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Originally Posted by Robbie
So basically....George Washington was the richest man in the United States when he became our first President.
FDR and his family were one of the wealthiest families.
John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy fortune...
These were all just fine.
BUT they expect Trump to pretty much destroy everything he ever built his entire life.
Wow. So we are never supposed to have a successful President ever again.
It MUST ALWAYS be corrupt lifetime bureaucrats who have never been the same level as a guy like Trump and never will be in their entire lives who will be the President.
Boy the establishment is doing everything they can to destroy Trump and make sure that no outsider EVER tries to be President ever again.
People should be in the streets...but not protesting against Trump. They should be protesting FOR him.
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Trump: Not first wealthy president, but unique conflicts of interest - CSMonitor.com
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Early US chief executives were rich, fabulously so if inflation is taken into account. George Washington was worth over $500 million by today?s measures. Thomas Jefferson was worth over $200 million. But that wealth was in land, and slaves. The scope of the presidency was more limited and the opportunity for personal benefit smaller.
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John F. Kennedy?s father Joseph Kennedy earned his family?s fortune as a stock picker, businessman, and movie producer, among other things. But JFK himself lived off the proceeds of a $10 million trust fund well into his presidency, according to author Richard Reeves. As a birthday present in 1962, Kennedy received $3 million of the fund principal.
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For instance, Trump?s formed eight companies in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of his campaign, according to a new report in the Washington Post. All are apparently linked to a hotel project.
Business and politics in Saudi Arabia are famously intertwined, as a small group of elite figures control both. Does this mean Riyadh now has a new lever with which to nudge Washington in its desired direction?
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That was written in November 2016 - by now Saudia Arabia has signed a giant deal to buy weapons from the US, it never appeared on the "travel ban" list even though 15 of 19 9/11 terrorists were Saudi Arabian nationals and Donald just received a medal from them and did a little sword dance.
Or as they just said in the press conference: Trump calls to end the one China policy, then the Chinese prime minister comes for a visit, suddenly one China policy is fine again and Ivanka gets her trademark for China granted the same day
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...met-xi-jinping
And nobody wants Donald to destroy his business, he is supposed to put everything in a trust that is NOT managed by family members. Or does anybody really believe that his sons would never mention anything about his businesses when they are together?