I didn't miss the point. And gifts don't go on display at the National Archives. They go into storage. When every prior president was gifted anything, that went into storage in the National Archives (not display).

And yes, every president is given gifts from other countries. It's what they do. And nobody's complaining about the gifts that Trump gets that just go to the National Archives. The problem here is that Trump wants to accept the gift and use it as Air Force One--then keep it for his library foundation. And he says that we're being stupid for pointing to the Emoluments Clause. Trump really is an imbecile.

I don't have a lot of sympathy for ICE agents who can't bother to get a signed warrant before barging into courthouses to arrest people. It's called "due process" and is the core aspect of our government that keeps us from tyranny.

Your rebuttal would be better if you knew more about the subject.

Here's something from the US Constitution.


Until Congress votes to let Trump accept a gift from the Qataris, accepting the airplane is plainly unconstitutional (along with all the money he takes in from his resorts and golf courses). And even though Republicans hold majorities in the House & Senate, they obviously don't have the votes to let Trump accept that white elephant of an aircraft.

Got any examples that weren't already going to happen because of Biden's CHIPS or Inflation Reduction Acts?

So in the news recently, we hear that Trump plans to accept a gift of a luxury airplane from the royal family of Qatar, which to many is a clear bribe. Aside from being wrong to accept a foreign gift--it's actually unconstitutional, the story is complex. It's also just another example of Trump taking payments from foreigners, which is illegal without Congressional approval.

Remember when Republicans were figuratively grasping their pearls over President Biden's family having ties to foreign organizations? So quaint. Trump is literally taking $millions from foreigners at his resorts, and through his meme coin sales--which his company gets a commission of EVERY TRANSACTION, on top of the coins they owned and already sold. Trump doesn't report his earnings from these activities, but it's estimated to be in the $billions.

Stephen Colbert Flags The Trump Quote That Makes His Qatar Jet Gift Even Worse
www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-trump-qatar-jet-gift_n_6822d7fce4b0abb58358dc06
* Trump previously recognized Qatar as a sponsor of terrorism


Trump’s free plane is not so free
www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299
* The new jet is not yet ready to serve as Air Force One & needs hundreds of $millions in work to get up to spec.
* Work on the planes already being fixed to become the next AF1 would slow if they also had to work on the new plane
* The Qataris maybe be gifting the plane because it's so expensive to operate

Why Qatar is bribing Trump
popular.info/p/why-qatar-is-bribing-trump
* Qatar wants to keep the Al-Udeid Air Base open (largest US military base in the Middle East)
* Qatar wants access to advanced markets and technologies
* US A.G. Pam Bondi, formerly a paid lobbyist for Qatar, says that the gift is not a bribe
* Qatar supports Hamas

Only in a Trump deranged mind..

I did vote for Trump and will again if he runs in 2028..LOL..You dems have been’ waiting for it ‘ for 8 years now. Still nothing there except your outrageous lies about one of .our greatest President. The people aren’t buying your fake outrage and rants. This will be my last post on this thread , it’s off topic. Their is already a thread for you dems to express your TDS.

He looks like the right man for the job... which is:
The Exorcism of Donald Trump.
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Off topic reply.. they tried to impeach him , than they tried to put him in jail, than they tried to assassinate him, and now they think he’s possessed by the satan and want to exercise him.. what could possibly be next? A repeat of all the above and a giant waste of time and taxpayers money.. give up the false accusations on Trump once and for all, please..

The BLS isn't for/against anybody. They just track the numbers. So if you've got a beef with them, the bias is all yours.

Also, your point about investment coming into our country is a bit premature, since the tariffs are fostering a mountain of ill will toward the US. We've seen the boycotts from Canada and Europe, and this thing has only just started. The tariffs are so stupid, even Trump's own team won't tell you what's going on. You've been told that the tariffs are reciprocal, when most of the countries he's levied tariffs on had no tariffs on the US. And while most of the countries had a trade surplus vs. the US, even the countries that had a trade deficit (according to Trump, They're getting ripped-off) they still got a 10% tariff. All you've got to show for it is the garbage that Trump tells you. You think $trillions are coming into the country? All the investment that Trump has called out so far is from Biden's CHIPS Act, that was going to come in, anyway. See, that's what happens when you put your beliefs in what you want to hear.

Biden was negotiating with Russia way before any demonization, and Russia wasn't having any of it. Russia promised they weren't going to invade Ukraine despite all actual intelligence on the matter showed the opposite. Troop formations and international monetary activity showed anybody willing to look that Russia was set on attacking Ukraine. That's why Biden exposed it, and why Russia went ahead with it anyway. The operation was years in the making so it happened. Coincidentally, it would've happened even if Trump won reelection.

However, it's also unlikely that Putin will resort to nukes. Firstly, because that would be a huge escalation that even Russia doesn't want. Even if *only* Ukraine was struck by nukes, the NATO countries would rightfully have to respond by taking out all the Russian nuclear delivery systems. Every Russian ICBM-carrying submarine, military installation and strategic bomber (they've only got a few dozen) would be targeted by systems that have been built to fly deep into Russia to take them out. Secondly, Russia's nuclear stockpile is completely unreliable. They've gone decades without the needed maintenance, and even Russia's newest missiles have a 50% failure rate. You think a Russian ICBM still exists that hasn't fallen into disrepair or had its copper wiring stripped to pay for someone's vodka? I don't.

Where do you see that those were manufacturing jobs? I checked the report at www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf and it shows <1% of the 228K jobs were manufacturing. I guess it'd be overly optimistic of me to expect you to support your claim.

What do you mean? Never had a choice? The tariffs are completely crashing US and international markets, and if this was about the national debt, they could simply raise taxes, including on the highest incomes.

Back in 1930, congress passed Smoot Hawley Tariff Act to raise revenues, and it caused widespread market turmoil, unemployment and actually lower revenues until it was reversed in 1932. It caused the "Great Depression." Higher marginal tax rates are what we had back in the 1950s and the country and markets were stronger than ever before. Of course the upper class made sure to squash that, since they were paying a top marginal tax rate of over 90%. But now Trump wants the country to "suffer for the country" regardless of how much it costs.

Trump has several choices on how to handle things, but he's starting a trade war. It's like the dumbest option. But that's Trump.

Yes, Biden spent his entire term in office turning around the mess Trump left him in 2021, with record stock market levels and the lowest unemployment rates anybody's ever seen, and Trump is wrecking the economy within his first 100 days.

Winning.

Markets Shudder At Trump’s Tariffs: S&P 500 Has Worst Day In 5 Years As Apple Stock Dives 9%
www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/04/03/markets-shudder-heres-what-stocks-are-losing-the-most-in-tariff-selloff/

Radical gender choice for elementary children? Do you even know what you mean? Because what it looks like is that you just heard Trump say it and are repeating it here without question.

And yeah, Trump doesn't care about ruining the economy if he can pretend to deport more immigrants, legal or not, than Obama or Biden. Watch the Dow Jones and our 401(k)s tumble halfway to zero, but Stephen Miller will sing Donald's praises because they hate brown people. Got it.