For giggles, I’d like you to explain how the President of the United States launching his old overpriced phone on his own overpriced network with every possible element named, adorned and even priced after himself could be considered anything other than abusing their power?
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untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 months agohow exactly are they abusing their power with this one?
rmuk@feddit.uk 4 months ago
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
he’s just selling something that his followers will buy. no one else really cares to.
your logic could be even more effectively applied to him selling merchandise about him and that isn’t an overreach of power in any way
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Besides the naked corruption?
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
is a president selling merchandise while in office corruption? because if you think that isn’t, then this isn’t
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Leveraging his office for profit? Yes. By definition it absolutely is
He’s already been violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
How is this a real question? We’re fucking cooked.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
bc of a phone 🤦
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Jimmy Carter gave up his tiny peanut farm.
Yet people nowadays are just incapable of understanding the concept of conflict of interest?
toiletobserver@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Using their position of political power to advertise a business which directly benefits them. It is plainly not part of the duties of the office. Same reason good presidents put their financial affairs in a blind trust for the duration of of their term.