Trump Uses Barbara Bush’s Funeral To Promote His Private Club

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While dignitaries and government officials from around the world gathered in Houston, TX for Barbara Bush’s funeral, Donald Trump used the funeral to promote his private club.

Someone who was obviously not Trump first tweeted from his account:

After a morning of golf,the real Trumpf ollowed up and tweeted 2 minutes later:

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Former White House ethics chief, Walter Shaub pointed out that Trump’s reference to the “Southern White House” was an attempt to monetize the presidency:

Trump is profiting off of the presidency by selling access to the president

There is no such thing as the “Southern White House.” Trump is using this term as a marketing pitch so that people will pay him $200,000 to join his private club. Trump has opened himself up to a lawsuit by claiming that his club is a White House because the White House is open to the public. If the club is a White House, then the visitor logs and other information about the operation of the facility must be made public.

Trump is both trying to make money off of the presidency and justify the millions of taxpayer dollars that he is spending on each trip to his Florida club. Trump has spent the entire week in Florida on the taxpayers’ dime. The week has been nothing but a glorified infomercial for his business.

Trump is stuffing his pockets with your money while using the platform of the presidency to make even more cash.

Corruption doesn’t even begin to describe the amount of damage that Trump is doing to our democracy and the institution of the presidency.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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