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Bluetus

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1. A slush fund

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:38 PM

Apr 2025

He is talking openly about a "Sovereign Wealth Fund" just like MBS has in Saudi Arabia. And yes, he wants it to be directly under his control.

He has been bullying big law firms to bend the knee. One of the firms has agreed to do pro bono work to set up this slush fund for him. And they probably expect to get paid something from that slush fund.

Surely there must be laws against this sort of thing, but the Supreme Court has ruled that Trump has immunity from prosecution for anything he can claim is an "official duty".

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Didnt the piece of shit say the tariff monies would go into a special department only he has access to? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 OP

A slush fund Bluetus Apr 2025 #1

Thought so, and watch the GOP do absolutely nothing. Civil war is likely and probably necessary Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #2

He may have said it, but that's not how tariffs are paid. gab13by13 Apr 2025 #3

Right, so what is he referring to? someone is guiding him on this... Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #4

He is referring to a new "Sovereigh Wealth Fund" Bluetus Apr 2025 #6

But where is the money coming from, tariffs are paid by the foreign company Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #8

The importer is supposed to pay Customs and Border Protection Bluetus Apr 2025 #5

OK but does the importer already pay that without tariffs existing? Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #9

Not sure I understand Bluetus Apr 2025 #10

Won't he just take -- as a 'sales tax' -- from the increased cost of goods consumers pay? LaRaven Apr 2025 #7

I'm not sure who you mean by "he" Bluetus Apr 2025 #11