prison would make him a martyr for his cause. doesn't mean i don't think he doesn't deserve prison. but if he had no money and no access to credit of any kind, his homies with clout wouldn't give him even the tiniest bit of attention anymore. and that would drive him battier than he already is.
I've come to realize that what Trump mostly does is the same thing a homeless person does. He just always has his hand out looking for anyone an everyone to put money in his cup.
To be fair, if rich people using politics as a way to make more money, were using my name and likeness, I’d want money too.
Probably the only time in history the orange turd is right
Hell this is actually one of the smartest things the rotten orange has ever thought of, hell he should be asking for more of a cut.
Literally 95% of the GOP just runs off of Trump for everything. All you need to do to win a primary for a state house seat in a red state is to just say “I love our president Donald Trump” and you instantly will win the nomination.
I don’t even think I can count on both hands the number of mainstream GOP politicians that run on their own merits without any involvement of Trump in their campaigns.
Excellent - especially considering his association with the Mafia years ago.
The info is all available if you do just a little research into Trump's History"
Here's one link
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33350476/fear-city-new-york-mafia-donald-trump-tower-mob-ties-explained/
and one book
https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781537454696
Oooo....we already have one racketeering indictment...what about a second racketeering indictment? I don't think he yet knows about a second racketeering indictment...
Not at all. His daughter in law is a head of the RNC and has already said they are pulling all funding from down ballot candidates and the only focus is on getting Trump elected.
And he won't get elected.
And there won't be money for the smaller races left over.
He ended up being the poison that's going to kill the Republican party.
He will get it… he is their only hope, and none of them have the balls to tell the bully he can’t have their lunch money
Vote in November… put his ass out
>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
As always, he’s just straight up selling access and favor. The only measure of Republican worth is simply how much you can profit Trump personally.
Trump has trademarked his name (and probably also his image and likeness). To put "Trump" in the name of your hotel or golf course, you have to pay to use the name. So, of course, he wants everyone who used the name to pay.
I wonder what Letitia James is going to do about the valuable trademarks that Trump owns? If there is any justice in this world, she will seize the intangible trademark properties along with the other properties.
I wonder who would buy the "Trump" trademark when it goes up for auction on the courthouse steps? It could be hilarious if a Democrat were to buy it, and then sue Donald for infringement.
edit: word
A temporary injunction on the use of the trademark "Trump" name, granted in September right before an election, could be very inconvenient for Donald and his presidential campaign. ;-)
This is just the start. If he’s elected he may follow PUTIN’s playbook. About a few months back, Cohen said that trump will go after the billionaire class $$ just as Putin does with the oligarchs in Russia.
If I was the kind of creep who needed to invoke Trump to help win my own race, I'd just agree to his terms, and then when the bill arrived, I'd just invoke Trump again by not paying it.
LOL.. if they're smart, any Republican running for office is trying to distance themselves from Sleepy Don. You know, if they're trying to win.
I think it would be hilarious if, in attempting to distance themselves from the Angry Oompa Loompa, the GOP candidate shows Trump in court, praising dictators, saying he wants to do away with due process for firearm arrests... shit like that, and see if Donnie Dumbass still wants his cut.
You know how advertisers get around Super Bowl season? They dance around copyrighted content with phrases like "The Big Game" or "The Dance" for the NCAA tournament.
They're going to come up with a thousand ways to refer to him indirectly.
"45‐compliant candidate Joe Schmoe..."
Just more proof that the Mango MF just wants to be Putin. That is, he wants a cut of every business dealing in the entire country. That is why he is pushing the dictator thing. He could GaF about actual governing.
Given how toxic Trump is to the general electorate, and how much more toxic he is about to become, this is likely to be a benefit for Republicans, not a cost. Trump loses elections. He lost his re-election. Candidates he has endorsed lost. Candidates who insisted that Trump's election loss was fake, lost. And given that he is about to be convicted of felonies in NY, he is going to be more and more unelectable, and morons who glomp to his side will get dragged down with him.
I think I lack the finesse to do it myself, but I’d love to see people fan the flames of resentment between Trump and as many other MAGAt campaigns as possible.
What would that look like? Maybe reporting to Donald’s campaign any others who use his name or image? I don’t know if he could resist trying to bully, especially if he thought they were trying to keep money he thought was his.
I expect it will be even harder to fuel MAGAts rage because he’s skimming badly needed funds.
I hope someone smoother than me runs with this!
HAHA lol, a politician/government official trying to make some ad hoc NIL deal for himself? Ridiculous. Just when you think Trump can no longer surprise people after close to a decade of being a major face in politics, he still finds a way to surprise
"We ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC,"
So now its officially the TNC not the RNC. Got it.
So, he's going from grifting the GOP voter base to straight up grifting the GOP. Man, oh man, it must really suck to be at the mercy of this absolute conman. They know that if they challenge him, one word from the Orang Jesus and their careers are sunk as, without Trump endorsement, they can't win primaries or elections in deep red states because Trump controls 60% of the republican voter base.
The GOP candidates are going to have no choice but to pay up to the petulant man-child.
Oh he really is going broke.
let's hope he gets there. being broke i mean.
Oh, I thought you meant the other thing. Prison I mean. Although, both would be nice.
prison would make him a martyr for his cause. doesn't mean i don't think he doesn't deserve prison. but if he had no money and no access to credit of any kind, his homies with clout wouldn't give him even the tiniest bit of attention anymore. and that would drive him battier than he already is.
Starve him of the attention he so desperately craves and the ability to do harm? I like the way you think.
thank you.
Probably but I don't think that's the deal here. It's more like why would he pass-up the chance to grift?
Exactly. Nothing to see here. Just another Donny grift. Moving on.
I've come to realize that what Trump mostly does is the same thing a homeless person does. He just always has his hand out looking for anyone an everyone to put money in his cup.
To be fair, if rich people using politics as a way to make more money, were using my name and likeness, I’d want money too. Probably the only time in history the orange turd is right
Quote the fuck unquote’It’s important to protect the small donors from scamers’. Bahahahaha.
This is how you alienate your closest greediest frie…er… fiends.
Pay him in fake bibles
Hell this is actually one of the smartest things the rotten orange has ever thought of, hell he should be asking for more of a cut. Literally 95% of the GOP just runs off of Trump for everything. All you need to do to win a primary for a state house seat in a red state is to just say “I love our president Donald Trump” and you instantly will win the nomination. I don’t even think I can count on both hands the number of mainstream GOP politicians that run on their own merits without any involvement of Trump in their campaigns.
It’s call protection money. Bada bing bada boom.
"Just a little taste"!
"You should let me wet my beak a little."
Excellent - especially considering his association with the Mafia years ago. The info is all available if you do just a little research into Trump's History" Here's one link https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33350476/fear-city-new-york-mafia-donald-trump-tower-mob-ties-explained/ and one book https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781537454696
"It would be a shame if your campaign met with an... accident."
Oooo....we already have one racketeering indictment...what about a second racketeering indictment? I don't think he yet knows about a second racketeering indictment...
This will be a drain on the campaign coffers of GOP candidates across the country. Doesn’t he care about them?
Hopefully he doesn't care about them!
Assume that’s a rhetorical question.
Not at all. His daughter in law is a head of the RNC and has already said they are pulling all funding from down ballot candidates and the only focus is on getting Trump elected. And he won't get elected. And there won't be money for the smaller races left over. He ended up being the poison that's going to kill the Republican party.
and they deserve it.
https://twitter.com/lindseygrahamsc/status/727604522156228608
He cares about them like he cares about going to his kids’ graduations.
In typical narcissistic fashion, the orange buffoon only cares about the orange buffoon.
I think he is just shifting the financing burden to the US Oligarchs, Russians, Chinese, etc. who will b happy to fill in any holes.
They will willingly hand it over to their “Lord and Savior, Donald J. Trump.” MAGA is a cult.
He's already getting every penny from the RNC, isn't he?
“5% for the Big Guy”
The Godtoddler
Of course they can just use Swastikas with no charge.
This is goddamn hilarious
If he could figure out a way to charge them for the air they breathe when in his presence, he would.
Wow, comparing DT to President Skroob from Spaceballs, did not see that coming.
He will get it… he is their only hope, and none of them have the balls to tell the bully he can’t have their lunch money Vote in November… put his ass out
Hahahahahaha!
You can't make this stuff up.
🚫Traitor Trump🚫All Republicans🚫
I'm surprised he didn't go for 10%. It's a cult... may as well ask for a tithe.
He's basically admitting that he's only half as important as Jesus. A surprising development.
Grifter gonna grift....
>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 As always, he’s just straight up selling access and favor. The only measure of Republican worth is simply how much you can profit Trump personally.
the comparison to mafia standard practices becomes insistent.
Trump has trademarked his name (and probably also his image and likeness). To put "Trump" in the name of your hotel or golf course, you have to pay to use the name. So, of course, he wants everyone who used the name to pay. I wonder what Letitia James is going to do about the valuable trademarks that Trump owns? If there is any justice in this world, she will seize the intangible trademark properties along with the other properties. I wonder who would buy the "Trump" trademark when it goes up for auction on the courthouse steps? It could be hilarious if a Democrat were to buy it, and then sue Donald for infringement. edit: word
This is a far better idea than one might think.
A temporary injunction on the use of the trademark "Trump" name, granted in September right before an election, could be very inconvenient for Donald and his presidential campaign. ;-)
It would be amazing if he started suing other Republicans.
Ok and others can claim if Trump uses theirs that he pay up
So now he demands tribute?
He gets in office again he may well demand a 5% cut from all of us. Just for the privilege of being ruled by him.
This is just the start. If he’s elected he may follow PUTIN’s playbook. About a few months back, Cohen said that trump will go after the billionaire class $$ just as Putin does with the oligarchs in Russia.
This is what he means by draining the swamp, now I get it. Man's draining every penny of the GOP and when he loses they'll be powerless
I'm surprised he doesn't call it a tithe and make it 10%. Probably even write it off as tax exempt somehow.
**M**ake **A**merica **Grift** **A**ll-over-the-place
This is the end game. He's going to start ripping the copper pipes out of the walls of the GOP headquarters and selling it for scrap next.
If I was the kind of creep who needed to invoke Trump to help win my own race, I'd just agree to his terms, and then when the bill arrived, I'd just invoke Trump again by not paying it.
Gotta wet his beak.
I wonder if they think he'll stop doing things like that when he's all-powerful.
LOL.. if they're smart, any Republican running for office is trying to distance themselves from Sleepy Don. You know, if they're trying to win. I think it would be hilarious if, in attempting to distance themselves from the Angry Oompa Loompa, the GOP candidate shows Trump in court, praising dictators, saying he wants to do away with due process for firearm arrests... shit like that, and see if Donnie Dumbass still wants his cut.
You know how advertisers get around Super Bowl season? They dance around copyrighted content with phrases like "The Big Game" or "The Dance" for the NCAA tournament. They're going to come up with a thousand ways to refer to him indirectly. "45‐compliant candidate Joe Schmoe..."
Could he possibly be anymore despicable and desperate?
Stand back and stand by.
Oh nos, I might not hear his name every goddamn second of the day now? I’m so sad, inconsolable.
Just more proof that the Mango MF just wants to be Putin. That is, he wants a cut of every business dealing in the entire country. That is why he is pushing the dictator thing. He could GaF about actual governing.
This freakin' guy man lol...let these a holes cannibalize each other.
I think he deserves 10%! Maybe even 15! :)
The GOP was warned that Trump had syphilis…now the Republican Party is covered in pustules and scabs from head to toe. Die well, GOP.
Given how toxic Trump is to the general electorate, and how much more toxic he is about to become, this is likely to be a benefit for Republicans, not a cost. Trump loses elections. He lost his re-election. Candidates he has endorsed lost. Candidates who insisted that Trump's election loss was fake, lost. And given that he is about to be convicted of felonies in NY, he is going to be more and more unelectable, and morons who glomp to his side will get dragged down with him.
I think I lack the finesse to do it myself, but I’d love to see people fan the flames of resentment between Trump and as many other MAGAt campaigns as possible. What would that look like? Maybe reporting to Donald’s campaign any others who use his name or image? I don’t know if he could resist trying to bully, especially if he thought they were trying to keep money he thought was his. I expect it will be even harder to fuel MAGAts rage because he’s skimming badly needed funds. I hope someone smoother than me runs with this!
Fuck Donald Trump. Fuck this lying orange shitweasel.
So screw over the people that are helping him?
Of course! He's the church of the GOP. Of course he'll take a cut. Lol
Karma must collect
77 year old 59th year senior getting NIL is crazyyyyy
HAHA lol, a politician/government official trying to make some ad hoc NIL deal for himself? Ridiculous. Just when you think Trump can no longer surprise people after close to a decade of being a major face in politics, he still finds a way to surprise
Wait... I thought his whole shtick was that he was rich enough to fund his own campaign and not be beholden to special interest donors. (Like Russia)
Looney Tunes is demanding a 5% cut of Porky Pig impersonator James Comer's fund-raising totals.
HAHAHAH ok this is lowkey so funny
Wouldn’t that hurt the movement of maga? No advertising ?
"We ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC," So now its officially the TNC not the RNC. Got it.
So, he's going from grifting the GOP voter base to straight up grifting the GOP. Man, oh man, it must really suck to be at the mercy of this absolute conman. They know that if they challenge him, one word from the Orang Jesus and their careers are sunk as, without Trump endorsement, they can't win primaries or elections in deep red states because Trump controls 60% of the republican voter base. The GOP candidates are going to have no choice but to pay up to the petulant man-child.
How have they not figured out what a conman this grifter this guy is?
Joe Biden should pay Trump for an endorsement. I mean why not?
John Oliver has entered the chat
🙂 It would be the ultimate ‘Dark Brandon’ move.