Andrew Weissmann

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.

Right. The point is they get access to Donald Trump. The point is that they get they get. personal proximity to this guy who has this big sign around his neck that says, buy me. And they get to pitch him on stuff, presumably. I mean, we don't know exactly what that dinner is going to look like.

Right. The point is they get access to Donald Trump. The point is that they get they get. personal proximity to this guy who has this big sign around his neck that says, buy me. And they get to pitch him on stuff, presumably. I mean, we don't know exactly what that dinner is going to look like.

Right. The point is they get access to Donald Trump. The point is that they get they get. personal proximity to this guy who has this big sign around his neck that says, buy me. And they get to pitch him on stuff, presumably. I mean, we don't know exactly what that dinner is going to look like.

It could be that he's kind of scamming all of these people and there's not going to be that much access on offer. But we do know that at least some people are thinking of it in those terms, are buying the coin with the express hope that they'll be able to influence the president and with good reason because they're putting money in his pocket.

It could be that he's kind of scamming all of these people and there's not going to be that much access on offer. But we do know that at least some people are thinking of it in those terms, are buying the coin with the express hope that they'll be able to influence the president and with good reason because they're putting money in his pocket.

It could be that he's kind of scamming all of these people and there's not going to be that much access on offer. But we do know that at least some people are thinking of it in those terms, are buying the coin with the express hope that they'll be able to influence the president and with good reason because they're putting money in his pocket.

I think the point that you make is a good and important one, which is that even in the first term, when things were wildly less insane than they are today, ethics experts still were having conniptions constantly about all of the ways in which Donald Trump was obviously self-dealing because he had not divested from his properties.

I think the point that you make is a good and important one, which is that even in the first term, when things were wildly less insane than they are today, ethics experts still were having conniptions constantly about all of the ways in which Donald Trump was obviously self-dealing because he had not divested from his properties.

I think the point that you make is a good and important one, which is that even in the first term, when things were wildly less insane than they are today, ethics experts still were having conniptions constantly about all of the ways in which Donald Trump was obviously self-dealing because he had not divested from his properties.

The quote unquote blind trust was just that he had kind of pinky promised not to talk Yeah, absolutely. And he was putting up the Secret Service at his clubs and having the government pay him to do that, all sorts of things like that. And that was just the first term. And now, you know, all that stuff is still happening.

The quote unquote blind trust was just that he had kind of pinky promised not to talk Yeah, absolutely. And he was putting up the Secret Service at his clubs and having the government pay him to do that, all sorts of things like that. And that was just the first term. And now, you know, all that stuff is still happening.

The quote unquote blind trust was just that he had kind of pinky promised not to talk Yeah, absolutely. And he was putting up the Secret Service at his clubs and having the government pay him to do that, all sorts of things like that. And that was just the first term. And now, you know, all that stuff is still happening.

He's still got the Trump Organization kind of fake blind trust set up along the same lines as the first term. But now he is openly trading on not just making money in his pre-existing ventures and skimming off the top in that way, but launching online.

He's still got the Trump Organization kind of fake blind trust set up along the same lines as the first term. But now he is openly trading on not just making money in his pre-existing ventures and skimming off the top in that way, but launching online.

He's still got the Trump Organization kind of fake blind trust set up along the same lines as the first term. But now he is openly trading on not just making money in his pre-existing ventures and skimming off the top in that way, but launching online.