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Despite the seemingly-favorable verdict its 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. Theres 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.
ARPad95
(1,671 posts)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.
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)I hope these are accurate, indeed!
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)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!!!!
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,757 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,778 posts)After the election, dues went from $100k to $200k (maybe not exact figures).
Wonder what they are now.
machoneman
(4,006 posts)live love laugh
(13,101 posts)Blue Owl
(50,351 posts)of Melanie dumping his fat ass for a younger, more attractive stud... C'mon Melaria, you deserve it... go for it!!!
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)get her hands on.
Stuart G
(38,420 posts)wnylib
(21,433 posts)He still gets Secret Service protection. And isn't he still charging for their accommodations?
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)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:
... Weve known for some time that these frequent jaunts to his own properties280 of them to dateeither 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 wouldnt have to pay for if he was at the White House or a private residencebut the kind that flows out of a tap...
wnylib
(21,433 posts)Can we rescind it?
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)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)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.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)and news of his death. Those are the only two stories I care about. And the divorce, not so much.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)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.
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)dobleremolque
(490 posts)with Impeachment 2.0, where the fact that he's an ex-president will have any influence. Maybe that's a silver lining.
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(13,101 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)Sadly I believe any attempts to hold him accountable will fail as well. I hope I am wrong.
DemoTex
(25,394 posts)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?
electric_blue68
(14,888 posts)as grifter etc (hopefully!). 👍