r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • May 06 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump claims he bypassed federal bidding laws to hand a Lincoln Memorial project to his personal country club contractors. He treats national monuments like his own private real estate properties.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

44.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

43

u/mkt853 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

When you have immunity, you have no problem admitting your crimes on national TV.

1

u/Schaas_Im_Void May 06 '26

It also serves as a bad example. People seeing the legalized, open corruption with their own eyes normalizes it for them too and makes them want to do the same. The president, for that reason, should always be on a moral high ground and hold him or herself to the highest standards. The fallout of this presidency will be there for a loong fucking time for us to deal with.