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CNN Headline / trmp pic (Original Post) spanone Jul 1 OP
Better headline: Trump's wealth has ballooned in office because Republicans refuse to enforce the Emoluments clause Chasstev365 Jul 1 #1
Laws that are not charged nor prosecuted are merely "suggestions" usonian Jul 1 #2
He truly looks like Grammy23 Jul 1 #3
All the gold crap in the world will never fill that hole in his chest, where his heart ought to be Walleye Jul 1 #4
Remember Jimmie Carter's peanut farm? central scrutinizer Jul 1 #5
Better Headline... FalloutShelter Jul 1 #6
Tell me that's not the White House in that photo. sinkingfeeling Jul 1 #7
That's his shithole apartment in NYC. GoCubsGo Jul 1 #8
Hopefully, only until he leaves and we spend millions repairing all the damage done from Marie Marie Jul 1 #9
I think it IS the White House. calimary Jul 1 #10
Mar a Lago blogslug Thursday #19
That fake/stolen family crest makes the pic perfect LOL! JoseBalow Jul 1 #11
Trump stole the coat-of-arms just like he took oasis Jul 1 #14
A picture is worth a thousand words, or in this case, only 4: A PIG IN SHIT. hay rick Jul 1 #12
Nothing will ever fill the hollow hole that is Piggy MorbidButterflyTat Jul 1 #13
I wonder if he's realized yet that he can't take it with him? nt Ilsa Thursday #15
Why does that pic make me think of gerbils and duct tape ? nt eppur_se_muova Thursday #16
Evil piece if $hit. Evil as in AntiChrist evil. Trueblue1968 Thursday #17
that picture: what. a. freak! nt orleans Thursday #18
Slob Stacey Grove Thursday #20
He has the most punchable face on earth. PittBlue Thursday #21

Chasstev365

(8,485 posts)
1. Better headline: Trump's wealth has ballooned in office because Republicans refuse to enforce the Emoluments clause
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:28 PM
Jul 1

usonian

(27,433 posts)
2. Laws that are not charged nor prosecuted are merely "suggestions"
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:34 PM
Jul 1

The presidential emoluments clause is in the Constitution, but as recent events show, the Constitution is being bent, folded, spindled and shredded by cronies in black nightgowns.

https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-the-emoluments-clause

The emoluments clause, also called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment, or other object or service of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives. The clause provides that:

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

The Constitution also contains a “domestic emoluments clause” (Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 7), which prohibits the president from receiving any “Emolument” from the federal government or the states beyond “a Compensation” for his “Services” as chief executive.


Insider trading is legislated separately, if legislation still matters.

Walleye

(45,918 posts)
4. All the gold crap in the world will never fill that hole in his chest, where his heart ought to be
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:44 PM
Jul 1

central scrutinizer

(12,661 posts)
5. Remember Jimmie Carter's peanut farm?
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:47 PM
Jul 1

The Repugs forced him to sell it so it wouldn’t be a conflict of interest.

GoCubsGo

(35,103 posts)
8. That's his shithole apartment in NYC.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:24 PM
Jul 1

If you thought what he's done to the White House is tacky, just check out that dump in your favorite search engine's "Images" section.

Marie Marie

(11,665 posts)
9. Hopefully, only until he leaves and we spend millions repairing all the damage done from
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:25 PM
Jul 1

removing that crap that was super glued in place. That room looks as ridiculous as he does.

calimary

(91,668 posts)
10. I think it IS the White House.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:26 PM
Jul 1

Not sure. Haven’t been there. But other photos I’ve seen, in which he’s seated with some visiting VIP appear to show him in that same room. The one loaded up with cheap gold scrollwork and other busy-looking gold festooning.

Wonder if that’s some of the “embellishment” some visitor accidentally walked in on his attempts at “golding up” whichever room it is. Jackie Kennedy would have had a heart attack. Boy, I hope the next president gets all that cheesy “gold” crap cleared away. And I DO mean ALL OF IT. And right away! Like maybe a day or two after his inauguration.

JoseBalow

(9,975 posts)
11. That fake/stolen family crest makes the pic perfect LOL!
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:42 PM
Jul 1

drumpf is such a pathetic low-class loser


Mr Trump's heraldic arms is a near-identical copy of one registered in 1939 by Joseph Edward Davies, the New York Times reported. The copy, printed on everything from golf carts to socks, made a single small change: where the original said "Integritas", now it says "Trump".

Davies was an American diplomat and husband to Marjorie Merriweather Post, who built the Mar-a-Lago resort that now belongs to the president, and where presumably he first saw the coat of arms. The similarity was spotted by Davies' grandson, former US senator Joseph Tydings, on a visit to the resort. He told the Times he had not given permission to the Trump Organization to use the arms.

It drew the attention of heraldic officials in Scotland when Mr Trump attempted to brand a new golf course in Aberdeen with the adulterated arms. They noticed that he hadn't registered it with the Court of the Lord Lyon, which approves all applications for arms and has authority to litigate against anyone using a design improperly.

An application to trademark the Trump copy with the College of Arms, the authority for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was rejected after the college noted that the design had been lifted from an existing coat of arms. The motto, changed by the Trump organisation, does not technically form part of the design, making the two identical in the eyes of the authorities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40097665

MorbidButterflyTat

(5,069 posts)
13. Nothing will ever fill the hollow hole that is Piggy
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:49 PM
Jul 1

He's nothing and he knows it and so does everybody else.

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