Donald Trump Received $5.75 Million In Royalties For A Book That Largely Features Photos In The Public Domain

Isn't the whole point of the public domain that anyone can make use of them and everyone can benefit from various creative uses of them without needing to pay/ask permission? While I may not be a fan of the person benefiting here, this seems like a normal use of public domain works.

Money laundering, or rather I should say payoffs. Trump is a pay to play type of guy, so someone is paying him for something thru deceptive shit like this. This is no different than someone paying several million for a piece of art that clearly is not worth that price.