Trump family gets Billions from Saudi’s in shady deals

[auburnatl1 6,293]

13 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

Well, it was successful around the world because he was widely seen as an interesting and historical guy who is a much better than average writer, especially for a political figure. And he writes differently than most politicians. He was a best selling writer before his presidency. She was also widely admired and an effective popular communicator. That's why their books sell better than other President's and First Ladies. Just asserting something is "inappropriate" and refusing to spell out why is frankly, inappropriate. You seem to think distinguishing facts are irrelevant. 

He entered the presidency worth just over a million. He’s now worth over $70m. And he’s far from  done. Cashing in on the celebrity and influence of public office. Heck Michelle sells mugs. No it s not illegal. It’s the proven Harry and Meghan playbook. Or the other way around.

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[TexasTiger 14,524]

1 minute ago, auburnatl1 said:

He enter the presidency worth just over a million. He’s now worth over $70m. And he’s far from  done. Cashing in on the celebrity and influence of public office. Heck Michelle sells mugs. No it s not illegal. It’s the proven Harry and Meghan playbook. Or the other way around.

Harry was born famous. Meghan was a minor celebrity that married a guy born famous. Harry got pissy with his family and made money off it. He's accomplished little else particularly noteworthy. That gravy train is running out of juice. Those two playbooks are nothing alike.

[auburnatl1 6,293]

2 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

Harry was born famous. Meghan was a minor celebrity that married a guy born famous. Harry got pissy with his family and made money off it. He's accomplished little else particularly noteworthy. That gravy train is running out of juice. Those two playbooks are nothing alike.

Yep, completely different. Anyway this has gone predictably sideways. The point was not directed at either party.  Next time I’ll use McConnell as the example.

[TexasTiger 14,524]

2 minutes ago, auburnatl1 said:

Yep, completely different. Anyway this has gone predictably sideways. The point was not directed at either party.  Next time I’ll use McConnell as the example.

If he writes a best seller that will be interesting. He and his wife have made their money a bit differently.

[SaltyTiger 8,664]

1 hour ago, TexasTiger said:

He was a best selling writer before his presidency.

Obviously good writers do well. John Grisham by comparison makes around 70 million per year. Love to read his stuff and guess I am getting old. Seems like yesterday that he was an unhappy lawyer that started writing..

[DKW 86 7,946]

14 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

 

newsweek.com

 

Barack Obama's Net Worth Surges After Leaving the White House, Thanks to Wall Street

Chris Riotta

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Former President Barack Obama and billionaire Richard Branson kitesurf during Obama's vacation on Branson's Moskito island. Reuters

There are valid reasons to be concerned by a president's earnings, including after their tenure in the Oval Office. Where a former commander-in-chief earns his or her income–and the company they choose to keep after serving as the leader of the free world–could speak to their basic values in a way policies and legislation cannot.

So when some Americans, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, saw former President Barack Obama accepting $400,000 speeches from Wall Street, signing book deals worth $65 million and vacationing with billionaires off the coast of Tahiti in a $300 million yacht, you can bet they were perplexed.

Related: Obama's Return to Public Life: Charming But Flat

How could it be that Obama, the smooth-talking Democratic candidate in 2008 who slammed Wall Street greed and resonated with the working class in a way his party has since been unable to authentically recreate, is living his post-presidential life like an elitist one percenter?

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participating in the National Christmas Tree lighting in Washington, December 1, 2016. Reuters

Obama will receive an annual pension of over $200,000, after vetoing a bill passed by Congress in 2016 that would have capped each former president's pension to that threshold. He raked in $400,000–the equivalent to his annual presidential salary–for a 90-minute interview Thursday in midtown Manhattan, where he spoke with a presidential historian on things like income inequality and civic engagement. He's set to earn another $400,000 for a 60-minute speech during a conference hosted by the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

And he doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon: Harry Walker Agency, which represents the former president and his wife along the speaking circuit, is scheduling new appointments for the Obamas every single week.

Virtually every single president in modern American history has earned serious cash following their time in office. In fact, their years spent serving in the White House are typically their least-paid.

"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2014 interview with Diane Sawyer. "We struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea's education. It was not easy."

The Clintons, as well as former President George W. Bush, earned millions following their time in the peoples' house, receiving six-figure checks for Wall Street speeches and book tours. But the Obamas are set to earn an unprecedented post-presidency income, and its alarming his critics, supporters and other Democrats alike.

"I was troubled by that," Warren said when she learned Obama was charging $400,000 for his upcoming speech. "The influence of money, I describe it as a snake that slithers through Washington."

But don't take her word for it: Obama once told his supporters he wasn't tied up in corporate interests or the snake-like stronghold bankers and investment firms seem to have over many elected officials in the U.S.

"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street," Obama said in 2009.

Maybe that Obama should have a talk with 2017 Obama.

 

it was very easy to google this but natty appears to not have been interested in the truth and would rather  would rather make obama look bad. he also called me out on not calling out dems when i just posted about rfk jr this morning which seems  odd like maybe he did not look he just assumed something?

Just for the record, Cantor Fitzgerald is near legend for their very vocal and physical dislike of LGBTQ+ Folks. I will leave you just one of hundreds of sexual harassment suits filed by former employees. Whyt would Obama hangout with totally disgusting POSs like this? $$$ His one true virtue, standard, value.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-06-mn-26128-story.html

Later on, as Cantor Fitzgerald itself acknowledges, a homemade video was shown at a company meeting that, Anderson says, humiliated him by labeling him a homosexual and suggesting that he build his roster of customers by soliciting gays.

 

That video also showed co-workers--including a white man wearing a bag over his head with a black face drawn on--taking Anderson’s Alfa Romeo sports car to a body shop. Homosexual epithets, including “Rump Ranger” and “1-800 Butt Boy,” were painted on the car’s side and back in white.