Walmart heiress worth $17.8 billion quietly enters political discourse with New York Times ad declaring ‘the dignity of our country is not for sale’
Eleanor Pringle / Tue, March 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM EDT
- Christy Walton, an heir to the Walmart fortune, placed a nonpartisan ad in the New York Times urging Americans to uphold national dignity, respect allies, and engage in civic discourse. Many saw this as a response to Trump’s foreign policies.
While the tech titans of the U.S. were quick to declare their banners for the Trump administration, billionaires in the wider political spectrum have been somewhat more cautious.
The nonpartisan advert encourages the public to get involved in local town halls and to be civil with peers.
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Madame Walton:
If you've got $17 $B & ¢change perhaps you could afford an editor. Will this rough draft re-write help ?
"WE are a people of principle and honor." Walton
We were a People Founded on a few basic principles hypocritically applied, including a pretense of honor, the flagrant violations of which an open secret including:
- Our homeland was conquered, stolen from hut-dwelling aborigines, slaughtering some, banishing survivors to the dross of their own lands.
- We built from there stealing the labor of slaves, 3/5 human by Constitutional enumeration. So much for "all men are created equal" (a Founding principle).
"We honor our commitments and stand by our allies." Walton
Piffle! *
We usurp the Creator endowed, Constitutionally enumerated, unalienable right of Liberty at home with Drug War.
And our history abroad is strewn with battlefield betrayals, desertion, abandonment: Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, among others.
"When I was a boy the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on our land. Where are the lands today? What treaty has the white man ever made with us that they kept? Not one." Chief Sitting Bull
"We defend against aggression by dictators." Walton
There are some examples.
There are also counter-examples:
"... he may be a son of a bitch, but he is our son of a bitch.” FDR
More recently, betraying Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, President Trump favoring his authoritarian Russian chum Putin.
"WE uphold and defend the Constitution." Walton
Oh?
Who is "WE"?
After less than a month in office President Trump violated the Constitution he's sworn to uphold [Art.2 Sect.1-7] so often, can you count them all?
14th Amendment, the insurrection clause, Trump is not eligible to serve a second presidential term.
22nd Amendment, presidents are prohibited from being elected to office more than twice. We can concede that the 2020 presidential election is disputed. BUT !!
It is YOUR contention Mr. President that you won that election. Fine, if so, then your ostensible 2024 presidential election win would be your third election to the office, a violation of the 22nd Amendment.
For multiple Constitutional reasons president Trump, you are ineligible to serve as president sir.
"WE care for veterans and children." Walton
The U.S. federal veterans disability application rejection rate is a national disgrace, a betrayal of the citizens that sacrificed mightily for our sovereignty, and to preserve your $wealth and opulent lifestyle Madame Walton.
President Trump has a shameful record of separating children from parents at the U.S. / Mexico border.
"WE respect our neighbors and trading partners." Walton
What an enchanted alternate universe $Billionaires must inhabit!
The president of the United States is threatening to annex Canada, and Greenland.
Trump also promiscuously toying with heavy tariffs against our most trusted, and most trafficked trade partners.
"We support a healthy national and international economy, community and environment." Walton
"We know that protectionism makes the world poorer." George Will
"We are the world leader trusted to uphold the stability of rule of law." Walton
"
Trusted"?! Trump / Musk / Hegseth wrecking-ball style has left our NATO allies in a frantic scramble, now that the U.S. has been demonstrated an unreliable mutual defense treaty partner.
"We are the people of the United States of America. The honor, dignity and integrity of our country is not for sale. Show up, attend your town halls, be civil." Paid for by Christy Walton
Rose-colored glasses? Did you buy them at Wal~Mart ?
We can grant you benefit of doubt Madame Walton, inferring that in context, your intention with your "Paid Political Advertisement" is benevolent, at least so far as the detriment of international trade war would do predictable harm to the wealthiest nation's wealthiest retailer.
But if your "Paid Political Advertisement" were a high school homework assignment, it wouldn't warrant a passing grade.
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"You don't pay your bills, you get no protection. It's very simple," Trump said at a campaign event in Conway, South Carolina. "Hundreds of billions of dollars came into NATO, and that's why they have money."
Trump claimed to have had a past conversation with an unnamed foreign leader about what could happen. "One of the presidents of a big country stood up [and] said, 'Well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?'"
"I said, 'You didn't pay, you're delinquent,'" Trump said. "No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want." Trump 24/02/10 source:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-russia-nato-defense-funds/story?id=107136736
