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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump profits off sale of meme coin with offer of White House tour.
On Earth 1 this would be not only corrupt, but also illegal, but in this bizarro world in which we find ourselves, meh
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-extends-rare-white-house-opportunity-buy-meme-coin-rcna202855

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(35,809 posts)of the Emoluments Clause.
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(55,030 posts)Donnie blatantly steers foreign dignitaries and the secret service to his properties and charges them arbitrary rates. This is a several times a week ongoing grift that the media has long stopped even bothering to treat as anything remotely like a scandal.
Now with his own stock and meme coins and crap, the grift is massive and blatant and the media shrugs.
Republicans would howl for impeachment if a democrat made over $25 off a public office, and the media would provide wall-to-wall coverage.