Forum Post: Emolument 2025
Posted 2 weeks ago on July 29, 2025, 1:06 p.m. EST by agkaiser
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Don't let "The Epstein's List" divert attention from the Paramount-Skydance bribe. Defendants' lawyers said Trump had no case in the lawsuit claiming 60 Minutes edited a story to favor Kamala Harris but Paramount settled and paid $16Million. Then Trump's FCC approved the $8Billion merger with Skydance. When Stephen Colbert called it "a big fat bribe" he was canceled [effective May 2026] for "financial reasons." Whether or not the cancellation is reversed when the merger is finalized, Trump should be impeached and imprisoned for the high crime of soliciting and accepting this obvious bribe. The pedophilia investigation should continue. The emolument case should get more attention; it's a sure thing.
... Paramount agreed to a $16 million settlement over a lawsuit ... FCC approves Paramount's $8 billion deal with Skydance, capping months of turmoil. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-politics-behind-the-8b-paramount-skydance-merger
— Paramount this month paid $16 million in a controversial move to settle a lawsuit Trump filed against the company and CBS News, sparking ... https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-clears-way-8-billion-paramount-skydance-merger-2025-07-25/
— Paramount paid $16 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by Trump as a private individual against CBS and 60 Minutes. Skydance CEO David Ellison ... https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477530/paramount-cbs-skydance-sale-fcc-approves
— The green light follows Paramount's $16 million settlement of a suit filed by Trump, related to a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. https://www.newsweek.com/paramount-merger-skydance-approved-fcc-trump-settlement-2103793
Jim Hightower's Lowdown jimhightower.substack.com Aug 12 Trump Is Not Only For Sale – You Can Also Lease Him
Frenetic crowds are storming the White House like a Black Friday mob at Walmart!
Only these are not shoppers scrambling for family needs – these are CEOs, lobbyists, and billionaires out to “get theirs” in the huge Trump-a-Thon sell-off of Presidential favors. Common folks need not apply, since MAGA, Inc. (Trump’s political fundraising sack) charges a million bucks or more just to buy access to his golden throne.
Once there, everything is for sale. One cryptocurrency huckster, for example, delivered his million to get into a candlelight dinner at Mar-a-Lago, where he pitched a business deal to Trump himself. Then, for an extra $200,000, the crypto-guy was allowed to “sponsor” the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn. Yes – they’ve even financialized and corporatized an apolitical, publicly-funded event for children!
Not only is Trump being bought by Big Money, but he’s also available for short-term lease. For example, rich businesswoman Elizabeth Fago leased him in April for some heavy lifting on a household chore. Her son Paul had been found guilty last year of tax crimes and was headed to prison. But a million dollar check to MAGA Inc. put her in direct touch with Mister Fix-It. Sure enough, once her check was cashed, the fortunate son was granted “a full and unconditional” presidential pardon – no jail time, no payment of restitution to his victims.
When the New York Times asked about such corrupt selling of official favors, MAGA Inc. declared that Trump treats every American the same. So, there you have Trump’s million-dollar definition of “American.” If you’ve got the million, you’re in the club. If you don’t, you’re not.
Consider "Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook" by Moustafa Bayoumi:
As "About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because according to the president: ‘Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’"! This is all of course (not so) crypto-fascist horse-shit, yet fulfils a long held anxiety about of the future of the U$A! Alarming nevertheless.
respice; adspice; prospice!
I don't care if the emoluments clauses of the US Constitution apply to the $16M bribe that Trump received to approve the Paramount-Skydance merger. I care that the extortion took place and it's either being ignored by fools or they are quibbling over semantics.
a) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Emoluments_Clause & also, perhaps try to consider:
b) https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C8-3/ALDE_00013206/ and finally,
c) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/emoluments-clauses-explained
"The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences,
but a new law is needed to ensure effective enforcement." Quoted from 3rd/final link above!!!
Fact is tRUMP is an extreme!y materialistic, narcissistic individual, prone to such behaviour!!
et ergo - fiat lux!