Srinivasan RajaramanJun 21, 2023
Brendan Nyhan

What would you say if you saw it in another country? The leading contender for the 2024 Republican nomination is openly taking millions from autocratic Gulf petrostates

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/trump-real-estate-deal-oman.html

Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns

Details of the former president’s agreement to work with a Saudi firm to develop a hotel and golf complex overlooking the Gulf of Oman highlight the ways his business and political roles intersect.

The New York Times
Jun 21, 2023 at 12:26amElk
Show threadDavid SacerdoteJun 21, 2023

@brendannyhan here's a gift link you can edit into your toot so that people who aren't NYT subscribers can seamlessly read about Trump's foreign emoluments.

https://nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/trump-real-estate-deal-oman.html?unlocked_article_code=f0FtcqfC6ugatFTlXBLZWaFOZ4EVgEjUSHv6RfvZWI3MZnqVly_LqYVd69qdjNr9V1LVP1WiIuwZpE1vSr7SjcZI2PlncuLXhrJeEnwgRJcVGfkvflSkyM1geJCdsHLZPPiSDoJLuCY9fn_VuVoGhcGQ8SKrzh4K0mnQD2YMd9vXod_7WnrvYSCW4Mfrhay47SB59H69x75B2HccXwryHBKRhi2_ktRJqataSzRnIZNG9RA5IYhrTyAbYE5MC58_RBFJ4G2bNkiGph-tw5uFxt4wbpOwd-y7WHaOd5lW2NHdd601EfoGBaWPUod4s5RwXed-9ZYF9jBZmMO93KiT-cJxdcfl4Q&smid=mastodon-share

Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns

Details of the former president’s agreement to work with a Saudi firm to develop a hotel and golf complex overlooking the Gulf of Oman highlight the ways his business and political roles intersect.

The New York Times
Show threadHalf Cocked LawJun 21, 2023
@brendannyhan billions. The word you were looking for was billions.
Show threadFan of Shared Truth & EmpathyJun 21, 2023
@brendannyhan I would say America sure doesn’t appear to have more than one political party which factually values independent sovereignty as capitalism trumps democratic government.
Show threadAlan MartelloJun 21, 2023
@brendannyhan @anneapplebaum What would Republicans be saying, if Hunter Biden who is doing such deals?
Show threadklausfiend has movedJun 21, 2023
@brendannyhan "it's not a crime when we do it" seems to be the attitude that rubber-stamps this kind of thing.
Show threadGaryJun 21, 2023
@brendannyhan
Show threadPampaJun 21, 2023

@brendannyhan

Even without AI-powered manipulation this "leadership" is apparently what about half of US voters want: the wierdest facet of the already bizarre GOP.

Is it your schools, the water, the Constitution?

Is it the sacrifice of all morality and humanity to greed? Mammon fundamentalism?

Tbh it's a complete mystery viewed from the outside.

Show threadMJ MuseJun 22, 2023
@brendannyhan racketeering on a monumental scale. How much tax dollars or national secrets did the #trumpcrimefamily grift for the deal?