Markku Tauriainen™

Jamie Raskin makes a good point to Chuck Todd today. If Hunter Biden took a job and he got those jobs because foreign companies thought it would be beneficial to them because his Father was VP, then it was wrong (not illegal) for Hunter to take that job. Meanwhile, we can also say the same about the following: Donald Trump literally sold hundreds of hotel rooms to foreign government who didn’t even stay in the hotels. How do we know those governments didn’t use Trump’s hotels to pay Trump for favors? Why would they stay at Trump hotels and not a hotel down the road? To many it would seem obvious that it was because they had hopes for political favors. Donald Trump Jr.’s good friend and foreign business partner Gentry Beach not only got to meet with Donald Trump, but he also got invited to the WH to take part in private White House meetings. He got invited to meet with the top National Security Council officials in the US and pushed them to make policy decisions that would be beneficial to his personal businesses. But Joe Biden meeting with Hunter’s business partners, even though there is no evidence that he discussed business with them, is “corrupt,” right? Jared Kushner secured a $1.2 Billion lease deal from a company that was owned in large part by the Qatari government just as Trump was supporting an anti-Qatari Middle Eastern Blockade of Qatar. Why would they invest in Jared Kushner’s building when there were literally dozens of other buildings to invest into? Could it be that they wanted Trump to stop supporting the blockade? Do you know what happened once Kushner got the deal? That’s right! Trump stopped supporting the blockade. Could Trump had changed his stance in exchange for a $1.2 billion lease deal for his Son-in-law and Daughter? Of course it’s possible. But Joe Biden holding a strong stance that went along with nearly all politicians in government, concerning the Ukrainian prosecutor, is “corrupt,” right? Jared Kushner and Donald Trump, after years of pro-Saudi policy, got over $2 billion combined from the Saudi government after leaving office. Could that be repayment for their political favors? Could it be pre-payment incase Trump gets back in the WH? Or course it could be. Ivanka Trump, literally got trademark deals while she was dining with the Chinese President, all while working in the WH, and just as Trump changed his stance on the Chinese ZTE deal that would benefit China. Could the trademarks have come as a push by China to try and convince Trump to support the ZTE deal? Of course it could be. Did Trump change his stance on the ZTE deal because Ivanka got the trademarks? Or course it’s possible. No, there is no absolute proof that these deals were in exchange for policy favors, but if you are going to theorize that Hunter Biden took money in exchange for Joe Biden changing policy, yet not say a single word about the Trump family, then you are simply a hypocrite. Jamie Raskin wants to come up with some common sense laws to try and prevent family members of Presidents and VPs from making money overseas like Hunter Biden and the Trump’s did while in office. Why won’t Republicans come to the table? Probably because they don’t want to stop Trump from doing business in the WH again if he becomes President again. Can’t we all agree that this is a bad look for America, no matter who is doing it?