Join the Club

A USA Today investigation finds a nifty way for privileged people to gain access to power.

Dozens of lobbyists, contractors and others who make their living influencing the government pay [Fuckface von Clownstick's] companies for membership in his private golf clubs, a status that can put them in close contact with the president.

Update (November 2):  USA Today reports that many government appointees are longtime members of von Clownstick's clubs.

But never in modern history has a president awarded government posts to people who pay money to his own companies.

Update (January 17, 2018):  Jessica Corbett explains Public Citizen's spreadsheet of 64 von Clownstick patrons.

[Fuckface's] first year in office has been a "year of unprecedented conflicts of interest," according to a new report that documents how dozens of political candidates, foreign governments, interest groups, and other private entities have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the president's properties since his inauguration.

Update (March 11, 2019):  Dear Leader connected to an influence pedaling prostitution ring? Must be Monday.

Update (March 19, 2019):  Democrats in Congress are calling for an FBI investigation of the woman who founded the massage parlors and who may be selling access to von Clownstick.