the table.
     
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