Story coming out soon that Trump is a petty thief also ?

[steve2470]

NEW: On WWI commemoration trip, Trump fancied several pieces art at US ambassador’s historic residence in Paris, where he was staying—and on a whim had a portrait, bust and figurines loaded onto AF1, sources tell @nwadhams and me. Figurines now on mantel in Oval. Story out soon.

Link to tweet

Anyone know what this is all about ?

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs

Sr. White House reporter for Bloomberg News / @business. Reporting what I know, not what I think.

eta: I guess he cannot be considered a "petty thief", but more of an entitled rude ass*****e who has no manners.

[Rorey]

1. Wouldn't surprise me at all NT

[rurallib]

2. sure sounds like something he would do.

[enough]

3. He thinks the US Ambassador's residence belongs to him anyway. He's just

moving things around a bit.

[eShirl]

4. He thinks he deserves everything.

[agingdem]

18. Toddler Trump

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Toddler Rules...(abbreviated)

1. If I want it, it's mine
2. If I can take it away from you, it's mine
3. If it's mine, it must never ever appear to be yours
4. If it looks like it's mine, it's mine
5. If I think it's mine, it's mine
6. If I give it to you but change my mind, it's mine
7. If it's broken, it's yours

[Walleye]

33. New York ConMan: give me all the money. Then we talk about who it belongs to

[xxqqqzme]

43. He thinks he's

entitled to everything.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Fits the profile.

Remember when Dumpy wanted to “borrow” a Van Gogh from the Guggenheim and they offered the gold toilet?

[Walleye]

6. The man has no taste

[Wicked Blue]

29. No taste, no manners, no class

No morals, no conscience.

He's a thug.

[Walleye]

32. He doesn't care for music or art and he hates dogs. Enough said

[blogslut]

7. Here you go

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-06/trump-ended-2018-france-trip-having-art-loaded-on-air-force-one

...The president’s planned visit to the Belleau Wood cemetery was canceled when rainy weather grounded the presidential helicopter, according to a redacted email the White House released to rebut the Atlantic story. The U.S. Secret Service ruled out a motorcade for the 56-mile drive, according to two people familiar with the matter.

That left Trump with about six hours of free time in the ambassador’s residence.

The next day, Trump pointed out a Benjamin Franklin bust, a Franklin portrait and a set of figurines of Greek mythical characters, and insisted the pieces come back with him to Washington.
The People’s House

McCourt, the ambassador, was startled, but didn’t object, according to people briefed on the incident. Trump later quipped that the envoy would get the art back “in six years,” when his potential second term in office would be winding down...

The best part, the silver figurines were made by a 20th century artist, trying to pass them off as 16th/17th century pieces. Not very good ones according to the article.

[steve2470]

13. thanks ! nt

[robbob]

24. He's not giving them back.

They will mysteriously disappear on his way out the door. Then he’ll try to sell them.

[Wicked Blue]

31. Somebody better check his luggage on his way out

He'll try to lift anything that isn't nailed down.

[SeattleVet]

52. We also need to find out how much was spirited out already.

He *knows* that he won't be in the White House forever, so he's probably been having stuff carried out and diverted to Merde-a-Loco and tRump Tower since the day he got his lardass moved in and was able to start scoping out the goodies.

[Walleye]

36. This is the ambassador who tried to steer the British Open to trumps golf course !

[Renew Deal]

8. Looks like Poseidon got his revenge

[Ohiogal]

9. Somehow

I don’t think the MAGATs will care

But it sure sounds like something that low life would do.

[GoCubsGo]

10. Of course, it's all the gaudy, gilded stuff, on top of it.

[Proud liberal 80]

11. When he loses

He better not take then with him, their U.S. property

[Illumination]

44. That might get complicated being that they're stolen property! And this con baby is referred to

as a US President! What a HUGE embarrassment if this story is true!...

[Fyrefox]

12. Well, he has been likened to a crime boss...

Just how much more of Trump's "making America great" can we stand?!

[Illumination]

45. He's one HUGE phony con job through & through! How unfortunate Americans are the victims!...

[Solly Mack]

14. I'd wager Trump has done such all his life. See something he likes and takes it.

[PubliusEnigma]

38. He is Francis Buckner. Stealing America's bike.

[Sanity Claws]

15. That's not petty theft

That's grand larceny.

[panader0]

21. That's the point I was going to make.

The average amount of dollars for grand larceny in the US is $400.
It is grand larceny.

[Laelth]

16. He cheats at golf. Why not? n/t

-Laelth

[smirkymonkey]

17. I hope they are taking a thorough inventory at the White House.

He and Melania are going to clean the place out when they leave if someone isn't keeping track. He will obviously think everything valuable in there is "owed" to him for the fabulous job he has done as "president".

[BKDem]

19. The Secret Service will need to frisk them and search their luggage on the way out.

[procon]

20. Trump didn't just steal from the ambassador, those

Objets D’Art were the property of the US Government; the American taxpayer. Since he serves as head of the government all he had to do was ask to borrow them for the length of his tenure in office. Why did he choose to act like a cheap thug and steal them instead?

Trump is demented..

[Wounded Bear]

26. Or worse, could be on loan from a foreign government...

I'd imagine there is a bit of that going on, too.

[edhopper]

22. Won't be hard to sneak out of the WH

when he goes.

[gristy]

23. Perhaps there is some credible reporting on this. To go with this unsourced tweet.

Ya think? https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016268233

[llashram]

25. He is petty that's all I know for sure

thief? All his life.

[Politicub]

27. He's probably a hoarder, too.

I can’t imagine how messy and hoarded his private quarters are. There will need to be a fumigation of the White House after he leaves.

[malaise]

28. I don't think he saw this as stealing

This was the naked emperor assuming that he owns it all

[ooky]

30. He's shown us over and over again he has larceny in his heart.

It's just a simple fact that he steals. Nobody will be surprised by this.

[Nitram]

34. Just like a Nazi art thief. Of course, Trump has to show that he's the boss with unlimited power.

[marble falls]

35. You give him too much credit. He's merely petty.

[True Blue American]

47. Agree!

The objects turned out to be fake!

[NJCher]

37. he's just copying his hero, Pooty-Poot

Patriots' Robert Kraft: Vladimir Putin stole my Super Bowl ring
Patriots owner Robert Kraft came clean this week: Russian president Vladimir Putin DID steal Kraft's Super Bowl ring. In 2005, at the urging of the White House, Kraft said the ring had been a gift to Putin.


In Mother Russia, stealing Super Bowl rings is sign of a good president.

Back in 2005 Patriots owner Robert Kraft was in Russia when a funny thing happened: Russian president Vladimir Putin stole his $25,000 Super Bowl XXXIX ring. Actually for the past eight years, Kraft had let everyone believe he gave the ring to Putin as a gift, but the truth came out this week: Putin stole it -- or took it without asking if 'stole' is too strong of a word for you.

"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said at an event this week, via the New York Post. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."

Link: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriots-robert-kraft-vladimir-putin-stole-my-super-bowl-ring/

[2naSalit]

39. So the lesson here might be...

Never let him in your house, he will steal stuff on the way out.

[marlakay]

40. I have been wondering what he will take

When he leaves white house....

[MoonRiver]

42. Hopefully his and Melanie's portraits

[NJCher]

41. putin, more

Putin steals all kinds of things . Just Google "Putin stole my" and you'll see the variety of things he steals:

Here he steals an iPhone from none other than....

Russian President Vladimir Putin's top critic has accused him of stealing his smartphone ahead of next month's election.

Web-savvy lawyer and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny has become Putin's most significant critic in years, publishing numerous investigations of alleged corruption among state officials and some of Russia's richest people. His activism has helped him launch a handful of well-attended protests, the last of which resulted in his arrest last month. It was after his 10-day detention, when police did not give back his confiscated phone, Navalny wrote on his blog on Friday.

"An iPhone 7, by the way," Navalny clarified, in a post headlined "Putin stole my phone ." The activist described his detention on the way to last month's protest and raged that to this day he has not even received formal paperwork detailing why he was detained in the first place. "On what basis did you take my phone? Return it."

[True Blue American]

46. I read that this morning. Also did anyone

See the program on CNN about conspiracies? It will repeat at 2 PM.

[yaesu]

48. while we are taking about France, the income inequality in the US is now worse than it was in France

right before the French revolution.

[getagrip_already]

49. Can you imagine what he is going to take on his way out?

I'm sure the resolute desk will suddenly be missing......

[spooky3]

50. Well, I remember when Obama stole even more...oh, wait...

Can you even imagine???

Trump’s courseness knows no bounds.

[Patterson]

51. He is of the same ilk as Putin, who stole a Super Bowl ring.

[StarryNite]

53. Cleptogate