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getagrip_already

(14,618 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:02 PM Nov 2020

Trump is flat out broke - his defense fund proves it!

So there has been a lot said about the disclaimer on trumps defense fund terms that 60% will be used to retire debt.

The thing is, that disclaimer proves just how broke he it. If he had money, and it was just a matter of choices of where to spend it, he wouldn't need that language. It would be unnecessary.

Money if fungible. Lets look at an example.

I'm a typical gop politician who owes his hooker $10k in hush money. I've also just been arrested for DUI and have legal bills mounting and court costs to pay. Each requires about $10k right away. I have $10k, but no more. I have to pay the court fees or I'll end up in jail. I have to pay the hooker or she will dis out dirt about my new child.

So I start a gofund me page to cover the legal expenses under the guise that it is a political hit job. I quickly get $10k from rubes and suckers. I didn't need any disclaimers because I had enough to pay the hooker if I got this money.

So now I can use the gofundme money to pay the court costs, and my other money to pay mistress lindsey.

But if I had zero dollars in the bank, I would have had to set a $20k target with the disclaimer that 50% would go to retire other debts.

That is what trump is doing. He is broke and needs money for unrelated uses. Simply freeing up money he has to go there isn't enough. He is flat broke.


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Trump is flat out broke - his defense fund proves it! (Original Post) getagrip_already Nov 2020 OP
This is why he's dragging out the election nonsense soothsayer Nov 2020 #1
All he has to do is concede and announce his re-election campaign. Then he can take all TeamPooka Nov 2020 #5
Ha! But right now they're feeling urgency and desperation soothsayer Nov 2020 #7
He doesn't seem to own much of anything. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2020 #2
My hope...my dream...my vision for trump et al: ret5hd Nov 2020 #3
And Ivanka would be forced to wear cheap clothes from her own company Rorey Nov 2020 #8
Don't put that fucker. In section 8 I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2020 #9
That lousy bum Blue Owl Nov 2020 #4
If he taps them dry, that keeps them from HariSeldon Nov 2020 #6
His website is matched 1,000 for a limited time! bedazzled Nov 2020 #10

TeamPooka

(24,207 posts)
5. All he has to do is concede and announce his re-election campaign. Then he can take all
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:13 PM
Nov 2020

the donations he wants for the next 4 years.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
7. Ha! But right now they're feeling urgency and desperation
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:16 PM
Nov 2020

Perfect for a con artist to exploit.

2024 too far away, but I do think you’re right— he’ll switch to that once this bit is over.

ret5hd

(20,482 posts)
3. My hope...my dream...my vision for trump et al:
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:05 PM
Nov 2020

(posted before as an OP)

Financially forced to live in some Section 8 housing, minimal food stamps, scowled at every time he steps outside, his coked-up son stealing the loose change from the dresser every time he comes to visit, his daughter pushing a grocery cart with all her belongings while ranting at passerby, his phone going "beee-beee-beeeep the number you have dialed is no longer in service..." every time he tries to call Putin...etc etc etc.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
8. And Ivanka would be forced to wear cheap clothes from her own company
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:32 PM
Nov 2020

And Melanie wouldn't be able to get any more kidney surgeries.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
9. Don't put that fucker. In section 8
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:45 PM
Nov 2020

Because being poor is no reason we should have to see his ass. I'd rather he be in a prison cell.alone all the time going nuts,or in general population pissing off the wrong people getting his ass kicked repeatedly.

HariSeldon

(454 posts)
6. If he taps them dry, that keeps them from
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:15 PM
Nov 2020

donating to Perdue's and Loeffler's runoff campaigns. Never thought I'd have a reason to encourage Trump's legal challenges.

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