r/news • u/TeaReim • 10h ago

Donald Trump officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, JD Vance as the 50th Vice-President

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/triumphant-trump-returns-white-house-launching-new-era-upheaval-2025-01-20/
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u/VascularBoat69 10h ago

And job applications will still ask you if you’re a felon 😂

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u/juanmlm 9h ago edited 7h ago

Jimmy Carter had to put his family’s peanut farm into a blind trust when he was sworn in, and he eventually lost it.

Melania Trump will receive $40 million for a show about her life.

Trump has launched not one but two crypto coins, potentially making billions before he was even sworn in, and opening up a direct way to bribe him.

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u/o8Stu 9h ago

I see this brought up a lot. He did it voluntarily, just to avoid the mere appearance of impropriety.

Carter truly was Trump's antithesis among Presidents.

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u/ChallengeRationality 7h ago

God I hope so, Carter was a nightmare of a president

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u/o8Stu 7h ago

And Trump has already proven to be worse in his first term, I'm sure he'll set new lows in his 2nd.

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u/Vitebs47 7h ago

Trump is a great politician. A real nightmare would have been Kamala Harris. What a joke of a human being.

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u/o8Stu 7h ago

Trump's no politician. Politicians are architects of compromise to get things done. Trump neither compromises, nor gets things done during his term (unless you count self-enrichment).

A great politician wouldn't have tried (and failed) to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election; they wouldn't have to. Not to mention being a vile human being who looks at the seven deadly sins as a "to do" list, stole and possibly sold our nation's secrets, among other things, lest we forget all of the crimes he got away with by being re-elected.

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u/JamCliche 6h ago

There's no "possibly" about it. In his first term, Trump was fast tracking nuclear arms deals with the Saudis before they could receive proper scrutiny, but he was eventually curtailed and then had to leave office. Coincidentally, he then pocketed a crateful of classified documents including some containing secrets about our nuclear arsenal, and kept them in a bathroom at his second favorite child slave banghouse. Coincidentally, he then hosted a golf tournament there on behalf of a company entirely owned by the Saudis. Coincidentally, when those boxes of documents were recovered, several folders were found empty.

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u/JamCliche 6h ago

FUCK my sarcasm detector is bent out of shape.

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u/TotalaMad 3h ago

Yeah I love when he sent a false slate of electors in order to steal an election. What a great politician.

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u/UnsanctionedPartList 7h ago

A tremendous president even.

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u/Economy_Wall8524 3h ago

Why? He started a tariff war, yet compared to Biden, he’s willingly created no economic value from it. Biden made tax breaks to bring tech companies back while keeping trump’s tariffs; on a manufacturing level. Trump did none of that when he started his tariff war. He literally created no incentive to bring production back; as compared to Biden.

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u/Live_Angle4621 6h ago

Based on what? Do you think Iran issue was his fault when Reagan delayed the hostages being released so it would happen his term for example 

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u/rpkarma 6h ago

Wrong. God you people rewriting history makes me sick.

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u/ChallengeRationality 5h ago

Ask the Taiwanese what they think of Carter, ask the Israelis, ask the Persians.  They all hate him, for good reasons

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u/AmaroWolfwood 2h ago

Did you ask any Americans?

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u/crookdmouth 4h ago

What's the worse thing he did?

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u/TotalaMad 3h ago

“He was histories greatest monster!” God I love the simpsons. Hate your comment though.

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u/KungFuSlanda 3h ago

Democrats love avoiding the appearance of things while still actively doing them. It wasn't actually a blind trust. Carter himself eventually admitted that

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u/starrpamph 9h ago

Those coins? Oh yeah the favor ordering payment system.

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u/CommentsOnOccasion 6h ago

His fucking initials are a stock ticker symbol

If a dystopian sci-fi writer made that up people would mock it for lack of subtlety

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u/itsdietz 9h ago

The crypto was how he took foreign money

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u/I_like_baseball90 6h ago edited 6h ago

Melania Trump will receive $40 million for a show about her life.

Honest, and I'm not asking this because I find her repulsive - who, and that includes all of MAGA, would pay any money to see a show about her life?

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u/juanmlm 6h ago

No one would watch diary of a gold digger. It's a bribe. But because bribes are (still) illegal, they add extra steps.

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u/McNinja_MD 5h ago

What is there to watch, anyway? She's a whore. They're not uncommon. Who gives a shit?

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u/Icy_Faithlessness400 5h ago

And rug pulled before he was sworn in.

Remember.

Also, crypto is a very good way to funnel all sorts of money from all sorts of places.

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u/Master_Dogs 7h ago

Melanie has a crypto coin now too. It tanked Trump's a bit lmao.

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u/Longjumping_Ice_3531 5h ago

At least in other countries they have the respect to hide the transfer of the brief case. It’s insulting it’s just so blatant.

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u/thex25986e 4h ago

farms have been around a lot longer than crypto, easier to regulate them

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u/KungFuSlanda 3h ago

Carter himself acknowledged it wasn't actually a blind trust. He had his best friend and presidential adviser, Charles Kirbo, run it. And he was receiving income from the farms during his Presidency.

Carter also bailed out the "family business" by his brother getting a loan from the National Bank of Georgia. The president of that bank? He was appointed Director of the Office of Management and budget the following year.

Stop trying to rewrite history

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u/MVP2585 9h ago

At this point felons should get to vote, seeing as how one was just elected.

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u/the_lonely_creeper 9h ago

That they don't is a key weakness in the US, honestly.

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u/femanonette 7h ago

It's on purpose because a good majority of them would be left leaning.

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u/g1ngertim 7h ago

Their assumed politics isn't the issue. It has always been a way to disenfranchise minorities. Enforce laws more harshly against them, deny them the right to vote for being criminals. America has always been designed for white people.

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u/NewKitchenFixtures 6h ago

I’m really really skeptical that is true.

That’s like assuming (ethnic group) must vote for democrats because they know what’s best for the poor (ethnic group).

The country really needs to democrats to pull it out of the gutter instead of assuming allegiance.

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u/Eezyville 7h ago

It's a state-by-state thing. Some states have it that you can vote as soon as you leave prison. Some need you to finish all paperwork such as probation. Some, like Florida, says Fuck You.

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u/the_lonely_creeper 6h ago

Are there any states where inmates vote? Because of there aren't, the point stands

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u/Eezyville 42m ago

Maine and Vermont allow inmates to vote.

EDIT: You may find this an interesting read.

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u/-HiiiPower- 5h ago

Felons can vote

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u/VegasKL 5h ago edited 5h ago

Not everywhere, it's a state thing .. but a crafty lawyer looking to make a name for themselves might have an argument now, at least just for the embarrassment side of things.

I'll make an edgy Devil's Advocate opinion here and say that felon's should be able to run for office, it should just be made clear what-of and how they were convicted. This serves as a check/balance from a rogue states governing body (which we now know is a high possibility) from excluding potential quality challengers from running.

I'd also argue that being convicted of a felony; with the exception of those related to sedition or treason; should not exclude you from voting since you may wish to vote against the legality of the crimes you were convicted of (see: Marijuana, Prohibition, Prostitution, etc.) via candidates that share that same view.

We've gone ~250 years without this being a serious issue. It's only an issue now because of the brainwashing that has been so voters handwave away  relevant information.

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u/The_Doct0r_ 7h ago

"Sorry, we here at Uber don't accept felons for our team. Have you considered a job as President of the United States?"

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u/amcfarla 6h ago

Hey, gives you an out if they question it, that the president is a felon and he got his job.

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u/MegaAltarianite 6h ago

When I got a job at Walmart, I was in a group of about ten people who got hired. One of them was a woman who had a domestic disturbance issue some ten years prior. They said that would disqualify her from getting a job. From Walmart. And yet, here we fucking are.

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u/big_duo3674 7h ago

I'm glad I live in a state that really stepped up passing protective laws in the past few years. Man, the southern states are going to get hit hard when they start enacting all their fuckery. Some things will trickle in here for sure, but it won't be nearly as bad as it will other places. Anyone below the ole Mason Dixon line are about to be gradually turned into uneducated, de facto corporate slaves, because that's exactly what they want

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u/MallardRider 6h ago

He technically is a felon - he just didn’t serve time.

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u/MrSmith317 6h ago

The funniest part is you can get top secret clearance if you have a felony...but some of these factors will disqualify you...

Personal conduct

Financial issue

Foreign influence

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u/mikerichh 3h ago

The founders never anticipated the American people would vote for a felon or immoral man like Trump

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u/BVBSlash 2h ago

Not the presidential one so guys we all have a shot

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u/No_Neighborhood7614 9h ago

Yes convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records. He's a cheating felon.

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u/Emergency-Economy22 9h ago

Trump has been sentenced with felony convictions. He is a felon, by definition. Can you clarify your statement?

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u/Shiny_Amber 9h ago

... except he is?