Could Trump Face The Magnitsky Act Sanctions ?

[Pluvious]

It would have delicious irony, given that it was originally used by Obama against the corrupt Putin...

And the appropriate way to conduct relations with Donald Trump’s America, Scott Gilmore wrote in Macleans, might be “sanctioning Trump himself.” Instead of taxing American goods, Gilmore suggested, “Canada and the western allies should collectively pressure the only pain point that matters to this President: his family and their assets.” Pointing out that French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had failed to budge Trump on the Paris Climate Agreement or the Iran nuclear deal, retaliatory trade penalties “like the diplomatic strategies before now, will not work.”

As I’ve pointed out before, the President can be successfully engaged, and countries like Ukraine, China, and Qatar have demonstrated this. When they want something from the United States, they skip the State Department, and even the White House staff. Instead of approaching their problem state-to-state, they go state-to-man. These countries focus on what Trump wants on a personal level – to enrich his family. So Beijing granted Ivanka trademarks, Qatar invested in one of Jared’s office towers, and Ukraine, with Slavic candor, simply wired half a million dollars to the President’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen…

I propose that instead of taxing the import of American serviettes, we tax Trump. In the spirit of the Magnitsky Act, Canada and the western allies come together to collectively pressure the only pain point that matters to this President: his family and their assets. This could take the form of special taxation on their current operations, freezing of assets, or even sanctions against senior staff. Canada could add a tax to Trump properties equal to any tariff unilaterally imposed by Washington. The European Union could revoke any travel visas for senior staff in the Trump organization. And the United Kingdom could temporarily close his golf course.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/17/1771832/-Could-Trump-face-Magnitsky-Act-sanctions

[dawg day]

1. Trump-- and the US -- should be sanctioned for human rights violations

...while they're at it. The whole world is watching what's happening at the border.

[dewsgirl]

2. I believe many Americans are finally begining to take

Notice.

[Pluvious]

6. I sure hope you're right...

I used to be proud of my Country.

We'd never torture.
We'd never invade another nation unprovoked.
Immigrants could come here and work hard and make us economically stronger.

Now we just have Fox News brainwashing the bigots and racists, egging them all on.

Now we're the only country with weekly mass shootings of children.

WE, are the Shithole country.

[tikka]

3. Great idea Probably the only thing to get 45/140's attention eom

[Volaris]

4. If that were to happen

AND he were to have the conniption fit that we all know he will, isn't that pretty much proof that he's been in violation of the emouluments clause? Cause if he he had divested all his assets he wouldn't know which pieces were being (potentially) hurt, right?

[Civic Justice]

5. Trump is due the fate of Mussolini - American will not have a remake of Hitler's Nazi Germany.

The Republican Party should be "disbanded".... as abuser and insult'ers of the Declaration of Independence and vile abuser of the United State Constitution. A form of Treason and Subversion that is unforgivable.