11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought political office

Re:11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought polit... by rsynnott on Friday November 03, 2023 @02:58PM (#38133364)

I mean, you'd think, but look at the petty corrupt bullshit Trump got up to! Going to his hotels with his secret service people... then overcharging them for rooms. Like, just ridiculous, and not a consequential amount of money for him, but he still _did it_.

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Re:11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought polit... by stronglikedan on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:03PM (#38133468)

> but he still _did it_

Did he? Probably not, when you look at all the facts.

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Re:11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought polit... by rsynnott on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:11PM (#38133641)

Eh? I mean you could argue about how _important_ it was (personally I would class it as somewhat important, but very, _very_ funny; it's just so petty), but it did clearly happen; there's not much doubt about that.

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Re:11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought polit... by itsyaboi on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:48PM (#38134797)

I had not heard of this and was curious as to the context.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-organiza...

According to the NPR article, the SS has a $200 per-diem limit for hotel expenses and by staying with Trump at his hotel (where rooms run about $1k/night), exceeded this limit.

This raises the question: how do accommodations work for president's entourages when traveling? I have a hard time believing that they restrict themselves to Holiday Inn tier establishments. Hotel rooms in larger cities can easily run $500/night, especially on a short notice.

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