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TRUMP COMMENTARY: SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D) Murphy On Trump’s Middle East Trip: This Is A National Security Disaster And A Moral Abomination. PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_q9llV-70 Peter Burgess COMMENTARY This is a solid commentary on the appalling judgement of President Trump related to his trip to the Middle East this week. Part of the story is to do with the 'gift' from Quatar of a Boeing 747 plane to Trump to serve as his Presidental plane before going to his 'Presidential LLibrary' at the end of his term. This makes a 'nonsense' of most everything I understand about the United States ... or thought I did! Peter Burgess
Murphy On Trump’s Middle East Trip: This Is A National Security Disaster And A Moral Abomination. Senator Chris Murphy May 13, 2025 108K subscribers UNITED STATES CAPITOL WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to deliver a blistering condemnation of President Trump’s foreign policy corruption, highlighting his use of the office to enrich himself while putting U.S. national security at risk. Murphy called out Trump’s brazen willingness to accept luxury gifts and bribes from foreign governments like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, blasting the president for openly prioritizing his own profits over the well-being of American families and calling for bipartisan action to confront these abuses of power. Transcript 0:01 THROUGH A FUTURE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES FROM THE SAUDI SIDE HIS ROYAL WE DISPENSE OF THE QUORUM CALL AND I BE RECOGNIZED. PROMISE -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. MURPHY: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. USUALLY PUBLIC CORRUPTION HAPPENS IN SECRET. THE POLITICIANS THAT DO IT, THEY KNOW IT'S WRONG TO ACCEPT MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR FAVORABLE GOVERNMENT TREATMENT, AND SO THEY HIDE IT UNTIL THEY'RE FOUND OUT. A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE WOULD BE LOUISIANA GOVERNOR EDWIN EDWARDS WHO IN THE 1990'S WAS QUIETLY TAKING BRIBES FOR RIVERBOAT CASINOS. IN THE LATE 1990'S HE WAS CONVICTED OF EXTORTION, RACKETEERING, MONEY LAUNDERING. THE WAY IN WHICH HE WAS DOING IT WAS LIKE OUT OF A MOVIE. IN ONE INSTANCE A BUSINESSMAN HANDED THE GOVERNOR A SUITCASE FULL OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS TOTALS $400,000 IN ORDER TO GET A SIX-ZERO COMMISSION RULING IN 1:01 FAVOR OF THIS CASINO. EVENTUALLY, AS WITH MOST CORRUPT OFFICIALS WHO ARE TAKING MONEY PRIVATELY, EDWARDS WAS DISCOVERED, HE WAS DISGRACED, AND HE WENT TO JAIL. AS WE SPEAK, OUR PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, IS GOING TO THE MIDDLE EAST ON A PUBLIC CORRUPTION TOUR. HE'S NO LESS CORRUPT THAN EDWIN EDWARDS OF LOUISIANA. IN FACT, HE'S WAY MORE CORRUPT. EDWIN EDWARDS TOOK $400,000, WHILE IN THE MIDDLE EAST DONALD TRUMP WILL CEMENT DEALS TOTALING IN THE BILLIONS IN EXCHANGE FOREIGN POLICY FAVORABLE TREATMENT BY THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THESE GULF COUNTRIES. THE KEY DIFFERENCE IS THAT DONALD TRUMP ISN'T HIDING IT LIKE OTHER CORRUPT OFFICIALS ARE. HE'S NOT ASHAMED. HE'S NOT DOING IT IN SECRET. HIS CORRUPTION IS WILDLY PUBLIC AND HIS HOPE IS THAT BY DOING IT 2:01 PUBLICLY, HE CAN CON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE INTO THINKING IT'S NOT CORRUPTION BECAUSE HE'S NOT HIDING IT BUT HE'S NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO DOES IT IN PRIVATE P OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT TRUMP'S CORRUPTION, FOREIGN POLICY CORRUPTION IS SO MUCH BIGGER IN SCOPE AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAN ANYTHING A CORRUPT MAYOR OR A CORRUPT GOVERNOR MAY HAVE DONE. TRUMP'S FIRST MAJOR FOREIGN TRIP -- AND HE JUST LANDED -- IS TO SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND UAE, NOT BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT ALLIES IN THE WORLD, NOT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, NOT BECAUSE HE'S GOING THERE TO TALK ABOUT MAKING THE MIDDLE EAST MORE SAFE AND MORE SECURE. NO. HIS FIRST TRIP IS TO THESE THREE COUNTRIES BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THREE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE AGREED TO PAY DONALD TRUMP MONEY. 3:00 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO COLLECT TRIBUTE, AND IT'S ALL JUST OUT IN THE OPEN. FRANKLY, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE THIS COMING. RECENT FORMER PRESIDENTS, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, HAVE ALWAYS SERIOUSLY AND STUDIOUSLY AVOIDED EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. PRESIDENT BUSH PLACED HIS ASSETS INTO A BLIND TRUST WHERE INVESTMENT DECISIONS WERE MADE WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OR INPUT. BOTH BIDEN AND OBAMA DIVESTED ALL THEIR ASSETS EXCEPT FOR CASH AND MUTUAL FUNDS. THEY DIDN'T ENTER INTO ANY NEW BUSINESS VENTURES WHILE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IN CONTRAST, TRUMP HAS REFUSED TO ABIDE BY THESE STANDARD ETHICS RULES. HIS FAMILY RUNS HIS BUSINESS BUT NOBODY HONEST POLYBELIEVES THE KIDS ARE IN CHARGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL CALLING THE SHOTS. HIS INTERESTS ARE NOT IN A BLIND TRUST. HE'S MADE NO PLEDGE THAT HE WON'T DO NEW DEALS, EVEN WITH FOREIGN ENTITIES, WHILE HE'S IN OFFICE. IN FACT, HE IS DOING DEALS SEEMINGLY EVERY SINGLE WEEK. HE'S OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND 4:00 EVERY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT KNOWS IT. IN FACT, IT APPEARS THAT RIGHT NOW THE GULF STATES ARE TRYING TO OUTDO EACH OTHER TO UP THE PRICE OF BUYING AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. AND BECAUSE TRUMP IS GREEDY AND HE'S INSECURE, HE WANTS TO FIT IN WITH THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS, HE IS TRAVELING TO THE REGION WITH HIS HAT OUT FOR FURTHER SOLICITATIONS. SO LET'S ASK WHAT IS THE GO RATE RIGHT NOW FOR A GULF COUNTRY -- WHAT IS THE GOING RATE FOR A GULF COUNTRY TO BUY ACCESS TO DONALD TRUMP TO GET FAVORABLE TREATMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? FOR QATAR, WE RECENTLY FOUND OUT IT'S A $400 MILLION LUXURY PLANE. THIS PLANE HAS BEEN CONFIGURED FOR ROYAL USE. IT'S NOT A GIFT TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. IT'S A PERSONAL GIFT TO THE THE TERMS OF THE ARRANGEMENT APPARENTLY INCLUDE A STIPULATION THAT AFTER TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE, IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO TRUMP, TO HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, 5:00 WHICH MEANS TRUMP GETS THE SO-CALLED FLOATING PALACE FOR HIMSELF. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT GIFTING A $400 MILLION LUXURY PLANE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS SPELLED OUT AS BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. THEY WROTE INTO THE CONSTITUTION A SPECIFIC CLAUSE CALLED THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE WHICH PROHIBITS FEDERAL OFFICEHOLDERS FROM ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM ANY KING, PRINCE, OR FOREIGN STATE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS. LIKE HOW MUCH CLEARER COULD IT BE? IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT'S ILLEGAL. THE FOUNDING FATHERS KNEW IT WAS EVIL TO HAVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ACCEPTING OF EXPENSIVE GIFTS FROM A FOREIGN NATION WHO IN EXCHANGE WANT FAVORS FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. DONALD TRUMP'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE 6:00 LUXURY PLANE FROM A FOREIGN 6:02 MONARCH IS BASICALLY THE CORRUPTION THAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WERE SEEKING TO PREVENT. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL HE'S GETTING FROM QATAR. THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION RECENTLY SIGNED A $5.5 BILLION GOLF COURSE AND REAL ESTATE DEAL WITH DAR GLOBAL AND QATAR EDR, ESTABLISHED BY A WEALTH FUND. $5.5 BILLION. WHILE TRUMP'S IN OFFICE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE FOR ANY PREVIOUS PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A $5.5 BILLION BUSINESS DEAL WITH ANYBODY, NEVER MIND A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, WHILE THEY ARE IN OFFICE. AND IT STILL SHOULD BE UNTHINKABLE. QATAR IS A U.S. ALLY. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ALLY, BUT THEY ARE A COMPLICATED COUNTRY. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INTERESTS. A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT LIKE QATAR SHOULD NOT HAVE A $5 BILLION 7:02 GIFT HANGING OVER THE HEAD OF A U.S. PRESIDENT AND NOT GIFTING HIM A $400 MILLION PLANE. THAT SHOULD KIND OF GO WITHOUT SAYING. FOR SAUDI ARABIA THE PRICE IS ALSO IN THE BILLIONS. SOON AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE IN TRUMP'S FIRST TERM, HIS SON-IN-LAW, JARED KUSHNER, KRAEPTED A PRIVATE -- CREATED A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM AND GOT A $200 BILLION INVESTMENT FROM SAUDI ARABIA. THE BOARD OF THE SAUDI SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND QUESTIONED WHETHER THIS WAS SMART TO INVEST THAT MUCH MONEY IN A TOTALLY UNPROVEN FUND, BUT THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE HIMSELF OVERRULED THE BOARD, UNDOUBTEDLY SEEING THE POLITICAL ADVANTAGE OF INVESTING DIRECTLY WITH THE TRUMP FAMILY. THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE TRUMP FAMILY HAS PUT THINGS INTO OVERDRIVE DURING THE SECOND TERM. WITHIN HIS FIRST THREE WEEKS OF OFFICE, TRUMP CONVENED A MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE HEAD OF THE SAUDI SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND NOT 8:01 TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF STATE, BUT TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL BETWEEN THE PGA AND THE SAUDI-BACKED LIV GOLF TOUR. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? TO TRY TO BRING PGA TOURNAMENTS BACK TO TRUMP GOLF COURSES, CONVENED A MEETING IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SAUDIS IN ORDER TO ENRICH HIMSELF. IN ADDITION TO THE $5 BILLION QATARI REAL ESTATE DEAL, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS ALSO PARTNERING WITH A SAUDI FIRM ON A $1 BILLION TRUMP-BRANDED HOTEL AND TOWER IN DUBAI. THE PROPERTY'S WEBSITE -- THIS IS, LIKE, UNBELIEVABLE -- THE PROPERTY'S WEBSITE, THIS IS A TRUMP-FINANCED PROPERTY, ALONG WITH A SAUDI INVESTMENT FUND, OFFERS FREE TEN-YEAR GOLDEN VISAS TO THE UNITED STATES, HINTING AT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTORS IN TRUMP'S PROPERTY TO BUY RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED 9:00 STATES AND A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP. FOR THE UAE, THE PRICE IS SOMEWHERE NORTH OF $2 BILLION. LAST WEEK, ERIC TRUMP AND WORLD LIBERTY FINANCIAL COFOUNDER ZACH WH WHITTCOFF SPOKE IN DUBEE ON A -- IN DUBAI AT A CONFERENCE. IT'S SO FANTASTIC AND BONE-CHILLING HOW TRANSPARENT THESE GUYS ARE IN THEIR USE OF PUBLIC POSITIONS TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. I'M GOING TO TELL THE STORY OF TRUMP'S STABLECOIN AND THE CORRUPTION WITH THE EMIRATIES, BUT LET'S PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND CONSIDER THAT ARE THE TRUMP FAMILY COULD HAVE PARTNERED WITH ANYBODY IN THE WORLD ON THEIR NEW CRYPTO VENTURE, WORLD LIBERTY FINANCIAL, BUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO PARTNER WITH ON THIS NEW CRYPTO VENTURE THEY CHOSE THE SON OF 10:01 TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST ENVOY. TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST ENVOY, THE GUY MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS ON U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. JUST TO MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR TO THE GULF COUNTRIES THAT WHEN THEY DEAL WITH WORLD LIBERTY FINANCIAL, TRUMP'S CRYPTO VENTURE, THEY ARE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT'S JUST STUNNING. LITERALLY, THE SONS OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE SONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST ENVOY RUNNING A CRYPTO VENTURE, AND THEN GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IN ORDER TO FIND THEIR FIRST INVESTMENT. GUESS WHAT -- MIRACLE, THEY FOUND IT. MGX, AN INVESTMENT FIRM BACKED BY THE EMIRATI GOVERNMENT AT THIS CONFERENCE, ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD LOOKED AT ALL OF CRYPTO COMPANIES IN THE WORLD THAT THEY CAN PARTNER WITH TO INVEST $2 BILLION IN THE CRYPTO EXCHANGE, AND THEY SELECTED, WAIT, DRUM ROLL, THE COMPANY RUN BY THE SONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 11:00 UNITED STATES AND THE U.S. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY. $2 BILLION. NOW, WORLD LIBERTY'S ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED. IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO A BANK. MGX, THIS EMIRATI FIRM, DEPOSITS $2 BILLION WITH THE FIRM. IN RETURN, RECEIVES THE STABLECOIN TO BE USED ON THESE CRYPTO EXCHANGES. THE FIRM HOLDS ON TO THESE DOLLARS, INVESTS THEM, AND KEEPS THE PROFITS FOR THEMSELVES. SO, THE TRUMP-WITKOFF COMPANY GETS BASICALLY A GIFT OF CAPITAL. IF THEY JUST USE THAT $2 BILLION TO INVEST IN TREASURY BONDS, IT WOULD PROFIT AROUND $85 MILLION A YEAR FROM THESE INVESTMENTS ALONE. AND THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO TRUMP, JUST DIRECTLY TO TRUMP. IT'S LITERALLY NOT COMPLICATED -- EMIRATIS, WORLD LIBERTY FINANCIAL, DONALD TRUMP. 12:00 THIS ISN'T 1990'S LOUISIANA. NOBODY IS HIDING IT. ON WORLD LIBERTY'S WEBSITE, THEY SAY, AN ENTITY AFFILIATED WITH DONALD J. TRUMP OWNS 60% OF THE EQUITY IN THE COMPANY. AND BECAUSE OF THIS DEAL, TRUMP AND WITKOFF CAN FURTHER CAPITALIZE, BECAUSE TRUMP'S STABLECOIN JUST BECAME THE FIFTH MOST VALUABLE STABLECOIN IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE OF THE EMIRATI INVES INVESTMENTS. IF THE PLANE AND THE REAL ESTATE DEALS AND THE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND INVESTMENT AND THE STABLECOIN WEREN'T ENOUGH FOR YOU, TRUMP HAS FOUND ONE LAST WAY FOR GULF MONEY TO FLOW SEAMLESSLY INTO HIS POCKED, THE TRUMP MEME COIN. TRUMPS GETS A HUGE PAYMENT WHEN HE RELEASES THE COINS, WHICH HAVE NO UNDERLYING VALUE OTHER THAN THE DEMAND PEOPLE HAVE FOR TRUMP'S COIN, AND THEN EACH TIME 13:01 A TRUMP COIN IS BOUGHT OR SOLD, A SMALL FEE IS ROUTED DIRECTLY TO THE COMPANY OWNED BY TRUMP. ACCORDING TO ONE ANALYSIS, NEARLY $325 MILLION IN FEES HAVE BEEN ACCRUED SINCE THE COIN WAS LAUNCHED IN JARNL. JUST -- IN JANUARY. JUST THREE, FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, $325 MILLION WORTH OF FEES. TRUMP HIDES THE BUYERS OF THE COIN. IN THIS WAY, THE MEME COULD I BE IS -- THE MEME COIN IS A LITTLE LIKE LOUISIANA CORRUPTION, BUT WE KNOW THE MAJORITY OF THE BUYERS AREN'T AMERICANS WHO WANT TO HELP TRUMP MAKE THIS NATION GREAT AGAIN. THE MAJORITY OF THE BUYERS OF TRUMP COIN ARE SUPERRICH FOREIGNERS, PRINCES, OLIGARCHS, AUTHORITARIANS, BUYING THE COIN TO GET IN GOOD WITH TRUMP OR SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE. NOW, ONE GREAT THING ABOUT BUYING THE COIN IS THAT YOU GET ACCESS TO TRUMP AND THE WHITE HOUSE. AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT HIDING THIS. TWO WEEKS AGO, TRUMP ANNOUNCED 14:00 THAT HE WOULD HOST A PRIVATE DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH SEATS RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE TOP 220 TRUMP COIN HOLDERS. IN TWO DAYS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, TRUMP'S COMPANY MADE $900,000 IN FEES, BECAUSE EVERYBODY, MOSTLY FOREIGNERS, MANY PROBABLY IN THE GULF, WERE BUYING UP THE COIN AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD IN ORDER TO GET ONE OF THESE SEATS. IF A MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN WAS SELLING MEETINGS AT CITY HALL FOR A THOUSAND BUCKS, HE WOULD BE RUN OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING, IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, AS FOREIGN BUYERS LINE UP TO BUY THE MEME COIN, GUARANTEED PRIVATE ACCESS TO DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS UP. NOW, THE OBVIOUS QUESTION FOR THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME. SOMEBODY LIVING IN NEW BRITAIN, 15:00 CONNECTICUT, MIGHT THINK IT'S KIND OF GROSS TRUMP IS LINING HIS POCKETS AS PRESIDENT. THEY WANT TO KNOW, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT ME? WELL, THE MOST SIMPLE WAY IS THAT IF THE GUY YOU ELECTED TO PROTECT US AND MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER IS SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME ALTERNATING BETWEEN GOLF AND CUTTING DEALS FOR HIMSELF, HE'S NOT PROTECTING YOU. HE'S NOT SPENDING ANY TIME TRYING TO LOWER COSTS OR DEFEAT ENEMIES. CORRUPTION CAN BE A FULL-TIME JOB FOR DONALD TRUMP, THAT'S A LOUSY DEAL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHEN OUR FOREIGN POLICY IS FOR SALE, WE ARE LESS SAFE. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE RELATIVE TO THE TRIP THAT DONALD TRUMP IS ON RIGHT NOW. THESE COUNTRIES AREN'T PADDING DONALD TRUMP'S POCKETS BECAUSE THEY LIKE HIM. THEY'RE PAYING HIM IN ORDER TO GET THINGS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE ANY ACTUAL POLICY CONCESSIONS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE U.S. PEOPLE. BEFORE ANYBODY COULD BEGIN TO PROCESS THE BRAZEN CORRUPTION OF THE UAE TRUMP-WITKOFF CRYPTO 16:02 KEEL, REPORTS -- CRYPTO DEAL, REPORTS VERY QUICKLY EMERGED THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS CONSIDERING CHANGING REGULATIONS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE COUNTRY OF UAE TO PRFRP HIGHLY ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTORS -- TO PURCHASE HIGHLY ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTORS FROM U.S. MANUFACTURERS. THIS WAS A HUGE PRIORITY OF THE EMIRATIS. BUT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE ON THE UAE FOR A REASON. THE UAE HAS A VERY TROUBLING AND VERY CLOSE SECURITY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, AND SO THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T ALLOW U.S. COMPANIES TO SELL SEMICONDUCTORS DIRECTLY TO THE UAE IS WE BELIEVE IT WOULD VERY EASILY BECOME A CON DUITY TO CHINA -- CONDUIT FOR CHINA GETTING THEIR HANDS ON THESE SEMICONDUCTORS AND LEAPFROG THE UNITED STATES IN THE BUSINESS OF ADVANCED A.I. BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONCE THE CASH PAYMENT TO TRUMP THROUGH THE CRYPTO VENTURE WAS ANNOUNCED, TRUMP SIGNALED HE WAS WILLING TO THROW OUR SECURITY 17:00 CONCERNS OUT THE WINDOW AND TRANSFER THIS SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO THE UAE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S LIKELY CHINA WILL GET THEIR HANDS ON THIS TECHNOLOGY, ALLOWING CHINA TO PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO LEAPFROG US IN THE RACE FOR ADVANCED A.I. OF THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE MIGHT HAND A.I. LEADERSHIP TO CHINA, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRICE OF TRUMP GETTING PAID. AND AS LONG AS HE GETS PAID, HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON REGULAR AMERICANS. THE WHITE HOUSE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND THE TRUMP FAMILY IS PROUDLY ADVERTISING TO THE WORLD WHERE TO SEND THE CHECK. THEY AREN'T TRYING TO HIDE IT. A $400 MILLION LUXURY PLANE GIFTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RIGHT AS HE IS GOING OVER TO NEGOTIATE POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE GULF COUNTRIES. EVERY AMERICAN, EVERY REPUBLICAN, EVERY SUPPOSED NATIONAL SECURITY ADVOCATE IN THE SENATE SHOULD BE OUTRAGED BY 18:02 THIS. WE CAN LOOK THE OTHER WAY OR WE CAN JOIN TOGETHER, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, TO STAND UP FOR THIS COUNTRY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I'VE JOINED WITH SENATORS SCHATZ AND COONS AND BOOKER TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PL PLANE. IT'S A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE. WE CAN STAND TOGETHER AS A SENATE TO VOTE FOR THAT RESOLUTION. I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR PRESIDENTS OR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO PROFIT OFF CRYPTO COINS WHILE THEY HOLD FEDERAL OFFICE. WE CAN JOIN TOGETHER IN THAT EFFORT. I WILL PERSONALLY SEEK TO BLOCK ANY ARMS SALE THAT IS ANNOUNCED AS PART OF THIS TRIP, WITH A COUNTRY THAT IS PERSONALLY INVESTING IN DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY. I WILL FORCE A FULL SENATE DEBATE AND A VOTE ON THESE SALES. FOREIGN LEADERS NEED TO KNOW THERE WILL BE A PRICE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CORRUPTION 19:00 OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. THIS LEVEL OF CORRUPTION IS SO GROSS THAT EVEN TRUMP'S MOST H HARDENS MAGA SYCOPHANTS ARE TURNING AGAINST HIM. I DIDN'T THINK I'D SEE THE DAY, BUT PEOPLE LIKE BEN SHAPIRO AND LAURA LOOMER, WHO FAWN OVER TRUMP, CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS SO CRASS AS TO THINK IT'S OKAY TO ACCEPT PLANES AS A GIFT IN EXCHANGE FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY CONCESSIONS. THIS ISN'T AMERICA FIRST. THIS IS NOT WHAT HE PROMISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS IS TRUMP FIRST. HE IS WILL TO PUT -- HE IS WILLING TO PUT OUR NATION'S SECURITY AT RISK, TAKE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BRIBES, JUST SO HE CAN FLY HIMSELF AND HIS MAR-A-LAGO GOLF BUDDIES AROUND THE WORLD IN GOLD-PLATED LUXURY PLANES GIFFTED TO HIM BY FOREIG GOVERNMENTS. 20:00 ALL AT THE SAME TIME HE TELLS AMERICANS THEY SHOULD BE OKAY BUYING FEWER SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR KIDS OR FEWER BIRTHDAY PRESENTS FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, BECAUSE HE'S DRIVING PRICES UP FOR NONBILLIONAIRES IN THIS COUNTRY. ALL WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HE'S KICKING 13 MILLION PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR HEALTH CARE. TRUMP LINES HIS POCKETS, HE CORRUPTS OUR FOREIGN POLICY TO ENRICH HIMSELF, WHILE DRIVING UP PRICES AND STEALING HEALTH CARE FROM AVERAGE AMERICANS. IT'S A NATIONAL SECURITY DISASTER, AND IT'S A MORAL ABOM

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