Andrew Weissmann
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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.
all of these new ventures that trade on his brand as the president of the United States, all of these different crypto schemes, all of these different NFTs and the sneakers and the watches and all of these things that, again, just put money directly in his pocket, many of which are just sort of skeevy and lame.
all of these new ventures that trade on his brand as the president of the United States, all of these different crypto schemes, all of these different NFTs and the sneakers and the watches and all of these things that, again, just put money directly in his pocket, many of which are just sort of skeevy and lame.
all of these new ventures that trade on his brand as the president of the United States, all of these different crypto schemes, all of these different NFTs and the sneakers and the watches and all of these things that, again, just put money directly in his pocket, many of which are just sort of skeevy and lame.
But these crypto ones, which are particularly kind of alarming and untraceable and corrupt.
But these crypto ones, which are particularly kind of alarming and untraceable and corrupt.
But these crypto ones, which are particularly kind of alarming and untraceable and corrupt.
I do think they're a little bored of the of the Glazers. I think I think like Tim Pool and and the Gateway Pundit and those people like that's not a good look even for the White House. Carolyn Leavitt doesn't get anything out of that.
I do think they're a little bored of the of the Glazers. I think I think like Tim Pool and and the Gateway Pundit and those people like that's not a good look even for the White House. Carolyn Leavitt doesn't get anything out of that.
I do think they're a little bored of the of the Glazers. I think I think like Tim Pool and and the Gateway Pundit and those people like that's not a good look even for the White House. Carolyn Leavitt doesn't get anything out of that.
And she is like kind of constrained by the nature of the thing to like dignify their question and be like, wow, I'm so glad you asked me that. The mainstream media would never kind of pat him on the back. And you know that internally she's like, these fucking guys are like no use to us. It's not helpful. It's not like they want to mix it up with the reporters.
And she is like kind of constrained by the nature of the thing to like dignify their question and be like, wow, I'm so glad you asked me that. The mainstream media would never kind of pat him on the back. And you know that internally she's like, these fucking guys are like no use to us. It's not helpful. It's not like they want to mix it up with the reporters.
And she is like kind of constrained by the nature of the thing to like dignify their question and be like, wow, I'm so glad you asked me that. The mainstream media would never kind of pat him on the back. And you know that internally she's like, these fucking guys are like no use to us. It's not helpful. It's not like they want to mix it up with the reporters.