Trump Dismisses ‘Phony Emoluments Clause,’ Defending Doral
President Trump compared himself to George Washington, who he said operated a business while he was president.
In his latest defense of attempting to host the Group of 7 summit at one of his properties, President Trump disparaged the emoluments clause of the Cons ution that prohibits a president from illegally profiting from his business while in office.
on Monday dismissed what he called the “phony emoluments clause” of the Cons ution that prohibits a president from illegally profiting from his business while in office and was cited by critics of his choice of Trump National Doral Miami for the summit. He also accused President Barack Obama of trying to profit off the presidency.
"I was going to do it at no cost or give it free if I got a ruling, ... it’s like a contribution to a country.” he says that only now
in fact it was private criticism from Republicans that ultimately forced his rare reversal. Trash lied about why
And he continued to talk up the resort,
with its “massive meeting rooms” and
“best location” and
said that “it would have been the greatest G-7 ever.” yes, in the horribly humid June heat
what he believes inoculates him against charges of trying to profit from his presidency: that he doesn’t take a salary.
“See whether or not all of the other of your favorites gave up their salary.”
Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy also donated their salaries while they were president.
Mr. Trump claimed that when he was elected, he put “all the stuff in trusts,”
Mr. Trump remains closely tied to his real estate empire,
and has resisted calls to sell his assets and put the proceeds in a blind trust,
arguing that he is under no legal obligation to do so.
the pullback of American troops in Syria that set the stage for Turkey’s invasion of land controlled by the Kurds, who are an American ally.
“We never agreed to protect the Kurds,” Mr. Trump said.
“We never agreed to protect the Kurds for the rest of their lives.”
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The ing ignorant simpleton thinks people believe his lying bull , which bull is slurped up by his cult base