This should be all over the news, but it came and went with limited media coverage. It's puzzling, because the NatSec concerns with this transaction are very real, and you have a President who couldn't care less. If you have a bag money, he doesn't care who you are, what you want, or who it can damage...he will do business with you.
Thank you, Olivia, for your sober and diligent reporting.
I was at once glad and dismayed to see that Congress was the first on your list of checks against this corruption. I literally could not possibly add up the number of times I've beat my head against the wall, absolutely dismayed that they have abdicated their Oaths, once again. Too many times, I thought 'THIS will be the thing that is a bridge too far for them.' However, time after time I find there is no bridge too far for them.
I will maintain a sliver of hope that this report does it, but I have no real expectations it will. After all, look how quickly they've folded on the Epstein files, a law that most of them signed onto...
The astounding amount of corruption is not surprising. What is surprising is that Republicans who went after the Biden Administration for far less remain silent as this country is sold to the highest bidders. The silence speaks volumes. Shame on all of them. Will they ever be held accountable? That’s a rhetorical question.
Hopefully, Ellen, the voters will hold them accountablle in the midterm elections. I blame those who enable Trump almost as much as I blame him. If we can seize control of the House and Senate, we can enforce the checks and balances envisioned in the Constitution and rein him in. Good luck to us.
An excellent post Olivia! Congress should be outraged, and would be if its leaders would wake up! The Gangster in Chief is propelling the US to failed state status-just like Venezuela. Or as Trump would say, “the USA is becoming a shithole country”.
President McPiggy is, and always has been for sale. His profit centered, 'whats-in-it-for me' mindset is at the heart of all his actions and decisions. He's incredibly consistent and predictable with this. I'm convinced that there is nothing he's done, as president, that has not involved some sort of reciprocal circle-jerk backscratching quid pro quo....
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-begin-drafting-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump <done for you letter to your Congress/Senate people to Demand IMPEACH djt NOW! Killing us in the streets, trying to silence our 4th Estate, Tulsi STEALING voter records in Fulton County (this one tells me they intend to eff with our elections.) If you have a Republican rep. tell them djt is NOT an asset, and they can be fired too! NOTE: Democrat just won in RED, RED TX district where djt won by 17 pts. This man won by 14 pts, so 31 pt. swing! If you would rather call the number is 202-224-3121. Come on people now WE need to stand up for our country and our democracy.
While impeachment may be a step in the process, it is useless without conviction by the Senate. He has already been impeached twice before, yet here he is again in the Oval Office. Impeachment, as Friedrich Nietzsche said "That what does not kill us makes us stronger", has only made trump stronger to his base. The Senate Republicans are a bunch of scared spineless MAGA simps who are more concerned with getting Trumpstein's reelection support than doing the right and honorable thing. We're stuck with that bloated orange addled pervert until 20 Jan 2029 unless Americans get off their collective @$$es and vote in the 2026 mid-term elections! Vote like your life depends on it...because it does!
We need to start somewhere and I personally believe he will try to interfere with our midterm elections! We NEED him OUT NOW! AND YES they need to convict him this time!
Olivia, this is, in my opinion, one of your better posts and should be covered nationwide. The public needs to understand how Trump is basically trading US safety and security for favors for Trump's businesses. That in itself is hardly new; he's been doing it for five years. What is new is how he is jeopardizing our country's security. Thanks for laying it out so well.
Brilliant reporting Olivia. It's clear, incisive, and exposes the security risks of following unethical routes for private gain. Keep up the good work.
This is just another rock atop the cairn to me. Not enough of us cared about where DJT would take us as a nation. Americans have been devolving for decades and we’re only now realizing what that means.
The Trump family has the tiger by the tail, and when they let go, they will be disgraced for generations. I hope when that happens that we can claw back their ill-gotten gains and start rebuilding our nation's credibility. Meanwhile though, you are documenting our drift into a Third World banana republic.
Which way are we going to go? The people are doing their bit by protesting and preparing for the midterms. The courts (minus the Supreme Court) are doing theirs. Where the heck are Congress and the Supreme Court? Will it take a blowout in the midterms to wake them up?
There should be NO TRUST left in this administration. The stuff that they've done to cover their butts (Including Epstein Files). They have become too over reaching and the ineptness of every branch in this administration is just unbelievable! Most likely the reason why is because you have a lot of inept people running these branches. They got rid of all the "qualified" people and the other thing I've noticed is they have departments doing jobs that they weren't hired to do. Such as using the FBI in ways they were not hired to do (such as redactions on the files) you get tons of screw ups. You get people getting ballots from a facility in Georgia from the 2020 election (just to see if they can do it for further actions in the future). FBI is Federal Bureau of investigation, they should actually be investigating themselves for the actions they've been doing.
I agree with you but I see the only possible solution is to impeach the president after a democratic landslide in the midterms. If we wait for the republicans in congress to rein in this corruption we as a country and a democracy are lost. The constitution will merely become a nice story from the past and the oaths taken to it by congress and the executive branch are a joke!
This should be all over the news, but it came and went with limited media coverage. It's puzzling, because the NatSec concerns with this transaction are very real, and you have a President who couldn't care less. If you have a bag money, he doesn't care who you are, what you want, or who it can damage...he will do business with you.
Thank you, Olivia, for your sober and diligent reporting.
I was at once glad and dismayed to see that Congress was the first on your list of checks against this corruption. I literally could not possibly add up the number of times I've beat my head against the wall, absolutely dismayed that they have abdicated their Oaths, once again. Too many times, I thought 'THIS will be the thing that is a bridge too far for them.' However, time after time I find there is no bridge too far for them.
I will maintain a sliver of hope that this report does it, but I have no real expectations it will. After all, look how quickly they've folded on the Epstein files, a law that most of them signed onto...
Just disgusting the grift!
Indeed. And Trump says he “knew nothing” about this deal. Yeah, right … 🙄
Just like he barely knew Epstein?
Hehe, touché! 🙃
Blissful ignorance and plausible deniability?
Great stuff. Follow the money.
Thank you Olivia.
The astounding amount of corruption is not surprising. What is surprising is that Republicans who went after the Biden Administration for far less remain silent as this country is sold to the highest bidders. The silence speaks volumes. Shame on all of them. Will they ever be held accountable? That’s a rhetorical question.
Hopefully, Ellen, the voters will hold them accountablle in the midterm elections. I blame those who enable Trump almost as much as I blame him. If we can seize control of the House and Senate, we can enforce the checks and balances envisioned in the Constitution and rein him in. Good luck to us.
Feel same. Praying free and fair elections still exist.
It’s just partisan politics. Is there anyone in our government that is concerned with the truth?
An excellent post Olivia! Congress should be outraged, and would be if its leaders would wake up! The Gangster in Chief is propelling the US to failed state status-just like Venezuela. Or as Trump would say, “the USA is becoming a shithole country”.
President McPiggy is, and always has been for sale. His profit centered, 'whats-in-it-for me' mindset is at the heart of all his actions and decisions. He's incredibly consistent and predictable with this. I'm convinced that there is nothing he's done, as president, that has not involved some sort of reciprocal circle-jerk backscratching quid pro quo....
"Trump says he knew nothing about this deal. That doesn’t make it better. It makes it worse."
HAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA. When that gold Qatari 747 rolls out, he'll act surprised
Thank you for writing about this. It actually makes Epstein Files seem quaint.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-begin-drafting-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump <done for you letter to your Congress/Senate people to Demand IMPEACH djt NOW! Killing us in the streets, trying to silence our 4th Estate, Tulsi STEALING voter records in Fulton County (this one tells me they intend to eff with our elections.) If you have a Republican rep. tell them djt is NOT an asset, and they can be fired too! NOTE: Democrat just won in RED, RED TX district where djt won by 17 pts. This man won by 14 pts, so 31 pt. swing! If you would rather call the number is 202-224-3121. Come on people now WE need to stand up for our country and our democracy.
While impeachment may be a step in the process, it is useless without conviction by the Senate. He has already been impeached twice before, yet here he is again in the Oval Office. Impeachment, as Friedrich Nietzsche said "That what does not kill us makes us stronger", has only made trump stronger to his base. The Senate Republicans are a bunch of scared spineless MAGA simps who are more concerned with getting Trumpstein's reelection support than doing the right and honorable thing. We're stuck with that bloated orange addled pervert until 20 Jan 2029 unless Americans get off their collective @$$es and vote in the 2026 mid-term elections! Vote like your life depends on it...because it does!
We need to start somewhere and I personally believe he will try to interfere with our midterm elections! We NEED him OUT NOW! AND YES they need to convict him this time!
Olivia, this is, in my opinion, one of your better posts and should be covered nationwide. The public needs to understand how Trump is basically trading US safety and security for favors for Trump's businesses. That in itself is hardly new; he's been doing it for five years. What is new is how he is jeopardizing our country's security. Thanks for laying it out so well.
Brilliant reporting Olivia. It's clear, incisive, and exposes the security risks of following unethical routes for private gain. Keep up the good work.
This is just another rock atop the cairn to me. Not enough of us cared about where DJT would take us as a nation. Americans have been devolving for decades and we’re only now realizing what that means.
The Trump family has the tiger by the tail, and when they let go, they will be disgraced for generations. I hope when that happens that we can claw back their ill-gotten gains and start rebuilding our nation's credibility. Meanwhile though, you are documenting our drift into a Third World banana republic.
Which way are we going to go? The people are doing their bit by protesting and preparing for the midterms. The courts (minus the Supreme Court) are doing theirs. Where the heck are Congress and the Supreme Court? Will it take a blowout in the midterms to wake them up?
There should be NO TRUST left in this administration. The stuff that they've done to cover their butts (Including Epstein Files). They have become too over reaching and the ineptness of every branch in this administration is just unbelievable! Most likely the reason why is because you have a lot of inept people running these branches. They got rid of all the "qualified" people and the other thing I've noticed is they have departments doing jobs that they weren't hired to do. Such as using the FBI in ways they were not hired to do (such as redactions on the files) you get tons of screw ups. You get people getting ballots from a facility in Georgia from the 2020 election (just to see if they can do it for further actions in the future). FBI is Federal Bureau of investigation, they should actually be investigating themselves for the actions they've been doing.
I agree with you but I see the only possible solution is to impeach the president after a democratic landslide in the midterms. If we wait for the republicans in congress to rein in this corruption we as a country and a democracy are lost. The constitution will merely become a nice story from the past and the oaths taken to it by congress and the executive branch are a joke!
And he wants to turn dc into drag racing or speed car tracks, and private golf courses, and a huge monument called Tramp on the Potomac.
And once that bombastic monument is built (if ever), I will walk my dog there daily to take his morning trump.