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by rubyfan 769 days ago
The thing stinks to be sure but you need more evidence to make that claim.
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Presidential candidates are allowed to use unlimited personal funds in their campaign.

Trump owns billions of $DJT stock. His lockup period ends well before the election.

The share price can be manipulated at will given enough money, the Saudis have plenty of that, and there’s already a good track record of them using it this way; a $2B investment in Trump’s son-in-law “despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal”, as an example. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-in...

Donald Trump's hotels and other businesses accepted more than $7.8m (£6.1m) from foreign governments during his presidency. This is not news.