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[–] 250 points 9 months ago (14 children)

US Constitution Article 1 Section 9 Clause 8, "Titles of Nobility and Foreign Emoluments":

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

It's literally unconstitutional. In the past, foreign gifts to presidents were typically turned over to the National Archives to avoid breaking the law. If Congress was a functional governing body they would rake him over the coals for this, among the hundred other laws Trump has casually flaunted.

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  • [–] 128 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah emoluments clause went out the window in trumps first term. Like week one, probably.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Clearly, it doesn't mean things like airplanes, watches, and gold bars. It's written right there, anybody can see it, it's just that Libz can't read because of their public school education. They don't even make emoluments any more, that was an olden days thing, like Laudanum.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    We need a brand new congress. End literally every one if their terms and vote in new people.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    They've proven the Constitution is just toilet paper to them. He's a felon who will never see prison. That act alone stripped him from any future accountability. He's untouchable, and he knows it.

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