Here's another classic quid pro quo shakedown...
Nixon asked Kissinger to tell the South Vietnamese -- truthfully or not -- that the US Congress would cut off aid to the Saigon government unless it supported the accords.
“I don't know whether that threat goes far enough or not but I'd do any damn thing that is -- or cut off his head if necessary,” Nixon said. (News.com)
Originally Posted by andymarksman
Hahahahaha!! What are you saying, little Andy boy? Was that an abuse of Presidential power? Well, here's a newsflash for ya - every guy who ever sat in the Oval Office has done the same thing!
It's called conducting foreign policy, little andy! One of the chief justifications for US foreign aid programs is that our money gives us "leverage" over foreign countries and governments. Whaddaya think "leverage" means, andy? It means they will be more inclined to do us favors, if asked.
When trump threatens to cut off foreign aid to Honduras and El Salvador unless they stop sending caravans of illegal immigrants toward our borders, is that an abuse of power? Or as you indelicately put it - a "classic quid pro quo shakedown"?
It's exactly what the fuck trump was elected to do!