Summary
Donald Trump has exempted himself from key ethics guidelines required under the Presidential Transition Act, which he signed into law in 2020.
By rejecting federal funding for his transition team, Trump avoids donor limits and disclosure requirements, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and transparency.
Critics, including Senator Elizabeth Warren and government watchdogs, warn that Trump’s refusal to submit an ethics plan undermines accountability and could open the door to corruption.
This move marks a break from precedent and has sparked alarm over potential personal enrichment during his presidency.
“Open the door to corruption”? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Before they were using the back door. Now we’re talking about the front door!
Literally had the infamous crook Nixon got pardoned 🤦♂️
I mean the universe spent years letting us all know this guy was corrupt as fuck.
Americans voted for corruption.
We WANT corruption.
We’ll be no better than Russia by the end of our lives. And it will have been no one else’s fault but our own.
Not mine, thanks
same. I’m sick of being lumped in with the vocal minority. which they are. “Americans” as a majority do not want this.
I’m sick of being lumped in with the vocal minority. which they are.
This would have made sense to say last time Trump won with a minority of votes. But he won the majority this time. The majority of Americans chose to put an anti-democratic felon rapist in the Oval Office. Sorry, but that’s the reality. The stupids in this country aren’t a minority.
no, the majority of votes went to him. the majority of adult Americans did not vote for him.
Stop with the precedent. Decorum and tradition means nothing and only Dems keep falling for it and setting themselves arbitrary barriers.
I really hope the segment of poor people that voted for him suffer greatly under his regime. They need to learn a hard kind of lesson they seem to be unwilling to learn any other way.
Did you just become one of the “hurting the right people” crowd?
Ot doesn’t work on them anyway. They just blame someone else.
I don’t think you understand the psyche of people voting for him, even if Trump personally came to their house and stomped on their balls they would vote for him.
It won’t make any difference to their future votes if they suffer, it’ll just be suffering.
I still don’t really know a good way to pry people away from his cult of personality or convince them of the truth but suffering for the sake of itself is not good.
They already are… Look at the states and counties that vote red. Leaders in education and life expectancy they are not. Great in poverty with a dearth of opportunity they are. Over the decades these places have been ravaged by big business. Then business moved overseas and opiates moved in.
What do these people do? In a flash of absolute genius they vote in the guy whose administration is filled with tech bros. The problem is the tech bros all think these people are trash and are happy to see them occupied by video games and drugs.
So clearly the immigrants working for low pay are the reason the economy is fucked. The solution must be the administration whose only legislative accomplishment was a massive tax cut for the wealthy and corporations. Because the economy can’t possibly be fucked because as a society we’ve given to the top 1% all of the gains in productivity since the 1980s.
This is not it. What an abhorrent and sadistic take.
Here’s a handy tip for the future: if you find yourself writing a sentence that goes “I really hope […] poor people […] suffer greatly”, maybe reconsider posting it.
The […] Is doing some heavy lifting.
That’s like saying that “I hope the black people that killed my parents suffer greatly” shouldn’t be said. You can’t just " I hope […] black people […] suffer greatly" it.
No one is immune from propaganda.
Him not signing an ethics pledge is probably the most honest move he did in his lifetime.
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Trump is like “lol, I can’t spell that”.
The one thing we can absolutely be sure of is that this dispicable con-man will do all that he can to enrich himself, without regard for any limiting principle or structural restraint.
Its not a question of “if” he “may” be corrupt, but only how brazen the supposed patriots in the Republican party will let him be as he does it.
Can things stop. I just… Want things to stop now.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Those alarms already had the copper wire stolen from behind them.
Critics, including Senator Elizabeth Warren and government watchdogs, warn that Trump’s refusal to submit an ethics plan undermines accountability and could open the door to corruption.
Fucking could? It’s kinda been proven that he is corrupt and this is the best the watchdogs can do? Where’s their teeth?
Not even kinda proven! It’s 100 fucking percent proven he’s corrupt. The man was found guilty of 34 felonies. He’s been doing this shit literally for decades… Fucking pussies…
How is this allowed under an act of congress? Oh right, lack of accountability and oversight.
there was only going to be ‘accountability’ if democrats didn’t follow it.
And they shouldnt anymore. Clearly the voters do not want good people
“Americans expect and deserve a president who prioritizes the nation’s well-being over personal gain,” she added.
Yeah!
“They will not tolerate a president who abuses the powers of his office to line his own pockets.”
Weeeellllllll…
Im not so sure we deserve a decent leader atp
There once was a man from Jamaica, Who liked to sling pieces of paper. The tropical sun was a topical one, And the walri could see it much deeper.
Can someone explain this to me
Recite it in concordance with Jamaican patois phonology, and it rhymes.
Is there more to it than rhyme? It makes no sense to me. 💩🧠💩😅
To the people who will wake up tomorrow pretending this is going to be buisness as usual. Fuck you. That’s all.
Shit now there’s nothing stopping him from doing immoral undemocratic stuff like pardoning his children.
You’re right. What could Trump possibly do that would even come remotely close to equaling Joe Biden doing such a totally outrageous and unacceptable legal thing?
Lol, trump would do way worse than pardon his kid that was targeted by the doj for something that hardly gets charged in the first place. Trump incites violence, disregards the constitution, is a sexual predator (probably a pedophile) and the list goes on.
Rules for thee but not for me, got it.
Biden is literally following the rules with an official presidential pardon. Trump is violating a law he signed into law.
What does any of this have to do with Biden?
Did you forget your original comment?
Shit now there’s nothing stopping him from doing immoral undemocratic stuff like pardoning his children.
Or did you bring up “pardoning his children” right after Biden pardoned his son for an entirely unrelated reason?
He did that? Oh never mind, if Biden did it, then it’s ok if Trump does it, too. Please disregard my initial comment. It is in fact not immoral and undemocratic to pardon your own children.
Yes. It is “okay” if a president uses their legal power to pardon people for federal crimes. In that it is their legal right to do so.
Is this the first day you’ve been aware of that fact? It’s been true for a very, very long time.
Oh look, crickets.
You tell 'em Captain Logic! Also, when are we going to poison this damn infestation of giant pandas?
Oh you poor thing…
or appointing relations to advisory and diplomatic posts.
Tell me of all the people Don pardoned.
?
What about that is confusing to you?
Every part. I’m not your siri, just google it or something
Are you mental?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump
Relatively few compared to his predecessors. Some real assholes on that list. It amazes me how Roger Stone isn’t under the Jail.
Lil Wayne is on that list btw.
We will get to see is how they twist the presidential pardon this coming year.
Afaik a presidential pardon is strictly federal.
State cases and Civil cases are not covered.
I’m sure the supreme Court will Fix that.
What about pardoning war criminals?
