Once upon a time there was something in this country called the Emoluments Clause and folks thought it was a good thing because it kept corruption in the White House at bay. Nowadays, corruption is the name of the game in Trump’s White House. You’re about to see two clips, one real, one AI and the tragic part of it is that they both are equally credible considering the source. Aye aye aye.
— TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) October 13, 2025
What’s that you say? Is the guy in the cheap bathrobe the one who gave Tom Homan his fifty grand? Could be. If we know one thing about life in 2025 it is that ANYthing goes and we mean anything.
Who agrees with me that “unlimited cash” sounds more like bribery than diplomacy? You probably remember last summer how Junior had his World Liberty Financial business going, which enriched the Trump coffers by billions. It’s no secret that the Trump presidency is a money making swindle. And MAGAs are okay with that.
Donald Trump’s wealth, and that of his family, is skyrocketing.
Trump says he has stepped back from his business ventures since taking office, and his interests are now held in trust by his sons.
But critics say he is operating like no president has before, mixing business and politics in a way that may violate the US constitution and threaten the very foundations of American democracy.
His links to a plethora of business activities and cryptocurrency ventures have opened him up to accusations of conflicts of interest and profiting from the presidency.
‘He can do whatever he wants’
The event in Virginia was billed as a reward for the top 220 holders of the Trump cryptocurrency, called $TRUMP, which launched three days before his inauguration.
The Trump family makes money when the currency is traded.
In crypto circles, it is considered a “meme coin”, a kind of collectible inspired by internet trends that can be bought and sold, but has no guaranteed real-world value or practical application.
One of the investors in the room was 25-year-old Nick Pinto.
Nick Pinto wanted to film a TikTok with the president at the gala. (Four Corners: Cameron Schwarz)
The Lamborghini-driving Floridian got into crypto early and has made a lot of money from it.
He knows the money he has poured into $TRUMP has made the president and his family richer.
“I don’t mind that Trump is profiting off this currency because I am involved in the crypto space and the fact that he’s involved in cryptocurrency at all drives the price up, and when the price goes up, I’m profiting,” he tells Four Corners.
“So any time he tweets something about the currency, the price will go up or down. As long as I can profit from it, I feel like he can do whatever he wants. If there’s a way for the average American to make money off of the president, I feel like it’s okay.”
This is not a way to run a republic. An oligarchy, yes, a republic no. And the “average American” does not drive a Lamborghini at age 25. Or ever. So we are talking oligarchy here.
Just by the by, it was this kind of doing and thinking that got the French revolution rolling back in the day. Just thought I’d throw that in. You can learn a lot from history, like what not to do, because if you do do it, then the same thing might happen as happened the last time it was done.
