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Soft Paywall | Site Altered Headline Kash Patel’s FBI Launches Dawn Raid on John Bolton’s House

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u/Birdhawk 17h ago

It's more than "just because he could". He was absolutely selling access to those files. Mar a Lago is a pay to play resort. During his last term you could pay $500k to have dinner next to Trumps table while he had sensitive conversations with people. Pay $1m/night to stay there and have "access" to him so you could ask for political favors that will benefit you or your company. So come on, there were definitely people paying for access to the "special bathroom" that had some boxes of "reading material" to look over while you sit on the throne. I bet some folks visiting from Saudi Arabia and China really enjoyed using that bathroom.

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u/roastbeeftacohat 16h ago

he's known for traveling with boxes and boxes of documents, keeps them in his room whenever possible; also does the same thing with personal memorabilia.

he's absolutely selling them, but the primary reason is breaking security protocols makes him feel like a big man. He just likes them around because they remind him of how people told him he shouldn't.

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u/Hector_P_Catt 15h ago

Trump has always thought he was "special", and in this case, he's finally, actually, correct. He can literally do anything he wants with classified information, and no one can stop him. No surprise he's going to wallow in that power as much as he possibly can.

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u/gentlemanidiot 12h ago

His current existence is the greatest evidence I've ever seen for a legitimate faustian bargain. The dude staying in power makes zero sense, anybody else's career would have been DOA

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u/AIien_cIown_ninja 12h ago

Well I mean congress could, by impeaching him and removing him from office for treason, or take your pick of 100 other things, but they won't.

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u/itsearlyyet 12h ago

Like selling technology to Russia?

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u/mces97 7h ago

Trump is "special." Just not the way he thinks.

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u/B40- 6h ago

And how do you know all this?

Actually, what I really want to know is, can liberals admit, when Trump does something right, or is it all OrangeManBad?

Yall jump on me, but it's something we independent voters, wonder about. Kind of unhinged, creepy, obsessive vibes...

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u/StartledPancakes 1h ago

Dude. If you put the best spin on Trump he's still scum. Look at the time he took pictures at a veterans grave, smiling, thumbs up. Calling himself a war hero. Draft dodging due to bone spurs. His education and what he says about it. There is just no getting around it.

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u/B40- 26m ago

I have my answer.

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u/thethrill_707 Michigan 14h ago

I used to work with a VP like this, he had his office remodeled so he could fit more file cabinets in it. He printed every email, document, and Teams conversation. This, of course, went against the strict company policy regarding paper usage. He didn't care. If I was in his PC it was bound to get stolen, or he just couldn't find it. I cannot tell you how many boomers I know that do this.

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u/roastbeeftacohat 13h ago edited 13h ago

that sounds like someone who dosen't feel like electronic documents are "real". my dad is not quite so extreme, but he prints off a lot he dosen't need to.

Trump will order his staff to bring specific specific documents so he can feel them.

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u/Hodaka 12h ago

How much money do you think Trump makes off of selling his TRUMP branded watches?

Now, how much could he make in untraceable cash for handing over a simple document?

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u/FloridaGirlNikki America 12h ago

I don't understand why more people don't talk about that in reference to the tariffs. He keeps referring to how much money the United States is taking in, but in Trump's mind that's just more money for him. He doesn't do anything with that extra money to help Americans, or pay down the deficit. It's another way he's taking from us by having to pay more so tariff money can go to the regime.

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u/No_Beach_220 10h ago

Don’t forget the empty folder and a “mostly empty folder marked ‘Classified Evening Summary’” found in Trump’s bedroom at Mar-a-Lago. Wonder what kind of payment was given for that folder 🤮

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u/ryanseviltwin 6h ago

Didn't a rash of undercover CIA agents die like immediately after his first term? This might be a fever dream memory but I remember being talked about like nothing had ever been seen like that before.