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Democrats say the president cannot take money from the proceeds of seized oil and control it himself, calling it a ‘slush fund’ that would fly in the face of the Constitution.

The plan is to put the money in offshore accounts controlled by Trump, and outside the purview of the US Treasury. That's a recipe for Trump stealing it all for himself.

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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

“We only care because we’re not getting a cut!”

  • GOP in Congress, probably
[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can't wait for Mike Johnson to not have heard about this and/or know nothing about it.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Mikey the little Keebler elf is the most cucky of cucks.

There could be all these stories about how "JD" "Vance" or some other POS in this administration was caught on video, banging Mikey's wife, and Mikey would know sweet fuckall about it when asked by reporters: "Well, gee willickers, you guys, I've been so busy here at the Capitol working for the American people and on their agenda, since they voted in a landslide for my boss, what all the American people want and what he wants are a single circle on a Venn diagram, obviously. I haven't had any time to read about this...what's that you say? Who? Banging my wife? I don't know nothing 'bout that, guys."

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure.. why the fuck not?

Hey, let the pedo be King Midas. Good thing he can't read.

Eventually the asshole should take his "bath" in the Gulf of "America"

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh he can read all right. Only read one book is the problem

Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How is this legal?????? It’s their oil. Not in the US

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You are clearly not cut out to be Hitler

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hell yeah. I’m Jewish. Fuck that guy.

[–] prostatitis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Santa is Jewish? I knew it!

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

We have our hands in everything!