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[–] [email protected] 351 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Daily reminder, Jimmy Carter willingly sold his peanut farm because his morality told him of his own viewpoints that it may be seen as unfair for a President to own business interests while serving the most important role of government. Which in his mind may come off as corrupt.

We now have a president who see's his name as a brand. That's where we've gone.

[–] [email protected] 141 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People are forgetting too that this is just a job that he can be fired from. The SCOTUS and Republicans can fire him at any moment, but they aren't. These middle managers suck.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago

They're complicit. You don't fire a boss because some people don't like them, you fire a boss when you don't like them.

What a state of affairs we're in...

[–] MnemonicBump 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Who's going to sit in 15 hours worth of meetings each week if not the middle managers?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Daily reminder, Jimmy Carter willingly sold his peanut farm because his morality told him of his own viewpoints that it may be seen as unfair for a President to own business interests while serving the most important role of government. Which in his mind may come off as corrupt.

Well, that and he was complying with the Emoluments Clause. You know, that thing that should've seen Trump impeached on Inauguration Day -- 2017, not even just 2025!

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's much worse than that, he's actively exploiting his position in government for personal gain. They have a gold Trump credit card that advertises that it's "an official website of the US government".

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Worse than that, he's hosting $1M a plate dinners for "access" and attendees get things like pardons for their family members or government approval of business deals after paying these bribes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago

Land of the free!*

* but only if you're rich enough

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

and that's why president carter was the last great and decent president the us has had.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

And it would just be Jimmy's Peanuts in the end. Nothing more, nothing less. Opposed to this cheap gold platted shit Trump keeps trying to sell...