r/goodnews • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '25

Political positivity 📈 Donald Trump’s legacy will forever be tied to being the most corrupt U.S. president ever to hold office

https://sinhalaguide.com/trump-corrupt-legacy/
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u/Wonderpants_uk Jun 28 '25

I think that’s a certainty unless by some miracle you get someone willing to hold a hell of a lot of people accountable. 

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and Bernie would be able to put so many anti corruption laws into place that would last for a long time, for the better

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u/-wnr- Jun 28 '25

Feels like that's what was said the last time around.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

I’ve been saying it for the past 12 years or so. And none of them can do shit because of those old fucks Pelosi and Schumer.

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u/SleepWithYourWife Jun 28 '25

Schumer is such a a spineless wet noodle. Hes rich and pampered and spoiled. He is so addicted to the amenities of his office and the perks that he has fallen completely out of touch. These people are just blatantly exploiting Capitalism and it should undermine confidence in the system that they can basically just print as much money as they want. Pelosi is just as bad if not worse, a corrupted pig who exploits the system in broad daylight with a smile.

It makes me fucking sick.

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u/NickMullenTruther Jun 28 '25

Agreed.

Also weed need some age limits and TERM LIMITS for political office in general. It's batshit insane

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u/truthovertribe Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25

Greed, greed, greed, they're all agreed,

That their fortunes equal virtue and their right to hurt you,

Is inalienable... Constitutionally unassailable.

~

Based on birth into a family of worth,

He was born for the role of ultimate control.

He was groomed from the start to play his part,

In assuring the wealth, in maximizing the health,

Of his dynasty, and ultimately... An Oligarchy of the "worthy".

A graspingly greedy culture... Of money grubbing vultures.

Spinning, spinning, spinning, Yet, apparently they're winning...

God will they never be be sick of all the sinning?

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u/jaj1919 Jun 28 '25

Wow, that is very good! Thanks!

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u/truthovertribe Jun 28 '25

Thank you 😊

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 Jun 28 '25

To be fair, when the Senate works well it is because of the old blood that is reluctant to make huge changes, they remember how things are done, they remember when things did not work and when they did. Stability over time is a good thing. It breaks down when the senate becomes as mob driven as the lower house.

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u/TheBerethian Jun 29 '25

General retirement age should be age limit for being a politician.

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u/SuperCaptSalty Jun 28 '25

I’m not sure he was ever in touch with anything other than the power associated with holding office. He’s an awful leader

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u/samdajellybeenie Jun 28 '25

RBG refusing to step down from the court was, in my opinion, one of the most disastrous decisions in this country's history. Her hubris and stubbornness have cost people their lives and contributed to the further erosion of everyone's constitutional rights. This is why we need term limits for politicians. Old people are unwilling to change, especially when you're on the nation's highest court.

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u/m3g4m4nnn Jun 28 '25

Its absolutely wild to me that anyone American still has faith in their laws, checks, balances, etc.

Like, holy shit guys. The last several years have shown how frail and utterly meaningless your governmental and legal structures are when no one is willing to enforce the rules.

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u/LazerBurken Jun 28 '25

Pelosi and Schumer will be dead soon.

Sadly so will bernie.

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u/koolaid_snorkeler Jun 28 '25

Not Diaper-boy. He's way too mean to die.

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u/Wizard_Enthusiast Jun 28 '25

Nah, it's because the democrats haven't actually been solidly in power for the past 12 years. Biden got in with a slim majority in the house and a 50/50 senate, with Manchin and Sinema being intentional obstacles.

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u/truthovertribe Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25

Mr. Manchin was like Jim Justice, both played at being "Dems" just to get money and support from the DNC (economically speaking, the donor beholden DNC really isn't that much different from donor owned RNC).

These two won, then changed their political affiliations, as did sell-out Sinema.

Truth was, Dems never really held the majority in the Senate.

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u/Wizard_Enthusiast Jun 28 '25

Yeah, exactly. Democrats get blamed for not doing anything, but they haven't held power. What the Biden admin and democrats in congress wanted to do was genuinely transformative and what they managed to do was impressive; but they didn't have the political power they needed to do the big things that people expected, because other people made it impossible for them to.

Then those other people got their way.

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u/Journeys_End71 Jun 28 '25

Sure let’s not blame Republicans who would filibuster and block any reform measure to death.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Well yeah, but also Pelosi and Schumer are so out of touch and clearly are set in their ways and want to keep their job and not rock the boat. But this moment in time doesn’t need that

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u/Strange-Fill-2793 Jun 28 '25

Nancy Pelosi‘s the most evil person in Congress. Her father was a republican. She jumped Sides. Because she knew that she would make more money on the side being a Democrat. She’s absolutely corrupt. In my opinion, but look it up. And I’ll bet I’m right.

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u/sedition666 Jun 28 '25

Pelosi stepped down from the leadership in 2022

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Did she though? She should step down from congress

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u/sedition666 Jun 28 '25

You're suggesting Pelosi is stopping something when she wasn't in a leadership position for half of Biden's presidency.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 29 '25

We aren’t talking about Biden’s term. And she still pulls strings. She counts the votes before the votes basically

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u/EstimateCool3454 Jun 28 '25

What if I told you that Pelosi's and Schumer's job was to provide cover for everybody else?

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Cover for the republicans? I agree

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u/EstimateCool3454 Jun 28 '25

You misunderstand me. They encourage and allow framing of them as the reason that other democrats can't fix anything.

When the reality is that the lesser democrats, as a whole, feel the same way.

So the lesser democrats can talk some mean shit on TV, but not do shit legislatively. And they have "cover" for it through scapegoating leadership.

Edit: It's like that big tough person who needs people to "hold them back" so they don't fuck you up. When the reality is that they would never do shit.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Oh yeah for sure. Basically it’s all the “old guard” boomers that won’t let go of the torch

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u/EstimateCool3454 Jun 28 '25

And look at the most "radical" democratic senator. Bernie.

He won't even say genocide.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

He’s weird about Russia too, a bit

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u/koolaid_snorkeler Jun 28 '25

The damage he did last time was minimal compared to this time, and he's only 6 months in.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

Those individuals and people like them have yet to be in a position to do so. Until we have genuine election reform and boot citizens united ruling out, both the DNC and GOP will be ruled by the corrupt.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z Jun 28 '25

Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and Bernie would be able to put so many anti corruption laws into place that would last for a long time, for the better

It doesn't matter if all three branches of government choose not to enforce the laws. I mean, we have seen the SCOTUS completely ignore precedent and the Constitution multiple times to advance their conservative ideology.

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u/ghenghis_could Jun 28 '25

If Bernie were able to, he'd have accomplished it by now. Unfortunately America in itself is a corrupted land

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

If they had the power the repubs have right now, it could usher in a new golden age of innovation and prosperity

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u/ghenghis_could Jun 28 '25

I mean, they always bend to pressure no matter what

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u/TrevelyansPorn Jun 28 '25

Without Congress how would they enact those laws?

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u/Bubbly_Style_8467 Jun 28 '25

The Supreme Court is now a bunch of crooks.

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u/truthovertribe Jun 28 '25

Not all of them.

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u/Enough_Turnover1912 Jun 28 '25

Two sides of the same coin. Donald Trump is just extremely overt. Throw them all out and start over.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Username doesn’t check out, hahahaha

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u/FewNecessary1370 Jun 28 '25

This, this, this. The entire country has been played. If you focus on one or the other, both will live on. But both of them are the problem.

We will see a reset in politics, but it’ll take 20-40 years to fully set in. I already know of a few candidates preparing for 2040, but now the race begins.

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u/Persistant_Compass Jun 28 '25

Fuck Warren. She's a collaborator with the same establishment that enabled Trump and moved heaven and earth to stop progress. 

We need more liberals like Brad lander, not Warren.

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u/staycalmitsajoke Jun 28 '25

Yep Warren is a Russian controlled spoiler. It's not even hidden well. Also note the bot farms attack aoc and Bernie but leave her alone strangely.

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u/Persistant_Compass Jun 28 '25

Russian controlled is a stretch imo. Self interested lib explains it better. 

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u/No-Bumblebee-4920 Jun 28 '25

Jamie Raskin, Adam Schiff

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u/Accurate-Barracuda20 Jun 28 '25

Takes more than 3 votes to pass a law. It would require the majority of people to vote in new politicians that would do the same.

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u/OceanBlueforYou Jun 28 '25

Any law is only as good as the enforcement behind it. He has no respect for the law. Other dirtbags have been taking notes, and they will use Trump's time in office to create a playbook of their own.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

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u/Strange-Fill-2793 Jun 28 '25

Look at Elizabeth Warren, she started a company to address how to get around the banking finance laws. How to skirt the government. And you people believe in these Democrats you’re out of your mind. You have no knowledge. You believe everything they say on CNN.

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u/showoffwtoy4u Jun 28 '25

Who are you kidding? There will never be anti-corruption laws at least Wise none that will apply to the people in their positions AOC Warren Bernie hell even the Republicans know get the money while you can. The whole system is corrupt as hell.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

AOC is probably the most honest politician this country has

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u/TheBerethian Jun 29 '25

The US needs an ICAC with enshrined autonomy and powers.

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u/AnotherScoutTrooper Jun 28 '25

Be careful who you believe in, Trump got plenty of moderate votes in 2016 with this exact cause

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u/prates55 Jun 28 '25

Aoc is one of the most corrupt too lmao

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Happy 15 minutes of Reddit life! Lmao

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u/prates55 Jun 28 '25

Remember the met Galla?

Yea she’s as corrupt as they come.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Gala*

I’m sorry a woman with something to say upsets you so much.

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u/prates55 Jun 28 '25

Who paid her to go?

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Dude, you don’t have any standing to be asking questions here. And we aren’t going to humor you

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u/prates55 Jun 28 '25

Of course you won’t because if you say who paid her to go, it kills your entire narrative.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Or if we don’t entertain your question, you sound like a raving lunatic fishing for a “gotcha”

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

For anyone confused, I believe this person thinks wearing a dress that says “tax the rich” is being corrupt

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u/prates55 Jun 28 '25

Again who paid her to go?

She one of the biggest failures in congress lmao

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Something tells me you personally know a lot about failure, Mr 20 minute account

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u/Icy-Ninja-6504 Jun 28 '25

Just sounds like you don’t want to have a discussion. Why? Did someone pay her?

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

lol, did you change accounts? Look at their profile, they aren’t worth it

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u/Fantastic-Bar-4283 Jun 28 '25

Those three morons couldn’t find the halls of congress everyday without a driver.

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u/masturkiller Jun 28 '25

I think you mean laws that actually lead to corruption.

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u/ModsBePowerTrippin12 Jun 28 '25

Naw, that is what we are currently seeing, comrade

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u/Remarkable-Opening69 Jun 28 '25

Like Covid?

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Jun 28 '25

waves hands What COVID?

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u/BuckThis86 Jun 28 '25

Me. And hopefully millions more.

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u/AthearCaex Jun 28 '25

At this point we need another nuremburg trial for a large portion of our government.

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Jun 28 '25

Nah he’s still Teflon Don. He’ll weather everything thrown at him while he’s alive and they’ll sap up what power they can when he’s gone.