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Although the J. in Donald J. Trump stands for “Just Do Whatever the Hell I Want,” he suddenly became interested in fighting corruption. Abroad. In Ukraine.
Oh, and he’s only concerned with investigating one person — who just happens to be related to his likely political opponent in the fall. Coincidence? Absolutely.
Before cries of “Hunter Biden!” become the new “Lock her up!” let’s take a quick stroll through the vortex of White House nepotism.
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The Donald’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, works as an advisor to her father. She always seems to be in the right place at the right time.
The same day Ivanka had dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, she received three trademarks in China! Yes, the very same day!
She was also awarded numerous Chinese patents and Saudi grants. And she refused to recuse herself from profiting off the opportunity zones program, as did her ubiquitous hubbie. And we thought Ivanka was only qualified to exploit foreign workers!
An Indian diplomat stated, “We regard Ivanka Trump the way we do half-wit Saudi princes. It’s in our national interest to flatter them.”
Side note: The trademarks in China include voting machines and coffins.
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Ivanka’s husband and money-losing magnet, Jared Kushner, works as a senior adviser to the President. A veritable swiss-army knife of incompetence, Jared is in charge of the Middle East peace process, solving the opioid crisis, helping to hide Jamal Khashoggi’s bones, and curing the coronavirus.
The only thing Jared is actually good at, however, is accumulating debt. (See 666 Fifth Avenue and $1.8 billion – most of it borrowed.)
Side note: Kushner’s appointment came immediately after the Justice Department wrote a memo that the White House was exempt from violating federal anti-nepotism laws.
Section 105(a) of title 3, U.S. Code, which authorizes the President to appoint employees in the White House Office “without regard to any other provision of law regulating the employment or compen- sation of persons in the Government service,” exempts positions in the White House Office from the prohibition on nepotism in 5 U.S.C. § 3110.
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When DJTJ isn’t killing endangered Mongolian sheep — and being issued a hunting permit RETROACTIVELY! — he’s killing irony.
Despite multiple whining sessions on Fox about Hunter Biden’s $50,000 a month gig, Trump Jr. has flown to Indonesia to promote Trump resorts, to India to sell condos, and has “numerous projects in the pipeline.”
And the hypocrisy continues with accusations of Hunter Biden cashing in on China as the Trump Organization has a $1.7 billion project in Indonesia with major financing from a state-owned Chinese construction company.
But weren’t the Trump Organization holdings supposed to be put on hold while big Donnie was in the White House? Maybe they forgot. Oh, wait… the charity was suspended, but that was for embezzling money from sick children.
Next time Junior naps at the Trump Hotel in the emoluments suite maybe it’ll resonate.
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“Eric Trump’s claim that ‘we got out of all international business’ is clearly and demonstrably false,” said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “Both Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have repeatedly traveled internationally to conduct business.” And they don’t even try to hide it.
Side note: In 2017, Eric Trump went to the Dominican Republic to revive a deal from 2007. Trump Organization lawyers argued that the transaction was never dead and therefore did not count as the type of new foreign deal the company had promised to avoid. But according to the Associated Press, no new projects there had “been built or announced in a decade.”
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The son of Trump vampire “lawyer” and sycophant is working as a “sports liaison” for the White House. His official title is “Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of the Office of Public Liaison.” Andrew reportedly helps coordinate visits from sports teams to the White House.
Sounds like a grueling gig, and he’s surely earning every penny of his $95,000 salary.
Side note: Andrew was cut from the Duke University golf team in 2008 after he allegedly threw an apple at a teammate and threw and broke a golf club in a parking lot.
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Lara Trump’s brother, Kyle Yunaska, was named chief of staff of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis. Shockingly, his resume shows no signs of anything that would qualify him for a first interview, let alone the job.
Side note: His college alumni page mentions nothing about energy or energy policy BUT does say he knows “Microsoft Word”. I wish I were kidding.
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The name Mary Daly might not ring a bell, but you’re probably familiar with her daddy’s work — shredding the Constitution.
On the DAY her father, William Barr, became Attorney General, Mary magically transferred from prosecuting drug cases in the Justice Department over to the Treasury Department. Now she is probably supervising Trump’s tax returns, his Deutsche Bank money laundering, and Biden disclosures.
Side note: Mary’s business card might as well say, “Preventing Trump’s Deutsche Bank money laundering tax records from ever seeing the light of day.”
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The name rolls off the tongue, as does his $125,792 a year salary. William Barr’s son-in-law works as an associate in the White House counsel’s office, where he’ll “advise the president, the executive office, and White House staff on legal issues concerning the president and the presidency.”
Tyler joined a division of the White House legal team whose work intersected with the Russia investigation. Conflicts of interest seem to be the only job qualification one needs to work in the Trump administration.
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The wife of Eric Trump, Lara, has a degree in pastry arts and, predictably, parlayed that into a job as a Senior Advisor to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc, her father-in-law’s re-election campaign.
She also hosted various high-level meetings within the White House to push her agendas even though government watchdogs said it was “a clear crossing of the well-established line between campaign work and public service.”
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MAGA donors might be surprised at where their dollars are going. Follow the nepotism.
Which, in case you’re not up on your law, is illegal. Burisma that, big anti-corruption fighting Donald!
Still hard to believe Ms. Guilfoyle was the former wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
