• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Carter was a peanut farmer and those peanuts were sold internationally. He sold the farm before being elected so as not to be in violation of the emoluments clause.

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      8 months ago

      Just setting the record straight. Carter put his farm in a blind trust. And I agree that Trump isn’t fit to clean Carter’s outhouse

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      8 months ago

      Didn’t W divest a bunch of stuff and setup a blind trust for the same reason. And if I’m remembering correctly didn’t the peanut farm had been Carter’s family for a while so he gave up something that meant something more than money.

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        Every president save Trump in modern times has had various assets and investments, and they have all put them in blind trusts during their terms.