The Worst Thing Trump Did on 8/3/25

Remember when Republicans were up in arms at the completely falsified lie "Hunter Biden is selling access to his father, the President"? Remember how Republicans, with veins popping on the beet-red foreheads, were screaming that the mere appearance of someone buying access to the President, or being rewarded with access, is a failure to our country, and that "President Biden should resign(!)"?

Remember the entire Republican Party screaming that?

Funny, their standards seemed to have shifted slightly. 

Trump basically has a "BRIBE ME" sign up on the White House lawn. He doesn't even hide his pay-for-access or pay-for-approval schemes. He just held up the Paramount/Skydance merger for a payoff (and the firing of Colbert). There are many entities, from universities to law firms to corporations, whom he openly says, "Pay up or else!"

But I know Republicans will say "that's the cost of doing business, and that isn't necessarily screaming 'Bribe Me!"

No, for that, a story came to light yesterday.  Through MAGA Inc., the Trump Super-Pac that funds his political machine, people are outright sending him money for access and appointments to government positions.  In the first 6 months of 2025, they've raked in 177 million dollars. The Crypto industry alone gave him 45 million.  You make a donation, you get private one-on-one time with Trump.  

Multiple donors have even gotten plum administration appointments, including that knucklehead who was nominated to be the ambassador to Singapore and whom embarrassed himself greatly when he couldn't answer basic questions about Singapore at his confirmation hearing.

And those same Republicans who insisted that their going after President Biden had NOTHING to do with politics, only "maintianing an ethical standard for our government" are either scouring their friend groups to offer a bribe to Trump (hoping for a finders fee), or suddenly VERY quiet about what everyone sees going on in front of our faces.