Pay to play. America is entering the next level of corruption
SnivyEyes on
This is legal, how? Trump is the deep
State. He successfully fooled a bunch of fools that it was Soros and the Dems, but it was Musk and Trump / MAGA all along. I even asked a Trump supporter why they are okay with this and their response is because he’s on their side. They welcome the corruption as long as it doesn’t impact them directly. The indirect impacts will always be Biden’s fault or the Dems.
Special-Pie9894 on
Can we stop calling them donations?
dbuck1964 on
Extortion. Go figure.
Odd-Bee9172 on
Small business owners are SOL.
arthurdentxxxxii on
And I’m sure those companies will still raise prices publicly to “offset the costs of the tariffs” they aren’t paying.
arthurdentxxxxii on
And I’m sure those companies will still raise prices publicly to “offset the costs of the tariffs” they aren’t paying.
bucketofmonkeys on
This is Trump’s grift. He doesn’t have to offer anything good to get things in return. He just announces terrible plans, and then exempts people from the effects of those plans if they pay up.
bucketofmonkeys on
This is Trump’s grift. He doesn’t have to offer anything good to get things in return. He just announces terrible plans, and then exempts people from the effects of those plans if they pay up.
Iinktolyn on
How one man destroys the constitution.
habu-sr71 on
Oh…so this “quid pro quo” thing is actually true huh?
Sigh.
2HDFloppyDisk on
We don’t need a study to know this happens with Trump. This will be how the next 4 years (or longer if he refuses to leave office) will be
McKayLau on
It’s called corruption. That’s how he rolls.
FlamingMuffi on
I am shocked SHOCKED
Well not that shocked corruption is a core conservative value
spa22lurk on
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the outcome of elimination of regulations. Instead of clear rules that everyone understands, it becomes rules that nobody knows. The rules are still there.
Most people will suffer other than Trump and his families. The wealthy may think they have it real good but the fact is they succeeded in the past in rule of law environment. I think they are ill equipped in rule of one environment.
Ok-disaster2022 on
Yep Americans voted for a con man who made bribes legal. Good job Republicans.
No-Beach-7923 on
Given our current state it doesn’t matter if you are a good or bad person anymore. People who do bad things with money always win.
duckstrap on
That’s the whole point of announcing aggressive tariffs. Pay up or lose market share.
Hawkwise83 on
What a surprise. He’s corrupt. Who could have known?
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Fucking MAGA idiots. In their anger they sold out America.
benndy_85 on
Trump 2.0 is going to be an absolute shitshow of corruption, grifting, violence, lies and hatred – and unfortunately it’s going to have a ripple effect across the entire globe, catapulting similar right-wing populist lunatics into power everywhere…
Thanks America. You must be so very fucking proud of yourselves.
the_G8 on
Of course. Graft is his middle name!
silsum on
Wow, the king and queen of the swam. How the hell could anyone vote for him? Oh wait, a whole lot of idiots did do so.
softwaregravy on
6 months late on this.
Fiveofthem on
I guess Tim Apple got an exemption.
CAM6913 on
Let’s start calling it by what it is. Trump gave tariff exemptions to companies that paid HIM off. This is why trump wasn’t held accountable for his crimes including insurrection the meddling whitewashes the truth about him
SparkyMuffin on
We need to keep a list of companies exempt and their leaders and how much they donated. This needs to be public info and we need to be reminded every day.
jpk195 on
This is the actual and only reason Trump likes tariffs.
So he has leverage to extract favors and funds.
Recent-Construction6 on
Ah, corruption. Who could’ve guessed
CLS4L on
So it in the open now
frank_690 on
Trump really wants to go to Rikers.
He’s testing the limits of his executive powers again.
Will the SCOTUS say Presidents have immunity from corruption in office
Nooze-Button on
Next up. Exemptions from tariffs for nations with a trump hotel within their sovereign borders.
heliumneon on
I’m sure the Supreme Court will get right on this and fix it
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Sounds perfectly legal.
Pay to play. America is entering the next level of corruption
This is legal, how? Trump is the deep
State. He successfully fooled a bunch of fools that it was Soros and the Dems, but it was Musk and Trump / MAGA all along. I even asked a Trump supporter why they are okay with this and their response is because he’s on their side. They welcome the corruption as long as it doesn’t impact them directly. The indirect impacts will always be Biden’s fault or the Dems.
Can we stop calling them donations?
Extortion. Go figure.
Small business owners are SOL.
And I’m sure those companies will still raise prices publicly to “offset the costs of the tariffs” they aren’t paying.
And I’m sure those companies will still raise prices publicly to “offset the costs of the tariffs” they aren’t paying.
This is Trump’s grift. He doesn’t have to offer anything good to get things in return. He just announces terrible plans, and then exempts people from the effects of those plans if they pay up.
This is Trump’s grift. He doesn’t have to offer anything good to get things in return. He just announces terrible plans, and then exempts people from the effects of those plans if they pay up.
How one man destroys the constitution.
Oh…so this “quid pro quo” thing is actually true huh?
Sigh.
We don’t need a study to know this happens with Trump. This will be how the next 4 years (or longer if he refuses to leave office) will be
It’s called corruption. That’s how he rolls.
I am shocked SHOCKED
Well not that shocked corruption is a core conservative value
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the outcome of elimination of regulations. Instead of clear rules that everyone understands, it becomes rules that nobody knows. The rules are still there.
Most people will suffer other than Trump and his families. The wealthy may think they have it real good but the fact is they succeeded in the past in rule of law environment. I think they are ill equipped in rule of one environment.
Yep Americans voted for a con man who made bribes legal. Good job Republicans.
Given our current state it doesn’t matter if you are a good or bad person anymore. People who do bad things with money always win.
That’s the whole point of announcing aggressive tariffs. Pay up or lose market share.
What a surprise. He’s corrupt. Who could have known?
…
Fucking MAGA idiots. In their anger they sold out America.
Trump 2.0 is going to be an absolute shitshow of corruption, grifting, violence, lies and hatred – and unfortunately it’s going to have a ripple effect across the entire globe, catapulting similar right-wing populist lunatics into power everywhere…
Thanks America. You must be so very fucking proud of yourselves.
Of course. Graft is his middle name!
Wow, the king and queen of the swam. How the hell could anyone vote for him? Oh wait, a whole lot of idiots did do so.
6 months late on this.
I guess Tim Apple got an exemption.
Let’s start calling it by what it is. Trump gave tariff exemptions to companies that paid HIM off. This is why trump wasn’t held accountable for his crimes including insurrection the meddling whitewashes the truth about him
We need to keep a list of companies exempt and their leaders and how much they donated. This needs to be public info and we need to be reminded every day.
This is the actual and only reason Trump likes tariffs.
So he has leverage to extract favors and funds.
Ah, corruption. Who could’ve guessed
So it in the open now
Trump really wants to go to Rikers.
He’s testing the limits of his executive powers again.
Will the SCOTUS say Presidents have immunity from corruption in office
Next up. Exemptions from tariffs for nations with a trump hotel within their sovereign borders.
I’m sure the Supreme Court will get right on this and fix it