Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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[–] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

In other countries this would be a criminal offense. For example in Austria: if the value of the gift is above 50000€ , it's 6 months - 5 years; if over 300k€ it's 1-10 years of prison.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago*

    Oh, this is 100% a criminal offense for any government employee that isn't Donald Trump (or someone that he has decided to shield).

    Low level government workers can't even accept someone paying for their lunch.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The same loophole exists almost anywhere: "its a gift to white house or trumps library"

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A gold bar gifted to an institution would still count as corruption in most sane jurisdictions. Sure those loopholes exist, but we tend to disguise them as investments or charity.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    In other countries this would be a criminal offense.

    Dialing 911 and telling my local constabulary that the President is doing crimes. But then they just laugh at me and say "We're all doing crimes! It's the innocent people who get thrown in jail."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Not sure if you know this but I find it fun to know so I’m going to share.

    In English when deciding whether to use a or an you should look at the start of the following word and if it starts with a vowel sound then use an else use a.

    Examples:

    • An apple
    • An hour (note doesn’t start with a vowel but sounds like a vowel)
    • A goat
    • A criminal offence
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    An hour

    Note, this can differ by region. For example, "an historic ..." is common in the UK, whereas it would be "a historic ..." in the US due to accent differences.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    That's because the h is silent at the beginning of a word in the UK.

    An 'istoric

    A Historic makes sense if you pronounce the hard H

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