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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
18. It is unfortunate, but there's still hope for some accountability
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 03:13 PM
Feb 2021

The presidential pension - $400,000 - is really pretty small in light of the lifestyle he lives and the money he owes. It would probably barely cover a month's living expenses or the monthly interest on the massive and growing amount of his debt.

And the other perks - office expenses and travel - aren't a given. The amount authorized by law is a CAP, not a guarantee of what he'll actually get. GSA has to approve the budget and how it's spent. And they likely won't agree to the exorbitant self-dealing he engaged in when he was president and controlled the purse strings.

Just because he wasn't impeached and disqualified from holding office doesn't mean he got away with anything. This man is going to spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder and fighting in court.

And it also gives me great pleasure to know that for the rest of his life, he will ONLY be embraced by the kinds of people he has always disdained and looked down on and he'll be shunned by the people he's spent his entire life aspiring to be accepted by.

His life is not going to be easy - I think he and his family will eventually regret he ever ran for president.

It would have prevented him from running again. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #1
It wouldn't have prevented him from running again StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #2
I agree, wouldn't have stopped him at all. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #4
Good points. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #5
Exactly StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #8
1) Disqualification from holding office Under The Radar Feb 2021 #3
Why do you think disqualification from holding office would have stopped him from running StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #6
Chump "runs" because he grifts from the campaign donations FakeNoose Feb 2021 #7
It would at least sever his campaign fundraising abilities signifcantly msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #9
My thoughts StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #11
On the question of benefits post removal msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #15
The issue of benefits is governed by statute, not the Constitution StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #16
Well, that's most unfortunate. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #17
It is unfortunate, but there's still hope for some accountability StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #18
I don't get all this focus on the final vote when one main benefit was embarrassing Republicans servermsh Feb 2021 #10
And I don't get why you believe that an "impeachment committee" is the only way to expose evidence StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #12
We're all adults here. We all knew the MAGATS would never convict their GOD EMPEROR DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 #13
If the Marmalade Fuck Face runs again, of course he will win Albama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and world wide wally Feb 2021 #14
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