You see, Charlie, private citizens are allowed to make money. Are you complaining about Trump using State Dept. to promote his private club?
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I'm rather disturbed by both, if I'm honest.
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Then you're not thinking about it very hard. Is an ex-president never allowed to work again? Celebrity speaking fees are REALLY high.
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Considering his limp wrist, broken promise approach after the 08 financial crash, it smacks of terrible optics.
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What does? Taking speaking fees? Roseanne charges $100K for an appearance. What's unseemly about it?
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Roseanne didn't claim she was going to hold Wall Street accountable for crashing the economy, in order to become president.
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Even if you think Dodd-Frank isn't a significant bill (which is wrong), what do speech fees after leaving office have to do with anything?
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It's simple optics. Shows which side of his bread is buttered and who's holding the knife. I hate to sound rude, but are you new here?
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tell me who is worth 400K for a speech? No wonder this country is screwed up. It's insane.
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Tell me who is worth $3m to fly to his own house to play golf? No respect for the position.
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Why are TAXPAYERS paying $35,000 to Mar-a-lago for SS agents to ride golf carts? Why are TAXPAYERS paying millions for MAL and Trump Tower?
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don't know, don't care. Had to pay for Obama...hated it.
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Why don't you educate yourself enough to look at the difference. It amazes me you don't care that trump is PROFITING. He is a welfare queen.
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why don't u drop it? Believe me, I know enough.
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Barack didn't spend all that time with Bill and Hillary Clinton for nothing needed to know how to get on the gravy train. Foundation next
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So, your problem is a former prez is cashing in on his celebrity? Are you concerned about a current president comrade ?
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current prez doesn't need to pimp himself for $$, so no I'm not
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Wait are you serious? U can't be ? Trump university ? Trump steaks ? Talking. About mar a lago cake while describing a military attack
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stop. Hyperbolic rhetoric is useless. But if you want to play this game sure, let's go through all the candidates and point out
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Just admit that Trump has literally pimped out his name for $$ for literal decades, and still does. We can actually say both 45 and 44 suck
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So a retired president cannot give an empty speech full of maxims for money ? I didn't realise he was still a public servant
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