Trump Finally Realizes Who the Aggressor Is?
Donald Trump is mystified.
His buddy, Vladimir, is…killing people! He’s shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. Who could have seen this coming?!
His words on Sunday:
I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever…I’m not happy with what Putin’s doing. He’s killing a lot of people and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin. I’ve known him a long time. Always gotten along with him. But he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people and I don’t like it at all. OK. We’re in the middle of talking and he’s shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don’t like it at all. I’m surprised, I’m very surprised. We’ll see what I’m going to do.
He REALLY just saw this??
The luxury jet will cost US taxpayers…and might not even be ready for use before tRUMP retires
Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One for President Donald Trump would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News.
They said that accepting the 13-year-old jet would likely cost U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over time, noting that refurbishing the commercial plane would exceed its current value of $400 million. The project might also not be completed by the end of Trump’s term in 2029, at which time the plane is expected to be handed over to Trump’s presidential library foundation. - Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say…Taxpayers would likely foot the bill to retrofit President Trump's new jet, which could be more than twice the plane's $400 million value.
…but it was a good middle-east visit.
Corrupt Pardons Continue…
The inauguration day pardon of the January 6 traitors was just the beginning…
President Donald Trump announced he is granting a “full and unconditional pardon” to a former Virginia sheriff, Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud and bribery…Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, was set to report to jail Tuesday…In March, under the Trump administration, Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for “accepting over $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing numerous Northern Virginia businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs within his department,” according to a release from the US attorney’s office for the Western District of Virginia.
He was convicted by a jury in December 2024 of one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud, and seven counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
Jenkins accepted bribes in the form of campaign contributions from three co-defendants and others, including two undercover FBI agents, according to the US attorney’s office, and then rewarded them with the auxiliary deputy sheriff positions.
“Scott Jenkins violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him when he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme,” acting United States Attorney Zachary T. Lee said in a statement at the time of his sentencing.
“We hold our elected law enforcement officials to a higher standard of conduct and this case proves that when those officials use their authority for unjust personal enrichment, the Department of Justice will hold them accountable. I am grateful to the FBI for their tireless work on this investigation,” Lee added.
Jenkins was elected sheriff of Culpeper County in 2011 and took office in January 2012. He was reelected in 2015 and 2019. — Trump announces pardon for former Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges
President Donald Trump has signed full pardons for imprisoned reality show couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in 2022 for a conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million, according to a White House official. In addition to the bank fraud convictions, they were also found guilty of several tax crimes, including attempting to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. — Trump pardons reality show couple convicted of bank fraud and tax crimes
Trump Pardoned Nursing Home Exec Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner…“As Paul Walczak awaited sentencing early this year, his best hope for avoiding prison time rested with the newly inaugurated president.
Mr. Walczak, a former nursing home executive who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes days after the 2024 election, submitted a pardon application to President Trump around Inauguration Day. The application focused not solely on Mr. Walczak’s offenses but also on the political activity of his mother, Elizabeth Fago.
Ms. Fago had raised millions of dollars for Mr. Trump’s campaigns and those of other Republicans, the application said. It also highlighted her connections to an effort to sabotage Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s 2020 campaign by publicizing the addiction diary of his daughter Ashley Biden — an episode that drew law enforcement scrutiny. — Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner - NY Times
I find the Chrisleys amusing and fun reality show stars (unlike trumpy and his boring Apprentice contestants). However, they were convicted of tax fraud and should serve their time. Trumpy needs to be convicted of selling pardons for personal crypto donations…otherwise known as bribery.
Why shouldn’t the Air Force just drag their feet and wait until Trumpy is out of office, then turn it over to his library with no updates at all? Sounds like a good elimination of “waste, fraud and abuse “ to me.