Trump might have violated part of the constitution designed to block corrupting foreign influences… at least three times.
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00:00They say emoluments. Nobody ever heard of the word emoluments before.
00:04Emoluments!
00:19Donald Trump is making money as President of the United States.
00:23And he's making money from foreign sovereigns.
00:26That is flat out illegal.
00:29You people with this phony emoluments clause.
00:40We haven't made a final decision, but it's right next to the airport.
00:44Right there, meaning a few minutes away.
00:47It's a great place.
00:49It's got tremendous acreage.
00:52Many hundreds of acres.
00:54So we can handle whatever happens.
00:56People are really liking it.
01:00It would have been great.
01:04But the Democrats went crazy.
01:06Even though I would have done it free.
01:14They say I enrich myself because somebody is going to stay at my hotel.
01:18It doesn't work that way, folks.
01:29It appears that foreign governments are trying to influence the President of the United States
01:52by patronizing his hotel, his golf clubs, and his restaurants.
01:59Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present, and it has nothing to do with an office.
02:09And by the way, I would say that it's cost me anywhere from $2 to $5 billion to be President.
02:15And that's okay, between what I lose and what I could have made.
02:19I would have made a fortune if I just ran my business.
02:22I was doing it really well.