Andrew Weissmann
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And like, yeah, the the Qatari plane does does sort of wash out some of these other financial scandals and some of this other open corruption, because a $400 million plane is just one of those kind of eye poppingly large numbers that like, of course, yeah, it's, you know, nothing really holds a candle to that.
And like, yeah, the the Qatari plane does does sort of wash out some of these other financial scandals and some of this other open corruption, because a $400 million plane is just one of those kind of eye poppingly large numbers that like, of course, yeah, it's, you know, nothing really holds a candle to that.
But at the same time, I mean, the Trumps do stand to make millions of dollars off of these various crypto grifts. They get a cut of all these transactions that are happening and they own massive supplies of these coins themselves, these various coins themselves. So it's all very open. It's all very naked.
But at the same time, I mean, the Trumps do stand to make millions of dollars off of these various crypto grifts. They get a cut of all these transactions that are happening and they own massive supplies of these coins themselves, these various coins themselves. So it's all very open. It's all very naked.
But at the same time, I mean, the Trumps do stand to make millions of dollars off of these various crypto grifts. They get a cut of all these transactions that are happening and they own massive supplies of these coins themselves, these various coins themselves. So it's all very open. It's all very naked.
And as you heard in that clip, I mean, Carolyn Levitt essentially doesn't even try to offer any kind of halfway plausible alternate explanation other than the one that we all know, is the case, which is that he just wants to make a bunch of money and this is an easy way to do it. He thinks it's a deal. He thinks it's a good deal for him.
And as you heard in that clip, I mean, Carolyn Levitt essentially doesn't even try to offer any kind of halfway plausible alternate explanation other than the one that we all know, is the case, which is that he just wants to make a bunch of money and this is an easy way to do it. He thinks it's a deal. He thinks it's a good deal for him.
And as you heard in that clip, I mean, Carolyn Levitt essentially doesn't even try to offer any kind of halfway plausible alternate explanation other than the one that we all know, is the case, which is that he just wants to make a bunch of money and this is an easy way to do it. He thinks it's a deal. He thinks it's a good deal for him.
And he thinks the conflict of interest stuff is kind of pointless and for squares and for nerds to follow those rules. But not only does she, I mean, she says, obviously we're abiding by all conflict of interest rules and regulations and stuff.
And he thinks the conflict of interest stuff is kind of pointless and for squares and for nerds to follow those rules. But not only does she, I mean, she says, obviously we're abiding by all conflict of interest rules and regulations and stuff.
And he thinks the conflict of interest stuff is kind of pointless and for squares and for nerds to follow those rules. But not only does she, I mean, she says, obviously we're abiding by all conflict of interest rules and regulations and stuff.
And I resent the very notion that anybody would suggest any of this is unethical, but there's no alternate explanation given for why he would possibly be interested in doing this because we all know.
And I resent the very notion that anybody would suggest any of this is unethical, but there's no alternate explanation given for why he would possibly be interested in doing this because we all know.
And I resent the very notion that anybody would suggest any of this is unethical, but there's no alternate explanation given for why he would possibly be interested in doing this because we all know.
I'm not totally sure that the White House is involved, right? The wording is a little opaque on the website. They get to visit the White House, though. Is that in there? My reading of it, maybe I should bone up on this. I had thought that what was on offer was like there's this dinner and there's this reception at the club, at Trump's golf course in D.C., and that Trump would be present for that.
I'm not totally sure that the White House is involved, right? The wording is a little opaque on the website. They get to visit the White House, though. Is that in there? My reading of it, maybe I should bone up on this. I had thought that what was on offer was like there's this dinner and there's this reception at the club, at Trump's golf course in D.C., and that Trump would be present for that.
I'm not totally sure that the White House is involved, right? The wording is a little opaque on the website. They get to visit the White House, though. Is that in there? My reading of it, maybe I should bone up on this. I had thought that what was on offer was like there's this dinner and there's this reception at the club, at Trump's golf course in D.C., and that Trump would be present for that.
And then there's this kind of oblique reference to a VIP tour for like the creme de la creme, for like the top of the top of the top. But it's not super clear from the wording on the website what the tour is of. I don't know whether it's been externally reported that that's the White House or what. But but that's I mean, either way, the point is not like, oh, they get to see the Lincoln bedroom.
And then there's this kind of oblique reference to a VIP tour for like the creme de la creme, for like the top of the top of the top. But it's not super clear from the wording on the website what the tour is of. I don't know whether it's been externally reported that that's the White House or what. But but that's I mean, either way, the point is not like, oh, they get to see the Lincoln bedroom.
And then there's this kind of oblique reference to a VIP tour for like the creme de la creme, for like the top of the top of the top. But it's not super clear from the wording on the website what the tour is of. I don't know whether it's been externally reported that that's the White House or what. But but that's I mean, either way, the point is not like, oh, they get to see the Lincoln bedroom.