It’s actually kind of frustrating because I wish they would have an honest conversation about this stuff. I am not even her to shit on Trump, I just want to understand why and how they can still support someone like this? Party lines aside, Trump is openly doing corrupt shit, how has he not crossed a line for them? I want to hear from them directly
He has crossed a line, that's why they've gone silent. Easier to ignore it than defend it.
You'll never find someone less informed on what Trump is up to, than a Trump supporter.
To pick a single recent bit of corruption, the CFTC has used emergency powers to block court orders against prediction market Kalshi.
This is a...strange use of emergency powers. The last time they were used was in
1980, due to a trading ban with the
Soviet Union. But I guess its just really important they intervene now to...preserve access to gambling?
I am sure there is a perfectly valid explanation, other than the one that Donald Trump Jr sits on the board of Kalshi, along with several other Trump investments in prediction markets.
But, I mean, the CFTC is an independent agency. It even has a rule that no more than three out of five commissioners can be from the same political party to try and prevent it becoming overly partisan. Its totally fine.
...the CFTC is currently 100% Republican, staffed by a single Trump appointed chairman. Trump just hasn't appointed the other four to get around that rule.
Trump supporters are not going to hear about this on Fox News. Even actual news companies can barely keep up. What possible explanation could a Trump supporter give to explain why an independent nonpartisan agency is now run entirely by a Trump supporter and deploying unprecedented emergency powers to desperately protect Trump investments? Better to not even try.