[vannevar]

Given that the President is a convicted felon who maintains that what he did was fine, and that he has pardoned thousands of unrepentant criminals, and that the vast majority of his party enthusiastically endorsed all this, I would say "pro-crime" is an understatement.

[Kapura]

_strongly_ pro-crime

[br0ceph]

on a daily basis the current US president commits treason against the people of the united states, which im pretty sure even presidential immunity doesnt protect against. Just one of the shady dealings with foreign monarchies, laudering their bribes directly to the president thru billion dollar purchases of worthless crypto "assets" ala world liberty financial; should land the president and his entire family in capital punishment

[SomeHacker44]

I believe treason is literally defined in the constitution itself as taking up arms against the country. By that definition, I think there have been few to almost no treasonous people in recent decades.

[vannevar]

From Article III: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

For example, if Russia met the definition of an enemy, and if the President compromised the interests on the country in favor of Russian interests (presumably for his own personal benefit), that would probably count. The compromise would have to be knowing, though, mere incompetence is not enough. So if the issue ever arose, Trump has a pretty good defense.

[red-iron-pine]

don't forget Trump's 90 minute call w/ Putin on the 4th of July a few days ago

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/europe/putin-trump-call-indep...

or that time multiple US congressmen were forced to spend the 4th in Moscow

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/395719-gop-senators-visi...

[AnthonyMouse]

I don't understand why people keep using things like this as their examples.

JFK met with Khrushchev. Bush Senior and Reagan had regular contact with Gorbachev. It's not weird for heads of state to talk to each other.

What's weird is for Trump to be paying tax dollars to cancel energy projects because he doesn't like windmills or using the FCC to investigate media outlets who criticize him.

There are plenty of good examples to use that it makes no sense to resort to evidence-free innuendo.

[ceejayoz]

Because it's not quite the same; JFK et. al. weren't dumb enough to trust the Russians during those contacts. This administration, though…

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-trum...

> President Donald Trump’s special envoy broke with long-standing protocol by not employing his own interpreter during three high-level meetings with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, opting instead to rely on translators from the Kremlin, a U.S. official and two Western officials with knowledge of the talks told NBC News.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427505-trump-put...

> President Trump reportedly met late last year with Russian President Vladimir Putin without a translator or aide from his administration present.

[snypher]

>Trump ... Putin without a translator

House of Cards used this same setup just to highlight how untrustworthy the president was acting.

[AnthonyMouse]

This seems like the same class of complaining about something ridiculous. If Putin wants to lie to you about something, do you expect him to speak the truth in Russian and then have his translator tell you something else? What advantage would that have compared with lying to you in Russian and having it translated accurately?

[ourmandave]

When you view it through the lens of Graft First, everything makes sense. All the seeming stupidity, ineptitude, and hypocrisy is just to make a buck.

Governing doesn't even appear to be an afterthought.

I still haven't figured out how he's profiting from Trump Accounts yet. Kick backs I suppose.

[kevin_thibedeau]

The stupidity and ineptitude is still real. These are a gang of nepo-babies who have mastered the art of failing up.

[bdavisx]

>I still haven't figured out how he's profiting from Trump Accounts yet

I would guess that he could have been paid in many various ways (TrumpCoins anyone) by financial institution(s) that were set to benefit from the accounts. Have the trump crypto companies followed all of the KYC laws?

[br0ceph]

exactly, the trading kartels could kick back money, but also just funneling taxes into the market is a rising tide for the overall market

[toyg]

Strong for crime, strong for the causes of crime.

[financetechbro]

Crime maxxxing