BREAKING: New documents show Donald received up to $7.8 million dollars from foreign governments when he was in the White House in direct VIOLATION of the Constitution. And we can do something about it. Read on 👇
Knowing Donald as I do, I knew there was more to it when he said he’d reject the presidential salary paid by Americans. Now we know why he did: He was already bought and paid for by over 20 foreign governments.
Republicans want to talk about corruption? Great… Let’s break down the sordid details just released today of every foreign payment Donald received (that we now know of) while he was still in office.
I’ll save the biggest for last.
Kuwait
Kuwait paid Donald’s businesses totaling more than $300,000. They moved their annual Washington party to Donald’s hotel in December 2016. In 2017, he released a statement about how proud he was to expedite a $5B sale of American F/A-18 Super Hornet fighting jets to them.
But it gets more egregious.
Qatar
In 2017, Donald denounced corrupt and authoritarian government of Qatar as a “funder of terrorism”.
But in April of 2018, the Qatari Permanent Mission to the United Nations bought a fourth apartment at Trump World Tower for $6.5 million, and then in the SAME MONTH, Donald welcomed its monarch to the Oval Office and labeled Qatar as a partner in the “stopping the funding of terrorism.”
The report estimates that Qatar paid $465,744 in charges for all its properties in Trump World Tower.
The checks and favors kept rolling in:
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia paid Donald’s business entities at least $615,422 while Donald was in office, including, according to a report by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, “more than $212,000 in emoluments through the country’s ownership of the 45th floor of the Trump World Tower and a week-long stay in March 2018 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.”
NOT-SO FUN FACTS: Donald chose Saudi Arabia for his first overseas trip, an unusual move that raised many eyebrows. And who can forget that Donald appeared to have defended Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after allegations emerged about the brutal murder of American resident journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
Who was the biggest?
Donald took the largest total payments from China, with businesses spending more than $5.5 million at Trump Tower in New York, and at two of Donald’s hotels in Washington and Las Vegas.
But it’s not just Chinese businesses:
Millions of dollars came directly from China’s Embassy in the United States, and a state-owned Chinese bank that the DOJ accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions.
In a 2017 trip to China, Donald showered Chinese President Xi Jinping with praise, telling the dictator, “my feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one.”
What We Can Do – Step 1
Get the word out. Some swing voters still don’t want a president who is owned by foreign corporations and governments. And some actually respect the Constitution.
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits a president from accepting money, payments or gifts “of any kind whatever” from foreign governments unless he obtains “the consent of the Congress” to do so. This ensures that foreign countries cannot influence the leaders of our government through gift-giving, even if the influence is not conscious.
Donald never asked for consent from Congress.
There’s one more thing we can do. Only a few Democratic leaders are talking about:
What We Can Do – Step 2
Impeach him.
If our nightmare comes true – that he can still get into office, this is already grounds to impeach him.
But even if he is not in office, Jamie Raskin says he can technically still be impeached. If Democrats are in charge, they just might hold Donald accountable.
Either way, I’ll do everything in my power to make sure as many Democrats as possible get elected, and that my uncle is OUT of power. Here’s how:
My mission
Can I lay it on the line for a moment? Publicizing Donald’s fraudulent, anti-American, and potentially criminal activity puts me directly at risk of retribution from my uncle. But I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t try to stop him from destroying our democracy and I need your help.
The more support I get from you all, the more resources I have to expose Donald’s corruption. I’m only 42 paid subs away from my goal today. Can you help me smash my record by midnight? 👇
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But of course he did! And he should be a candidate for a firing squad, not for POTUS. Meanwhile the DOJ has the goods on him and allows him to fly all around the country, stirring up trouble. It is embarrassing to be a citizen and a taxpayer and watch this endless circus.
Wow! Every day is SPHD.. S#*t Piled Higher and Deeper..and we probably don’t know half of it. Thanks, Mary!