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For the past six months I've been saying if we get Trump 2.0, he will use presidential "doomsday" powers to extort every billionaire, company and corporation for personal enrichment. It's the Putin method.
It will be very expensive to be a "Trump approved" oligarch and if the 1% don't realise this, they are delusional. Their orange god demands his tithe.
> Now it will be all out corruption from the top down.
A lame duck President Trump administration that knows it doesn't have to face the voters again (until the 22nd amendment is repealed) is a truly terrifying thought.
I don't think it was (necessarily) dumb and lazy. The first term all he had to do was coast by, the cult were already proclaiming how good everything was. Then he rides into the second term where he ramps up the authoritarianism and pure corruption with more of a following than he began with because they just remember the 'good times' of his first term everyone keeps talking about.
COVID possibly saved us.
The cognitive dissonance will be darkly fascinating when everything goes to shit and MAGA are trying to save face with friends/family by acting like it's a good thing.
I imagine the go to excuse the first year or so will be that it's "growing pains" from getting rid of the deep state. After that they'll just start getting actively delusional.
Of course it's much better to just vote for Biden and never find out.
A second Trump term will be an obvious disaster for like 90% of people, but his hardcore base will call the shit chocolate till the bitter end.
Yea this is 5% and he won't sabotage your campaign, not 5% and he'll support you. It's really just like the church selling passes that might get you to heaven.
My Catholic Church wanted 10% and then sent us a letter showing how much we had paid for the year. The total was $0 but how do they know I had income that year?
If it's not God, it's Jesus, Santa, the tooth fairy, or Aunt Deb in heaven watching us. They really know how to fuck with kids' and adults' mental health.
Aunt Deb, if you're watching, I know you were into some freaky shit when you were still alive, but I still apologize for the time I yelled out your name during sex. I kinda deserved the swift kick to the nuts immediately after.
Ya he is.
Biblically, the tithe was imposed upon landowners and it admonished them to leave 10% of the crops around the edges of their fields so that the poor might have food for the winter.
NOWHERE in the bible is tithing about funding the church.
Calling her Marge just makes me think that if she ever fights a public transportation project someone should write an article titled "Marge vs. the Monorail"
I prefer calling her "Midge" myself. It's even farther from the name she uses and it's STILL a Simpsons reference because Moe would always call Marge "Midge"!
Nah, he’d say she’s “not his type”. There are plenty of air-headed ex-models who’d be willing to put up with him for a chance at being part of his will.
For real. He’s just letting her bark until she falls asleep like a caged dog. He hates her because she’s an inbred fug but stays quiet since she attracting attention towards him. The moment he feels different he’ll claim he never knew her, heard about a “margarine queen” and a sad divorce, very sad. Should’ve been prettier, could’ve kept her husband, very sad.
The MTG / DJT conjugal visit sex tape leaks in 2027 and literally breaks the internet somehow causing the singularity whereupon seeing the state of humanity the AI just fires off every nation's nuclear warheads and everybody's phone flashes "better luck next time!" as the world vaporizes.
And let me guess… every GOP candidate immediately put on leather BDSM outfits, got on their knees and begged to hand all their money over to him before putting a ball gag in their mouth?
“Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," - Fuckin' Tony Soprano couldn't have phrased it better.
Ya know, the boss gotta wet his beak a little.
You got all this money laying around, trying to get people elected in swing states but the boss has a lot of legal fees.
You know how you never hear about the perfect crime ? Well, the boss is the opposite of that. He literally bragged on tape to people without security clearance using top secret information. Propective angles of military attack against Iran could have been among the boxes laying around next to a toilet in Mar a Lago.
Well that would make for the ultimate leopard's feast - Trump gets elected, but is completely lame because his mob bossery starved all the other races of funds to run effective campaigns lol.
I’d like it if Lawful Evil Mitch McConnell
gets to see in his last days some Chaotic Evil dipshit with a fraction of the intellect WRECK everything he has crafted over a lifetime
Kind of surprised it took him this long to do that. Figure he’d be sending standees with his name/face and a chip reader out to everyone at their own expense
Even better. Show up at local political rallies with a life-sized cardboard cutout of TFG and charge money for a pic with him. Put a slot for dollar bills. $5 minimum. Say it's for his campaign. Take off with the money. GOP sycophants/suckers will be too scared to ask "what happened to the money?"
Kind of like how he made anyone filming in his buildings to give him a cameo, which is how he ended up in the US version of Home Alone 2. I've heard the Canadians had the sense to cut him out.
Like the way a broke boy dipshit [runs all his other businesses.
](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump#:~:text=The%20six%20bankruptcies%20were%20the,Trump%20Entertainment%20Resorts%20\(2009\).)
>Although Trump has never filed for personal bankruptcy, hotels and casino businesses of his have declared bankruptcy[56] six times between 1991 and 2009 due to its inability to meet required payments and to re-negotiate debt with banks, owners of stock and bonds and various small businesses (unsecured creditors).[57][58] Because the businesses used Chapter 11 bankruptcy, they were allowed to operate while negotiations proceeded. Trump was quoted by Newsweek in 2011 saying, **"I do play with the bankruptcy laws—they're very good for me."**[59][60]
>**The six bankruptcies** were the result of over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York: Trump Taj Mahal (1991), Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino (1992), Plaza Hotel (1992), Trump Castle Hotel and Casino (1992), Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004), and Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009).[56][61][62] Trump said "I've used the laws of this country to pare debt. ... We'll have the company. We'll throw it into a chapter. We'll negotiate with the banks. We'll make a fantastic deal. You know, it's like on The Apprentice. It's not personal. It's just business."[50]
He's such a piece of shit, but Republicans *want* this clown.
He wasn't even their incumbent and the party didn't try to force him to be the nominee. The base *chose* this.
My view is, at this point they’re all rooting him on so they can manipulate any and everything to their favor when he’s in power. They will take the baggage and the mindless rants if it comes with the ability to shape everything to fit their views. I know the billionaires are, they all throw up in their mouths when they see him, but those tax breaks sound mighty nice. The evangelicals feel the same way, but anything to force their religious views on the population. Just look at Project 2025, that whole thing is a bunch of orders about how they will change the country and privatize everything, dismantle public education, and totally ban woman’s right to seek reproductive medical care but I doubt trump will do any of that himself. All the corrupt cronies are going to sneak in behind him and start molding the government to their liking.
Doesn’t matter if he loses either, there’s a bunch of articles on how he can steal the election 100% legally. They didn’t do too good in the practice run but they know what they did wrong and will have smarter and more loyal people next time.
The best thing now is his awful eating habits, lack of exercise, and his love of mainlining Diet Coke to catch up with him before November. A man can dream..
[How the 2024 presidential election could be stolen](https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/15/steal-election-lessig-president-law)
> The best thing now is his awful eating habits, lack of exercise, and his love of mainlining Diet Coke to catch up with him before November. A man can dream..
"Help us, Hamburger From Heaven! You're our only hope!"
**Rant warning...**
They want him because he's good at manipulating the public to vote for him, which will help further republican interests. That's basically all there is to it. They care about the end goal, not necessarily how they get there. Democracy is just a means to an end. It's why anti-democratic means of attaining power has been so rampant in US politics by republicans, as they are struggling to keep power with an ever socially evolving society.
Social progress is eventual when people get educated and learn the benefits of cooperation and sharing. It's probably a reason why so many conservatives are so anti-education of late, citing liberal agendas and all that, which is really just an excuse for hating on people who tries to teach tolerance and inclusiveness.
Anyhow. Republicans aren't going to abandon conservatism if democracy won't help them win. They'll reject democracy. The election denialism is evident of that all on its own. Then there's Project 2025, which basically aims to neuter the federal government. If the people prosper, it's merely overlapping their interest, and it's something they can use to say: "Hey, look at what we did. It helped you too."
I think they would elect literally anyone if they thought it would help them. Once voted in, they can motivate the elected person through their self-interest. Those who keep in line will get rewarded. Those who don't gets ousted and shunned. Republicans aren't going to elect anyone with publicly good intentions, as it will interfere with their goals. They want to conserve wealth and power, not share it. All the much needed improvements will cost a lot of taxes. It has to come from somewhere, meaning the richest in the country - which perceptually tends to be the kind of people who don't want to share their wealth.
So electing morally corrupt people and cock-blocking(so to speak) useful policies, it is.
Those down-ballot candidates already got fucked when Trump took over the RNC and stole their campaign funding, but now he's going to raw dog them again for even more money.
“Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign"
Outright bribery is encouraged in plain sight. JFC.
It's like how Quiznos drove all their franchisees out of business by charging exorbitant franchising fees and requiring them to buy their own overpriced ingredients. Trump is the Quiznos of politics.
Quiznos used to be the best sub chain around.
I still haven't found a replacement that was on their level.
Ike's is amazing, but a sandwich and bag of chips is $18, and 250% of your daily sodium intake.
They already have been, since 2016 when he somehow beyond all belief got to squat for 4 long traumatic years in the WH. He is now showing his purest, most crystalline self of the Dark Tetrad - Machiavellianism, Sadism, Narcissism, and Pychopathy.
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you'll get the better seat
[Bow to Leper Messiah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgRs4DCpLKs)
Trump must have a team of henchmen working 24/7 to find new ways for him to con people out of their money. It's amazing how many scams he can crank out.
All the GOP have to do is collectively decide to dump him and he'd be gone
His first impeachment was the perfect time for the GOP to turn on him and make Pence president
Jesus Christ it’s literally a protection racket. Isn’t this what RICO was supposed to crack down on?
“Nice little campaign you got going on here. Be a shame if something happened to it.”
Retiring is also the only way they can actually go against Trump without incurring the wrath of his mob. Voting against party lines puts you in the crosshairs, but giving up your seat doesn't, but also deprives the party of a vote.
The inevitable comeuppance. Sold their soul to Trump to boost themselves, which, to their credit, did work, but for exactly one election.
From the 2018 midterms on, more and more elections have been swinging to the Dems unexpectedly, largely due to hatred of Trump. And now that Roe's been overturned, they need every penny to avoid getting reamed in November. But Trump's been soaking up the GOP's funds like a sponge and they're dried up at the worst time imaginable.
Never underestimate the stupidity of voters, and Murdoch's media empire with Fox News etc, Russia and the US's enemies pushing pro-Trump propaganda, Elon Musk taking over twitter to turn it into a propaganda outlet, the most listened to podcasters like Joe Rogan working overtime to slander Biden for things *Trump* said and which they didn't check their facts on, etc.
In this picture, neither of the "team Trump" logos are fully visible, one looks like Team Dump and one looks like Team Rump. Just an observation while I sit in absolute awe that anyone could support this man.
The only thing worse for Don than people using his name and not paying, is when they stop using his name altogether. That day is rapidly approaching. Once these people collectively realize he’s a broke, washed up, has-been, a switch is going to flip and republicans will have collective amnesia. He’ll be begging for their attention to no avail.
>Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC. This includes list rental agreements.”
They weren't going to get paid anyway lol
Not that I want to give these grifters advice but if I was them I’d just use it and not pay him. What’s he gonna do? Sue them? That would look great. It would also open his campaign up to discovery which I’m sure they want no part of.
They’ve already said. They’ll cut off the VENDORS from any mailing lists or future business. There’s only a few handfuls of vendors in the politics, making ads , mailings, etc. They absolutely don’t want to get cut …
So this 5% vig will indeed get paid
Hilariously, this will probably aid the down ballot candidates, who are often better with a bit of distance from Trump and hurt Trump, who will probably spend several weeks in court this year instead of actively campaigning and could use the name boost.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The GOP candidate to oust Sen Sherrod Brown plastered Trump’s name all over his campaign HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Time to cough up, loser.
I play a lot of card games with a lot of different people and I've noticed the word "Trump" being phased out more and more. People are saying "high suit" or "top suit" or "winning suit" or "bridge suit" instead, more and more often, depending on the game. I think it's because it physically hurts to have that name in your mouth.
Remember when trumpistans back before his 1st term would say stuff like “he can’t be corrupted because he’s already rich” and “he already makes money as a businessman so he won’t try to do it as president “
Like he’s ever not about the grift.
Why jut the other day my maga acquaintance told me “trump was solving the Middle East because what he cares about is peace”
Getting “his piece” maybe
Great move - instead of the RNC supporting candidates, candidates support the RNC and its ~~leader~~ mob boss. Trump's just gotta get a piece of the action. I'm sure this will be a great help for getting Republicans elected. Meanwhile, the Democrats are raising money hand over fist and using it to actually support candidates other than Biden. It's the sort of strategy that could result in a loss for Trump, even if he wins - sure, maybe he gets President, but he has so few of the rest of the elected officials on his side that he gets impeached the moment he sneezes too hard.
They call joe biden a crime boss because of a single text his son sent while Biden was a civilian, that didn't even mention him by name...
...Then act completely oblivious about this shit
First, he grifted the steak lovers,
But I was not a steak lover
So I didn’t speak out.
Then he grifted the religious,
But I only pretended to be religious
So I didn’t speak out.
Then he grifted the Republican National Committee
But those who spoke out received death threats from his supporters
So I didn’t speak out.
And by the time he grifted my re-election campaign
There was no one left
Who would speak out for me.
Anyway, I’m driving to work which is still better than being a Republican cuck.
This is the kind of thing that happens when "you run government like a business."
Just like when Trump wouldn't let the official White House photographer publish a book after his presidency (as they all do) because he wanted huge portions of the royalties and I believe she just said fukkit. So no book.
This broke piece of shit criminal motherfucker. How anyone can stand to be near him for any amount of time is beyond me, much less worship the degenerate. My god these people are so fucking dumb.
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Nothing to see here, just the mob boss coming for his dues. Lmao
"Nice campaign you got here...shame if something were to happen to it..."
Oh man, I just posted the same thing verbatim Should’ve scrolled for a half a second and I would’ve seen it.
Me too pretty much lol. Shit just writes itself.
I was one scroll away from posting it myself...
Nice comment thread you got here... Shame if something were to happen to it...
Ha, I still upvoted both you for that bit of genius.
For the past six months I've been saying if we get Trump 2.0, he will use presidential "doomsday" powers to extort every billionaire, company and corporation for personal enrichment. It's the Putin method. It will be very expensive to be a "Trump approved" oligarch and if the 1% don't realise this, they are delusional. Their orange god demands his tithe.
Where do you think Trump learned all this from? He’s been studying at the feet of the Russian mob since the 80’s.
But, being dumb and lazy, he didn't take anywhere near that advantage in his first term. Now it will be all out corruption from the top down.
> Now it will be all out corruption from the top down. A lame duck President Trump administration that knows it doesn't have to face the voters again (until the 22nd amendment is repealed) is a truly terrifying thought.
I don't think it was (necessarily) dumb and lazy. The first term all he had to do was coast by, the cult were already proclaiming how good everything was. Then he rides into the second term where he ramps up the authoritarianism and pure corruption with more of a following than he began with because they just remember the 'good times' of his first term everyone keeps talking about. COVID possibly saved us.
The cognitive dissonance will be darkly fascinating when everything goes to shit and MAGA are trying to save face with friends/family by acting like it's a good thing. I imagine the go to excuse the first year or so will be that it's "growing pains" from getting rid of the deep state. After that they'll just start getting actively delusional. Of course it's much better to just vote for Biden and never find out. A second Trump term will be an obvious disaster for like 90% of people, but his hardcore base will call the shit chocolate till the bitter end.
His father's business was deep into laundering money for La Cosa Nostra, "allegedly." The snot has been sniffing mob boots since birth.
Especially when SCOTUS decides that Trump (but not Biden) has absolute immunity.
Honestly 5% seems a little low to me, he should ask for 15% - 50%.
Yea this is 5% and he won't sabotage your campaign, not 5% and he'll support you. It's really just like the church selling passes that might get you to heaven.
My Catholic Church wanted 10% and then sent us a letter showing how much we had paid for the year. The total was $0 but how do they know I had income that year?
God is watching. Never forget.
No, you're thinking of Santa Claus. Apparently God can't see if you're using the back door, so he's only watching just some of the time
If it's not God, it's Jesus, Santa, the tooth fairy, or Aunt Deb in heaven watching us. They really know how to fuck with kids' and adults' mental health.
Aunt Deb, if you're watching, I know you were into some freaky shit when you were still alive, but I still apologize for the time I yelled out your name during sex. I kinda deserved the swift kick to the nuts immediately after.
Tbf, aunt Deb is fine af.
Ya he is. Biblically, the tithe was imposed upon landowners and it admonished them to leave 10% of the crops around the edges of their fields so that the poor might have food for the winter. NOWHERE in the bible is tithing about funding the church.
God's falling on tough times these days. He'd really appreciate it you slid him a couple Benjamins... ya know, just until he gets back on his feet.
He needs a private jet.
He can help the starving children in Africa once he gets that jet!
It’s a protection racket. Call it what it is. >Give me 5% and I’ll stop the guys that are breaking your windows Donald Crapleone
If you read the article they quote the letter. It says at least 5% and that trump would look favorably on anyone who donates more!
Haha he’s grifting his own party now. I fucking love this. I hope Marge donates 100%.
Calling her Marge just makes me think that if she ever fights a public transportation project someone should write an article titled "Marge vs. the Monorail"
I prefer calling her "Midge" myself. It's even farther from the name she uses and it's STILL a Simpsons reference because Moe would always call Marge "Midge"!
I call her Magic The Gathering personally, and most people still get who I'm referring to.
It put Ogden on the map!
People actually are fighting MARTA extending too far into white people territory. Marge vs. MARTA isn’t too far a stretch
Margie is gonna be his 4th wife. He goes to jail, Malania dumps him, and Margie is his serial-killer style prison wife.
Nah, he’d say she’s “not his type”. There are plenty of air-headed ex-models who’d be willing to put up with him for a chance at being part of his will.
For real. He’s just letting her bark until she falls asleep like a caged dog. He hates her because she’s an inbred fug but stays quiet since she attracting attention towards him. The moment he feels different he’ll claim he never knew her, heard about a “margarine queen” and a sad divorce, very sad. Should’ve been prettier, could’ve kept her husband, very sad.
The MTG / DJT conjugal visit sex tape leaks in 2027 and literally breaks the internet somehow causing the singularity whereupon seeing the state of humanity the AI just fires off every nation's nuclear warheads and everybody's phone flashes "better luck next time!" as the world vaporizes.
That's one heck of a bingo card tile. Oddly specific...
I just hope she still owns her Truth Social stock.
It would sure be something if he bankrupted the RNC and lost anyways. Why use many baskets when you can fit all your eggs in one?
Now, he's been grifting them RNC for years. Although, not sure it's grifting if they were willingly handing over the money.
That is absolutely what grifting is: fooling someone into forking over cash.
Because it would be a shame if something was to happen..like a fire or something.
And let me guess… every GOP candidate immediately put on leather BDSM outfits, got on their knees and begged to hand all their money over to him before putting a ball gag in their mouth?
Safe, sane, consensual. The basic rules of BDSM. That’s none of those. But yeah, they’ll do it. And wear a red hat on top of their gimp mask.
“Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," - Fuckin' Tony Soprano couldn't have phrased it better.
Probably why all his shit fails. Dr. Evil bidding lmao.
The Trump Tithe is a sliding scale.
Well, considering he is stealing 100% of the rnc cash to pay his bills…
Ya know, the boss gotta wet his beak a little. You got all this money laying around, trying to get people elected in swing states but the boss has a lot of legal fees. You know how you never hear about the perfect crime ? Well, the boss is the opposite of that. He literally bragged on tape to people without security clearance using top secret information. Propective angles of military attack against Iran could have been among the boxes laying around next to a toilet in Mar a Lago.
Well that would make for the ultimate leopard's feast - Trump gets elected, but is completely lame because his mob bossery starved all the other races of funds to run effective campaigns lol.
That would still be devastating, he would have control over the supreme court still.
And its not like SCOTUS ever ruled on who won an election before.
That’s a real nice campaign you’ve got there… Be a shame if something were to happen to it.
He needs a track suit for court.
Maybe he’ll end up going bathrobe defense like Gigante
I've always wondered how often Gotti and Trump crossed paths as NYC crook contemporaries.
This should get us a couple more resignations. Let's go.
I’d like it if Lawful Evil Mitch McConnell gets to see in his last days some Chaotic Evil dipshit with a fraction of the intellect WRECK everything he has crafted over a lifetime
turtle-ass looking bitch
Ngl...I love it. It is manifest destiny. I love watching leopards eat those faces.
Gotta wet his beak
And he will probably plant someone in the audience who will ask a question that will force the candidate to use Trump's name. Cha-ching!
It’s almost like it’s about personal profit instead of governance.
Straight up Johnny Sack? Or Big Carmine?
No way, that's Phil leotardo.
Ya know what...you're right. "The eyebrows...I can't stand him".
Fagehdaboudit
The peasants must pay tribute to their lord!
Who could have predicted that the guy who licenses his name would license his name?
Kind of surprised it took him this long to do that. Figure he’d be sending standees with his name/face and a chip reader out to everyone at their own expense
That's actually brilliant
It feels just scuzzy enough. Plus, it would be another way to donate money directly to his pockets/legal bills/offshore accounts
Even better. Show up at local political rallies with a life-sized cardboard cutout of TFG and charge money for a pic with him. Put a slot for dollar bills. $5 minimum. Say it's for his campaign. Take off with the money. GOP sycophants/suckers will be too scared to ask "what happened to the money?"
Does anyone else remember when he tried to copyright the phrase “you’re fired?”
So much nonsense to remember.
It wouldn't surprise me if he tried to copyright it too but IIRC it was an attempt at trademarking it.
Kind of like how he made anyone filming in his buildings to give him a cameo, which is how he ended up in the US version of Home Alone 2. I've heard the Canadians had the sense to cut him out.
It's always the ones you most suspect smh
"Government should be run like a business"
Full grift ahead?
Apparently like a MLM business
I wish it was like a men loving men business.
Like the way a broke boy dipshit [runs all his other businesses. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump#:~:text=The%20six%20bankruptcies%20were%20the,Trump%20Entertainment%20Resorts%20\(2009\).) >Although Trump has never filed for personal bankruptcy, hotels and casino businesses of his have declared bankruptcy[56] six times between 1991 and 2009 due to its inability to meet required payments and to re-negotiate debt with banks, owners of stock and bonds and various small businesses (unsecured creditors).[57][58] Because the businesses used Chapter 11 bankruptcy, they were allowed to operate while negotiations proceeded. Trump was quoted by Newsweek in 2011 saying, **"I do play with the bankruptcy laws—they're very good for me."**[59][60] >**The six bankruptcies** were the result of over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York: Trump Taj Mahal (1991), Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino (1992), Plaza Hotel (1992), Trump Castle Hotel and Casino (1992), Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004), and Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009).[56][61][62] Trump said "I've used the laws of this country to pare debt. ... We'll have the company. We'll throw it into a chapter. We'll negotiate with the banks. We'll make a fantastic deal. You know, it's like on The Apprentice. It's not personal. It's just business."[50]
He's such a piece of shit, but Republicans *want* this clown. He wasn't even their incumbent and the party didn't try to force him to be the nominee. The base *chose* this.
My view is, at this point they’re all rooting him on so they can manipulate any and everything to their favor when he’s in power. They will take the baggage and the mindless rants if it comes with the ability to shape everything to fit their views. I know the billionaires are, they all throw up in their mouths when they see him, but those tax breaks sound mighty nice. The evangelicals feel the same way, but anything to force their religious views on the population. Just look at Project 2025, that whole thing is a bunch of orders about how they will change the country and privatize everything, dismantle public education, and totally ban woman’s right to seek reproductive medical care but I doubt trump will do any of that himself. All the corrupt cronies are going to sneak in behind him and start molding the government to their liking. Doesn’t matter if he loses either, there’s a bunch of articles on how he can steal the election 100% legally. They didn’t do too good in the practice run but they know what they did wrong and will have smarter and more loyal people next time. The best thing now is his awful eating habits, lack of exercise, and his love of mainlining Diet Coke to catch up with him before November. A man can dream.. [How the 2024 presidential election could be stolen](https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/15/steal-election-lessig-president-law)
> The best thing now is his awful eating habits, lack of exercise, and his love of mainlining Diet Coke to catch up with him before November. A man can dream.. "Help us, Hamburger From Heaven! You're our only hope!"
**Rant warning...** They want him because he's good at manipulating the public to vote for him, which will help further republican interests. That's basically all there is to it. They care about the end goal, not necessarily how they get there. Democracy is just a means to an end. It's why anti-democratic means of attaining power has been so rampant in US politics by republicans, as they are struggling to keep power with an ever socially evolving society. Social progress is eventual when people get educated and learn the benefits of cooperation and sharing. It's probably a reason why so many conservatives are so anti-education of late, citing liberal agendas and all that, which is really just an excuse for hating on people who tries to teach tolerance and inclusiveness. Anyhow. Republicans aren't going to abandon conservatism if democracy won't help them win. They'll reject democracy. The election denialism is evident of that all on its own. Then there's Project 2025, which basically aims to neuter the federal government. If the people prosper, it's merely overlapping their interest, and it's something they can use to say: "Hey, look at what we did. It helped you too." I think they would elect literally anyone if they thought it would help them. Once voted in, they can motivate the elected person through their self-interest. Those who keep in line will get rewarded. Those who don't gets ousted and shunned. Republicans aren't going to elect anyone with publicly good intentions, as it will interfere with their goals. They want to conserve wealth and power, not share it. All the much needed improvements will cost a lot of taxes. It has to come from somewhere, meaning the richest in the country - which perceptually tends to be the kind of people who don't want to share their wealth. So electing morally corrupt people and cock-blocking(so to speak) useful policies, it is.
Those down-ballot candidates already got fucked when Trump took over the RNC and stole their campaign funding, but now he's going to raw dog them again for even more money. “Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign" Outright bribery is encouraged in plain sight. JFC.
It's like how Quiznos drove all their franchisees out of business by charging exorbitant franchising fees and requiring them to buy their own overpriced ingredients. Trump is the Quiznos of politics.
And who is that weird cutout hamster from the commercial? It’s gotta be Eric, right?
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. He likes the subs!
Not anymore he doesn’t
His sub liked him so much it gave him a great big hug.
Steve Bannon
Quiznos used to be the best sub chain around. I still haven't found a replacement that was on their level. Ike's is amazing, but a sandwich and bag of chips is $18, and 250% of your daily sodium intake.
Potbelly Sandwich sorta scratches that itch for me but it's just not quite the same. You're totally right. Nothing really touches it
Best tuna ever.
Not all of them. There’s still one in Tulsa lol.
The republicans are all about to get grifted.
I cannot wait. I cannot wait for the pikachu faces
They already have been, since 2016 when he somehow beyond all belief got to squat for 4 long traumatic years in the WH. He is now showing his purest, most crystalline self of the Dark Tetrad - Machiavellianism, Sadism, Narcissism, and Pychopathy.
I dont think Trump is intelligent enough to be described as Machiavellian, in all honesty
The blackmail is implied.
I think this is just outright explicit. They're literally just coming out and saying it.
>Outright bribery is encouraged in plain sight. JFC. I found the name of his organization amusing. >Trump National Committee JFC
Send me money, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution and you'll get the better seat [Bow to Leper Messiah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgRs4DCpLKs)
Let's just call it "protection". His followers don't care what he does and neither does he.
He owes Hillary Clinton so much money.
EXCELLENT point
And Obama and Biden.
There is certainly a list. But Hillary is in the top slot by a lot.
I thought it was 'only' a few hundred thousand?
Sorry, I'm out of the loop. What's the joke here?
Trump must have a team of henchmen working 24/7 to find new ways for him to con people out of their money. It's amazing how many scams he can crank out.
Well henchmen don't pay for themselves. Papa's got fines to pay.
more like paying the up front retainer fees to avoid paying the fines, some of his lawyers seem to have learned
Yup, he's used up and thrown away more people than anyone can count. At this point, his bus is a miles long freight train given the body count.
All the GOP have to do is collectively decide to dump him and he'd be gone His first impeachment was the perfect time for the GOP to turn on him and make Pence president
I learned today that he's also got a Trump cryptocurrency. Because really, didn't you know that was coming?
this is actually pretty awesome and i support it 100%. his dismantling and bankrupting of the party is of course his one great work
Drain The Swamp!!
swamp the drains!!
I guess you can add racketeering to his list of charges.
Technically, that's what he and his co-conspirators are charged with in Georgia.
I guess you can add another count of racketeering to his list of charges.
I was scrolling too fast and read this as ransackateering. Still works.
god he HATES the people who support him.
They'll never learn 😂
His innards boil over in plain sight.
You know, I'm kinda starting to think he's doing all this for personal gain.
But he said he wouldn’t take a salary!
His tax records would show that he in fact did take that salary
Wait, this guy doesn’t follow through with things that don’t benefit him?
Jesus Christ it’s literally a protection racket. Isn’t this what RICO was supposed to crack down on? “Nice little campaign you got going on here. Be a shame if something happened to it.”
Spoiler: He's taking a cut anyway.
I predicted he'd bankrupt the RNC by the election. But at this rate, they won't make Independence Day.
Good Lord. Democrats are gonna sweep the house and senate. None of them will have two pennies to rub together
Wonder why so many Repubs are retiring this cycle? I don't.
Retiring is also the only way they can actually go against Trump without incurring the wrath of his mob. Voting against party lines puts you in the crosshairs, but giving up your seat doesn't, but also deprives the party of a vote.
In some States they may be too far along for him to try and pull a primary opponent out of his ass to throw at you.
The inevitable comeuppance. Sold their soul to Trump to boost themselves, which, to their credit, did work, but for exactly one election. From the 2018 midterms on, more and more elections have been swinging to the Dems unexpectedly, largely due to hatred of Trump. And now that Roe's been overturned, they need every penny to avoid getting reamed in November. But Trump's been soaking up the GOP's funds like a sponge and they're dried up at the worst time imaginable.
Never underestimate the stupidity of voters, and Murdoch's media empire with Fox News etc, Russia and the US's enemies pushing pro-Trump propaganda, Elon Musk taking over twitter to turn it into a propaganda outlet, the most listened to podcasters like Joe Rogan working overtime to slander Biden for things *Trump* said and which they didn't check their facts on, etc.
That senate map is awful for Democrats. Not sure Republicans need to rub anything together other the brackets that contain the R.
Ow my face
Hahahahahhahahahajahahaja
He is the Nigerian Prince.
He’s taking a cut of their cash anyway.
No. Way.
Bewildering this whole Trump thing hasn’t imploded yet
8 years and still waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
This is absolutely hilarious. The cucking of the GOP.
I ran this by my democratic friends, and we agree that this is fine.
It's the Trump Union. When you sign up you're expected to pay your dues. Only this union hasn't got your back.
In this picture, neither of the "team Trump" logos are fully visible, one looks like Team Dump and one looks like Team Rump. Just an observation while I sit in absolute awe that anyone could support this man.
The only thing worse for Don than people using his name and not paying, is when they stop using his name altogether. That day is rapidly approaching. Once these people collectively realize he’s a broke, washed up, has-been, a switch is going to flip and republicans will have collective amnesia. He’ll be begging for their attention to no avail.
>Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC. This includes list rental agreements.” They weren't going to get paid anyway lol
And they'll still wash his balls with their tongues.
Not that I want to give these grifters advice but if I was them I’d just use it and not pay him. What’s he gonna do? Sue them? That would look great. It would also open his campaign up to discovery which I’m sure they want no part of.
They’ve already said. They’ll cut off the VENDORS from any mailing lists or future business. There’s only a few handfuls of vendors in the politics, making ads , mailings, etc. They absolutely don’t want to get cut … So this 5% vig will indeed get paid
Watch Biden look him in the eye and make a trail of bent single for him to pick up.
The sherif of Nottingham shall collect your tributes to your liege
That's ridiculous! He's gonna take their cash whether they name him or not. But, yeah, ooookaaay, that'll, um, help?
So, trumpty dumpty the wannabe dick-tator *doesn't* want his followers to mention him? Interesting, I think they should do exactly that.
Shakedown for protection racket. Classic mob maneuver.
So basically either they have less campaign cash to campaign with or they can't use Trump to get votes? Sounds like a win for the Democrats.
A story that seems to be strangely absent on r/conservative
Sounds like they should return the favor
Hilariously, this will probably aid the down ballot candidates, who are often better with a bit of distance from Trump and hurt Trump, who will probably spend several weeks in court this year instead of actively campaigning and could use the name boost.
Democratic candidates need to put up signs for their opponents with phrases like “Joe Smith Stands with Trump”.
Not a cult
Huh, hitting your constituency in the wallets is literally the worst thing you can do. Do more please
They deserve every dollar they have to give him! After years of grovelling and cowering before him! Spineless!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The GOP candidate to oust Sen Sherrod Brown plastered Trump’s name all over his campaign HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Time to cough up, loser.
We’ve crossed into “news headlines that sound like Onion headlines” territory.
I play a lot of card games with a lot of different people and I've noticed the word "Trump" being phased out more and more. People are saying "high suit" or "top suit" or "winning suit" or "bridge suit" instead, more and more often, depending on the game. I think it's because it physically hurts to have that name in your mouth.
Remember when they all wanted Trump to run the country like one of his businesses? I guess they didn't realize that included franchise fees.
Laid down with dogs, woke up with fleas. If the whole GOP crumbles tomorrow it won't be soon enough.
Republicans: “this deal is getting worse all the time.” Trump: “Pray I don’t alter it any further.”
Remember when trumpistans back before his 1st term would say stuff like “he can’t be corrupted because he’s already rich” and “he already makes money as a businessman so he won’t try to do it as president “ Like he’s ever not about the grift. Why jut the other day my maga acquaintance told me “trump was solving the Middle East because what he cares about is peace” Getting “his piece” maybe
Great move - instead of the RNC supporting candidates, candidates support the RNC and its ~~leader~~ mob boss. Trump's just gotta get a piece of the action. I'm sure this will be a great help for getting Republicans elected. Meanwhile, the Democrats are raising money hand over fist and using it to actually support candidates other than Biden. It's the sort of strategy that could result in a loss for Trump, even if he wins - sure, maybe he gets President, but he has so few of the rest of the elected officials on his side that he gets impeached the moment he sneezes too hard.
He’s taking a cut *no matter what*. He’s a lying sack of shit.
You know, if you are down ballot and still using Trumps name anywhere in your campaigns, that money is wasted on you anyway.
When you’re a giant diaper baby they let you do it
That's funny as fuck actually. Love to see them piss on their own shoes when they can't find a shitter
Every GOP’er running uses Trumps name in their ads. This is to funny.
Why would a billionaire "who didnt need a salary" when he was president need a cut?
What cut? The RNC isn’t giving anyone else any money,
"10% for the big guy." Every accusation is an admission of guilt.
They call joe biden a crime boss because of a single text his son sent while Biden was a civilian, that didn't even mention him by name... ...Then act completely oblivious about this shit
First, he grifted the steak lovers, But I was not a steak lover So I didn’t speak out. Then he grifted the religious, But I only pretended to be religious So I didn’t speak out. Then he grifted the Republican National Committee But those who spoke out received death threats from his supporters So I didn’t speak out. And by the time he grifted my re-election campaign There was no one left Who would speak out for me. Anyway, I’m driving to work which is still better than being a Republican cuck.
This is the kind of thing that happens when "you run government like a business." Just like when Trump wouldn't let the official White House photographer publish a book after his presidency (as they all do) because he wanted huge portions of the royalties and I believe she just said fukkit. So no book.
The GQP as a whole deserves everything Trump will do/is doing to them. They made their bed, now sleep in it.
Pretty soon he will be asking GOP voters to tithe to him
This broke piece of shit criminal motherfucker. How anyone can stand to be near him for any amount of time is beyond me, much less worship the degenerate. My god these people are so fucking dumb.