# The Trump Presidency HAS to end with Impeachment... right?

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**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-presidency-has-to-end-with-impeachment-right/786406 "2017-05-11T23:48:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-presidency-has-to-end-with-impeachment-right/786406/348 "2017-05-17T20:13:01Z")

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> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> …so I can only look at the plain language of the constitutional clause, and look at the plain actions taken, and scratch my head when people tell me that they were not illegal. I don’t disbelieve them, and I give the benefit of the doubt when they make the claim that receiving money from foreign governments is an okay thing to do as president, but it makes no sense to me.

Out of curiosity, when you looked at those words during the Obama administration, I am sure you did not think, “My gosh! The public library in Tauranga, New Zealand bought six copies of ‘Dreams of My Father.’ That could be an emoluments issue!”

But now looking back on it, does that concern you?

If you’re looking at the text of the Clause, that is. Why or why not?

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