by Scott Creighton
TrumpyBear is corrupt. Of that there is no doubt. But if it helps stop bombing raids in Gaza and gets food to starving Palestinian children, I couldn't care less. Give two planes and a Ferris wheel for all I care.
The sad thing is, most people are too shell-shocked at this point to even pay attention while his MAGAites either don't care or actually cheer him on for his outlandish levels of in your face corruption.
'Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee raked in $239 million from wealthy business interests hoping to curry his favor or at least avoid his wrath, more than doubling the previous record, $107 million, set by his inaugural committee in 2017. There is no way to spend a quarter of a billion dollars on dinners and events, and the committee has not said what will happen to leftover funds.
Before returning to office, Mr. Trump also started a meme cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, which allows crypto investors around the world to enrich him. His family has already made millions on transaction fees, and its own reserve of the digital coin is worth billions on paper.
This month, Mr. Trump went further by auctioning off face-to-face access to himself through sales of the coin, announcing that top buyers would get a private dinner at one of his golf courses and that the largest holders would get a tour of the White House. The contest injected new interest in the coin, even though it has no intrinsic value.
The removal of such constraints extends to law enforcement.
In April, the Trump administration disbanded a Justice Department unit dedicated to investigating cryptocurrency crimes.
Earlier, Mr. Trump had also ordered the department to suspend enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it a crime for companies that operate in the United States to bribe foreign officials.
And Attorney General Pam Bondi, herself a former highly paid lobbyist for Qatar, narrowed enforcement of a law requiring lobbyists for foreign governments to register such relationships and disclose what they are paid...' NYT
Yes, Trump is all about 'the deals'
'Deals' are what used car salesmen make, presidents do diplomacy.
But not TrumpyBear... he makes 'deals' and many times those 'deals' involve either him or some friend or member of his family taking home a hefty profit.
This is a weakness in a man which can be sniffed out a mile away and it is dangerous in a man if he happens to be the POTUS.
Yes, it may turn out after enough 'deals' TrumpyBear is convinced by Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) and the royal families of Qatar and UAE to turn away from Genocidal Bibi and embrace the role of peace-maker in the Middle East for his legacy... and profit margins of course.
And if that is the case, well, worse outcomes were obviously possible. For U.S. recognition of Palestinian statehood, I think most solidarity supporters would turn a blind eye to TrumpyBear flying off into the sunset in his new gaudy ego palace in the sky.
Money well spent in my opinion.
However, not everyone sees it that way and there are many out there, some who pretend to stand with us as we stand with Palestine, who will turn on this development using Trump's corruption in an effort to undermine the historic moment.
In short, they will take advantage of his weakness in an effort to get him impeached so they can retract his recognition of Palestine on behalf of Israel's rabid, messianic Zionists and their Greater Israel project.
The thought of this troubles me as I watch one supposed Palestinian rights supporter after another take the bait (due to their own hatred of all things Trumpy) and harp on the inconsequential aspects of these next few days as they completely ignore what may very well be a historic moment in the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Is TrumpyBear being bought off? Has MbS made it clear to him the only way he will EVER get a Trump Tower on the shores of the Mediterranean is by the Saudis building it with him FOR THE PALESTINIANS? Has NYC developer and Trump front-man Steve Witkoff been made the same 'deal'?
It is all very, very possible with a trillion in Saudi investments, UAE buying $2 billion of Trump coin and a $400 million dollar flying ego boost from Qatar to sweeten the 'deal'
And yeah, Hamas releasing the soul remaining U.S. citizen yesterday is apparently also part of 'the deal'
I don't know how this will work out in the end but I do know this... Trump will always do what is in his best interests. That long list of his corruption just this time around stands as evidence of that.
And in so much as you can fully expect that, it's clear the super wealthy royal families of S.A., Qatar and UAE know this about him as well.
Feed his ego, wow him with gaudy gold furniture, promise him a lot on Gaza's beach to develop and show him an AI rendering of some golden statue in the middle of a roundabout in Gaza City and you can Middle East peace rather than having to kill for it.
And to me, well, that's what you get when real money like theirs' comes up against a reality TV star pretender in chief.
That might be enough to buy Palestine's statehood but unfortunately it might also pave the way for Trump's and Gaza's downfall.
Personally I think it's money well spent. A far cry cheaper than WWIII so I guess they figured it was worth a shot.
Let's see how it plays out.
But I don't give a shit about a used plane or his idiotic Bitcoin or tracking just how much of that trillion dollar slush-fund finds it way to Donnie Jr's pockets.
If it stops the bombs from raining down in Gaza and feeds starving children... do you?
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