Trump blames 'phony emoluments clause' for scrapped plan to host G-7 at his Miami resort

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President Trump labels the emoluments clause of the US Constitution as 'phony.'

“He has a deal with Netflix. When did they start talking about that?” Trump asked reporters. “That’s only a couple of examples.”

Trump, who gave control of his businesses to his children but did not put his assets in a blind trust, told reporters"other presidents were wealthy" and involved in business while in office, too."George Washington, they say, had two desks. He had a presidential desk and a business desk." “Instead of having 100 percent of that market that loves you ... now you have 50," Trump added. “That's called politics."

 

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Unbelievable!

He is the King of phony!! impeach

My kids had to pass a Constitution test to be promoted to 9th grade. Trump (and any president) should have to as well.

He knows nothing! He never reads!!! Only the paper in his golden RR!!!!😡

FUNNY.

He is phony

Wrong! He was saying it’s phony because it doesn’t apply here. He offered Doral at cost or free

Anything that conflicts with how Trump runs his circus show will be called fake or phony. He ran his business by ignoring rules and interference and we are now seeing this in his act as President.

Why the president of the most powerful country in the world is picking hotels for an event? Think about it. And he continues to promote his hotel. Unbelievable

Just this comment proves how weak is his respect for law and order.

The joker is on the loose

Shows he really knows nothing about nothing

Can someone explain the Constitution to him. Even elementary students are taught in a vocabulary that they can understand.

Wait, is he actually saying it’s phony as in someone slipped in there over night like the day before the impeachment inquiry? I’m confused

That’s what dicktators do....

And yet idiots voted for this guy?

Out of context liars.

Phony is Trump

Proving once again that he has never read the Constitution. Of course I haven't digested the entire thing either, but I'm not the president.

That's it get him out of this country. Not fit mentally.

OMGosh.....this guy proves every day that he is a loon!

Gees, and this buffoon graduated at the top of his class at Wharton College according to him and the school has yet to deny Trumps claims. Makes you wonder how dumb the graduates from Wharton really are?

Can we stop promoting Trump Doral!?! This plays right into his hands. The more we talk about it, the more exposure he gets. I live in miami, and trust, this is not a property worth discussing. So many other properties worth discussing. biltmorehotel faena fisherisland

Emoluments Clause: Backatya

LOL. Did Trump put Pompeo to sleep?

He´s the one who´s a phony baloney!!

From a phony president, phony businessman, and phony human being. We must end this catastrophe. RemoveTrumpNow

Phony words from a phony Prez

“It’s phony because I didn’t write the emulation Clause, a lot of people don’t know this, but I met him!” 🎅 🤦‍♂️

realDonaldTrump has literally attacked the Constitution of the United States today. All of you republicans are good with this? May god have mercy on your souls! I hope defending this monster has been worth it.

Isn’t that a violation of his oath of office to defend and uphold the constitution? Does this mean article 1 is fake also

You would make Joseph Goebbels proud. You love to take quotes out of context and create propaganda.

Of course he did

Is there a deportation clause in the Constitution that can be applied to realDonaldTrump as POTUS? Can we send him to Zimbabwe? He can build a Resort on Victoria falls and we will live happily ever after!

😳😡🇺🇸

No he didn't... he labeled the accusation as phony.

What does the GOP members think of the fact that trump said the constitution is phony? I have not herd any of them commenting on this, why?

Have you tried reading the Constitution jerko

It’s definitely flawed in that it’s not enforced on everyone equally. Tons of members of both the house and senate benefit from their positions on both sides of the aisle all the time. How do you think all these 30+ year politicians got so wealthy?

Well...to be fair...he treats the entire Constitution as if it’s phony 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

I always thought republicans sucked. But until trump I never realized just how much they suck

Thought it was because of the democrats and media. Now it’s the constitution that’s wrong. No trump it’s because your own party said it’s blatantly corrupt to enrich yourself

I just heard this one and I would say potus meant the media is using the emoluments clause as a phony excuse against him hosting the G7, but you knew that. You are truly pathetic in your twisting of what he says. But you are getting the Democratic agenda to the masses. Good job

Concerned citizen/nurse & author of a Civics Handbook~ full text of our U.S. Constitution included in book. Emoluments Clause included in the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land.

Ran them into bankrupts you mean. Stuck people for tens of millions.

Come on Republicans! DJT is unqualified and not even trying! You’ve stacked the courts, you’ve accepted help from foreign countries, you gerrymandered and cheated! Remove yours and Putin’s puppet! dumpgop

Still FakeNews.

The United States Constitution is phoney? Really? In eighth grade is was a requirement to pass a test on the U S Constitution. From what I Have observed First-hand , t RUMP would have been held back as he continues to fail the Constitution.

In Russia it's phony.

“And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” Article 1, Sec 9, US Constitution. Seems legit to me.

Who the hell writes these tweets for NBC? Clean up this one and report something true. Stop quoting Trump.

Have you even read the Constitution?

The propaganda news channel. Worthless

Maybe Barron can help him with a civics lesson. So ignorant

And he is right!

Didn’t he take an oath to uphold it? 🧐

Oh my!

Isn’t he awful

So phony it’s in our Constitution

What a genius.

The guy who thinks there are XII Articles, 1 amendment, and he has secret powers...that guy ? Yeah, pretty sure he's clueless

Phony , he doesn’t know much but you would think he would know this word, very well !

Trump and the Confederate Senate, in a corrupt republic with unlimited bribery...🚫

That is not what he said. Do you want to correct it?

LIARINCHEIF. IMPEACHTRUMP

It’s 100% phony! The dude takes ZERO salary... BarackObama HillaryClinton BillClinton ALL BECAME $illionaires due to the the presidency realDonaldTrump CAME TO OFFICE A BILLIONAIRE Assholes

He is so cute !!!

Phony, hell Trump should know Phony, right up his alley, you Mr. President Trump are phony. You didn't even win the popular vote, loser. If your not heading to jail in 2020 you should lose the election by the largest margin in history, that's what I think. I just into sharing.

So so hard to be a grifter.

He knows 'Phony'!

The emoluments clause and the constitution are real! It's President Trump that's phony.

No, it isn’t phony, it is antiquated. More suited to the 18th century than for the 21st-century. In these times, no president is going to be swayed by a gift.

GOP CNN NPR FoxNews MSNBC senatemajldr SenateGOP HouseGOP HouseDemocrats SenateDems SenSchumer SpeakerPelosi LindseyGrahamSC ChuckGrassley THE POTUS45 DOES NOT RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS SHOULD STRIKE FEAR IN THE ♥ OF AMERICA

Only a white man could get away with doing this to our country. This is ridiculous and sad. Every. Damn. Day. it’s something new.

Just because it’s too hard for him to understand doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Trump’s lost his mind and thinks he is the Dictator-in-Chief of the US-when he leaves the White House I hope they count the official silverware.

We can’t even accept gifts 🎁 at our place of employment. Maybe he should simply relocate. Obviously bogus, want it all, don’t care..... embarrassing

White President is allowed to demean CIA and FBI agents, and trash the constitution while GOP censure RepAdamSchiff. Nothing to see here.

He is horrible. No regards to constitution or laws. Wants no accountability

Delusional Donnie and his boss Vlad Putin destroying America, and Trump supporters don't mind. How any Patriotic American supports Trump and his dedication to Putin, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and North Korea is dumbfounding

realDonaldTrump is a joke as a President!

So the President owns a property perfectly suited in every possible way to host the conference. It wont cost the nation a penny. Its secure, but no ones happy. Cmon.

Coming from a phony!

What a fool

He can’t read, so this should be no surprise. FuckFaceVonClownstick

Trump claims that being President is costing him $2-3billion. Probably true . If he ran his business full time he’d probably lose another $9billion He’s a failure, a thief and a mental defective

That’s not what he said.

Can someone please get this idiot a copy of the audio version of The Constitution.

TRUMPLIES TRUMPLIES TRUMPLIES TRUMPLIES TRUMPLIES TRUMPLIES ABT

Yeah, the Democrats snuck it in the Constitution a few weeks before Trump’s inauguration. LOL.....Can’t get anything past this man.

Looking at the expressions of those around realDonaldTrump, it seems that they understand the seriousness of his unConstitutional words and actions.

Democrats hate everything about the constitution.

realDonaldTrump is the most “phoney” person to ever hold office along with his tagalong groupie kids and the woman he calls “Melanie” entering the country falsely along with his in-laws.

Excuse me, what?!?

Now you know: Any republican who supports this president and claims to love the Constitution = phony

Trump Just Admit it , You Are an IDOIT . Wonderful President Obama Did Not Make Deals Until He Was OUT OF OFFICE. Joe Biden Will Be America's Next President. What Trump Calls A SUCCESS, I Call a MESS

He’s an expert on phoniness.

anything legal keeping him from illegality is 'phony.'

How they sit there and watch him call it phony when it’s in the constitution

realDonaldTrump is officially ‘DAMAGED GOODS’ here in the US and around the world ... POTUS do the right thing ... it’s time to leave.

He's phony so he thinks everything and everyone else is too. FuckingMoron

The charges that he was violating it are phony. FakeNews will run with this since his presser made the Left look like idiots

He may have a point. The courts seem flummoxed by it ( ie the DC & MD case) and Congressional Republicans will not investigate let alone impeach & convict him for violating it. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Fake news.

Here he goes, attacking the Constitution! Weee!

Phony President!!!

Is The EmolumentsClause Phony?

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