You have to dig deep, but yes.  Dig up info on Warren G. Harding and the Teapot Dome Scandal in the 20's.  Many fascinating books have been written on the subject, but I'd recommend this one: Link 

Someone else has to take this one otherwise I'll go off.  

I welcome thoughts on how people see Canada. It is those with an outside perspective that can see the positives and negatives. Sometimes when you live in it you only get your view. Universal health care, I love it but I understand and respect the flaws some Americans point out. Do I think they have no validity because they do not know the Canadian experience. 

I have heard people talk about some Trump supporters as uneducated, ill informed, racist, and every negative thing under the sun. They live the American experience so you believe their opinions are more valid than someone who educated themselves on the issues but is not American? 

Trump (nor any President) isn't required to completely divest himself from all of his businesses. He didn't have to sell off all his holdings when he became President. And frankly, why should he have to sell off a family business that he's built up over 40 years? If there's proof of a pay to play agreement, or illegitimate profiteering, then that should be prosecuted. But the fact that Trump's sons and daughter continue to make money at worldwide businesses that they were successful in long before Trump became President, doesn't indicate corruption. But just add it onto the pile of all the other narratives an innuendoes.  

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What’s odd to me is that the 2016 election has been over for more than a year and a half, and Trump supporters are still playing the “But Hillary” card. She’s not President. If we want to point out hypocrisy, it’s with the people who accuse of the Clintons of all sorts of shady dealings, yet want Trump to be free to be Trump. It’s with the small government, free market conservatives who are suddenly silent when the President is trying to prop up industries that are dying out to automation and globalization in order to win some brownie points with blue collar workers, gets us in a trade war with our allies, and blatantly pressures the NFL to deal with protesting players. 

You know, but Hillary. 

I listen to their stories and I compare them to my own experience. I have the bible, the torah, and the quran (which are all incredibly similar FYI)

I have personally experienced the proceeds of white male privilege while dealing with police, who appeared to be expecting a person of color when they stopped me. When they saw who and what I was their demeanor changed in a blink.

More terrorism has occurred in North America from white radicalized men than has from any other source. Islam is like every other religion and has an incredibly massive global population, Any one can become fundamentalist in any faith.  To say Islam is the source of terror in the world is grossly uninformed. To say black men are not over represented in police shootings while white men can commit mass shootings and walk to a police car is absurd.

I feel like you are long on research and short on personal connection to people who are oppressed daily by societal norms you may not be even aware of. What's your perspective on the #metoo movement?

When you walk through your life, what makes you afraid every day?

RT

You're missing the point. The point is that all during the years preceding and up to the election, the actions of Hillary, (of whom there is far more evidence of financial irregularities- among other things) was overlooked and tolerated. She was never held to the same standard that Trump is being held to. 

If there's any illegal financial enrichment by government officials, throw the book at them. Be they Trump, Republicans, or Democrats. Trump has to be acutely aware of this. I don't want "Trump to be free to be Trump". I want him to follow the law. But I also expect him to be treated the same as other politicians. 

But if you're not at least a little disturbed by the actions of Hillary, and the way it was handled by the Justice Department, and the double standard that seemed to be applied to her, then I'm not sure what to say. And that the election was a year and a half ago is irrelevant to the point. The fact that she was Secretary of State, and very nearly President, while her financial dealings weren't scrutinized more fully is disturbing to say the least.

You're right.  She was held to a much, much higher standard.

How are things on Bizarro World today?