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(15,265 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2026, 03:15 PM Saturday

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Grifting and corruption takes no holiday.

A Belgian diamond group is gifting Trump a lavish ring after that industry won tariff relief.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-belgian-diamond-group-is-gifting-trump-a-lavish-ring-after-that-industry-won-tariff-relief

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Grifting and corruption takes no holiday. (Original Post) surfered Saturday OP

I'm old enough to remember when a president didn't keep lavish gifts from foreign governments. Whyisthisstillclose Saturday #1

Whyisthisstillclose

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1. I'm old enough to remember when a president didn't keep lavish gifts from foreign governments.

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Sat Jul 4, 2026, 03:19 PM

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I think it was a year and a half ago.

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