He profited from the secret service (and by proxy, us) the whole time he was president when he made them pay full price to have rooms at his garbage resort in Florida.
This should not be a surprise.
He profited from the secret service (and by proxy, us) the whole time he was president when he made them pay full price to have rooms at his garbage resort in Florida.
I don't think this is true. I thought he increased the standard rate and charged them that. So it was like, double price.
Quick edit: I just looked it up, it was allegedly 4-5 times the approved government hotel rate.
He profited from the secret service (and by proxy, us) the whole time he was president when he made them pay full price to have rooms at his garbage resort in Florida.
This should not be a surprise.
I don't think this is true. I thought he increased the standard rate and charged them that. So it was like, double price.
Quick edit: I just looked it up, it was allegedly 4-5 times the approved government hotel rate.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-organization-charged-secret-service-much-1185-night-stay-trump-d-rcna52521
He raised prices ahead of stays so it was full-full price.
At least as a candidate he can't direct the armed forces to stay at his resorts.
Yeah, I mean we knew this at the time and there was reporting on the immoluments clause back then. The result was... crickets.
Why should this not be a surprise?
Why do so many people normalize corruption?