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live love laugh

(13,101 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 08:13 PM Feb 2021

The WORST is yet to come and won't it be fine ... 🎶 🎼 🎶 🎼 🎶 🎼

Despite the seemingly-favorable verdict it’s clear to me that ** has lost a lot already and there are probably more losses on the way as he fends off an onslaught from the courts.

Think about it.

He's been exiled to Florida. A New Yorker through and through, Florida just isn't his style. (Plus, the Russian mob doesn't blend in there as easily as they did in NY).

His resort(s) is no longer subsidized by our tax dollars and it has been reported that business is down due to the financial impact of the pandemic crisis he created. There’s also a reported loss of patronage due to fallout from his traitorous incitement.

After four years of being surrounded by throngs of sycophants, he's relatively secluded now--both physically distanced and socially silenced--absent a socmedia megaphone.

Given every opportunity possible, including to serve in the most powerful office in the world, he chose disaster and chaos. His record of failure speaks for itself and bodes well for plenty more failures as he proclaims building his own social media platform and taking office again.

All in all, he cannot be happy and I for one am happy about that.

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The WORST is yet to come and won't it be fine ... 🎶 🎼 🎶 🎼 🎶 🎼 (Original Post) live love laugh Feb 2021 OP
ITA! He's a loser and his fan club will move on to someone else because he's no longer able to ARPad95 Feb 2021 #1
Sound observations! Still Sensible Feb 2021 #2
His whole life has been MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #3
+1 live love laugh Feb 2021 #20
Thx for the insightful post... I needed that with all the doom and gloom posts here today Thekaspervote Feb 2021 #4
After the election, dues went from $100k to $200k (maybe not exact figures). keithbvadu2 Feb 2021 #5
Suicide, the ultimate expression. Go for it, I say! machoneman Feb 2021 #6
😆🤣😂 live love laugh Feb 2021 #21
And don't forget about the likely possibility Blue Owl Feb 2021 #7
They deserve one another #equally-yoked nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #22
And may that Stud be a gold digger, using her for whatever money she can still Marie Marie Feb 2021 #25
K and R...I believe that Donald Trump hasn't got a clue...(that is according to Stu) Stuart G Feb 2021 #8
But we ARE still subsidizing his businesses. wnylib Feb 2021 #9
To some extent yes but not on the previous scale. live love laugh Feb 2021 #10
Is his Secret Service detail required? wnylib Feb 2021 #18
All presidents maintain Secret Service details. nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #19
But it STOPS for the MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #29
When Biden's policies start to produce results that MAGATs were told they shouldn't like... Kablooie Feb 2021 #11
Wait until they realize that Trump will not be inaugurated on Mar 4th. Marie Marie Feb 2021 #26
Yes, Shitler spending his remaining years in misery. Wouldn't that be loverly! SunSeeker Feb 2021 #12
Waiting for divorce to be filed mountain grammy Feb 2021 #13
All of this and more, but one thing in your OP stood out. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #14
IKR... and the fact he has to stew in his own pot is delicious 😋 nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #15
Plus, he is banished from the prestige of New York, stuck in the swamps of Florida with his rubes. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #17
Bring it! Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #16
Plus he's just been through the last "judicial" proceeding dobleremolque Feb 2021 #23
Yes. No more coattails to hide behind. nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #24
He got off scot free so far Meowmee Feb 2021 #27
I bet he "finds" Jesus and turns to religious grifting .. DemoTex Feb 2021 #28
🎵"... It's the end of the world as he's known it..." 🎶 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #30

ARPad95

(1,671 posts)
1. ITA! He's a loser and his fan club will move on to someone else because he's no longer able to
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 08:19 PM
Feb 2021

use the powers of the presidency to keep them coming back for more (read: riled up).They're easily bored and, at the end of the day, he's a huuuuuuge bore.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
3. His whole life has been
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 08:23 PM
Feb 2021

all about "HIM!"

Now that NOBODY (well, there's those 75 million, but they're not paying anymore) cares about him - money has dried up, people aren't around, he has no way to do ANYTHING without charging US, he's left with 2 things: (1) how to keep power over the RepubliCons and the money flowing in to him, and (2) what to do about ALL of the legal problems that should be exploding on him within the next few months.

I'm with 'ya - can't wait for his misery to grow, and grow, and grow, and grow, and grow, and grow!!!!

keithbvadu2

(36,778 posts)
5. After the election, dues went from $100k to $200k (maybe not exact figures).
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 09:05 PM
Feb 2021

After the election, dues went from $100k to $200k (maybe not exact figures).

Wonder what they are now.

Blue Owl

(50,351 posts)
7. And don't forget about the likely possibility
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 09:22 PM
Feb 2021

of Melanie dumping his fat ass for a younger, more attractive stud... C'mon Melaria, you deserve it... go for it!!!

wnylib

(21,433 posts)
9. But we ARE still subsidizing his businesses.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 09:59 PM
Feb 2021

He still gets Secret Service protection. And isn't he still charging for their accommodations?

live love laugh

(13,101 posts)
10. To some extent yes but not on the previous scale.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:07 PM
Feb 2021

I recall reading there was a standby crew at his resort even when he was not there because he refused to commit his schedule and not knowing when he would be there they constantly paid for accommodations for security at exorbitantly raised prices to ensure there was security.

Vanity Fair did an article in Oct. 2020 on the grifting. Excerpt:

“... We’ve known for some time that these frequent jaunts to his own properties—280 of them to date—either to meet with heads of state or to simply get away for the weekend, cost taxpayers millions of dollars. But in a new report out today, the Washington Post puts an actual price tag on the amount of money Trump has funneled from the U.S. Treasury, as well as his campaign, directly into his own pocket: at least $8.1 million, which is reportedly more than his hotels in Hawaii and Vancouver have taken in since 2017. It also reveals what an out and out con the president is, bilking taxpayers for not just large items like hotel rooms— which, of course, they wouldn’t have to pay for if he was at the White House or a private residence—but the kind that flows out of a tap...”

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
29. But it STOPS for the
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 12:12 AM
Feb 2021

grifter kids - you know, the ones we have been flying around the world WITH protection details while they were working for TRUMP INC.

Kablooie

(18,628 posts)
11. When Biden's policies start to produce results that MAGATs were told they shouldn't like...
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:19 PM
Feb 2021

they will look to Trump to fix it but he will be silent because he has no means of doing anything.

This might gradually cause them to lose their hero worship towards him.

mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)
13. Waiting for divorce to be filed
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:29 PM
Feb 2021

and news of his death. Those are the only two stories I care about. And the divorce, not so much.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
14. All of this and more, but one thing in your OP stood out.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:33 PM
Feb 2021

The para that begins "His resort(s)..." jolted me with a recognition of irony I had previously failed to note.

How great is it that there is ONE TINY GLIMMER of light in the entire COVID universe? He managed to infect the US, and had a hand in infecting the world...and the resulting isolation is killing his business?

You just can't make this shit up.

dobleremolque

(490 posts)
23. Plus he's just been through the last "judicial" proceeding
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 11:11 PM
Feb 2021

with Impeachment 2.0, where the fact that he's an ex-president will have any influence. Maybe that's a silver lining.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
27. He got off scot free so far
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 11:21 PM
Feb 2021

Sadly I believe any attempts to hold him accountable will fail as well. I hope I am wrong.

DemoTex

(25,394 posts)
28. I bet he "finds" Jesus and turns to religious grifting ..
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 11:21 PM
Feb 2021

Lots of money to be made there, by an experienced hustler with an impressive mailing list of gullible marks. And the letterhead still works: MAGA (Make America Godly Again). Sister Melania! Sister Ivanka! Brother Vlad .. wait, WTF?

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