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kentuck

(111,055 posts)
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 03:50 PM Aug 2019

He is the president of the United States and nobody knows where he is making his money.

He says he has lost from $3 - 5 billion dollars by being the President?

Those that have studied him over the years have never estimated his wealth to be that much?

Is he making money off the Presidency?

This is obscene.

He says his people looked around and they concluded that his golf club in Miami would be the best place for the next G-7 meeting. He says he would make no money off the event. But everybody knows that is a lie. Once more, he is pulling the wool over the eyes of the American people. Shame on them!

Shame on the Congress! For letting him get away with this thievery. He is robbing this country blind and nobody knows anything about how he is doing it?

It's a disgrace!

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He is the president of the United States and nobody knows where he is making his money. (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2019 OP
Agree although we both know he pulled those two numbers out malaise Aug 2019 #1
It worked before.. kentuck Aug 2019 #2
Lots of numbers can fit up that ass Traildogbob Aug 2019 #19
+1000 trof Aug 2019 #20
LOL malaise Aug 2019 #24
🤣🤣 uponit7771 Aug 2019 #25
And he had to make it BILLIONS! maddiemom Aug 2019 #29
So true malaise Aug 2019 #30
Of course he's making money off it. Who would be a member of Mar-A-Lago if... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author 0rganism Aug 2019 #4
Ciphering from the American tax payers and Iliyah Aug 2019 #5
He is a disgusting criminal lowlife. Maven Aug 2019 #6
could he be... lying? renate Aug 2019 #7
He's a damn con artist ripping the country off, in it for money, power and his reality RKP5637 Aug 2019 #8
His new approach is to lie about not caring if he makes money or not, and to lie about not caring world wide wally Aug 2019 #9
His brand is trashed. He did it to himself. maxsolomon Aug 2019 #10
Since he won't make his taxes public treestar Aug 2019 #11
How is he losing $3 to $5 billion? LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #12
He might tell you how today, murielm99 Aug 2019 #13
"Trump University was really taking off and then I suddenly had to shut it down!" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #18
He says shit like that for his base to lap up like lambs sucking on an ewe's teat. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2019 #14
Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible. keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #15
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution IronLionZion Aug 2019 #16
lets just get his tax returns... and open Pandora's box... throwthe_shoe Aug 2019 #17
I do want to see his tax returns although I have a feeling they have been professionally cooked Perseus Aug 2019 #22
I think history will prove that what we think he is robbing is peanuts Perseus Aug 2019 #21
+1, there's no doubt he's shorting the DOW on the drops manipulating it like he was in the 80/90s uponit7771 Aug 2019 #26
That's all public record that someone must be watching. cbdo2007 Aug 2019 #32
no doubt he has proxies uponit7771 Aug 2019 #33
Right, and Trump really isn't a stock market guy...most likely it is other companies doing it cbdo2007 Aug 2019 #34
Suspect you are correct. Seen it eventually exposed elsewhere too. Enoki33 Aug 2019 #27
You know he is. He's playing the biggest con out there....THE PRESIDENT. spanone Aug 2019 #23
That's bull. He would not be able to charge the taxpayer louis-t Aug 2019 #28
Republicans nominated a con man to be president without asking to see his tax returns. dalton99a Aug 2019 #31

Traildogbob

(8,684 posts)
19. Lots of numbers can fit up that ass
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:32 PM
Aug 2019

If squeezed in between Barr, Graham et. al's heads. Pulling numbers out there ain't that impressive considering the size and what dwells up there. More traffic up that canal than the Suez!

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
29. And he had to make it BILLIONS!
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 09:01 AM
Aug 2019

A couple hundred MILLION (even 3-5 million) in two and a half years would be impressive to most people. But hey, it's Trump...

malaise

(268,724 posts)
30. So true
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 09:03 AM
Aug 2019

He just makes up shit to feel important - h's a fucking lunatic with more baggage than all the carousels at JFK combined.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Of course he's making money off it. Who would be a member of Mar-A-Lago if...
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 03:57 PM
Aug 2019

he was just Citizen Trump? Who would buy condos in Trump Tower, stay at the DC hotel, or donate his campaign fund?

Response to kentuck (Original post)

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Ciphering from the American tax payers and
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 03:59 PM
Aug 2019

American businesses. Stealing most of it because his numerous businesses are failures.

Maven

(10,533 posts)
6. He is a disgusting criminal lowlife.
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:00 PM
Aug 2019

What more is there to be said?

Yes, it is a disgrace that Congress continues to play along with the notion that he is legitimate in any way.

renate

(13,776 posts)
7. could he be... lying?
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:08 PM
Aug 2019

Or could "his people"... be lying? Or... could their existence be a lie?

That would be so weird... the President of the United States going on camera and lying. Surely not.

RKP5637

(67,088 posts)
8. He's a damn con artist ripping the country off, in it for money, power and his reality
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:26 PM
Aug 2019

presidency. Too ban so many in America are still so F'en dumb as to not grasp what is going on. The country is full of suckers. Hopefully, 2020 will show otherwise and he gets booted out on his ass along with his sycophant staff and his dreadful family.

world wide wally

(21,739 posts)
9. His new approach is to lie about not caring if he makes money or not, and to lie about not caring
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:28 PM
Aug 2019

about politics.
This guy has no relationship to telling the truth EVER!

maxsolomon

(33,252 posts)
10. His brand is trashed. He did it to himself.
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:33 PM
Aug 2019

He probably got that 3 - 5 billion number from some toady at a marketing company in terms of "potential" value. Or it was 1 billion and he inflated it because he's a con artist pathological liar.

The entire company could go tits-up before he dies. It certainly will shortly thereafter, when his spawn dump the assets as quickly as possible.

The Trump name will come off those buildings so fast it will make your head spin.

keithbvadu2

(36,674 posts)
15. Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible.
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:24 PM
Aug 2019

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible.

He swore to uphold the Constitution and immediately broke that oath.

Emoluments

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
16. Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:27 PM
Aug 2019

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

 

throwthe_shoe

(26 posts)
17. lets just get his tax returns... and open Pandora's box...
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:29 PM
Aug 2019

when all is said and done and the real info comes out about him the people of this country and going to shit bricks for years.. remember the nixon years and what it brought after...?

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
22. I do want to see his tax returns although I have a feeling they have been professionally cooked
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:42 PM
Aug 2019

I believe it is going to be difficult to prove anything because these will not reflect the reality of the transactions. It is not mystery why it is taking so long for the country to obtain the tax returns, they will be available when they are done massaging the information.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
21. I think history will prove that what we think he is robbing is peanuts
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:40 PM
Aug 2019

I have seen this picture before in other countries, people never talk about what is going behind the scenes because "it is happening behind the scenes", but it is very ugly.

All the deals that are being cooked in the background will make us all cringe. I just hope that they get caught before they go to hell, and they spend sometime paying their dues in orange suits.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
34. Right, and Trump really isn't a stock market guy...most likely it is other companies doing it
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 02:24 PM
Aug 2019

and giving him a kickback.

Still though, they can see each transaction on each date and who bought and who sold and if they see patterns there, the SEC would typically investigate. Though the SEC is now run by Trump, but you know, under normal circumstances...

spanone

(135,795 posts)
23. You know he is. He's playing the biggest con out there....THE PRESIDENT.
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 06:43 PM
Aug 2019

Everything's for sale.

EVERYTHING.

louis-t

(23,273 posts)
28. That's bull. He would not be able to charge the taxpayer
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 03:34 PM
Aug 2019

millions for housing and feeding his entourages and secret service and stuffing the money on his pockets. He would not have doubled fees at his resorts. He would not be selling nearly as many hats.

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