{"id":33473,"date":"2017-01-02T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T02:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33473"},"modified":"2017-01-02T18:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T02:46:54","slug":"trumps-new-years-eve-party-put-nearly-500000-in-his-pocket-from-pay-to-play-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33473","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s New Year’s Eve Party Put Nearly $500,000 In His Pocket From Pay-To-Play Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prospects for serious conflicts of interest have been hovering over Donald Trump for weeks. His far-flung businesses present tempting opportunities for foreign governments and domestic corporations to curry favor from the incoming president. And Trump hasn’t done a thing to mitigate the potential for self-dealing and corruption. In fact, he has encouraged it.<\/p>\n

\"Donald
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

The latest self-enrichment program from the President-Elect was his New Year’s Eve party at his luxurious Mar-A-Lago Resort in Palm Beach. The guest list was a who’s who of upper-crusters who paid at least $525.00 each to attend. Here is how Politico described<\/a><\/strong> the affair:<\/p>\n

“Saturday\u2019s formal event is scheduled to include a cocktail hour in the resort\u2019s living room and patio area, followed by dinner and dancing until 1 a.m. in its grand ballroom to live music performed by the band Party on the Moon.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trump’s spokesman, Sean Spicer, confirmed that the swank celebration was sold out, with 800 tickets sold. That means that the total take for Trump was at least $420,000.00. And this was not a political fundraiser. It was a for-profit gala that benefits Trump directly.<\/p>\n

Trump spokesperson, Hope Hicks, was asked about the obvious potential for guests to use this as a way to to gain access to him. She responded saying that:<\/p>\n

“The transition is not concerned about the appearance of a conflict. This is an annual celebratory event at the private club, like others that have continued to occur since the election. Additionally, the president cannot and does not have a conflict.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that settles that. Except that saying that “the president cannot and does not have a conflict,”<\/em> doesn’t make it so. Rather, it indicates an acute inability to recognize a conflict when it’s plainly visible. However, Hicks’ statement that “the transition is not concerned”<\/em> rings true. Trump has never demonstrated any concern for the financial entanglements that even worry his Republican colleagues.<\/p>\n

Trump ignored reports about foreign diplomats who admitted that they booked rooms at his Washington, D.C. hotel in order to indulge him. He waived off news that dinner with his daughter was the prize in a “charity”<\/em> auction. And after announcing a press conference to address these matters, he cancelled it two days before it’s scheduled date.<\/p>\n

\n

How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As evidence mounts that Trump’s presidency will be a hotbed of corruption, he and his staff furiously downplay any problem. However, critics on both sides of the aisle are more worried. Some have suggested that he could be guilty of impeachable offenses on Inauguration Day. The Constitution’s “Emoluments Clause”<\/em> prohibits the President from accepting any money, gifts, or items of value from foreign sources. There doesn’t seem to be any way to avoid that without fully divesting all of his assets and putting those funds in a blind trust. To date, he has refused to even consider that option. And, with any luck, that will be his undoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The prospects for serious conflicts of interest have been hovering over Donald Trump for weeks. His far-flung businesses present tempting opportunities for foreign governments and domestic corporations to curry favor from the incoming president. And Trump hasn’t done a thing to mitigate the potential for self-dealing and corruption. In fact, he has encouraged it. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,1200,13],"tags":[554,1208],"class_list":["post-33473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-scandalous","tag-donald-trump","tag-sean-spicer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-8HT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30542,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=30542","url_meta":{"origin":33473,"position":0},"title":"Fox News Hysterically Flubs Their New Year’s Eve Infomercial For Donald Trump","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/1\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"For weeks Fox News heavily promoted their New Year's Eve special that would feature an appearance by Donald Trump to ring in the new year. This programming strategy is another affirmation that Fox is not even pretending to be fair and balanced anymore. But the real problem for Fox was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump Fox News","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-new-years-fox.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-new-years-fox.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-new-years-fox.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56223,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56223","url_meta":{"origin":33473,"position":1},"title":"Americans are Unsatisfied with Politics in General, But Specifically Despise Trump and the GOP","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/31\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One thing that Donald Trump and the Republican Party can boast about having accomplished is poisoning the political atmosphere through divisive rhetoric, disinformation, and hate speech. Click here to Tweet this article Throughout the Era of Trump, he has never tried to unite the nation or to expand his reach\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump, Joe Biden","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-biden-fear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-biden-fear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-biden-fear.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64540,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64540","url_meta":{"origin":33473,"position":2},"title":"Trump Spends New Year’s Eve Whining About Whether the Senate Will Confirm His Noxious Nominees","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/31\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Another year is coming to a close and people all over the nation and the world are celebrating the promise of what a new year will bring for them, their families, and their country. It's a time when everyone is filled with somber reflections on the past and uplifting hopes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Joe Biden and Donald Trump on New Year's Day","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/new-year-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/new-year-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/new-year-2025.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59510,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=59510","url_meta":{"origin":33473,"position":3},"title":"Trump Lawyer Complains that Just Factually Reporting His Legal Problems is Election Interference","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/1\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump and his team of legal \"stable geniuses\" aren't wasting any time in the new year contriving ever more outlandish arguments in defense of his unprecedented compendium of crimes. To date he has racked up 91 felony counts ranging from financial fraud, to theft and mishandling of classified materials,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump Sweating","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-sweating.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-sweating.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-sweating.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59502,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=59502","url_meta":{"origin":33473,"position":4},"title":"Crybaby Trump Has a New Year’s Eve Breakdown Over Former Staffers Telling the Truth About Him","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/31\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Poor Donald Trump isn't having a very happy New Year. Instead, he is spending it posting odious outbursts on his failing social media scam, Truth Social. By noon he had posted 41 comments that put his psychoses prominently on display. And that was a holiday abbreviated crop of his crackpot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump, Snowflakes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-snowflakes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-snowflakes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-snowflakes.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35438,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35438","url_meta":{"origin":33473,"position":5},"title":"How Toxic is Donald Trump? He Can’t Even Show His Face at the Kennedy Center Honors","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/19\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"America is currently suffering through a presidency that has severely lowered the bar for respect and dignity. Donald Trump once promised that he could be \"more presidential than any president that\u2019s ever held this office.\" For some reason he exempted Lincoln, but not Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, or even Reagan. But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-wiggum-presidenty.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-wiggum-presidenty.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-wiggum-presidenty.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-eavesdropping.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33476,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33473\/revisions\/33476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}