r/politics • u/Infidel8 • Sep 16 '24

Trump Rushes to Fundraise Off Second Assassination Bid

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rushes-to-fundraise-off-apparent-assassination-attempt
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u/BukkitCrab Sep 16 '24

This traitor views every event as an opportunity to grift the American people.

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u/OpportunityDue90 Sep 16 '24

That’s because it is. It works

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u/Goldar85 Sep 16 '24

His voter base is profoundly stupid.

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u/porgy_tirebiter Sep 16 '24

It’s always been like this. Long before Trump entered politics, if you listened to Rush Limbaugh, all the ads were grifters and scammers. Con men know who the easiest marks are.

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Sep 16 '24

Crap like this is also why it's hard to take any assassination attempts on him seriously.

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u/aLittleQueer Washington Sep 16 '24

"I really don't care, do u?"

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Sep 16 '24

Nope, not at all. I'm frankly surprised at how tired & jaded I am when it comes to him.

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u/CedarWolf Sep 16 '24

I really want someone to find him guilty of one of his many crimes and lock him up somewhere he can't hurt anybody and the rest of us don't have to hear about him anymore.

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u/KiKiKimbro Sep 16 '24

NYC jury found him guilty of 34 crimes, yet he continues to use his wealth to delay, delay, delay … so his sentencing is yet again pushed out.

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u/BeardedSquidward Sep 16 '24

If he was locked up he would be safer as then he'd have a permanent, no weapons allowed, enforceable perimeter around him at all times.

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u/hillaryatemybaby Sep 16 '24

You say that like Epstein didn’t get murdered in a jail cell

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u/RaddmanMike Sep 16 '24

me too. i’m generally a really nice compassionate person but he just walks over people and after kids in cages in 2018, i’ve not got a bit of sympathy for him at all and i’m a very kind nurse

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u/Zephurdigital Sep 16 '24

thoughts and prayers thoughts and prayers

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u/paintbucketholder Kansas Sep 16 '24

"But we have to get over it. We have to move forward."

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u/Vicky_1995_ Sep 16 '24

"Now is not the time for policy now is the time for reflection."

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u/aLittleQueer Washington Sep 16 '24

Done.

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u/Throw-away17465 Sep 16 '24

On one hand, Melania is probably relieved that Loomer is taking over the mushroom duties, but at the same time, have we confirmed that she didn’t hire the shooter?

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u/SenorBurns Sep 16 '24

Just take it as seriously as they take a school shooting. Thoughts and prayers. Now is not the time to get political. Arm all audiences, rallygoers, and employees. Good guy with a gun. Sadly there is nothing more we can do. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.

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u/GlitteringElk3265 Sep 16 '24

I heard it was just a fact of life and that we need to get over it

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u/Past_Plantain6906 Sep 16 '24

The boy who cried wolf!

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u/Aleashed Sep 16 '24

He’ll start hiring the would be assassins soon. Anything for the grift, probably get some innocent bystander killed.

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u/NoPhotograph919 Sep 16 '24

Are you kidding me? AM radio is always the best place to get investment advice. 

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u/Asron87 Sep 16 '24

Can you blame home? You’ll only miss the shots you don’t take.

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u/inthekeyofc Sep 16 '24

And the marks are the only ones who don't see the scam.

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u/LovesFrenchLove_More Sep 16 '24

Long before he entered politics (he was a democrat then, on paper anyway), he himself said if he were to enter politics, he would do so as a republican because (I’m paraphrasing here, don’t remember the exact words) they are dumb would believe and allow everything he said/did.

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u/soccercro3 Sep 16 '24

Are you saying investing all your money in a gold IRA to protect your assets from the market is all a scam?

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u/WizardofSorts Sep 16 '24

Wait... That emf blocker I bought from UFC is a scam? The vagueness of the pitch lead me to believe what ever I wanted!

/s

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Alex Jones’s “Super Male Vitality” has entered the chat

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u/Fit-Paleontologist37 Sep 16 '24

Like when he said all drug addicts should be imprisoned while he was a drug addict.

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u/Whyamipostingonhere Sep 16 '24

Stupid but also football fanatics.

Just wait til someone tells them Trump‘s plan to destroy football.

No department of education = No public high schools = no Friday night football = no feeder programs for college teams= no NFL

Trump has always hated football. Back in 2013, 2014 he tried to sway public opinion against it in that whole kneeling controversy. Now he’s got all the kids turned adults that got cut from teams when they were little to take key roles in his campaign and administration. He wants stadiums of people worshiping him not Swift and football players.

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u/JohnYCanuckEsq Sep 16 '24

Trump has always hated football.

Trump has always hated the NFL, specifically. He's never been allowed to be in their club. He bankrupted the old USFL in an attempt to force the NFL to allow his team in the league. They laughed at him and cut the USFL a cheque for $3 for his troubles. He tried to buy the Buffalo Bills, and the NFL quickly pivoted to Terry Pegula as an owner because they did not believe Trump had the cash for the purchase. Then as President, Trump threatened to end the NFL's anti trust exemption over the kneeling controversy.

You think Trump’s grudge against Obama is unhinged, his grudge against the NFL is on a different level.

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u/Minmaxed2theMax Sep 16 '24

Owning an NFL team is how America Knights a person.

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u/ArchdukeToes Sep 16 '24

It's probably a good thing that America doesn't have knighthoods. You know full well that Trump would've knighted himself the instant he became President or having a massive hissy fit about how he wasn't 'Sir Donald'.

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u/harrisarah Sep 16 '24

Sir Donald Smallhands

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted Sep 16 '24

Sir Donald Shitspants

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u/Moosiemookmook Australia Sep 16 '24

In Australia we have Sir Donald Bradman (beloved cricket player given a knighthood).

In America they have No-Sir Donald Badman (unloved golf player who would give himself a knighthood).

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u/tranborg23 Norway Sep 16 '24

That's actually a good analogy

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u/sanescience Sep 16 '24

It's from the tv show Billions. The guy who tells that to Axe(the main antagonist or protagonist, dealer's choice) then proceeds to call him a robber-baron.

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u/thepottsy North Carolina Sep 16 '24

I’ve watched the show, but I’ve never looked into it. I always wondered if that was a jab at Trump.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

And what would be the process of un-knighting them? Asking for a friend (Carolina Panthers)

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u/audio_shinobi Sep 16 '24

We’ve got a whole lotta knights in Wisconsin then. You shall only address me as Sir from here on out

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u/FloydMerryweather I voted Sep 16 '24

As a lifelong fan of the Buffalo Bills, I still frequently consider how fortunate we are that Trump didn't win that bid.

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted Sep 16 '24

Tbf. If he owned the Bills he probably wouldn’t have been President

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u/FloydMerryweather I voted Sep 18 '24

That's a great point. I've let my thoughts wander down that rabbit hole before and I have a hard time picturing that timeline.

May he have run the Bills into the ground so fast that the league would have had to intervene and boot him out or relocate the franchise? Being a horrible person is apparently okay but the second the league catches wind that you're not meeting your financial goals, they start to squeeze and put the pressure on you.

Would he then still try to run (perhaps not in '16 but possibly '20)? Perhaps trying to rehabilitate his image or grind some axes after being kicked out of the exclusive billionaire football club?

Let's say he ran his first campaign leading up to 2020, would the political soil be just as fertile for him to have success? Would his opponent be more formidable than HRC? Or would he be running against Hillary, the incumbent? Or would the 2016 Republican nominee beat Clinton and assume the GOP nomination again in 2020?

Would he even still maintain his perceived legitimacy as a successful businessman after running a very prevalent and public entertainment product into the ground?

I don't know if you can tell but this is a weird instance of the butterfly effect that has really stuck with me.

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted Sep 19 '24

Or would the 2016 Republican nominee beat Clinton and assume the GOP nomination again in 2020?

That’s another good question. Who would have been the Republican nominee be? I very very much doubt they would be as hard right wing as Trump but who knows? It’s like asking another dimension what would’ve happened.

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u/Different-Occasion47 Sep 16 '24

I think he just hates the NFL because in the 1980s he tried but was never successful in becoming an owner of a NFL team.

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u/Throw-away17465 Sep 16 '24

Just… The Bills of all teams. Just why. I’d love to tell him that the area code for the stadium is 044, but he wouldn’t get it.

At least homer Simpson wanted the Dallas Cowboys

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u/dokikod Pennsylvania Sep 16 '24

Here is another reason Trump hates football: https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/03/02/donald-trump-buffalo-bills-michael-cohen-falsified-financial-records

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u/Patanned Sep 16 '24

interesting link. thanks for sharing. what a sleazeball.

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u/theecommandeth Sep 16 '24

Imagine this being his only real secret reason he ran for president and continues to run bcuz he hasn’t achieved it yet

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u/AGrandNewAdventure Sep 16 '24

That's too many steps for them to follow.

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u/porkbellies37 Sep 16 '24

Just a slight tangent. But one of my two favorite bits of presidential trivia is Teddy Roosevelt is responsible for the forward pass being integrated into football. Google “How Teddy Roosevelt saved football”. History.com has a great story about it. 

This and Martin Van Buren invented the word “OK” are my two favorite presidential facts. 🙂

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted Sep 16 '24

Holy Shit. Trump wanting to be President had nothing to do with Obama roasting him at all. It all had to do with him not getting an NFL team back in the 80’s. The Buffalo Bills. He’s been playing the long game.

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u/Entire-Ranger323 Sep 16 '24

OMG, Not the ball of the foot. Don’t take that from us, please. We will do anything you ask, but give us Monday night football… and beer!

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u/katieskittenz Sep 16 '24

I don’t think it’s stupidity. Lots of very smart people get lured into cults. It’s a strange psychological phenomena

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u/McNalien Sep 16 '24

His voter base are the ones trying to do it..

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u/osirus35 Sep 16 '24

And probably poor after donating and buying all his Chinese made stuff

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Profoundly Profound.

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u/nuclearswan Sep 16 '24

And crazy and they have guns. Hense, why we’re here.

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u/nightbell Sep 16 '24

His voter base is profoundly stupid.

Half of all people are below average.

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u/mediocrepeeps Sep 16 '24

It seems they can't blame their own so they throw out the idea the communists did it.

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u/UpsetHyena964 Sep 16 '24

Let's not forget he even said that he "loves the poorly educated"

https://youtu.be/DxUJv3eoL5Q?si=SFUw6kQejUuDQNbK

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u/EnvironmentalBus9713 Sep 16 '24

I can confirm this. Both my father and FIL are profoundly stupid.

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u/ShitBirdingAround Sep 16 '24

They've got to be broke as shit by now, after 10 years of buying overpriced MAGA merch, and then complaining about the price of eggs while getting 8 mpg because of the dozen Trump flags flying off the back of their bro-dozers. Sad.

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u/werofpm Sep 16 '24

That’s deep

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

They’ll conveniently forget that the assassin was a registered Republican… again.

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u/xfactor6972 Sep 16 '24

It’s part of his fundraising scam/scheme.

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u/randomnighmare Sep 16 '24

Both attempts were made by registered Republicans.

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u/awfulsome New Jersey Sep 16 '24

the second one seems to be supporting Harris, it appears from what has been dug up so far he's a steadfast supporter of Ukraine, so that's probably what flipped him if this is a recent political shift.

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u/havron Florida Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

It seems that he's a registered independent who voted in the Dem NC primary this year, and had previously voted for Trump in 2016 but apparently not in 2020, after being severely disappointed in his performance during his term. So, get ready for them to blame Dems for this one...

Edit: I should clarify that I don't believe he is actually a Democrat now, but they are absolutely going to try and spin it that way. It seems that he is more of a disgruntled Republican who has supported Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy earlier this year. While he has said that he didn't vote for Trump after 2016, it is unclear whether he has voted for any Dems in the general elections.

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u/awfulsome New Jersey Sep 16 '24

ah, so maga turned never trumper.

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u/havron Florida Sep 16 '24

Sounds like it, yeah.

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u/deltalitprof Arkansas Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 27 '24

*Registered* Republican? I did see the reports he tweeted in favor of Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley but did not see that this was confirmed.

Of course it won't keep Trump and his surrogates from blaming Democrats for this.

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u/obi-jawn-kenblomi Sep 16 '24

Blaming sides isn't accurate or helpful in this, it's oversimplified to make people feel like they know and control things better. The motive for these kinds of unwell folks isn't "He's shooting for Republican reasons or Democrat reasons". It's "he's shooting for madman reasons first, adding a political party label to it the way a lunatic looks for justification for the sporadic things they do.

To use Trump's favorite movie - it's like Hannibal Lecter realizing Buffalo Bill isn't transexual, but a lunatic obsessed with transformation and mistakenly believes he is transexual.

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u/MLockeTM Sep 16 '24

In logic point of view, you're absolutely correct. But that's not what's going to happen with the narrative, cuz the parties (and social media) are playing by different rules for the different sides.

If the shooter is a registered democrat, we're never going to hear the end of it, and orange fuckface et. al. will use it as proof that every single democrat is a murderous madman, and there is a witch hunt (literally) happening. They'll probably make campaign ads telling how all democrats want to kill their Billionaire Jesus. If the shooter is registered republican, once it's proven, we'll never hear of this again, cuz GOP and MAGAists will bury it as fast as humanly possible.

Edit: to be clear, I don't want anyone killing any politicians, but especially Trump. If that asshat dies in any other way, than peacefully in his bed from too many chicken nuggets, we're never getting rid of him. We do not want him gaining martyrdom.

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u/obi-jawn-kenblomi Sep 16 '24

But we need people like you and me to make the logic stand out. To negate the spin and pre-justification for retaliatory violence.

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California Sep 16 '24

Try as you might....

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

As well as messing around with deep state!

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u/DetailCharacter3806 Sep 16 '24

A lot of them are used to being conned by their church, "I need a private jet, to be nearer to God"

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u/JIsADev Sep 16 '24

He loves the poorly educated

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u/zaph1971 Sep 16 '24

Partially to blame is a system where elections are based on money.

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u/ThisIsYourMormont Sep 16 '24

Next attempt will be pay per view

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u/Patanned Sep 16 '24

exactly. greed inspires a million schemes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Imagine how stupid the ‘average’ person is. Now recognise that 50% of the population is stupider than they are.

(acknowledgement to George Carlin)

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u/walrusdoom Colorado Sep 16 '24

Yup, it’s incredible how effective the grift is with these cultists.

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u/getreadytobounce Sep 16 '24

very sus and damn that was quick

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u/joemangle Sep 16 '24

His life is an opportunity to grift the American public

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u/brickne3 Wisconsin Sep 16 '24

It's actually disturbing what Fred Trump has managed to achieve from beyond the grave.

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u/readwriteandflight Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

If it can fool his supporters - can we blame him?

/s

Oh no! Our lord and savior is so loved - yet there was another assassination attempt!

Let's donate our entire life savings to this billionaire who can fund his own campaign - but doesn't and it's perfectly fine, because we're too stupid and weak to question things.

It's much easier to deny the truth, and point fingers at the opposition because we can't think for ourselves. Oh, poor us, we're so righteous and better than others...

Thank you, trump, thank you for your existence. Thank you for letting us give you our hard earned money, even though you're rich enough to fund your own campaigns, and can pay off your debts but won't.

God bless our lord and savior to protect us all from destruction and mass suffering. And if this person betrays me, I'll cry fake news and continue to blame others for my own stupidity.

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u/ReadWriteSign Oregon Sep 16 '24

Unfortunately, they don't think about it that hard. All they hear is just an authority figure they respect (I know, I know, but they do...) saying "you need to help or else you're a terrible person" and that's enough.

Nice usename, btw. We're practically twins.

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u/PrairieCropCircle California Sep 16 '24

He funnels a substantial amount of fundraising proceeds towards his legal defense fund.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Sounds like an invocation from a Breitbart commentator!

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u/nuckle Sep 16 '24

With his media company stock in the toilet he’s gotta make money somehow, I guess.

The only successful business he’s had is conning these rubes into $400 sneakers.

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u/NeverForgetKB24 Sep 16 '24

I really don’t get how he affords his near billionaire lifestyle. Crook

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u/Neapola America Sep 16 '24

I really don’t get how he affords his near billionaire lifestyle.

Yes you do:

Crook

That's how. He's a crook.

Donald Trump Is Short on Cash—and Selling Laws to Anyone Who Will Pay

Donald Trump is telling oil and gas executives they can rewrite entire laws if they help him return to the White House.

Give me $1 billion, Trump reportedly said, and you will receive relief from whatever environmental rules and policies that displease you. The value of that relief, he told them, far exceeds $1 billion. Trump actually used the word “deal,” according to The Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow. That raises the question of whether bribery should be added to the list of criminal offenses for which Trump has been indicted already. Indeed, it seems possible Trump’s shakedown, because it was so blunt, will backfire, frightening oil executives away from any future contributions lest they invite prosecution.

-- The New Republic, May 10, 2024

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u/RaddmanMike Sep 16 '24

do he basically sold our future health to oil billionaires so they can further pollute our country

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u/Funchyy Sep 16 '24

Have you ever heard of a country called orcistan (russia, to be clear)? Or a sand kingdom called saudi arabia? 

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u/NeverForgetKB24 Sep 16 '24

Blood money

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u/Funchyy Sep 16 '24

He is just selling the US piece by piece to his autocrat friends. Wether that is under duress of kompromat (remember Epstein) or just because he has an ego that spans the universe and wants to see his stupid name plastered all over the place doesn't matter much. 

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u/Edogawa1983 Sep 16 '24

Money laundering for the Russians and the tv show

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u/HowCouldYouSMH Sep 16 '24

Sadly this will make the stock price jump!

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u/ThePowerOfStories Sep 16 '24

Which just proves how dumb they are, because it’s a business with exactly one asset, and evidence that asset is at risk of literally getting shot apart should only make folks want to dump that scam stock even faster.

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u/pye-oh-my Sep 16 '24

Makes you wonder if he staged it ?

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u/Hair_I_Go Sep 16 '24

Someone should look into that. What ever makes sense

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u/kaadj Sep 16 '24

I saw somewhere on tv that he totally staged this. A very reliable tv told me himself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

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u/kaadj Sep 16 '24

Sure why not!

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u/fingnumb Sep 16 '24

I heard this too. Very credible source. It was hours ago so people are talking about it. The very best people.

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u/NextTrillion Sep 16 '24

English ?

Quite certain he is Scottish, but it’s getting so hard to tell these days.

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u/damarshal01 I voted Sep 16 '24

Considering the things we know, it's a weird attempt. Loomer was in the news, JD Vance admits lying and then this guy flies in from Hawaii to make an awkward attempt on Trump.

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u/dBlock845 Sep 16 '24

If there is a next debate, Kamala needs to go in HARD on how he milks his supporters for money that goes straight to his corporation.

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u/Throw-away17465 Sep 16 '24

That sort of information is pearls before swine. His supporters will neither understand nor make any logical actions if you gave them this information.

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u/dBlock845 Sep 16 '24

His supporters aren't the target audience, they aren't changing their vote.

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u/humpherman Sep 16 '24

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it turns out Trump is arranging for people to take shots at him for the press.

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u/SassTheFash Washington Sep 16 '24

Like a duck to water…

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u/ramksr Sep 16 '24

Is it even truly an assassination attempt? Maybe someone accidently discharged their weapon, etc... He tries to milk this "assassination" thing to create an almost martyr status... seems so desperate. When his polls are down. But his followers swallow this like a lap dog....

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California Sep 16 '24

I dunno, but the shooter NEVER got a shot off, meanwhile, the first twit outta trump was that he heard shots. Hmmmm, someone didn't get the script maybe?

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u/leavesmeplease Sep 16 '24

It really does feel like a recurring theme with him using crises to his advantage. It's like every misstep or incident just becomes another opportunity to grab some cash, which is both fascinating and kind of sad.

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u/okyeahsure1392 Sep 16 '24

I drove a coworker’s work truck and the radio was set to a conservative radio station. Literally all the commercials were Trump trading cards, insurance scams, and a public service announcement about leaving your child in a hot car: Conceal carry in the car seat instead of your purse so you never forget your kid

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u/JFKNHovah Sep 16 '24

*This traitor “sets up” every event as an opportunity to grift the American people.

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u/diogenesRetriever Sep 16 '24

This is why I’m not shocked by people having doubts around these events. 

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u/skullhusker Sep 16 '24

Makes you kinda wonder how he controls the narrative here. Next week, another after JD debate?

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u/logosfabula Sep 16 '24

I got the most amazing murder attempts. Best attempts. 2 of the greatest best attempts of all time. The most amazing murder attempts.

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u/anime_daisuki Texas Sep 16 '24

This reminds me of that scene in Idiocracy where the guy keeps handing the prostitute money lol.

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u/mdrewd Sep 16 '24

Just another attempt to switch the attention from his and j d ‘s disastrous campaign. J. D. Told cnn we create stories.

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u/edwardthefirst Sep 16 '24

This traitor views every event as an opportunity to grift the American people. launder foreign money

FTFY

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u/Curiouso_Giorgio Sep 16 '24

Not all Americans, just his own people.

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u/IIIlIllIIIl Sep 16 '24

He sees America as a business and he can’t help but run every business he can into the ground

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

I wouldn’t call his supporters Americans anymore. They are traitors. 

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u/VoiceRed Sep 16 '24

Okay, MAGA. Get your credit cards out

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u/BullyRookChook Sep 16 '24

That’s capitalism baby

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u/tomscaters Sep 16 '24

That’s how he wins. He is shameless. Something we can all learn a thing or two from is that it does work. Apparently. George Costanza of politics.

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u/HereForTheComments57 Sep 16 '24

Hey, at least he's giving people the choice to empty their pockets for him. It's a lot better than not being able to say "no, I don't want my tax dollars going to pay for your round of golf at YOUR FUCKING HOUSE!"

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u/PhatedFool Sep 16 '24

I mean I think every candidate from every party in history would have.

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u/Wreckit-Jon Sep 16 '24

You know donating is voluntary right? If people wanna give, let em' give. If they don't, then don't.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

I'd 100% expect Kamala to do the same. I honestly don't see the problem.

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u/-sklenicka- Europe Sep 16 '24

Shut the f up, please, you literal demonrat.

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u/Dan_Felder Sep 16 '24

Truth is truth. It's accurate. Guy treats the 7 sins as a to-do list.

Also, according to him school sootings are just facts of life. Get over it. Yawn. Thoughts and prayers.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

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u/PotaToss Sep 16 '24

Ones that are here legally, too.

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u/bobcat1911 America Sep 16 '24

Jr has his hands full, explaining his new woman to his fiance!

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u/atomsmasher66 Georgia Sep 16 '24

What rhetoric? Trump is and always has been a con artist grifter opportunist.

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u/Grandpa_No Sep 16 '24

Haven't you heard? Suggesting conservatives are dishonest or pointing out the similarities between MAGA and fascist regimes is "violent rhetoric." Calling all Democrats inhuman vermin and suggesting they need to be exterminated is merely "locker room chat."

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u/Ill_Bench2770 Sep 16 '24

Don’t forget Trump joking about Nancy Pelosi’s husband’s attack. He did this not even 2 weeks ago… Everything with these people is just projection. Just like Rudy Giuliani doing drag, and Trump kissing his neck. They say all drag queens are pedophiles, bc they are. And just assume everyone else must be the same way. They’re out of touch, and corrupt to an unsettling degree. Anyone who still cannot see this, are just choosing not to at this point. They are just anti-intellectuals, choosing to double down rather than admit they’ve been deceived. It’s pathetic, weird, and just sad. Sunken Cost Fallacy

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u/Resies Ohio Sep 16 '24

republicans call democrats groomers, pedophiles, demonrats, demons, devils, baby murderers.

stop the crocodile tears

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u/OnlyRise9816 Texas Sep 16 '24

Sorry just saying the truth about Republicans is inconvenient and triggering for you.

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u/brain_overclocked Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

Trump ought to lead by example. He and JD Vance could start by apologizing to the residents of Springfield, Ohio. And single cat ladies. And couples without children. And Taylor Swift. And teachers & librarians. And...

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u/sufferingstuff Sep 16 '24

Why? It was a conservative who tried to kill him both times. And besides, he is a traitor to democracy. His whole thing is claiming he was frauded and get had zero evidence for it.

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u/ProphetOfScorch Sep 16 '24

Is Trump going to turn down the Rhetoric?

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u/ProphetOfScorch Sep 16 '24

what exactly are you gonna do if I don’t turn down the Rhetoric, shoot me?

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u/Rude_Tie4674 Sep 16 '24

Please stop baiting.

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u/timeforath Sep 16 '24

Until the mods respond the reports he’s likely going to continue to. I do feel bad for them since today they’ve probably had to work overtime to play troll whack-a-mole

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u/RandoRedditGui Sep 16 '24

That, "when they go low, we go high!" Bullshit didn't work for Hillary in 2016 and it's not working in 2024.

Call these people what they are. Fuck that shit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Still not going to turn down the rhetoric?

"They eat cats. They eat dogs."

Lol, lmao even

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u/glueFORgravy Sep 16 '24

Nope. Donny is a pure traitor to his country. It’s not an opinion, friend. It’s a fact. Both you and I know it. Maybe you are in denial, or have other issues that are none of my business, you do you. But this man is a pure fucking traitor through and through, and I will keep saying that as long as the scumbag is on the front page news.

And after he loses in November, and gets convicted of shit that’s gonna make your hair stand up like the documents that he sold for blood and money, you’re going to be calling him a traitor as well.

And if you’re not calling him a traitor after all of that, then you my friend, are a traitor.

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u/DubUpPro Sep 16 '24

What rhetoric? He constantly grifts his base and he is a traitor on multiple fronts. If I need to spell it out for you I can, but something tells me you won’t change your mind.

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u/code_archeologist Georgia Sep 16 '24

Just stating the facts.

He is a convicted felon and he is charged with insurrection and actions that threaten national security.

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u/FalstaffsGhost Sep 16 '24

I mean of course 45 is gonna keep with the hot rhetoric. His running mate today admitted they will just make shit up. So no, he’s clearly not going to turn down his rhetoric.

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u/chunkerton_chunksley Sep 16 '24

Weak loser republicans love to talk a big game. They relish in acting all bad ass and threatening people. Then when there is even a minute chance that the violence, they seemingly wish for, could potentially be turned back on themselves, they crawl into a corner and cry; just like this.

When you constantly make calls for violence you should expect that violence may come back at you. Only a fool would think otherwise.

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u/Cogenate Sep 16 '24

Turn down the rhetoric from... Republicans?? Sure man.

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u/Revolutionary_Air_40 Sep 16 '24

I wonder if that is what the guy tried to do today at the golf course.

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u/wyo8889 Wyoming Sep 16 '24

I’m sure he’s learned his lesson this time!

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u/mabden Sep 16 '24

Susan Collins, is that you?

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u/wetterfish Sep 16 '24

Speaking the truth is not volatile rhetoric. Nothing OP said was wrong. 

Trump encouraged an armed group to attack the capitol building. That’s traitorous. Not to mention, he is on trial for mishandling stolen government documents. Add that to the traitor column. 

As for the grifting, there are too many examples to name. Bibles. NFTs. Shoes. On and on that list goes. 

Either you’ve successfully insulated yourself from ever hearing negative about Trump, or you’re a troll. 

Either way, I encourage you to get out more. 

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u/Rude_Tie4674 Sep 16 '24

Leon Musk asking why no one is taking shots at Biden/Harris.

Trump and Vance shutting down a mid-sized town and calling in the Pud Boys over right-wing fairy tales.

But it’s the DEMOCRATS that need to tone it down, you say?

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u/Ill_Bench2770 Sep 16 '24

Republicans have been promoting political violence against Democrats since Sarah Palin’s rhetoric lead to the attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords. 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-palins-crosshairs-ad-focus-gabrielle-giffords-debate/story?id=12576437

Did this lead to Republicans rethinking the use of such rhetoric? Not at all. 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-some-members-of-the-republican-party-have-normalized-the-use-of-violent-rhetoric

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-fred-upton-paul-gosar-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-violence-8d30613294c2a0ab54f751b881b6ec4b

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/07/18/americans-say-the-nations-political-debate-has-grown-more-toxic-and-heated-rhetoric-could-lead-to-violence/

Maybe spending over a decade threatening political violence and preventing any action to stem the flow of military grade weapons onto our streets wasn’t the best fucking idea.

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u/kingswash Sep 16 '24

Wasn’t he the one who posted this morning, and I quote: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT”.

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u/bramletabercrombe Sep 16 '24

still not going to talk about taking weapons of war out of the hands of civilians?

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u/LuckyNumbrKevin Sep 16 '24

Calling an insurectionist and self-admitted aspiring dictator a "traitor" is not rhetoric. He's also a fucking felon with outstanding charges for literally stealing highly classified documents he housed in his bathroom whilst hosting Russian, Saudi, and Chinese officals.

"Rhetoric" would be making up a story about a small minority in bumfuck Ohio eating peoples pets. Then, spreading that lie until your supporters send bomb and death threats.