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With the presidential election looming ever closer the prospect of Donald Trump and Joe Biden locking horns is looking more and more likely, should the Democrat overcome Bernie Sanders in what remains of the race.
If Biden and Trump do end up going head-to-head then it is sure to be an interesting affair as both men have shown a tendency to fly loose with the facts and have a unique grasp on the English language.
While most eyes are likely to be on the men vying for the White House, the more interesting conflict might be between their sons and who has benefitted the most from having their very famous surname.
This isn’t a prediction but something that Donald Trump Jr actually wants to happen. While speaking to Jim VandeHei, the co-founder of Axios on HBO, Trump Jr laid out a challenge to Hunter Biden about his overseas dealings, which were a big part of Trump’s impeachment trial.
"Listen, I think it's got to be a big part. I was an international business person before my father got into politics
That's what we did. I'm not going to say I haven't benefited from my father's last name, just like Hunter Biden did. I'd be foolish to say that. But I haven't benefited from my father's taxpayer-funded office, OK?
We stopped doing any new international business deals when my father won the presidency. So you know what would be great? I'll let you host it
You moderate a debate between Hunter Biden and myself. Come on. Let's do it. No, no, seriously. We can go full transparency.
We show everything, and we can talk about all of the places where I'm supposedly grifting but Hunter Biden isn't.
I would love to do it. As it relates to the grifting, they're saying we're profiting off of the presidency. Let's talk about it."
VandeHei then attempted to switch the conversation by asking if Trump Jr had profited from the fact that his father is the current president of the United States of America, which he, of course, denied.
Trump Jr said:
I don't know that I've profited off of the presidency.
VandeHei then pointed out that Trump Jr, who oversees the Trump Organisation with his brother Eric, has in many ways benefitted from his Dad's ascension to the oval office.
You have a bestselling book. You do paid speeches. Don’t you co-own the Trump Hotel?
Trump Jr tried to argue that he had done speeches for more than a decade and doesn't make any more money from them than he had before.
[I've] done paid speeches for over a decade. I do a lot. I don't even do the international ones anymore.
And again, if you looked at my tax returns, which maybe we could talk about in this debate.
When pressed if he would release his tax returns, a subject which has been a constant thorn in this side of his father, by saying that he would be more than happy to talk to Biden about who had profited the most from their father's public service.
I'd 100 percent debate him. Let's talk about who profited off of whose public service. Happy to do it. Let's make it happen.
HT The Hill
Donald Trump Jr. swears he’s not a grifter — even after the RNC and conservative groups bought out his book in bulk
A grifter is generally defined as someone “engages in petty or small-scale swindling.”
March 8, 2020 By Sarah K. Burris
In an interview with Axios, Donald Trump Jr. swore that he isn’t a grifter, a complaint often lodged at the president and his children for profiting off of President Donald Trump’s time in office.
“We can go full transparency, we show everything, and we can talk about all of the places where I am supposedly grifting, but Hunter Biden isn’t,” said the younger Trump.
Neither Don Jr. nor Hunter Biden is running for elected office. It’s unclear why the president’s son is trying to make the campaign an issue between the children of the politicians instead of the officials themselves. The last living Biden son has also never worked for his father’s company.
Don Jr.’s sister and brother-in-law are both loosely employed by the White House, which is generally seen as against nepotism laws. The president got around it by not paying them from the federal government.
It was revealed Thursday (March 5) that Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka would profit about $25 million to 50 million from the president’s tax bill, for a provision that benefited the Kushner development projects. After two years, Kushner said he would be happy to divest from the company. It comes only now that the profits are so high.
In the case of the president’s son, it was revealed that his recent book Triggered was purchased in bulk by the Republican Party and nine other conservative groups. As a result, it drove the pre-sales up, so it appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. It’s unknown how many total copies of the book were bought out by conservative groups and how many individuals actually purchased the book.
A grifter is generally defined as someone “engages in petty or small-scale swindling.”
Axios reporter Jim VandeHei asked if the younger Trump meant he was willing to turn over his taxes.
“If we do it both, 100 percent,” Don Jr. said. “Let’s talk about who profited off of whose public service. Happy to do it. Let’s make it happen.”
It’s an odd pledge, given his father has refused to do the same and ultimately could make his father look bad because it appears that he’s hiding something when his own son is willing to publish his taxes.
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