[MarvinStinson]

"Ethics experts, journalists, and others have long noted evidence that Trump had a presidential penchant for moneymaking. The Washington Post found in December 2019 that Trump spent nearly a third of his days in his first three years as president at a Trump-branded property."

WOW. That proves a lot. LOL

[gibsonguy]

BI=BS, moving on.

[IC Ken]

Hunter Biden could not be reached for his opinion.

[NicoDon]

i’ll take a wiiiild guess and say this guy is a registered democrat.

[gibsonguy]

BI=BS, moving on.

[Rio]

This must explain why he declined to take his salary.

[AndyTheBear]

So uhm, Trump used politics to get rich...and uhm, the actual politicians that only became rich after being politicians didn’t. In other news water us the least wet thing ever...

[Dawgreg]

WOW. That proves a lot. LOL

Yeah, tell them to try again.....these people are lunatics!

[frogjerk]

His aims were autocratic in that he wanted to turn public office into a vessel of making money for himself — to have private profit off of public office.

And did he? My guess is that his net worth after being president probably went down yet all of his predecessors and government officials got richer in office...

[NorthMountain]

They’re just makin’ stuff up ... it’s not even close to reality.

[subterfuge]

Lol. Moron. Trump is divisive but Joe-I’m running out of patience!- Biden is a “uniter.”

[aquila48]

“Business Insider” is a Socialist rag, like so many other “business” mags, like the Economist, Forbes, MarketWatch, etc.

Most of these don’t have a high opinion of capitalism.

[Dogbert41]

Expert on fascism? And he points to Trump? If I were in an elevator with that guy I’d break wind.

[butlerweave]

Trump spent most of his time fighting Democrat spies and saboteurs

[euram]

sounds to me that Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a gifted and dedicated liar. Didn’t Trump’s overall net worth decline by about $2 BILLION during his term and he donated his presidential paycheck to various government agencies.

[woweeitsme]

Wow! Has this guy done any follow-up on Obama? That guy left office FAR more wealthy than when he arrived.

[FES0844]

PT never took a paycheck. He was already a millionaire.

[SaveFerris]

Business Insider is a partner with Yahoo.

And that’s all one needs to know about them.

[rlmorel]

Well, it certainly illustrates why so many people on Free Republic get pissed when pap from “Business Insider” is posted as anything other than a leftist blog page.

I never read that site myself, for just that reason.

[cotton1706]

Expert on fascism, eh?

What fascists in history (or those of similar mind) reduce their own power.

What fascists for example, support the arming of the citizenry, as Trump did (and does)? What fascists reduce regulations, reduce taxes and support de-centralizing power from a central authority to state legislatures and the people.

This “fascism” talk has been bull from the start.

[olezip]

The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat described Trump to Insider as a "dedicated" and talented "grifter."

The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat should study more history and maybe understand economics 101 a little better.

I would say that Obama was a real grifter given that he has made millions since taking office. On the other hand, Trump has lost billions since becoming President.

The writer apparently is just another leftist taking a pot shot at President Trump.