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(8,485 posts)usonian
(27,433 posts)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
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.
Grammy23
(6,141 posts)A goober in that photo.
Walleye
(45,918 posts)central scrutinizer
(12,661 posts)The Repugs forced him to sell it so it wouldnt be a conflict of interest.
FalloutShelter
(14,777 posts)Trump is a rapist , traitor,
Thieving psychopath.
sinkingfeeling
(58,330 posts)GoCubsGo
(35,103 posts)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)removing that crap that was super glued in place. That room looks as ridiculous as he does.
calimary
(91,668 posts)Not sure. Havent been there. But other photos Ive seen, in which hes 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 thats 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.
blogslug
(39,261 posts)There's a photo of it in this Instagram post
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVodBVjFaAE/?img_index=9
JoseBalow
(9,975 posts)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
oasis
(54,486 posts)90% of his riches by illegal means.
hay rick
(9,832 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(5,069 posts)He's nothing and he knows it and so does everybody else.
Ilsa
(64,819 posts)eppur_se_muova
(42,981 posts)Trueblue1968
(19,373 posts)orleans
(37,575 posts)Stacey Grove
(232 posts)Presidunce Skank.
