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> I think these typical slurs don't really make any sense.

Corrupt, pliable and stupid are not slurs.

> There's tremendous money and influence in opposition to things he's doing that he could easily cash in on if he wanted

Is there a Big Solar or Big Wind or Green lobby that's comparable to Big Oil? Is there a huge lobby group for national healthcare? Is there tremendous funding for anti- Big Tech and Data Center movements?

> there's basically no 'Let's go invade Iran' lobby outside of Israel, and even 'Israel' misstates that since it's mostly that nut and yahoo they have for a leader

AIPAC

> corruption is when an external power gets somebody to act in a way that they would not otherwise, in exchange for sort of personal benefit.

See Putin's Russia, the Qataris, Saudis and Emiratis funding the Trump family in exchange for a number of actions such as goading him to war against Iran, desisting from sending American supplies to Ukraine or getting the go-ahead to start a nuclear programme.



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Your evidence of Trump not being corrupt is his public whining about high oil prices (a result of his wars). My evidence for his corruption is documented evidence of public transfers of wealth from dictatorships and crony capitalists to his family accounts, or to his businesses.

And you have the audacity to say I'm gish-galloping and that these facts I've stated don't make sense at all. This is truly laughable and I feel sorry for you.




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