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Democrats say many foreign gifts to Trump remain unaccounted for

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He cares more about his bank account than the laws.

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Trump is a kleptomaniac. It’s a part of his DNA.

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Trump is a thief.

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A thief is someone stealing that which does not belong to them. Trump prefers not to pay for what he wants. His lawyers quit for nonpayments. The gifts are many hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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A thief is someone stealing that which does not belong to them.

Read the above article first before trying to tell us the definition of what we already know.

Trump prefers not to pay for what he wants.

Not only him. There were other politicians that did this. According to your definition.

His lawyers quit for nonpayments. The gifts are many hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Ok.

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I can post whatever comment I care to. Trump is a cheap skate. If he wanted to keep the gifts he should have paid for them.

The article is only about Trump.

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I can post whatever comment I care to.

Same.

Trump is a cheap skate. If he wanted to keep the gifts he should have paid for them.

Not just him

The article is only about Trump.

Ok, leave other cheapskates out of it, gloss over them, gotcha. Lol

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Clintons returned or paid for most of the items that they took from the White House, although they were able to keep two items that they had returned.

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Clintons returned or paid for most of the items that they took from the White House, although they were able to keep two items that they had returned.

Yes, but still thieves according to your very definition.

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The Clintons paid for what they kept. Not thieves. Trump could pay for his but he will try not too. It's in his DNA.

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Yes, but still thieves according to your very definition.

No, they are not. No need t keep repeating yourself.

The Clintons declared all the gifts they received and paid for those which they kept. How does that make them thieves?

Trump didn't declare all his gifts and after two years out of office has not paid for those he kept.

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Donald Trump's White House has failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations worth more than a quarter of a million dollars, and federal officials have been unable to find a life-size painting of Trump given by the president of El Salvador as well as golf clubs from the prime minister of Japan, according to a report Friday from House Democrats.

Among the unreported items are 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 in all, including a dagger valued at up to $24,000, and 17 presents from India that include expensive cufflinks, a vase and a $4,600 model of the Taj Mahal, says the report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

No doubt a little sleuthing at the Trumpstore.com would find all of these items - at quadruple the price...

Of course, we already know where one $2 billion gift/bribe/payoff is....

https://www.businessinsider.com/kushners-2-billion-investment-saudi-backed-fund-concealed-sec-rules-2023-2

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"Emoluments", by any other name, and another orange "elephant in the room" that continues to make a mockery of law-enforcement when the political class is involved.

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bass4funkToday  08:40 am JST

"Trump prefers not to pay for what he wants."

Not only him. There were other politicians that did this. According to your definition.

That makes it all fine, right?

Also unaccounted for are thousands of dollars in golf clubs given to Trump in 2018 and 2019 by Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan.

I might have guessed it would have been him. I daresay the money for the clubs came from some Yamaguchi koenkai slush fund that Abe didn't know anything about because one of his secretaries handled it all.

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Breaking records. Impeached twice and about to be the first indicted ex-president in U.S. history.

There is no diminishing the significance of this.

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federal officials have been unable to find a life-size painting of Trump given by the president of El Salvador

Hanging in his Mar-A-Lago bathroom...

as well as golf clubs from the prime minister of Japan

Gifted to one of his illegal immigrant groundskeepers at Bedminster...

Among the unreported items are 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 in all, including a dagger valued at up to $24,000,

For use on his next attack on Ron DeSanctimonious...

and 17 presents from India that include expensive cufflinks,

Uses as golf ball markers...

a vase

Used for classified storage...

and a $4,600 model of the Taj Mahal, 

Re-gifted to the Pakistan President...

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Breaking records.

The Dems have

Impeached twice and about to be the first indicted ex-president in U.S. history. 

Acquitted twice and will be indicted, go for it. Once again, the Dems have unknowingly and stupidly given the GOP fodder going forward when they turn the tables on them. Lol

There is no diminishing the significance of this.

The Dems wreck the nation, 75% of Americans think we’re on the wrong track and their only priority is Trump. Yeah, they tightened their own noose politically around their necks. Lol

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That makes it all fine, right?

Uh, did I say that?

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The Clintons paid for what they kept. Not thieves.

Yes, once you intentionally take something that makes you a thief, regardless if you brought it back, the simple fact that you made a choice of taking something that is not yours makes you a thief by definition.

Is that ever a great explanation of the 2020 election attempted theft using fake, fraudulent electors by Trump and his cronies... Even though democracy prevailed, his attempt at "taking something that wasn't his" makes him a thief by your own definition.

Well stated...

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The Dems wreck the nation, 75% of Americans think we’re on the wrong track and their only priority is Trump. 

75% lol.

Only the feeble minded think 45 has a snowball in hell’s chance of being elected again. The kind of people who believe the fantasy Fox was shilling them.

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Breaking records. 

The Dems have

Ok. Which Dem has been impeached twice?

Take your time.

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Not even reading the article but I’m sure it says something about that bottle of whiskey liberals are obsessed over for half a decade now.

am i right?

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Emoluments", by any other name, and another orange "elephant in the room" that continues to make a mockery of law-enforcement when the political class is involved.

“Supreme Court dismisses emoluments cases against Trump”

well darn. that’s just too bad, isn’t it?

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bass4funkToday  11:05 am JST

"That makes it all fine, right?"

Uh, did I say that?

Does that mean you think it's not okay for Trump not to report these gifts?

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Not even reading the article but I’m sure it says something about that bottle of whiskey liberals are obsessed over for half a decade now. 

am i right?

There is nothing about a bottle of whiskey.

So, no. You are not right.

So, "impeached twice" means absolutely nothing here. 

They were both essentially childish Democrat temper tantrums. Those don't count.

You neither.

Besides, it doesn’t matter. It’s done, he was impeached twice. History will remember that and he won’t be president again. It’s a win anyway you slice it.

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but that some records suggest it may have been moved to Florida in July 2021 as property of Trump's.

Also unaccounted for are thousands of dollars in golf clubs given to Trump in 2018 and 2019 by Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan.

Let’s inform CNN! About to be another raid over some golf clubs and a painting of Trump.

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Ok. Which Dem has been impeached twice?

Take your time.

Republicans don't impeach Democrat presidents for utterly groundless reasons out of sheer seething hatred for them.

Hmmm.....

On Sunday, South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace said something that should have gotten way more attention. “I believe there’s pressure on the Republicans to put that forward and have that vote,” Mace told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” suggesting that there would be an effort to impeach President Joe Biden if the GOP takes control of the House this fall. “I think that’s what some folks are considering.”

So, "impeached twice" means absolutely nothing here.

Pure denial of reality...it's an official government-recorded fact...

They were both essentially childish Democrat temper tantrums. Those don't count.

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956621191/these-are-the-10-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump

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"Donald Trump in Theft Shocker" is a news headline that will never surprise anyone. The man oozes criminality. He'd rob the eye out of your head.

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Trump steals from his donors. $100 million of donated campaign money was used for his personal needs.

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Ok. Which Dem has been impeached twice? 

Take your time.

Which have been Acquitted twice?

I’m waiting…

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Only acquitted twice because he was protected by his own party and not based on truth.

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Only the feeble minded think 45 has a snowball in hell’s chance of being elected again.

Only the feeble minded left thought he’s going to prison.

The kind of people who believe the fantasy Fox was shilling them.

Ahhh, so believing the shilling from the left, the same people that preach the border is safe and secure.

ROFL

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Trump steals from his donors. $100 million of donated campaign money was used for his personal needs.

Starting to look like more and more the Biden’s stole a lot more, not to mention from the American voter.

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Liberals go crazy over cuff links but don’t care at all about 3 million dollars sent to 3 Biden’s and someone called “unknown Biden”. (Joe, is that you?)

biden doesn’t bother with silly “gifts”. He’s a cash man. he gets a cut of his family’s ill gotten CCP and Ukraine cash for influence schemes. That’s why he and his adult son have a shared back account.

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There is evidence that Trump misused campaign money there is no evidence of Biden stealing money from anyone. More of your misinformation to try and protect your master.

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You would find an accuse to pardon Trump regardless of the levels of his crimes.

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You would find an accuse to pardon Trump regardless of the levels of his crimes.

Ditto

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Bill Clinton still my favorite President ever though, that’s a fact.

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Where is your evidence Biden used campaign money for personal use? Stole money from anyone. Kept gifts.

Trump lies about almost everything. During his term, he claimed he donated his salary but his tax returns revealed he didn't.

The man is a scam artist.

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They just can't stop going after Trump. The Dems really are very worried...

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Trump lies about almost everything. During his term, he claimed he donated his salary but his tax returns revealed he didn't.

2 second google search.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/02/fact-check-partly-false-claim-trump-tax-returns-salary-donation/11132712002/

verdict: false

“Multiple federal agencies told USA TODAY they received donations from part of Trump's salary. “

you “get trump” obsessives make it so easy by being uninformed.

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My goodness, it seems the question we need to ask is, what did Trump not steal from the WH when he left office...

It seems he and his criminal cabal groomed up whatever they could take; highly classified documents, foreign gifts...wonder if he took the WH toilet seat covers....

Just like with the classified, I'm sure the gifts will be or already have been distributed to some of his BFFs and business partners; Putin, Orban, Xi, Lukashenko, KJU...

He probably gave the cufflinks to Steve Bannon...to try to class him up a little...which we all know is a lost cause...

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Where is your evidence Biden used campaign money for personal use?

There are other more important things he’s being investigated on.

Trump lies about almost everything.

Then you must hate this and the administration before Trump with a passion.

During his term, he claimed he donated his salary but his tax returns revealed he didn't.

And then there’s this…

https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/biden-could-owe-as-much-as-500k-in-irs-taxes-report/

The man is a scam artist.

He’s a businessman, what’s Joe’s excuse??

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bass4funk

   Where is your evidence Biden used campaign money for personal use?

> There are other more important things he’s being investigated on.

Zilch!

   Trump lies about almost everything.

> Then you must hate this and the administration before Trump with a passion.

Trump is a serial liar.

   During his term, he claimed he donated his salary but his tax returns revealed he didn't.

> And then there’s this…

> https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/biden-could-owe-as-much-as-500k-in-irs-taxes-report/

   The man is a scam artist.

> He’s a businessman, what’s Joe’s excuse??

So businessmen are corrupt? That makes it alright?

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