President Donald Trump declared Sunday night that he was the new “acting president of Venezuela” by sharing a doctored image of his online biography bearing the new title — a declaration that produced shockwaves for onlookers.“He’s spiraling into a singularity of narcissistic terror over [Jeffrey] E...
Text of the Foreign Emoluments Clause, U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8.
“No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
You say that as if Donald Trump gives any fucks what the Constitution says…
Or that the other branches of government haven’t abdicated their obligations for checks and balances. They’ve given him carte blanche to be a king in this country.
He’s not accepting it, he’s declaring it!
Totally different thing!
Thankfully his presidency over Venezuela is entirely self declared, so this is clearly not illegal then /s
You say /s but it is absolutely a not /s. If this goes to the SCOUS that’ll absolutely be their decision.
We should bring him and every elected official that takes money from Israel up on charges