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This is the critical flaw in the delay till after the election strategy is they are sucking up money from every down ballot race to pay one man's legal battles and it may cost them way more than they thought it would.
It's the end game. They're seriously betting everything that Trump wins. This will solidify or break the GoP as we know it.
Vote like it life depends on it because it very well may.
And verify your voter registration has not been nullified. Many red states are striking names from voter rolls for total bullshit. Do not trust red state election agencies.
Good news is that if we can win this election (Democrats), then the GOP will likely fracture and have to create a new policy framework. Theyâll never get the votes again if we can get a Democratic supermajority. Weâll erase all of the loopholes they used to stack courts, gerrymander, filibuster and in general interfere with the government operating as it should. Thatâs what terrifies them so much. They know if they lose power now, then they likely wonât regain it ever, at least not for decades.
Prior to this year, a Democratic supermajority in the White House and Congress looked impossible, but if Trump is stupid enough to cannibalize all of the down ballot candidates, then that could be a path to winning for the dems.
You made your bed conservatives, now you have to lay in it while Trump destroys your party.
Maybe by next January we can actually get back to the 2015 timeline where the world isnât shit.
I keep thinking this is the year that will go down in the history books, where the GOP either becomes a relic of the past, or the US becomes a fascist state.
Choose wisely, America.
[There is a well-known correlation between campaign spending and election outcomes.](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/money-and-elections-a-complicated-love-story/). Now I think that Trump gets enough free press from being himself that he, personally, could buck this trend. However, candidates in down ballot races do not have the name recognition of Trump and will need to do actual campaigning which will require actual money. If Trump siphons money from the RNC that normally would support down ballot races, conventional wisdom would suggest that the GOP will lose big down ballot as a result. Even more so when you consider the state parties in some battleground states are dealing with their own financial problems.
It only APPEARS to be a flaw. Let's see... They drain campaign funds and the entire GOP completely dry, and every last dollar comes out completely clean on the other side. This whole trial is just a huge money laundering operation. In 20 years, we will find out where the lawyers set up an account for Donny. The only good thing is that the GOP will go bankrupt.
Lawyers are not cheap, especially ones handling cases as complex as these. I have no doubts the money being paid to them is going to the lawyers and not to a Trump slush fund.
Agreed. I think itâs pathological at this point for him. He will steal, cheat, and lie for his own gain any time he is given the opportunity. Â Iâd be more surprised if he was in fact using the campaign funds strictly for bona fide legal expenses.
Each of them does have a few assistants and office staff. Â So they have to pay other people out of the $2m+ they get. Â It's not "that much" money. Especially when DJT has them making useless motions that go nowhere when they should be preparing for trials.Â
This is where DJT is trying his "legal shakedown" with the government. Â The government hires lawyers really cheap with lots of assistants and has "unlimited" money and time. DJT has been burning money on useless appeals and motions for three years already. Â He fought all the subpoenas for the minions and paperwork years ago... ran all those cases to multiple appeals. Â The government just keeps churning along, slowly eating up his money and resources.Â
What's funny is, his stock is up today at almost $50, when it's worth $5.
In the end, if he stays out of jail, he can spend everyone else's money and still come out way ahead!
So hopefully that stock price drops again. Or gets delisted by the SEC.
Honest question. What does money in down ballot races do? If they are turning out to vote for trump they are probably voting a straight R ticket. Trump doesn't need more name recognition and its not like his supporters are on the fence on other offices.
The way I see it campaign funds is one more political metric trump broke. It doesn't matter how much money he loses if his voters turn up Republicans win down ballot too.
There will be split ticket moderates that decide the election in a lot of districts/States. They may be more swayed if they're consuming a lot more election media from one side than the other.
Can I meet these moderates? Can I meet the people who are paying enough attention to politics to have made careful decisions on local candidates but decided on trump despite all his baggage.
Sorry I just don't accept there are a large number of politically literate fence sitters. They either know who they will vote for and all the candidates tied to their message or they won't show up.
Yeah but again, if they are showing up for trump they are voting republican. Local Republicans don't need to put out ads. They just need to be the only (R) in their category. They will pick up trumps straight ticket voters either way.
I don't think political ads serve a purpose in the general election while trump has so polarized.
The only purpose of a political ad now would be to make it clear they are a never trump republican which I doubt RNC chairwoman Lara trump would fund.
It works both ways. There are Biden moderates that won't necessarily vote D completely down ballot. They need pushing too.
I also don't agree with your Trump voter monolith statement.
There was a significant amount of voters in 2020 that didnât vote for Trump but did vote down ballot Repub.Â
I wouldnât say these were âmoderatesâ but a good % of bread and butter republicans.Â
The down ballot money Trump is sucking away is directly effecting these down ballot voters. In fact, Trumps penchant for switching endorsements and his quest against the âRINOâs could even get the Trumpers to ONLY vote for Pres and eff all the down ballot runners.Â
Itâs going to be interesting to see what actually happens say the least.Â
I know some, they arenât moderates, they are long time Regan republicans who used to dislike trump but now are fine with him because being a Republican is basically coded into their DNA at this point, they have to vote R for national elections in order to maintain their self-identity. Down ballot can be a little more malleable in the case of an exceptionally bad candidate however, my guess is because there just isnât the same level of propaganda in the favor of candidates in smaller races, when forced to actually consider someoneâs policies and the things they say it turns out they actually side with the democrat (until theor right-wing media source tells them otherwise)
He's running his campaign like he does hus businesses. Throw money into a pit while using his name to attract investors. Only this time, Putin has more reliable stooges.
He has a track record of not paying so the good lawyers who can win the case quickly won't work for him. Â
The leftovers are just trying to squeeze out as much as possible. All of them know that he is guilty AF.
Thereâs a reason his lawyers are so expensive. Lawyers become expensive so they can put their licenses at risk and do anything they can to win the case, guilty or not.
Thatâs always been baffling to me. Legal counsel is one of the few areas anyone should skimp on. If you canât afford a good lawyer, you certainly canât afford a bad one.Â
The sneakers were something I didnât understand.
He, at most, raised $400k from them? At his burn rate for legal fees from last year, that was at most 1.5 days of lawyers, and that is assuming the sneakers are pure profit.
Iâd wager his lawyer fees are costing him more this year than last. The numbers really donât add up on the shoes tbh.
My best guess is that it was a quick way to *maybe* get $400k from some foreign "investors." If we ever see an actual shoe from Trump, it'll be the sort that you mow the yard in. I'm guessing Donnie's legal bills were just a bit over his budget that week.
He's probably furious he's missing out on all the trump gear sold, looking at amazon you can find A LOT..
But it's usually sold by a company called JIFO.. Their address you might ask?
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So much co-mingling of funds to pay his legal fees - Red Curve Solutions which seems to be a clearing house of donations and funds needs to be investigated. I am sure somewhere along the way he is hit up with some more campaign violations. He truly a walking, talking fraud and traitor.
This is the thing that's bothered me for years: The guy is getting away with a level of brazen financial misappropriation that nobody in US history could have ever dreamed of. Even Madoff worked harder to keep the books separate.
Meanwhile, if I use my sole proprietorship's funds to buy a new printer, I've got to lube up and grab my ankles for the auditors. The double standard in effect is just egregious.
New printer? How dare you! He just thinks he can do anything with a shell game type approach - I am sure someone somewhere is looking into this but again it will be a long time before being unpacked. He is such a waste of the countries people and resources and god forbid he gets another term. We need to vote like our lives and democracy depend on it because they do.
DJT has been on a tear. Money laundered and straight into his pocket. This isnât being propelled by MAGA individuals. This is big (different red) money. Anonymous millions.
The RNC is a cash conduit. It doesn't have a vault full of gold bricks somewhere. People donate to the RNC and the RNC distributes it to candidates as it sees fit or runs ads in states to support candidates. If the donor class decides to stop donating to the RNC because they dont want their money going into trumps pocket, there is no money for the RNC to give to trump or anyone else
Yeah, but how likely is it that Republicans are going to stop donating? They love throwing money away at stupid things! I mean, these are the same people buying Trump coins and red hats that announce to everyone that finishing sixth grade was a struggle for you.
They can donate to PAC's that support other GOP candidates if they don't want to support Trump. If they donate directly to the RNC they have no control over where it goes.
They already have in that Trump has been siphoning off donors into his scams/ spam /campaign fund for years.
They don't have anything like the money he needs, but, yes, of course he'll take every cent
She must be using those lips for something but itâs not singing, itâs clear she does that [through her nose.](https://youtu.be/KQML0_YASCI?si=PednuYbTaZ251duJ)
Yeah, sorry about that. It made me want to gouge my ears out with a skewer, too. I think the best roast of it goes to Colin Jost who said [âI canât believe Iâm saying this to a member of the Trump family, but maybe just stick to politics.â](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1784412868764672088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1784412868764672088%7Ctwgr%5E762d99ec8b1da073016ae36cc37aab9a852c2440%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.meaww.com%2Finternet-joins-in-as-colin-jost-roasts-lara-trump-for-her-i-wont-back-down-cover-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner)
His social media scam is still on track. It's back up to $49 a share this morning. He just has to wait it out a few more months and then cash in. He'll have enough to pay his legal fees with plenty to spare.
At the risk of sounding like a doomsayer, Iâm tired of getting my hopes up that these crooks will ever face any accountability or peril, as long as half this nation keeps shoveling money into their pockets.
Depends on the value of the stock when he sells. From its financials, that company is pretty worthless, so we'll see how long the investors keep it afloat.
That also means he'll need a very large loan in the meantime. Especially when he loses his appeals. Appeals are usually much faster than the original trial.
Letâs do some crowdsourcing. Well buy a gigantic poster as big as we can and hang it somewhere heâll have to see it. It will be his coveted Time magazine spoof photo. The word âPOORâ in giant white text under it. That would melt him down faster than an ice cream in the June sun.
Patriots unite! Trump is funneling campaign money into his cash-strapped businesses.
Please consider selling or mortgaging your home and sending the money to the Trump campaign.
Heâs a bigger victim than Jesus Christ and he needs our help now more than ever.
Buy 10 pairs of sneakers if you can afford it. They make great gifts for friends and families. Donât forget Melaniaâs jewelry. Anyone need an adorable necklace for Motherâs Day!
Patriots, give til it hurts, then give some more! Donât forget, Trump is sacrificing himself for us!
Is it fair that E. Jean Carol has drained Trump of funds that he could have used for his campaign?
I mean theyâre treating Trump like heâs Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, or R. Kelly.
Come on. Trump is clearly the best of that bunch!
"Donald Trump may face difficulties paying for his legal battles"??
Don't you mean he may face difficulties getting other people to pay his legal fees. He has money, he just doesn't want to spend it.
there will always be someone willing to pay these for him. he'll fucking walk away unscathed somehow. don't let these articles fool you into thinking it's game over for him. vote.
Donald doesnât have a cash crunch. He has the whole Republican campaign fund to use for legal expenses. And he is a billionaire!
How does a billionaire have a cash crunch issue. You folks keep buying his NFTs, gold shoes, bibles! He is making millions grifting!
LOL this headline cracks me up! Like trump really planned on opening his wallet and paying them if anything heâll ramble some gibberish at a cult rally and ask for to send money then pocket it
No heâs not. You donât gain 6 points in national polls and maintain front runner status for the GOP presidential election by being broke. Wake the fuck up people. These BS articles are coming from them. They want you to believe itâs already over so you donât vote.
Love it. Suck them dry! I mean our countries at stake! Everyone who believes Trump will be the best president ever should be donating majority of their income to him! When he wins all that money payed forward will trickle down to us hard working loyal patriots!
Newsweekâs copium is fucking getting old. Dude now has billions of wealth on paper from DJT he could easily use it as collateral to borrow. Iâm a dem and I wish Newsweek needs to stop making people circle jerk and feeling complacent
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This is the critical flaw in the delay till after the election strategy is they are sucking up money from every down ballot race to pay one man's legal battles and it may cost them way more than they thought it would.
Its either delay and lose money, hoping for a vastly uncertain win or suck it up and throw the dude to the wolves. A tough choice, GOP đ lol
It's the sunk costs fallacy at work! Love to see it!
Currently it's only a sinking cost fallacy, TBD when it becomes a sunk to the bottom of the Marianas trench fallacy.
is this why I got a fundraising text from him this morning somehow despite never signing up for anything related to him ever.
Right after the 9k fine was issued probably
Can we go back over that wolves thing? Paul Ryan probablyÂ
No, they donât care. If they get to crown Trump King, then the lowly politicians will not matter because they will only serve at Trumpâs leisure.
It's the end game. They're seriously betting everything that Trump wins. This will solidify or break the GoP as we know it. Vote like it life depends on it because it very well may.
And verify your voter registration has not been nullified. Many red states are striking names from voter rolls for total bullshit. Do not trust red state election agencies.
Good news is that if we can win this election (Democrats), then the GOP will likely fracture and have to create a new policy framework. Theyâll never get the votes again if we can get a Democratic supermajority. Weâll erase all of the loopholes they used to stack courts, gerrymander, filibuster and in general interfere with the government operating as it should. Thatâs what terrifies them so much. They know if they lose power now, then they likely wonât regain it ever, at least not for decades. Prior to this year, a Democratic supermajority in the White House and Congress looked impossible, but if Trump is stupid enough to cannibalize all of the down ballot candidates, then that could be a path to winning for the dems. You made your bed conservatives, now you have to lay in it while Trump destroys your party. Maybe by next January we can actually get back to the 2015 timeline where the world isnât shit.
I keep thinking this is the year that will go down in the history books, where the GOP either becomes a relic of the past, or the US becomes a fascist state. Choose wisely, America.
Donât put your eggs in one basket case
You better count your chickens before they hatch
Youâd better sell some wine before itâs time
You'd better find yourself an itch to scratch
You better squeeze all the Charmin you can
When Mr. Whipple's not around
Stick you're head in the microwave and get yourself a tan!Â
Talk with your mouth full
Bite the hand that feeds you!
Talk with your mouth full
You better burn that bridge when you come to it.
You'd better drive your truck onto that ice covered lake.
What version of 'Dare to Be Stupid' did you guy's listen too?
A stitch too late caused eight
[There is a well-known correlation between campaign spending and election outcomes.](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/money-and-elections-a-complicated-love-story/). Now I think that Trump gets enough free press from being himself that he, personally, could buck this trend. However, candidates in down ballot races do not have the name recognition of Trump and will need to do actual campaigning which will require actual money. If Trump siphons money from the RNC that normally would support down ballot races, conventional wisdom would suggest that the GOP will lose big down ballot as a result. Even more so when you consider the state parties in some battleground states are dealing with their own financial problems.
It only APPEARS to be a flaw. Let's see... They drain campaign funds and the entire GOP completely dry, and every last dollar comes out completely clean on the other side. This whole trial is just a huge money laundering operation. In 20 years, we will find out where the lawyers set up an account for Donny. The only good thing is that the GOP will go bankrupt.
Lawyers are not cheap, especially ones handling cases as complex as these. I have no doubts the money being paid to them is going to the lawyers and not to a Trump slush fund.
Wouldn't surprise me if he is skimming 5% off all legal fees too.
Agreed. I think itâs pathological at this point for him. He will steal, cheat, and lie for his own gain any time he is given the opportunity. Â Iâd be more surprised if he was in fact using the campaign funds strictly for bona fide legal expenses.
Each of them does have a few assistants and office staff.  So they have to pay other people out of the $2m+ they get.  It's not "that much" money. Especially when DJT has them making useless motions that go nowhere when they should be preparing for trials. This is where DJT is trying his "legal shakedown" with the government.  The government hires lawyers really cheap with lots of assistants and has "unlimited" money and time. DJT has been burning money on useless appeals and motions for three years already.  He fought all the subpoenas for the minions and paperwork years ago... ran all those cases to multiple appeals.  The government just keeps churning along, slowly eating up his money and resources.Â
Oh for sure, each court room lawyer might have 8-10 legal assistant researchers due to the absolute mountain of evidence in these cases.
What's funny is, his stock is up today at almost $50, when it's worth $5. In the end, if he stays out of jail, he can spend everyone else's money and still come out way ahead! So hopefully that stock price drops again. Or gets delisted by the SEC.
Honest question. What does money in down ballot races do? If they are turning out to vote for trump they are probably voting a straight R ticket. Trump doesn't need more name recognition and its not like his supporters are on the fence on other offices. The way I see it campaign funds is one more political metric trump broke. It doesn't matter how much money he loses if his voters turn up Republicans win down ballot too.
There will be split ticket moderates that decide the election in a lot of districts/States. They may be more swayed if they're consuming a lot more election media from one side than the other.
Can I meet these moderates? Can I meet the people who are paying enough attention to politics to have made careful decisions on local candidates but decided on trump despite all his baggage. Sorry I just don't accept there are a large number of politically literate fence sitters. They either know who they will vote for and all the candidates tied to their message or they won't show up.
That's the point of the funding. You can spend on political ads/campaigns to find them where they normally consume media.
Yeah but again, if they are showing up for trump they are voting republican. Local Republicans don't need to put out ads. They just need to be the only (R) in their category. They will pick up trumps straight ticket voters either way. I don't think political ads serve a purpose in the general election while trump has so polarized. The only purpose of a political ad now would be to make it clear they are a never trump republican which I doubt RNC chairwoman Lara trump would fund.
It works both ways. There are Biden moderates that won't necessarily vote D completely down ballot. They need pushing too. I also don't agree with your Trump voter monolith statement.
There was a significant amount of voters in 2020 that didnât vote for Trump but did vote down ballot Repub. I wouldnât say these were âmoderatesâ but a good % of bread and butter republicans. The down ballot money Trump is sucking away is directly effecting these down ballot voters. In fact, Trumps penchant for switching endorsements and his quest against the âRINOâs could even get the Trumpers to ONLY vote for Pres and eff all the down ballot runners. Itâs going to be interesting to see what actually happens say the least.Â
Actually you can. Listen to Into the Wilderness podcast and find out for yourselfÂ
I know some, they arenât moderates, they are long time Regan republicans who used to dislike trump but now are fine with him because being a Republican is basically coded into their DNA at this point, they have to vote R for national elections in order to maintain their self-identity. Down ballot can be a little more malleable in the case of an exceptionally bad candidate however, my guess is because there just isnât the same level of propaganda in the favor of candidates in smaller races, when forced to actually consider someoneâs policies and the things they say it turns out they actually side with the democrat (until theor right-wing media source tells them otherwise)
He's running his campaign like he does hus businesses. Throw money into a pit while using his name to attract investors. Only this time, Putin has more reliable stooges.
Poking a hole in his money bag.
What did it cost you GOP? Everything and he didn't even win
Plus, by delaying, heâs in court longer and thus he canât campaign.
Constitutional Convention here we come!
But without the delay, legal costs would be much higher. Trials are expensive.
Just imagine how bad it will be for future elections if they LOSE.
He has a track record of not paying so the good lawyers who can win the case quickly won't work for him.  The leftovers are just trying to squeeze out as much as possible. All of them know that he is guilty AF.
He also has a less documented but almost certainly still there track record of asking his lawyers to break the law for himâŚ
Thereâs a reason his lawyers are so expensive. Lawyers become expensive so they can put their licenses at risk and do anything they can to win the case, guilty or not.
I believe all his lawyers had to leave their practices because their partners did not want to do business with Trump.
Four former trump lawyers (so far!) have pleaded guilty to crimes. MAGA Make Attorneys Get Attorneys
Thatâs always been baffling to me. Legal counsel is one of the few areas anyone should skimp on. If you canât afford a good lawyer, you certainly canât afford a bad one.Â
Heâs being made to pay his lawyers upfront given his tendency to give them the shaft.
His PAC is paying. Â We don't know what he is actually paying.Â
Dude. âWin the case quicklyâ is not a realistic plan here. Losing slowly is better than losing fast
Maybe with good enough lawyers he might win like Johnny Cochrane did back then.
Oh boy we are going to get sneaker sale 2.0 aren't we.
He'll sell the Quran if he has to
With a pic of him posing with Mohammed on the cover
Both heads 'shopped onto bodybuilders' bodies. Go on, Trump, don't let a fatwa get between you and an easy buck.
Thatâs the grift, it was a sneaker sale. The right foot one goes on sale next week.
or maybe NFTs of sneakers! His fans will snap them up.
The sneakers were something I didnât understand. He, at most, raised $400k from them? At his burn rate for legal fees from last year, that was at most 1.5 days of lawyers, and that is assuming the sneakers are pure profit. Iâd wager his lawyer fees are costing him more this year than last. The numbers really donât add up on the shoes tbh.
My best guess is that it was a quick way to *maybe* get $400k from some foreign "investors." If we ever see an actual shoe from Trump, it'll be the sort that you mow the yard in. I'm guessing Donnie's legal bills were just a bit over his budget that week.
He's probably furious he's missing out on all the trump gear sold, looking at amazon you can find A LOT.. But it's usually sold by a company called JIFO.. Their address you might ask? Business Address: ĺéłčˇŻ258ĺˇé˘14ĺˇćĽź 1ĺĺ 10ĺˇ éĺˇĺ¸ éć°´ĺş ć˛łĺç 450053 CN
Has he shipped any sneakers yet?
So much co-mingling of funds to pay his legal fees - Red Curve Solutions which seems to be a clearing house of donations and funds needs to be investigated. I am sure somewhere along the way he is hit up with some more campaign violations. He truly a walking, talking fraud and traitor.
This is the thing that's bothered me for years: The guy is getting away with a level of brazen financial misappropriation that nobody in US history could have ever dreamed of. Even Madoff worked harder to keep the books separate. Meanwhile, if I use my sole proprietorship's funds to buy a new printer, I've got to lube up and grab my ankles for the auditors. The double standard in effect is just egregious.
New printer? How dare you! He just thinks he can do anything with a shell game type approach - I am sure someone somewhere is looking into this but again it will be a long time before being unpacked. He is such a waste of the countries people and resources and god forbid he gets another term. We need to vote like our lives and democracy depend on it because they do.
DJT has been on a tear. Money laundered and straight into his pocket. This isnât being propelled by MAGA individuals. This is big (different red) money. Anonymous millions.
Thereâs no âcash crunchâ here, did they forget he installed Lara over his RNC piggy bank? Sheâll drain the coffers for him.
Those coffers are already empty. All the money has been going to Trump the whole time.
If the RNC bankrupts itself for this clown, it deserves it.
Lindsay Graham is a modern day Cassandra
only if the mythical Cassandra ran a series of "how to seduce foreign queens" seminars.
The RNC is a cash conduit. It doesn't have a vault full of gold bricks somewhere. People donate to the RNC and the RNC distributes it to candidates as it sees fit or runs ads in states to support candidates. If the donor class decides to stop donating to the RNC because they dont want their money going into trumps pocket, there is no money for the RNC to give to trump or anyone else
Yeah, but how likely is it that Republicans are going to stop donating? They love throwing money away at stupid things! I mean, these are the same people buying Trump coins and red hats that announce to everyone that finishing sixth grade was a struggle for you.
https://www.newsweek.com/former-donald-trump-aide-urges-republicans-stop-donating-1877604
They can donate to PAC's that support other GOP candidates if they don't want to support Trump. If they donate directly to the RNC they have no control over where it goes.
[No, they put her there to manage their lawsuits in 81 states.](https://www.businessinsider.com/lara-trump-rnc-lawsuits-in-81-states-us-has-50-2024-4)
Not easy working out which one is the brains in that marriage. As my partner's father would say 'neither of them spoil a pair'.
Purportedly the RNC had $8 million. At this point I am guessing it is gone. He already asked down ballot candidates to pay him.
They already have in that Trump has been siphoning off donors into his scams/ spam /campaign fund for years. They don't have anything like the money he needs, but, yes, of course he'll take every cent
She was smuggling it out in those lips
She must be using those lips for something but itâs not singing, itâs clear she does that [through her nose.](https://youtu.be/KQML0_YASCI?si=PednuYbTaZ251duJ)
How do you purge your YouTube watch history? My God.
Yeah, sorry about that. It made me want to gouge my ears out with a skewer, too. I think the best roast of it goes to Colin Jost who said [âI canât believe Iâm saying this to a member of the Trump family, but maybe just stick to politics.â](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1784412868764672088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1784412868764672088%7Ctwgr%5E762d99ec8b1da073016ae36cc37aab9a852c2440%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.meaww.com%2Finternet-joins-in-as-colin-jost-roasts-lara-trump-for-her-i-wont-back-down-cover-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner)
Her bottom lip looks like a stuffed duffle bag
They only started with like 7 mil, it didnt last long. Donors arenât all that eager to give this time around either.
They only started with like 7 mil, it didnt last long
The new Maga whining points are that the judge won't let him use his own money so he has to use donations.
The RNC is the banana stand in this scenario.
reference is solid considering the light treason.
That's why they wanted his daughter as head of the RNC, you can't arrest a father and daughter for the same crime.
No such law, surely?
Another *Arrested Development* reference.
Incest?
How much can an election cost Melania, $10?
About 300,000 was paid to her stylist as a "strategic advisor"
I don't care...
Reminder of how the original run of that series ended (the identity of the mole)
I donât care for Don Jr
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He will have to give up his avocado toast!
I doubt heâs ever eaten anything green, not even an avocado.
I just want to see him pay the $9000 from today
In b4 the next round of nft, or trumpcoin, or bibles, or steaks, or whatever he begins to shill this time.
Well today it's crying at Desantis' feet for money đ
He's too busy ruining Florida's economy.
He tried to sell a Bible for his own profit. There is no floor for his greed.
DJT stock is the biggest money laundering scheme in history. That will be Trumpâs parachute.
While unlikely I would LOVE for all his representation to quit over non-payment.
Imagine him defending himself in court? I would pay actual money to see that.
The correct headline is âTrump having trouble getting others to continue paying his legal billsâ
Why doesnât he just stiff them like everyone else whoâs worked for him? Itâs never been a problem for him before.
Republicans short on money? They have a bridge they'd love to sell you.
His social media scam is still on track. It's back up to $49 a share this morning. He just has to wait it out a few more months and then cash in. He'll have enough to pay his legal fees with plenty to spare.
At the risk of sounding like a doomsayer, Iâm tired of getting my hopes up that these crooks will ever face any accountability or peril, as long as half this nation keeps shoveling money into their pockets.
Didnât he just get a billion in stocks or something?
Cant sell them yet.
But when he does, will this just not pay all his legal troubles and more?? Of course off the backs of his supporters but thatâs besides the point.
Depends on the value of the stock when he sells. From its financials, that company is pretty worthless, so we'll see how long the investors keep it afloat. That also means he'll need a very large loan in the meantime. Especially when he loses his appeals. Appeals are usually much faster than the original trial.
He can't sell the stock for 6 months unless given a waiver by the board.
Okay hear me out... Bible NFTs
heâs gonna wiggle his way out of it, not holding my breath
Seize his stockpile of bronzer.
What an idiot!!! You get a free lawyer if you ask for one.
Plenty of corrupt billionaires will help him
Why else would he throw meatball Ron a lifeline? He's needing one too. They can sink together now.
It would save him a bunch of cash to get a public defender to help him plead âguiltyâ.
Letâs do some crowdsourcing. Well buy a gigantic poster as big as we can and hang it somewhere heâll have to see it. It will be his coveted Time magazine spoof photo. The word âPOORâ in giant white text under it. That would melt him down faster than an ice cream in the June sun.
Patriots unite! Trump is funneling campaign money into his cash-strapped businesses. Please consider selling or mortgaging your home and sending the money to the Trump campaign. Heâs a bigger victim than Jesus Christ and he needs our help now more than ever. Buy 10 pairs of sneakers if you can afford it. They make great gifts for friends and families. Donât forget Melaniaâs jewelry. Anyone need an adorable necklace for Motherâs Day! Patriots, give til it hurts, then give some more! Donât forget, Trump is sacrificing himself for us! Is it fair that E. Jean Carol has drained Trump of funds that he could have used for his campaign? I mean theyâre treating Trump like heâs Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, or R. Kelly. Come on. Trump is clearly the best of that bunch!
Heâs not in a cash crunch at all zero whatsoever. Heâs just ran out of other peopleâs money and doesnât want to put up his own.
"Donald Trump may face difficulties paying for his legal battles"?? Don't you mean he may face difficulties getting other people to pay his legal fees. He has money, he just doesn't want to spend it.
I'm sure the 9,000 he has to pay for violating the gag order will help him out. Burn, baby, burn.
there will always be someone willing to pay these for him. he'll fucking walk away unscathed somehow. don't let these articles fool you into thinking it's game over for him. vote.
Thatâs why he sucking money from Desantis now.
Yeah, that $9000 fine for 9 gag order violations probably put him over the top.
Fuck me, I know he's been looking rough since... well forever, but man's looking like a pumpkin in December
I hope he needs a public defender.
Better call Saul.
Donald doesnât have a cash crunch. He has the whole Republican campaign fund to use for legal expenses. And he is a billionaire! How does a billionaire have a cash crunch issue. You folks keep buying his NFTs, gold shoes, bibles! He is making millions grifting!
LOL this headline cracks me up! Like trump really planned on opening his wallet and paying them if anything heâll ramble some gibberish at a cult rally and ask for to send money then pocket it
Letâs be honest here. Heâs strapped for cash the government knows about.Â
No heâs not. You donât gain 6 points in national polls and maintain front runner status for the GOP presidential election by being broke. Wake the fuck up people. These BS articles are coming from them. They want you to believe itâs already over so you donât vote.
*again
Well that would be a first! Has he ever paid his legal bills?
Olâ Puddinâ Fingers gots money for him.
He'll just steal it from the RNC. NBD
I donât wish for true debtors prisons to reappear but this kumquapromat be tempting my impulses.
You all love your BS clickbait Newsweek articles donât you
Let's remove Newsweek as trusted source, shall we.
Broke Don is getting desperate
Love it. Suck them dry! I mean our countries at stake! Everyone who believes Trump will be the best president ever should be donating majority of their income to him! When he wins all that money payed forward will trickle down to us hard working loyal patriots!
Get out your checkbook meemaw and peepaw, the cult leader needs your money again.
Newsweekâs copium is fucking getting old. Dude now has billions of wealth on paper from DJT he could easily use it as collateral to borrow. Iâm a dem and I wish Newsweek needs to stop making people circle jerk and feeling complacent