On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM '[email protected]' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
*> Remember, whether its Kamala or the Donald, a policy must work in the > real world planet earth.* > *Like the policy of increasing tariffs MORE than the disastrous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 did which turned a garden-variety recession into the first, and so far the only, global economic depression? Even after Trump faced reality by backing down and reducing the tariffs on China from a stunningly imbecilic 145%, it's still at 30% and he threatens to bring it back to 145% in just 90 days. Smoot-Hawley only had a comparatively modest 20% tariff.* > *> If it doesn't work and is tstill pursued, it then is ideology,* > *And that is exactly why I am justified in calling MAGA people cult members. * > *> who is the paymasters of said, pol. * > *With Trump it's easy to answer that question. We can start with Trump receiving a $400 million super luxury private jet (9 bathrooms all with bidets) from the Qatar royal family. Before that plane can be used as Air Force One it will need to be taken apart piece by piece to check for bugs and other spying equipment, and then all sorts of supersecret communication devices will need to be installed, and decoy probes to confuse anti-aircraft missiles. And it will need to be very extensively modified to allow in-flight refueling just like the current air force one. * *All this means the American taxpayer will need to shell out about $1 billion for that "free" private jet. And it will take about three years, so if Trump decides to leave office at the end of his second term (a very very big if) he will only be able to use it as president for a few months, after that ownership of the airplane does not go to the United States government but to Trump's presidential library, which means he will still be able to use that obnoxiously luxurious private jet not the new president, and even after he dies his children could use it. Trump's attorney general Pam Bondi looked into all of this and said it was 100% legal and ethical, but she is a former lobbyist who was paid $125,000 a month to lobby Congress on behalf of the country of Qatar.* *And that jet is just a hint of the gargantuan magnitude of the Trump family corruption. Eric Trump has deals to create a Trump Tower luxury hotel in Dubai, and in Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. There's also going to be a Trump International Hotel and luxury golf course in Oman. And there is a partnership with Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund to develop yet another luxury golf resort in that country * *And then there is Trump's cryptocurrency scam "Stablecoin" which the Trump children control, an Abu Dhabi Company has a $2 billion investment in it. * *I don't think it's a coincidence that Trump's first foreign trip during his second term as president is to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. It sure makes the Hunter Biden "corruption" scandal look pretty damn trivial. * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> pdt btl > *> What if Kamala accepted the same deal? You would say what? * > > > *I would say that Kamala was a disgusting piece of shit. And that my dear > Mr. Spud is the fundamental difference between you and me, you have blind > tribal loyalty but I do not. * > > > > *Can you imagine the howls of protest we'd be hearing from Fox News and > the MAGA faithful if Biden or Obama had accepted such a blatant bribe from > a foreign country! The estimated value of the aircraft Trump will inherit > is about $400 million.* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3pDyUsYJcGgPv3vV1brqwsOBa2K5Vdpzeh83Mmxo6V5g%40mail.gmail.com.
