We could call that plane Emolument One.
RAMAPHOSA: I am sorry I don't have a plane to give you
TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it
RAMAPHOSA: Okay
TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it
RAMAPHOSA: Okay
May 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We could call that plane Emolument One.
Maybe to refurbish a four-engine wide-body double-deck foreign emolument? Who tf knows?
what is the $500M even putatively for? where does it go?
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Maybe to refurbish a four-engine wide-body double-deck foreign emolument? Who tf knows?
Can’t wait for Trump to get impeached for accepting bribes and have to plead the 5th Emolument.
October 1, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Can’t wait for Trump to get impeached for accepting bribes and have to plead the 5th Emolument.
![Jed Shugerman: Any DOJ settlement that gives the President a dollar -- or a direct material benefit -- is a flagrant violation of the Presidential Emoluments Clause:
"The President shall not receive ... any other Emolument from the United States, or any of [the states]." Art II, S.1, cl. 7.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4lx6nur5wstwoc4wtgj56kyu/bafkreigvkzze276fkbzl5krkppbztxyoonoagipwtbmuq4dwyw2zzrxfya)
Why not just name it The Grand Emolument?
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January 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why not just name it The Grand Emolument?
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
It is still both a foreign and a domestic emolument.
October 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
It is still both a foreign and a domestic emolument.
An emolument is a profit.Framers feared that ambassadors cd be corrupted by gifts from foreigners.
“No person holding any office of profit or trust, shallwithout the consent of the Congress, accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state
“No person holding any office of profit or trust, shallwithout the consent of the Congress, accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
An emolument is a profit.Framers feared that ambassadors cd be corrupted by gifts from foreigners.
“No person holding any office of profit or trust, shallwithout the consent of the Congress, accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state
“No person holding any office of profit or trust, shallwithout the consent of the Congress, accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state
It might be easier for some in the press to get it right if the Founding Fathers had used "Bribe" instead of "Emolument."
May 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It might be easier for some in the press to get it right if the Founding Fathers had used "Bribe" instead of "Emolument."
Emolument... you mean one of them new skin creams Ivanka Trump is advertising? --Fox viewer
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Emolument... you mean one of them new skin creams Ivanka Trump is advertising? --Fox viewer
What Emolument Clause?????
July 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What Emolument Clause?????
Crypto coin launch? Emolument.
Stock trading? Emolument.
Trump watch? Emolument.
Vance book? Emolument.
Apartments for rent? Emolument.
Just on emoluments alone the Pres and VP should be facing life in prison!
Stock trading? Emolument.
Trump watch? Emolument.
Vance book? Emolument.
Apartments for rent? Emolument.
Just on emoluments alone the Pres and VP should be facing life in prison!
June 17, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Crypto coin launch? Emolument.
Stock trading? Emolument.
Trump watch? Emolument.
Vance book? Emolument.
Apartments for rent? Emolument.
Just on emoluments alone the Pres and VP should be facing life in prison!
Stock trading? Emolument.
Trump watch? Emolument.
Vance book? Emolument.
Apartments for rent? Emolument.
Just on emoluments alone the Pres and VP should be facing life in prison!
🎶 Unconstitutional Foreign Emolument 🎶
Trump just made his inaugural exit from the $400 million Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar that will serve as Air Force One.
After taxpayers spend hundreds of millions upgrading the plane, Trump gets to keep it after leaving office.
After taxpayers spend hundreds of millions upgrading the plane, Trump gets to keep it after leaving office.
June 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🎶 Unconstitutional Foreign Emolument 🎶
A gigantic flying emolument.
As President Donald Trump boarded his inaugural flight of the new Air Force One, a luxury jet donated by the government of Qatar, he shared his excitement for the new aircraft and its foreign builders, saying the US "couldn't build a plane like this." https://cnn.it/4wcuEsk
July 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
A gigantic flying emolument.
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency
President Donald Trump and his family have made a staggering $3.4 billion off the presidency, according to an analysis by the New Yorker.
www.rollingstone.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Emolument One
BREAKING:
Trump's Pentagon says it has officially accepted that luxury jet plane from Qatar to use as the new Air Force One for Trump — despite severe ethical and conflict of interest concerns.
Trump's Pentagon says it has officially accepted that luxury jet plane from Qatar to use as the new Air Force One for Trump — despite severe ethical and conflict of interest concerns.
May 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Emolument One
Why is the Emolument clause accepted as meaningless meaningless for Trump . Section 9 , Clause 8 of the Constitution prohibits any person holding a government office from accepting any present, emolument , office, or title from any "King, Prince, or foreign State ," without congressional consent.
May 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Why is the Emolument clause accepted as meaningless meaningless for Trump . Section 9 , Clause 8 of the Constitution prohibits any person holding a government office from accepting any present, emolument , office, or title from any "King, Prince, or foreign State ," without congressional consent.
Flying around in “Emolument One”, SMH!
May 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Flying around in “Emolument One”, SMH!
Why This Should Terrify You
I want you to understand something. When a public official takes money from a foreign government and simultaneously makes decisions that affect that government, the Constitution has a name for it. Article I, Section 9 calls it an Emolument, and
I want you to understand something. When a public official takes money from a foreign government and simultaneously makes decisions that affect that government, the Constitution has a name for it. Article I, Section 9 calls it an Emolument, and
April 23, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Why This Should Terrify You
I want you to understand something. When a public official takes money from a foreign government and simultaneously makes decisions that affect that government, the Constitution has a name for it. Article I, Section 9 calls it an Emolument, and
I want you to understand something. When a public official takes money from a foreign government and simultaneously makes decisions that affect that government, the Constitution has a name for it. Article I, Section 9 calls it an Emolument, and
Codename: Emolument One
June 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Codename: Emolument One
Pam Bondi’s last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar at $115,000 per month…
So, of course, she says the $400 million gold-plated 747 isn’t a bribe or emolument…
So, of course, she says the $400 million gold-plated 747 isn’t a bribe or emolument…
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Pam Bondi’s last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar at $115,000 per month…
So, of course, she says the $400 million gold-plated 747 isn’t a bribe or emolument…
So, of course, she says the $400 million gold-plated 747 isn’t a bribe or emolument…
I'm guessing that the Founding Fathers would have considered a foreign company building the President a special extension to his palace as an "emolument".
April 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I'm guessing that the Founding Fathers would have considered a foreign company building the President a special extension to his palace as an "emolument".
This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
“The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the U.S., or any of them.” [i.e. state govs]
Not enough people are talking about this.
A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts say
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2026 at 4:33 AM
“The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the U.S., or any of them.” [i.e. state govs]