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?
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.
Profiteering is the wrong word.
Instead, crony capitalism, abuse of power, or something else is more appropriate
So, standard capitalism stuff?
Kind of, except the person doing it is the sitting president. Call it an aggravating factor.
how exactly are they abusing their power with this one?
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?
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
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.
How is this a real question? We’re fucking cooked.
bc of a phone 🤦
I’m not even disagreeing with you, but listen to yourself.
Jimmy Carter gave up his tiny peanut farm.
Yet people nowadays are just incapable of understanding the concept of conflict of interest?
Besides the naked corruption?
is a president selling merchandise while in office corruption? because if you think that isn’t, then this isn’t
Leveraging his office for profit? Yes. By definition it absolutely is
He’s already been violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution.