This is called Extortion. It’s obvious he thinks he can run the presidency like a mafia operation. But I think people in general are about done with putting up with this bullshit.
He didn’t even think it through that much. His thought process was:
“The UN won’t let me do what I want. I’m going to make my own UN with me in charge so I can do anything I want.”
“The UN I’m making is so awesome because I’m in charge, I should charge people to join.”
“The King of France was mean about my super awesome UN, I’m going put tariffs on him! What does France sell? Wine and Champaign.”
Thoughts 2 and 3 are completely unconnected. If you spent 10 minutes explaining the connection to him he’d think “I’m smarter than I thought, either way I get money!”
This is called Extortion. It’s obvious he thinks he can run the presidency like a mafia operation. But I think people in general are about done with putting up with this bullshit.
He didn’t even think it through that much. His thought process was:
“The UN won’t let me do what I want. I’m going to make my own UN with me in charge so I can do anything I want.”
“The UN I’m making is so awesome because I’m in charge, I should charge people to join.”
“The King of France was mean about my super awesome UN, I’m going put tariffs on him! What does France sell? Wine and Champaign.”
Thoughts 2 and 3 are completely unconnected. If you spent 10 minutes explaining the connection to him he’d think “I’m smarter than I thought, either way I get money!”
It’s only extortion if it’s from Southern Italy, otherwise it’s just a shakedown
Sparkling shakedown