Donald Trump getting lubed so hard by Chinese Patent office, but is it an Emolument? Spoiler Alert: It is!
Remember the old days when Saudi princes would donate money to the Clinton charity to buy bednets for starving kids in Africa and Congress would stroke out yelling LOCK HER UP!?!?!? GOOD TIMES!
Loser Dummocraps can’t even do corruption right. SAD.
Luckily, Donald Trump himself taught the upper level Corruption Studies masterclass at Trump University, Course WD40 You Grease, You Slide . (Or if not Trump himself, only the BEST people.) So, he is well prepared to monetize every aspect of public office.
But how to separate the NBD, everyday whoring out of the nation’s highest office from the superduper illegal stuff? As always, Yr Wonkette is here to save the day with this handydandy Emolumentsplainer.
You may think that emoluments are that orange lotion Melania rubs all over the president’s bloated, decaying body to give him that healthy, youthful glow. CLOSE! In fact, emoluments are wads of cash that other countries rub all over his bloated, decaying body to make it worth his while to show up for work. No one spends four years ruining the country for free, amirite?
Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution states that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” In plain English (and without so many commas), DON’T TAKE THINGS OF VALUE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
The day after Trump was sworn in, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed suit in federal court alleging that payment for hotel rooms by foreign governments in itself violates the Emoluments Clause.
Federal courts have never ruled on this issue. Nevertheless, Donald Trump offered his usual well-reasoned response.
“Totally without merit.” Spoken like a guy who graduated first in his MBA class was an undistinguished transfer student at Wharton undergrad.
