
Op. I have an issue in the way that you chooses to engage in argument, just based on the fact that you are prompting theese questions on yick yack which is far from inviting to standardized rule based debate and leads to no actual progression of ideas. If you or anyone would like to legitimately engage In constructive civil debate on the topics of democracy and where our country stands at this time I would be more than happy to set up a setting for debate with out voices not our thumbs
The true extent of the corruption of Donald trumps administration has not even been reveled yet, we have had 30+ years to investigate the corruption of past presidents. Currently researchers estimate that the trump family including extended family the have all but dubbled there wealth from 1.3 billion to over 3 billion with the next closest corrupt American presidents making only hundreds of millions
He and his family have doubled their net worths he has pardoned literal criminals drug dealers, white collar fraudsters, scammers, he’s spent millions of tax payer dollars on worthless projects like the Epstein ballroom, the pathetic military parade that was thrown, given millions more to Israel gave millions to foreign countries. What fucking rock are you living under pedo defender?
You can criticize Trump using things that are actually documented: the fake elector scheme, the classified documents case, attempts to pressure state officials after the 2020 election, conflicts tied to his businesses while in office, multiple indictments, and people from his administration being convicted or investigated. Those are real events with court cases, recordings, testimony, and evidence behind them.
Please, even though we are not engaging face to face in discussing theses issues please refrain from cursing it genuinely ads nothing to the discussion besides excess emotional tension. Regarding the atrocity’s that America has perpetrated, I don’t think anyone here is denying that America has done terrible things to almost every country under the sun, but would you not want to prevent them or stop them from happening, how does comparing these atrocities to others justify not dooing anything?
“We ShOuLd DeBaTe ThIs BeTtEr” Hey why is the administration you support saying they will not go after anyone involved in the Epstein files? Said that publicly TRUMP HIMSELF said it. You can write it off as a hoax and cry about it being “fake” like your dear leader all you want. You can’t just fake 3 million documents and 1 million mentions of that man’s filthy fucking name.
But saying the administration is “covering for an elite child trafficking ring” like it’s an established fact is completely different. Watergate had the Nixon tapes, congressional hearings, FBI investigations, arrests, convictions, and ultimately Nixon resigning. That’s why it’s considered one of the biggest proven corruption scandals in U.S. history. There’s a difference between documented political scandals and theories that still haven’t been proven.
It is an established fact? Are you blind? Have you not been paying attention? Have you actually looked into the Epstein files and how much they have redacted the names of people whose names should have been redacted because they were involved or had knowledge of evil shit happening? Shut the fuck up with your pseudo intellectual BULLSHIT
Nobody said the Epstein files aren’t real. Epstein was real, the trafficking was real, and there are absolutely powerful people connected to him. The part you’re jumping over is proving that Trump’s administration was actively “covering for” a global trafficking ring. That’s a completely different claim.
Having redactions in court documents also doesn’t automatically mean “everyone redacted is guilty.” A lot of names get redacted for legal/privacy reasons, ongoing investigations, victims, or because someone was mentioned but never charged. If there was evidence on the level of Watergate, you’d be seeing criminal convictions, congressional investigations, leaked recordings, sworn testimony, and resignations tied directly to that accusation, not just people connecting dots online.
Oh yeah all great points sorry I’m kinda focused on the whole “CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING” you know kinda just stands out pretty strongly. Especially when he ran his campaign on releasing those same files and stalled and stalled and stalled and then said they were a hoax. And then needed a majority vote from democrats to finally say “yeah just do it” and then stalled some more when they didn’t do it when they were told to.
It’s always funny when people say they want an “intellectual debate” and then immediately switch to “are you blind,” “moron,” and “shut the fuck up” the second someone asks for evidence instead of assumptions. If your argument is strong, it should survive scrutiny without turning into insults.
They broke the law. Literally. Redacting the names of people who were involved in Epsteins affairs who WERE NOT VICTIMS is against the fucking law put into place by Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie. The Epstein transparency act. They even said publicly multiple times Trump and his administration are violating the rule of law. And the spirit of the law.
Finally a valid claim. If they violated transparency laws or improperly redacted names, then criticize that specifically. That’s a fair argument. But there’s still a huge gap between “the administration may be withholding information” and “they are knowingly protecting a global trafficking ring.” One is a political/legal accusation that can be investigated in court. The other is a massive criminal conspiracy claim that requires direct proof.
It specifically states that they were not allowed to redact the names of people regardless of damage to public image, political standing, or public embarrassment. You wanna talk victims huh? Hey you should really research the shit you’re talking about because they LEFT THE NAMES OF SEVERAL VICTIMS UN REDACTED.
No we wouldn’t see criminal convictions you stupid pseudo intellectual asshole. Because the entire administration is criminal, this administration pardons criminals. Actual criminals. Drug traffickers, scammers, fraudsters, various white collar criminals. We have less white collar criminal prosecutions in this country in the last 2 years than we’ve had since the fucking 80s
And there it is again. Youre such a sad human being. Every time the conversation gets pushed toward “okay, what can actually be proven,” it instantly becomes “pseudo intellectual asshole” instead of evidence. You can argue corruption, selective prosecution, abuse of pardons, or declining white collar enforcement without turning every disagreement into insults and conspiracy leaps.
No, you obviously won’t see any investigations from a DOJ and congressional majority that are clearly acting as the president’s personal judicial with the only intent to preserve their rule, not of law mind you. The country is no longer one of laws (mostly) equally applied to all. Don’t be so naive and gullible, open your eyes…
They aren’t conspiracy leaps! There’s plenty of evidence that this administration is just ignoring completely. Kash Patel fucking lied under oath in threat of perjury! He lied saying Epstein wasn’t trafficking children to other people he didn’t have clients. THERES EMAILS AND TEXTS TALKING ABOUT SELLING CHILDREN LIKE CARS. Talking about specs of them. Like yes you are an asshole if you really think this administration is following any form of the law or morality for that matter
I only started cracking jokes when you wanted to turn towards insults rather then logical arguments. Youre whats wrong with this world. Youd rather insult people and scream then have an intellectual debate. I wasnt joking and was taking this seriously until you wanted to insult me. This conversation went this way because of you and you only
Ok explain how that works? He has been convicted of sexual abuse while admitting to being a rapist on screen and on record. If you accuse them of being a rapist, that does nothing unless you have taken the rape kit or have other proof and documents as that is how civil court hearings work. Got that, baby?
Throwing random numbers around doesn’t change the fact that accusations aren’t convictions. If we’re talking facts, Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane multiple times and had documented connections too. Holding one side accountable but ignoring the other isn’t ‘critical thinking.
Oh and don’t forget his late ex wife who filed a lawsuit about violent assaults. She ended up withdrawing because of how badly she was being defamed. Jill Harth. Only withdrew because trump ‘settled’ with her as he didn’t want that in the news. Katie Johnson filed the claim for both trumps don Jefferey Epstein, but ended up withdrawing just before the hearing- hmm I wonder why…
Don’t think anyone said anything about dems being clean either…. this post isn’t even about them, that’s its own separate thing. Funny how yall bring dems up any time trump is discussed. can’t it just be about one thing and then the other rather than one versus the other??
hat’s kind of the point though. You can’t just throw out “he robbed $1.8 billion from the treasury” like it’s an uncontested fact without showing exactly what policy, transaction, court ruling, or evidence you’re referring to. There’s a huge difference between accusing a president of corruption, criticizing government spending, and claiming literal theft from the Treasury. People keep treating political opinions, suspicions, and proven criminal acts as if they’re all the exact same thing.
The $1.8B fund is real, but “robbed the Treasury” is still wording it like a proven criminal theft. The factual claim is that his DOJ created a nearly $1.8B fund for Trump allies claiming political targeting, which critics are calling corrupt and unconstitutional. That’s a serious controversy, but it’s not the same as saying a court has proven he personally stole $1.8B from the Treasury.
That’s what I’ve been trying to explain this entire time. Nixon and Harding weren’t personally convicted, but the reason they’re remembered as corrupt is because there was actual documented evidence surrounding their administrations: Watergate tapes, arrests, convictions, congressional investigations, Teapot Dome bribery scandals, etc.
So ironically you’re proving my point, not yours. “Corrupt” and “criminally convicted” are not the same thing. But neither of those automatically make every conspiracy theory true either. There’s a middle ground between “completely innocent” and “every accusation on the internet is established fact.”
And again, you keep changing the wording. “Trump settled with himself for $1.8B” is not the same thing as “Trump personally stole $1.8B from the Treasury.” Those are two completely different claims. If your argument is that the fund was corrupt, unethical, unconstitutional, politically self serving, or an abuse of executive power, okay, argue that. Plenty of critics are.
You’re also acting like “who’s more corrupt” has some objective scoreboard attached to it. Nixon had Watergate tapes, obstruction of justice, FBI and congressional investigations, dozens of indictments and convictions tied to his administration, and resigned facing impeachment. Harding’s administration had Teapot Dome, which is still considered one of the biggest government corruption scandals in U.S. history.
If you think Trump is worse, fine. That’s a subjective argument. But notice how we somehow went from “most corrupt president” to trafficking rings, hidden names, stolen billions, and now “I don’t even know what you’re arguing.” That’s because every time one point gets challenged, the argument shifts somewhere else.
Yes… and then the conversation evolved beyond a single sentence because people started making way bigger claims than “Trump is more corrupt than Nixon.” My position on that hasn’t even changed. I still think Nixon and Harding belong at the top because their administrations produced some of the most documented corruption scandals in U.S. history.
“Considered” by historians, legal scholars, political scientists, and literally decades of public analysis around Watergate and Teapot Dome. Nixon had tapes proving obstruction of justice, mass investigations, dozens of convictions tied to his administration, and resigned facing impeachment. Teapot Dome involved federal oil reserves being secretly leased for bribes and became one of the biggest corruption scandals in U.S. history.
As ive said before. As for the $1.8B fund, yes, it’s real and extremely controversial. Multiple major outlets have reported on it and critics are calling it unethical, unconstitutional, and self serving. But even those reports are not saying “Trump stole $1.8 billion for himself.” The actual claim is that the DOJ created a taxpayer funded “Anti-Weaponization Fund” as part of settling Trump’s IRS lawsuit.
And this is where we actually agree more than you think. If taxpayer money is being used to reward political allies with weak oversight, that absolutely deserves scrutiny and criticism. The issue is I never argued “there are no consequences” or that it isn’t potentially corrupt. I argued that calling it “literal theft from the Treasury” as if that’s already been legally established is different from arguing it’s unethical, abusive, or corrupt in practice.
Are you illiterate? That’s the funny part, we basically are in agreement on the core issue. I’ve already said multiple times that if taxpayer money is being redirected in a self serving way with weak oversight, that absolutely can be corrupt. The only thing I pushed back on was stating “Trump literally stole $1.8B from the Treasury” as if that exact claim has already been legally established.
Nah they’re obsessed with only attacking the other side because their arguments only hold up for so long until the proof comes back and kicks them in the butt. That’s why it’s always ‘claimed, minor argument, opposing rebuttal, verbal attack, and then it closes with anger and usually a ‘well clearly you won’t listen to reason so I’m finished here’ kind of statement. I’m used to these debates
How many criminal courts rule the wrong things? How many cases have been proven to be incorrect? How many cases have been sept under the rug and ignored when it involves a person of power? Many. Loads. Rich and famous people get away with heinous acts every day because they have money
And how would you feel if you got body slammed in the street, pinned down by multiple men, cuffed and thrown into a vehicle despite insisting on your citizenship, then thrown into a dirty infectious facility where abuse runs rampant, and then get sent to a country you have never lived in?
Debates are meaningless. This isn't an invitation to debate. I don't debate whether the sky is blue. Trump is, by any meaningful definition, corrupt. If you disagree, it's because you're misinformed or because you like his corruption. Whether or not it happens is not up for dispute. There may be two beliefs to every issue, but that doesn't make both legitimate
Trump is the first U.S. president to be criminally indicted, facing dozens of felony charges including those related to the Espionage Act and falsifying business records. only president to be impeached twice. first for soliciting foreign interference in a U.S. election and second for inciting the January 6th Capitol insurrection. Felony Conviction: In 2024, he became the first president convicted of felonies (34 counts) for criminally false business filings.
Unlike Nixon, who eventually surrendered tapes under court order, Trump has been characterized by a strategy of total "stonewalling" and ignoring congressional subpoenas Critics argue Trump outdid Nixon by turning the Department of Justice and FBI into "personal revenge police," targeting political foes and critics
While Harding's cabinet took bribes, Trump is accused of using the presidency as a "personal payday," pocketing an estimated $160 million from foreign countries and charging the Secret Service over $1 million to stay at his properties. The administration is noted for unusually close ties between public office and private business, including licensing deals with foreign governments like Vietnam and Saudi Arabia while in office.
Under his first term, the national debt increased by roughly 40%, more than any other single four-year term in history. presided over a net loss of 2.9 million American jobs by the end of his first term, the worst recorded jobs numbers of any U.S. president. He caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history (35 days) over funding for his border wall.
You don't get credit in an argument for putting up a bad statement and then it taking a while for someone being bored enough to simply copy and paste an article into Yikyak for you. Ever considered that maybe other people had already read said article/knew the idea it said, and you were the one who was misinformed, putting out a bad argument, and then wondering why people were downvoting you?