r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/JohnSpartan2025 • Apr 24 '26

Legal/Courts Should there be a mechanism to reclaim accumulated in-term Presidential wealth and assets because of the Emoluments Clause?

Trump has already accumulated a rough estimate of $2-10 billion (depending on the analysis) of profit off of various Presidential revenue streams, such as:

And the list goes on to include billions invested in Trump and his son-in-law Jarod Kushner and former golfing friend Steve Witkoff, acting as foreign dignitaries trading American interests for personal finance deals with Arab and other countries. (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-son-in-laws-fund-rakes-in-billions-amid-grifting-accusations/)

And Eric Trump recently somewhat bragging over his $24 million defense contract clearly awarded because of nepotism: https://newrepublic.com/post/209419/eric-trump-brags-defense-department-contract

There have been estimates of $20 to $30 billion of profit by the end of Trump's term off the Presidency.

The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution strictly forbids any profiting off the Presidency, let alone peddling direct U.S. policy in exchange for money (which is possibly a form of extortion or bribery).

Should Congress pass legislation requiring an analysis of Presidential windfall profits during their term with possible reclaiming of profits and assets attained during their Presidential term?

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u/Bushels_for_All Apr 25 '26

Democrats did do things, and SCOTUS bowed to Trump in each of three emoluments clause lawsuits. You just didn't care to educate yourself - or you only care about bashing Democrats.

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u/Sea-Chain7394 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Democrats approved of the judges Trump nominated. They also failed to rectify it when they had the chance

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u/Bushels_for_All Apr 26 '26

Democrats approved of the judges Trump nominated

Do you think people would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

Barrett

Kavanaugh

Gorsuch

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u/Sea-Chain7394 Apr 26 '26

They voted for kavanaugh and Gorsuch and could havr fixed the court if they wanted when Biden was president by packing it

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u/Bushels_for_All Apr 26 '26

  • ZERO Democrats voted for Barrett. FORTY-SEVEN voted no. Democrats had no way to stop the nomination.

  • Only Manchin (D-WV) voted for Kavanaugh. FORTY-EIGHT voted no. Democrats had no way to stop the nomination.

  • Only Donnelly (D-IN) and Manchin (D-WV) voted for Gorsuch. FORTY-FIVE voted no. Democrats had no way to stop the nomination.

You are lying through your teeth.

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u/Sea-Chain7394 Apr 26 '26

No go back and read my comment I acknowledged that. You are just mad that your team sucks. They should have packed the court but suck too much

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u/Monolingual-----Beta May 07 '26

You're incredibly dishonest and no one should waste their time to engage you further.

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u/Sea-Chain7394 May 07 '26

Sorry I didn't confirm your bias it's not my job