Trump Family Treats the Treasury Like Their Own Personal Honeypot

As you have probably heard by now, Trump’s beloved “military parade,” which was, of course, not intended to honor the military, but to have the military honor him, is now history. The reason is simple; it will cost too much. Because the DC Mayor and City Council said it would cost about $90 million, Donny decided it was a bridge too far. So did the Pentagon, who “postponed” the project until next year, so they could explore alternatives. That was when Donny just canceled it. He seems to know he won’t be around in a year.

This cancellation of an act that is purely for self-gratification is wholly ironic, precisely because it happened because of money. This could very well be the first time in 19 months Trump stopped doing something because of taxpayers’ money. It’s likely he discussed it with a GOP Congresscritter or two, and they told him no, since they will get blamed for spending the money and it would have to be appropriated just before the election.

However, there is more. According to a report released by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) back in January, during Trump’s first year, more than 100 executive branch officials and members of Congress spent money at one of Donny’s resorts. In addition, more than 40 special interest groups held events at one of his properties held events there. This means at least 100 taxpayer-paid officials put money into Trump’s pocket and now Trump is beholden to at least 40 special interest groups because they, too, put money in his pocket. During his first year in office, political groups spent more than $1.2 million at Trump properties, when such groups had never spent more than $100,000 previously.

Hence the need for enforcement of the Emoluments Clause. Yet, the GOP-led Congress hasn’t uttered a word about this nonsense. We have a “president” who is using the office for personal gain and barely a word is said about it by anyone official. That’s a problem that must be fixed. We used to care about corruption like this; what happened?

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