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Trump's worth is mainly determined by the value of his assets, which may vary over time for whatever reason. If I remember well, the initial claim was not that he enriched himself 'in general', which is irrelevant, but that he took advantage of his position to generate revenues for his hotels. This is fact, and is independent from how the value of his assets may have varied over time.

Another confirmation of F.I.N.O.

From your source: "Why the dip in Trump’s fortune? The coronavirus pandemic. “The value of office buildings, hotels and resorts have taken a hit amid the pandemic,” reads the Forbes release on Trump’s wealth."

And all the more ironic that, if the U.S. embassy cable leaks can be trusted, the ousting of Thaksin was mainly caused by the establishment's fear of the occurrence of a particular 'ticket'. Someone whose name starts by P must be turning in his grave.

My comment was more about the person who may grant a pardon not being (comparatively if you get what I mean) of the type to be easily influenced

The same witness also said that business was never discussed during these phone calls, and that Hunter was giving the illusion to have access to his father. Or are you cherry picking what you like from the testimony, and ignoring what you don't like? (On top of it, nothing illegal has been found about Hunter's business)

Well, one could start by releasing the transcript. And also the transcript of the FBI agent's testimony, BTW.

What is "being done" to Trump has been caused by his own actions and words. In any other democratic country he would have enjoyed a similar (or worse) fate. BTW, which "other type of corruption" are you talking about? Ah, these pesky things called evidence which always get in the way of a good MAGA story.

That's their m.o. Release quickly testimonies which seem to support their cause, but delay the release of testimonies they don't like. During the delay, the propaganda and the fan base have time enough to diffuse what 'Comer says'...

And It's not like Trump's messages would have any impact on his nutter base! Such as if an armed man would wait outside Obama's house after reading a post made by Trump! Oh wait! ????

So you have nothing

This is not hate campaign? By the great leader himself! "The letter points to recent examples of Mr Trump’s aggressive statements about Mr Biden, such as a March social media post allegedly implying Mr Biden should get a “death sentence” and July message claiming cocaine found in the White House “was for use by Hunter”. The letter claims such provocations could inspire one of Mr Trump’s “easy-to-trigger followers.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hunter-biden-lawyers-trump-defamation-b2375366.html BTW, what are these imaginary "suspicious business deals" his father got through him?

Is a President's familly not protected? In particular when a member is the subject of a hate campaign?

Does he have the same level of influence? I doubt it.

It's not the army who grants royal pardons, so if there is a promise made, it will be made to the person who can grant a 'royal' pardon. It also won't be the army who will define the content of the promise. It may be added that, unlike the current faction in power (it was Prem's faction), Thaksin has been a loyal support to this person for some time.

Ok. So he was not really investigating and prosecuting. And the U.S. was complaining about it (before and after Shokin took office, below an example of the U.S. complaining after Shop in took office) "Sept. 24, 2015 – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt excoriates officials in the Prosecutor General’s Office for stymying anti-corruption investigations, including those involving Burisma" https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/

When did I wrote that? Stop putting words in my mouth.

? From your link "CONCLUSION Shokin was not prosecuting Burisma." BTW if you want to know the whole story, It's here. https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/

Changing target now....You talked about "spurious claims". Claims based on clear evidence are not " spurious" (ex the recording of Trump's "perfect phone call", the CCTV video in MAL, Trump's own statements).

Of course, there is a video. As I replied already, I did not read the post fully and misunderstood that the poster was making the B.S. claim you just made (the guy Biden bragged about getting firing "was investigating a Ukrainian company that Hunter was on the board of".) BTW, I am not leftist, I am rather 'center'.

Seeing how Trump is enraged and how he is imploring the Republicans to "do something", I guess he's also aware he is in deep trouble.

What did it get from Trump?

However 1. It's not them who have the power to pardon Thaksin, It's "him". I don't see why a promise would be made and not kept. 2. If Thaksin made a promise in exchange, I also don't see Thaksin taking the risk of reneging on a promise made to "him".

You mean spurious claims such as Trump asking to find him 11,000 votes? Or refusiing to give back Presidential records, hiding them and lying about it, and thus obstructing justice? Just to name two.

At this stage, It's not the Dems any more (ex Jan.6 committee), It's the justice system.