8 hours ago, lynched1 said:

Sure why not?

Because it opens up for a corporation to buy influence and special favors. We don't need more of that. Next thing he'll do is have other countries buy-in for, say, tariff favors.

15 hours ago, pisceschica said:

Not really a surprise

To be fair, she’s talking about renovations at the White House. The question was asked about other renovations or projects at the White House. Her answer was that the ballroom was the main priority. Out of context, it doesn’t sound good. Adding context, it makes sense.

6 hours ago, Procus said:

Trumptards must be really desperate if they are using Hillary Clinton of all people as an appeal to authority.

5 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

Because it opens up for a corporation to buy influence and special favors.

That horse left the barn a looooong time ago. This regime is so openly corrupt no one notices or cares about favors to corporations. At this point I would settle for reducing favors to hostile foreign governments and terrorists.

1 hour ago, Gannan said:

That horse left the barn a looooong time ago. This regime is so openly corrupt no one notices or cares about favors to corporations. At this point I would settle for reducing favors to hostile foreign governments and terrorists.

My point is we don’t need to add to the corruption. That includes domestic and foreign actors.

Any rich people want to donate to pay air traffic controllers during shut down ?

5 hours ago, RPeeteRules said:

To be fair, she’s talking about renovations at the White House. The question was asked about other renovations or projects at the White House. Her answer was that the ballroom was the main priority. Out of context, it doesn’t sound good. Adding context, it makes sense.

The context is this dude never shuts the F up about decorating.

21 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

Next up the Crazy horse monument in South Dakota

9 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

Because it opens up for a corporation to buy influence and special favors. We don't need more of that. Next thing he'll do is have other countries buy-in for, say, tariff favors.

These dumb Fs don't see the downsides of selling influence.

US President Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison in 2024 after pleading guilty to violating money laundering laws.

"Its wilful failures allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers through its platform."

Pardoned despite pleading guilty to the above. Why you ask?

"Before the pardon, Zhao's companies had partnered with firms linked to Trump on new digital-currency projects including Dominari Holdings, where his sons sit on the board of advisers and which is based in Trump Tower.

The Wall Street Journal also previously reported representatives of the Trump family - which has its own crypto firm World Liberty Financial - had recently held talks with Binance.

The Trump administration previously halted a fraud case against crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, after his investments in the Trump family's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial.

He has also pardoned founders of the crypto exchange BitMex, who also faced charges related to money laundering, and Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road, the dark web marketplace known as a place for drug trade."

11 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

Because it opens up for a corporation to buy influence and special favors. We don't need more of that. Next thing he'll do is have other countries buy-in for, say, tariff favors.

More?

Not possible. See "the Fed".

1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

These dumb Fs don't see the downsides of selling influence.

Oh but I do.

11 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

Oh but I do.

Yet you celebrate it

3 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Yet you celebrate it

Hes an edgy little fella!

46 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Yet you celebrate it

Acknowledgement is not celebrating.

You're going to have to do better.

2 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

Acknowledgement is not celebrating.

You're going to have to do better.

I see, so you don't like Apple and others buying favors thru contributing to fund the new WH ballroom. Why didn't you say so in the first place?

33 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

I see, so you don't like Apple and others buying favors thru contributing to fund the new WH ballroom. Why didn't you say so in the first place?

I said nothing of the sort first or second time. I'm ambivalent.

What are going to about it if you're right?

Are you going to use an iPhone to log into every one of your social media accounts to post your virtuous rant across the internet?

Elect an opposition official financially backed by the same groups?

President Trump called the ad "fake,” because Canada had selectively clipped, manipulating Reagan’s words, in an attempt to influence an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on his global tariff regime.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute also condemned the ad, saying it misrepresented Reagan’s views and that it was considering legal action.

10 hours ago, lynched1 said:

I said nothing of the sort first or second time. I'm ambivalent.

What are going to about it if you're right?

Are you going to use an iPhone to log into every one of your social media accounts to post your virtuous rant across the internet?

Elect an opposition official financially backed by the same groups?

There are levels of problem and that includes corruption. Trump takes all of it off the charts and from bad to dangerous territory.

2 hours ago, lynched1 said:

President Trump called the ad "fake,” because Canada had selectively clipped, manipulating Reagan’s words, in an attempt to influence an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on his global tariff regime.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute also condemned the ad, saying it misrepresented Reagan’s views and that it was considering legal action.

Grok's summary below which is consistent with the widely held view on Reagan's position on tariffs. It is clear as day mate.

President Ronald Reagan was fundamentally a proponent of free trade, viewing tariffs and protectionist measures as detrimental to economic growth, innovation, and global peace. He frequently criticized high tariffs, drawing on historical lessons like the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which he blamed for exacerbating the Great Depression by sparking trade wars and unemployment. In his view, tariffs provided short-term relief for specific industries but ultimately stifled competition, encouraged retaliation from trading partners, and harmed American consumers and workers over the long term.

14 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

These dumb Fs don't see the downsides of selling influence.

The intelligentsia has spoken

8 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Grok's summary below which is consistent with the widely held view on Reagan's position on tariffs. It is clear as day mate.

Different times. For example, Reagan started out with a $5 billion trade deficit with China in 1981

@DrPhilly

Thank you President Trump!

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-witnesses-thailand-cambodia-sign-peace-expansion-months-brokering-ceasefire

Trump witnesses Thailand, Cambodia sign peace expansion months after brokering ceasefire