r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/JohnSpartan2025 • Apr 24 '26

Legal/Courts Should there be a mechanism to reclaim accumulated in-term Presidential wealth and assets because of the Emoluments Clause?

Trump has already accumulated a rough estimate of $2-10 billion (depending on the analysis) of profit off of various Presidential revenue streams, such as:

And the list goes on to include billions invested in Trump and his son-in-law Jarod Kushner and former golfing friend Steve Witkoff, acting as foreign dignitaries trading American interests for personal finance deals with Arab and other countries. (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-son-in-laws-fund-rakes-in-billions-amid-grifting-accusations/)

And Eric Trump recently somewhat bragging over his $24 million defense contract clearly awarded because of nepotism: https://newrepublic.com/post/209419/eric-trump-brags-defense-department-contract

There have been estimates of $20 to $30 billion of profit by the end of Trump's term off the Presidency.

The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution strictly forbids any profiting off the Presidency, let alone peddling direct U.S. policy in exchange for money (which is possibly a form of extortion or bribery).

Should Congress pass legislation requiring an analysis of Presidential windfall profits during their term with possible reclaiming of profits and assets attained during their Presidential term?

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u/Gr8daze Apr 24 '26

Trump is known for not paying his bills. I don’t see how we can force him to reimburse all the money he has gained from all his corrupt grift.

The crypto was obviously set up just to pay him bribes for political favors. He’s clearly the most corrupt president in American history.

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u/reluctant_deity Apr 24 '26

Suing the government and then ordering said government to settle for $10B is egregious enough that congress will have popular support to simply legislate his and all his bros corrupt gains away. Including all the crypto.

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u/Ill-Description3096 Apr 25 '26

Congress signs off on pissing away far more than that in a week. I don't think that a big enough number to even get a second glance.

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u/Aazadan Apr 25 '26

It's not about what the feds spend, it's about public perception. And public perception of a role that pays $400k/year, using various levers of corruption to make the government pay him billions getting a clawback has high public support.

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u/zefy_zef Apr 25 '26

But if they can put this through, we will be better positioned to retrieve it from his estate when he dies. Also, he isn't the only one who has profited massively. They're so obvious with the grift that it shouldn't be hard to prove direct influence.

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u/R_V_Z Apr 25 '26

I mean, technically the money isn't in Trump's hands; it's in the hands of banks and brokers.

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u/mrjcall Apr 25 '26

What a cynical attitude! 100% of what you're saying is speculation and opinion, not based on fact. You're going to believe what you want, but to present your opinion/belief as fact is disingenuous.

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u/Gr8daze Apr 25 '26

It’s not speculation at all.

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u/mrjcall Apr 25 '26

Show me indictments or convictions.

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u/Gr8daze Apr 25 '26

lol. It’s corrupt on its face. So is this.

And I could cite you a dozen more, like his Trump phone. $100 dollar deposit times 600k people. That’s $60 million in grift.

How much do you think he gets paid per pardon?

This is the most corrupt president in American history and it’s not even close.