Rajan Laad @ American Thinker
The vile travesty of justice, where President Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies, caused history of the dubious kind in America.
Many in the mainstream media, which is the PR wing for the Democrats, gloated over the fact that Trump became the first president in American history to be criminally convicted.
Since history is being mentioned, let’s look at another kind of history.
The history of net worths of past presidents both before and after completing their tenure as president.
Let’s begin with President Jimmy Carter: when he was sworn in, his net worth was $2.3 million. However, in current times his net worth is $10 million, largely due to books and speaking gigs. His net worth multiplied by 5 times.
Next was President Ronald Reagan, who thanks to his success in Hollywood, had a net worth of $10.6 million before his presidency. Following his presidency, his net worth was $15.4 million.
Next was President George H. W. Bush, whose pre-presidency net worth was around $4 million. But after his tenure at the White House, his wealth grew almost six times, to $23 million. Bush’s net worth grew by 475% between the time he took office in 1989 and 2017, largely due to his oil exploration businesses.
Now for President Clinton. The Clintons were worth $1.3 million before they came to the White House. Following lucrative book deals and speaking gigs their combined net worths grow by more than 6,000%. Today, their combined fortune is more than $240 million, and counting. The Clinton Foundation was used like an expense account by the Clintons, and most of the “donations” were collected during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. ...
All former presidents have benefitted from their tenure in the White House. ...
There is only one president in recent times who lost financially and socially following his tenure at the White House—that man is Donald J. Trump.
Before being sworn in his net worth was around $3 billion, due to his amazing success in real estate and as a brand. After leaving the White House, his worth dwindled to $2.3 billion. Trump’s net worth soared to $6.5 billion a few months back when his popular Truth Social became a publicly-traded company.
Truth Social would not have existed had the Democrats not forced a ban on President Trump across all social media. This is not a shady behind-the-scenes deal that other presidents struck. Truth Social grew because of popular support.
Trump had a great life before entering politics. .. Read More
Statement on Trump’s “Conviction” From Editors Of American Mind
The law is not concerned with trifles, and proper governments do not go kicking through the weeds in search of crimes to prosecute. And when they choose to do it against political opponents, a system based on democratic values and due process of law quickly passes into something much uglier. ... Read More
