I thought the same thing until I heard Trump and Nikki Halley today. Countries that no longer support us, lose all or some of their US funding. Awesome. There is some extra cash. lol
I got a kick out of someone on the Internet today saying that Trump threatening to withhold money from those who vote against him is blackmail, and it's what tyrants do. So, the guy invented an new definition for
blackmail, and for
tyrant. Schweet.
In other Winning News, Judge George B. Daniels of United States District Court in Manhattan dismissed the lawsuit filed (three days after the election) by CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) claiming that Trump was violating the Constitution's Emoluments Clause because foreigners have been staying in Trump hotels and eating in Trump's restaurants. The president still faces similar suits: one filed by a group of congressional Democrats and another filed by the attorneys general of Maryland and the District. but it ain't looking goof for those plaintiffs, either.
The CREW lawsuit alleged that Trump was violating the emoluments provision because his company continued to do business and seek benefits from foreign governments after he became president, including by leasing space to foreign entities in Trump Tower and renting ballrooms for embassy functions at the Trump hotel in Washington. The lawsuit also alleged that Trump had violated another constitutional provision, the domestic emoluments clause, which bars presidents from taking payments other than their salary from individual states. Several state government officials have stayed at Trump’s Washington hotel or eaten at its BLT Prime steakhouse since Trump’s election.
CREW represented 200 restaurants and hotels. The judge said CREW has no standing in the case, because they didn't show they were harmed. He also said that even before Mr. Trump took office,
“he had amassed wealth and fame and was already competing against” the plaintiffs, and becoming President didn't alter that relationship.
"It is only natural that interest in his properties has generally increased since he became president," but that operating a business in the normal course of business is a far cry from accepting gifts and benefits as influential bribes from foreign states.
He also said, besides,
"As the only political branch with the power to consent to violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause, Congress is the appropriate body to determine whether, and to what extent, Defendant’s conduct unlawfully infringes on that power." It's not up to the courts to decide that one. Boom.
CNN proper still hasn't reported it, only CNNMoney has (CNNMoney is a different division from the news division), and the NYT and WaPo is spittin' bubbles and refuses to even report that Judge Daniels is a lifelong Democrat, and black, and was appointed by Bill Clinton.
