Sunday, May 11, 2025

Qatar Knocks Up Chump

Put a convicted felon in the White House and the con never ends. But Chump isn't just a con artist, he's also a cheap whore.  Peter Wade (ROLLING STONE) reports:


The Trump administration is getting ready to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar to replace Air Force One until Donald Trump's second term ends, when ownership of the plane will be shifted to his presidential library foundation, ABC News reported, citing sources familiar with the agreement.

  Trump is scheduled to visit Qatar next week where the gifted plane - which has been described as "a flying palace" worth $400 million - is anticipated to be announced. If the deal goes through, it would be the most expensive gift ever offered to the United States by a foreign government. Trump personally toured the plane in February when it was at West Palm Beach International Airport.

The emoluments clause of the Constitution bars federal officeholders from "accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" without approval from Congress. But administration lawyers have given the gift the green light.


That's what happens when someone slaps a ten cents sticker on Chump's saggy, fat ass. 


No real president has ever done that, nor would they.  Because in the past, we've never had such a cheap, dirty whore in the Oval Office.  He degrades the country with his very presence.  His greed knows no bounds.  Everything is for sale with this whore. 


Yasmeen Hamadeh (THE DAILY BEAST) notes both Dems and Republicans in Congress are outraged by the Slut In Chief and Chump paused in the midst of his Walk of Shame to to ran and rave but whatever he had to say was ignored as everyone noticed the semen leaking out of his ass.

 

Sarah Fortinsky (THE HILL) quotes US House Rep Jamie Raskin stating, "Trump must seek Congress’ consent to take this $300 million gift from Qatar."  Yamiche Alcindor, Gordon Lubold, Vaughn Hillyard and Garrett Haake (NBC NEWS) quote US House Rep Richie Torres, "Rather than enforcing ethics, the Attorney General has affixed the Department of Justice’s seal of approval to a transaction that flagrantly violates both the letter and the spirit of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause."  Franco Ordoñez (NPR) quotes Senator Chris Murphy,  "This isn't a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GET TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It's simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal."  Julianne McShane (MOTHER JONES) adds:


Obviously, despite the administration’s apparent self-delusion that they are not running afoul of any laws or ethics guidelines, questions abound about the ethics of the gift of the new plane—and what Qataris will expect in return. The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, for example, prohibits any person holding elected office from accepting gifts “from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” Several Democrats—including those on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.)—pointed to that rule as evidence that accepting the gift would be illegal. Kathleen Clark, a law professor at the Washington University School of Law, told the Associated Press the news is “outrageous,” adding that the gift is the “logical, inevitable, unfortunate consequence of Congress and the Supreme Court refusing to enforce” the Emoluments Clause.

But as we well know by now, the possibility of breaking laws does not seem to deter the president—who was found guilty on 34 felony counts in the hush-money case in which he covered up payments to Stormy Daniels—from doing whatever he wants.


 

The Democratic National Committee issued the following:


Donald Trump is preparing to accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar — possibly “the most valuable gift” ever extended to a U.S. president. While working families brace for higher costs and empty shelves, Trump is still focusing on enriching himself and his billionaire backers. 

NEW: Donald Trump is set to receive a luxury jet from Qatar — which may be the “biggest foreign gift ever.”

ABC News: “In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar — a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News.

“The highly unusual — unprecedented — arrangement is sure to raise questions about whether it is legal for the Trump administration, and ultimately, the Trump presidential library foundation, to accept such a valuable gift from a foreign power. …

“According to aviation industry experts, the estimated value of the aircraft Trump will inherit is about $400 million …”

Trump gutted anti-corruption enforcement on Day One and installed a loyalist in key oversight positions, while enriching himself and his billionaire Cabinet. 

Associated Press: “[Trump is] opening his second term by rolling back prohibitions on executive branch employees accepting major gifts from lobbyists, and ditching bans on lobbyists seeking executive branch jobs or vice versa … 

“Trump issued a Day 1 executive order that rescinded one on ethics that former President Joe Biden signed when he took office in January 2021.” 

CBS News: “President Trump on Monday removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules and financial disclosures for the executive branch. …

“Mr. Trump [tapped] Doug Collins, a Republican former member of Congress and current Department of Veterans Affairs secretary, to be the acting director of OGE.”  

Vox: “Trump’s for-profit presidency” 

New York Times: “The move by Mr. Trump and his family was immediately condemned by ethics lawyers who said they could not recall a more explicit profiteering effort by an incoming president.

“‘It is literally cashing in on the presidency — creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office’ said Adav Noti, executive director of Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit ethics group. ‘It is beyond unprecedented.’”

Many Americans who bought Trump’s meme coin are losing money — while Trump and his billionaire friends profit off them. 

Washington Post: “At least 67,000 new or small-time crypto investors like Davis have bet on Trump’s meme coin, pouring $15 million into the volatile venture endorsed by Trump and benefiting his personal wealth, a Washington Post analysis found. 

“But virtually all of them bought near the coin’s peak, just before the inauguration, and 80 percent of them have seen the value of their holdings nosedive, The Post’s analysis shows. One buyer who spent $10,000 has already lost, on paper, more than $8,000. … 

“The firm [Chainalysis] told The Post that 58 investors have so far made more than $10 million each in profits from the coin, for a total of roughly $1.1 billion — but that 764,000 other investors, most of whom had small holdings, have lost money on the coin. … 

“Three Trump-affiliated wallets have received about $43 million in fees since the coin’s debut, according to a Post analysis of data from Flipside. Those wallets have also made roughly $312 million in crypto sales.” 


When he whored as a private citizen, that was one thing.  When Chump whores as president of the United States, it turns the entire country into a whore house.  He's disgusting.  Simon Tisdall (GUARDIAN) explains:


Donald Trump is accustomed to getting his own way. That could change next week when he’s confronted by the mess he’s making in the Middle East. As he begins a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, the US president is promising great things. As ever, he’s delusional. The reality is that reckless, incoherent and neglectful US regional policies are failing across the board. A fundamental course correction is urgently required.

Gulf leaders have the leverage to set Trump straight, if they decide to use it. He relies on them to an unprecedented degree – far more than on Europe – as diplomatic interlocutors, security partners and financial backers. His approach to Palestine, which is on the brink of a second Nakba (catastrophe), is a mix of prejudice, cruelty and sheer ignorance. Without Arab help, the US and Israel may remain trapped indefinitely in a destructive policy cul-de-sac.

Trump knows he cannot afford to ignore the views of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and his Gulf counterparts on Gaza, Syria and Yemen. They oppose war with Iran, as previously threatened by the US and Israel. Trump needs them as allies in his trade and tariff feud with China. Gulf diplomats hosted the Ukraine-Russia peace talks he personally promoted. He is desperate to keep oil prices low. And he covets multibillion dollar Middle East investment deals and arms sales.


And I'm gong to stop there.  Tomorrow, we'll address LZ.  But I just saw it and I'm just not in the mood.  Let's just focus on the whore that is Chump tonight.  We'll save the other whore for tomorrow's snapshot.

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