Trump Is Fleecing the Rubes of Every Dime
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Trump Is Fleecing the Rubes of Every Dime
Some day, historians are going to be baffled by how he maintained a nationwide universe of marks when the con is such an obvious one.
By Charles P. Pierce
Jun 26, 2023 05:54 PM
In its daily perusal of the news , the shebeen often filters the events of the day through the wisdom of the late Guy Clark, the Texas poet who once summed up all human existence by commenting, "Lord, you'd think there's less fools in this world." From The New York Times:
When Mr. Trump kicked off his 2024 campaign in November, for every dollar raised online, 99 cents went to his campaign, and a penny went to Save America. But internet archival records show that sometime in February or March, he adjusted that split. Now his campaign’s share has been reduced to 90 percent of donations, and 10 percent goes to Save America. The effect of that change is potentially substantial: Based on fund-raising figures announced by his campaign, the fine-print maneuver may already have diverted at least $1.5 million to Save America. And the existence of the group has allowed Mr. Trump to have his small donors pay for his legal expenses, rather than paying for them himself.
Before we move along to discussing why so many of our fellow citizens are willing to buy magic beans from this guy, we should ponder the degree to which he is a cheap, no-account grifter who has divided the country's population into two categories: sheep and him. He is fully intent on fleecing the rubes of every dime, and monetizing even the ancillary rights to his criminal trials.
Mr. Trump’s legal troubles are deeply intertwined with his political campaign and fund-raising efforts. His campaign store is selling an “I Stand With Trump” T-shirt showing the date of his indictment in Manhattan (“03.30.2023”) for $36; it recently added a second shirt with his Florida indictment date (“06.08.2023”) for $38. Half the featured items on the store’s landing page show a fake mug shot and the words “not guilty.”
He's already been acquitted by his gift shop. What more do you people want, anyway?
Which brings us to those sad people who are still writing him checks. Some day, historians are going to be baffled by how he maintained a nationwide universe of marks when the con is such an obvious one. The guy sees a pile of money and he assumes that it is his to do with what he will. Of course, he would do this with his campaign money. He'd do it with a pile of $10 bills on the sidewalk. He can't be surprising anyone at this point. Anyone who sends him money sees the mark every morning in the mirror.
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Morning... obviously people have more money than brains..why on earth would you pay for any political crap from either side...I wouldn't be seen dead in it....
And that applies here as well..
Me neither. I would be embarrassed having given money to any politician.
Just dumb.
As if they need the money..they have all got their snouts in the trough..
As I keep saying ever seen a broke ex politician!!! Certainly not here anyway...our Dumbo premier nearly earns as much as the PM..and he is only running a bankrupt State not the whole country...
Once a conman always a conman.
I've never paid 38 dollars for one tee shirt in my life. But then , I dont use my clothes as advertisements for insane causes.
Also sounds like every other politician out there. Hell the other day I saw a fund raiser from Adam Schiff on Facebook asking people to donate to him for his campaign.
Uh , no. Biden does have a campaign store but it is nothing like this
FJB stands for Fuck Joe Biden stickers
my own personal favorite, 10 "Trump" straws for $24.95
This is what you see at Biden's store, which does not even mention Trump or the Republicans.
I'm pretty sure you can go to Dollar Tree and get ten plastic straws for a dollar.
They are paying 23.95 more to have Trump's name on their straws.
Do they forget who he is?
I dont care, I make fun of it.
By the way, Trump was president of the United States, perhaps the highest honor an American can achieve. On his 2024 campaign store website he sells items that have "Fuck Joe Biden" inscribed on them.
He is a low life.
I already said he's a low life. How do you feel about it?
Make comments of at least a little substance or you are going bye bye again.
Only if they are complete morons.
And did I say anything about Biden? No, I mentioned it's like every other politician who campaigns and raises money for their campaign.
But I did mention Adam Schiff who is fund raising off of that "honor" of being the 25th member censured in the history of the US House. Quite the "honor" there...
Joe Biden is a poor mans Trump.
Oh yeah ……
He's definitely a conman, but there's a mental disorder here. Trump is an actual multi-billionaire. When Larry Ellison was only worth 20 billion, he was asked what that was like. He said it doesn't change after the first billion. Why in the world does Trump run a myriad of small-time scams? Trump vodka, Trump steaks, Trump university, Trump charity, various Trump merch, ... Can you imagine Gates or Buffet doing shit like this? He's so focused on the acquisition of money that he probably would have sold his mother for $1.
Lol …. welcome to US politics.
Morning Sparts...groan..feel so sorry for you mob.
It just seems to go on forever..hell we cop it here on the news and even that is enough to drive us up the wall...
Morning down under ….. most of us don’t worry about such nonsense.
But it makes for good press for the partisans ….
True but even the bs wears you down after awhile... anything political comes on TV now I mute it till it's over..
Full agreement but never let the bastards get you down
Never..they are a good laugh at times and never lose your sense of humour...do that and you are stuffed like a chook..
As he sports a "but her emails" hat......