pretty direct implications in terms of the surface level, unconstitutionality of what the president is trying to do. did i explain that the way you re thinking about it? very much so. one thing we need to point out is that no other president in the history of the united states of america has come remotely this close to even touching the emoluments clause. in the middle of the civil war, abraham lincoln got these beautiful elephant tusks from the king of siam. and he took them to congress. he said, can i keep these. in the middle of the civil war they said you re doing a great job, but no, you have to turn those over to the department of the interior. trump s great racial nationalist hero, andrew jackson, received a gold medallion from the prime minister of venezuela, simon bolivar. turned it over to congress, congress said no. this president has been collecting millions of dollars from foreign governments at hotels and golf courses, from
always be a blessing for us who knew him. let me ask in the way that i set up this discussion talking about this plan for a resolution of disapproval for what the president is trying to do with this g-7 summit, hosting it at one of his properties. to me seems like that would have pretty direct implications in terms of the surface level, unconstitutionality. very much so. one thing we need to point out is that no other president in the history of the united states of america has come remotely this close to even touching the emoluments clause. in the middle of the civil war, abraham lincoln got these beautiful elephant tusks from the king of siam. and he took them to congress. he said, can i keep these. in the middle of the civil war they said you re doing a great job, but no, you have to turn those over to the department of the interior. trump s great racial nationalist