Is It Possible for Trump to “Cross the Line?”
U.S. President Donald Trump Impeachment
A few days after he was inaugurated President of the United States, Donald Trump said about his base, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” To our horror, it appears to be true.
Recently, the president agreed to pay $2 million at a court’s order—while admitting he used his charity for his own gain, though received very little coverage,, perhaps because things like this aren’t really news. From this article in Esquire: Folks saw the headline and thought to themselves, Well, yeah, of course Donald Trump ran a crooked charity. But really. Look at this. As part of the settlement, the president paid eight charities a total of $2 million while admitting “he misused funds raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his presidential bid and pay off business debts, the New York State attorney general said on Tuesday.”
As the impeachment process moves forward, we need to understand that Trump’s base couldn’t care less that their leader is a common criminal. They adore what he stands for, and the rest is conversation.
Craig,
Goodness you really do have your knickers in twist about a very old story!
A the judge pointed out, the foundation was run as a sort of tax deductible family endowment trust.
Regrettably, hundreds of thousands of these schemes operate like this and are usually managed by accountants as tax schemes for affluent tax payers to avoid tax obligations.
The Judge accepted that Donald Trump (and his children) were largely ignorant about the day-to day running of the foundation, and thought of it more as a “non-for-profit” entity than a true charity.
The description and outrage of the NY Attorney-General failed to impress his Honour, as the NTA-G conceded he also had experience ‘problems’ in the past with his own family “foundation”.
The Judge declined to accept the NYA-G’s description of ‘criminality’, instead rendering a civil penalty. His Honour’s judgement was fair and effective.
But what the hey, never mind his Honour judgement, (it’s been a bad week for the NYAG, he just can’t seem to win) you are far better qualified that a Judge with 28 years experience, but then you rendered you judgement of “common criminal” before the evidence was presented!
And you wonder why you lack credibility…..