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You're right. We've been wasting our time. People in cults can't be reasoned with.
People in cults ignore information. Won't even engage with it. Won't grapple with it, mull it over, nothing. They don't read, and they don't think, and they never. Ever. admit when something they're challenged on fails to stand up to scrutiny.
 
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And did he happen to be staying at those same properties at the same time? I mean, presumably so, since the Secret Service goes where POTUS goes.

If not, would you mind enlightening me as to who pays for Secret Service' accommodations under any other circumstances?
You've got an apology for every underhanded and unethical move he makes. You'll be one of the ones blaming Dem governors and unions when the economy gets worse and worse for the middle class under that slob of a narcissist.
 
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People in cults ignore information. Won't even engage with it. Won't grapple with it, mull it over, nothing. They don't read, and they don't think, and they never. Ever. admit when something they're challenged on fails to stand up to scrutiny.
Bingo. You just described yourself perfectly.

You have some sort of serious neurological condition. They should study your brain. They would learn a lot about people who fall for cult leaders and probably come up with a cure for the phenomenon.

Come on. You should donate your brain. It would probably be worth billions to your family.
 

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Bingo. You just described yourself perfectly.
Yes, just see my inexhaustible list of topics I don't post responses to, and how I never, ever, admit it when somebody brings up a fair point that there's no good rebuttal to, or how I never rag on Christianity and other forms of religious zealotry just as freely and vigorously as...

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How do you not see how that is rife with the possibility of conflict of interest? The president is supposed to be serving the nation, not his business interests. You have a serious issue with cognitive dissonance. And morality.
Oh, I agree, it would be absolutely unethical for, let's say, Barron Trump to get foreign entities special access to Donald Trump in exchange for lucrative payoffs which 45/47 then gets a percentage of.
 

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You've got an apology for every underhanded and unethical move he makes.
Only because I actually think about those moves instead of puking up 'underhanded' and 'unethical' just because that's what the manatees on 'The View' squawked out. 'Observation' and 'analysis' aren't the exclusive dominion of the lab-coat clergy.
You'll be one of the ones blaming Dem governors and unions when the economy gets worse and worse for the middle class under that slob of a narcissist.
Only when they're the ones to blame for it.
 
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Only because I actually think about those moves instead of puking up 'underhanded' and 'unethical' just because that's what the manatees on 'The View' squawked out. 'Observation' and 'analysis' aren't the exclusive dominion of the lab-coat clergy.

Only when they're the ones to blame for it.
Honey, I live in Portugal. I do not watch The View, nor CNN, nor MSNBC, nor any of the MSM sources that you have convinced yourself somehow tell me how to think. You have a very simplistic view of me, based on your own prejudices and inability to think for yourself. You accused me of only holding Republicans to count earlier. You have no idea how many objections I have to Dem bullshit. I have posted about it thousands of times here. You are so locked into your own cycle of confirmation bias, you have no clue that some people come to logical conclusions based on information that is factual. You should try it sometime. You might grow up a bit.

PS, I am NOT a Democrat. I didn't vote for Joe Biden. I don't like Hunter Biden, and I don't like Kamala. When she was in the primaries in 2020, I expressed my distrust of her repeatedly. That said, she is 1000 times better than the complete lunatic you defend. You should be ashamed of yourself. Lemming.

The guy you laud:

 
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Was he billing them as individuals? Or billing their governments?
That has nothing to do with him charging 3 times the going rate whenever someone came to see him from another government. Doesn't matter who paid. Matters what he charged and what matters most is where that money went.

Those comments of yours are Red Herrings my friend.
 

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That has nothing to do with him charging 3 times the going rate whenever someone came to see him from another government. Doesn't matter who paid. Matters what he charged and what matters most is where that money went.

Those comments of yours are Red Herrings my friend.
Kiiinda sorta does, though. Emoluments Clause says he can't enrich himself from foreign governments. Doesn't say shit about foreign individuals. So if he was soaking diplomats on bills to their persons -- and, sure, it's splitting hairs, but that is the nature of law, isn't it? -- that's not the same as overcharging the governments that send 'em.

ETA: When we start talking about legalistic shit like the Emoluments Clause, that's the time to bust out the strops and razors, sharpen up, and get down to hairs-splitting. That's where the convo demands absolute precision.

One thing I get on conservatives about, on the regular, is they wanna yelp, "TREEEEEEEEEEason!!!" every time a politician gets so much as a parking ticket, then get all flustered 'n' blustery when I ask 'em which formally declared enemy state we're at war with, and how that politician provided aid and comfort to that enemy state.

If we're gonna throw the first pitch in a game of Lawball, let's not fuck off to a game of Whac-A-Derp immediately afterward.
 
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