velocity toward a feeling that the president should be removed. so republicans have to not only survive a primary. they re fearful about the president coming against them in a primary but they also have to win general elections which involve independent votes. and i think ultimately, their lockstep stance with a president that has been proven to have abused his power is unsustainable. the president doesn t think the emoluments clause exists in the constitution. it does very much so. but he is attacking it. listen to him. i don t think you people with this phony emoluments clause, and by the way, i would say that it s cost me anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion to be president. that s just not what it s about. and you are filing a brief today as i understand it from your team in just a few hours in federal court. again, this is part of the 2017 case. you versus the president, sir.
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about all this? well, i think george washington would have been disgusted with donald trump and his behavior and his dealings with foreign countries, and george washington never dealt with foreign countries and foreign governments, did not violate the emoluments clause of the united states constitution. second, george washington, although he was a great president, that business he ran and the business thomas jefferson ran used slave labor. they did have an economic conflict of interest. it was a domestic con fliflict interest. it did not trigger the emoluments clause. it was very tragic, but for donald trump to acknowledge that part of george washington s history and thomas jefferson and refer to the plantations as wonderfully successful businesses, that shows his lack of understanding of american history, the role of slavery and also economic conflicts of interest and how tragic economic conflicts of interest, very, very rich powerful politicians
well, he says the emoluments clause is phony. he says judges are phony, if he disagrees with them or they happen to be mexican american judges. he says that democrats in the senate and the house are phony if they want to investigate him. he attacks the press, fake news media. he goes on and on, but the emoluments clause is real. it s in there for a reason. it s there to prevent any person holding a position of trust within the united states government from receiving profits and benefits from foreign governments, and he s been in violation of it since day one of his administration, and that s why we sued him. citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, when i was the vice chair, the second circuit sided with us against president trump. other suits are going forward. he is just wrong about the emoluments clause. he has sought to use his presidency to enrich himself and