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Trump misspelled stocks as "socks" on Truth Social. The QAnon folks believe it is a secret message. (Original Post) kpete Jul 2022 OP
So on July 17th Trump will come back into power? Botany Jul 2022 #1
Or... dchill Jul 2022 #2
Why does T-11 equal July 11th? lame54 Jul 2022 #3
It's just that the Ketchup-Flinging Backseat Strangler's short stubby fingers MerryHolidays Jul 2022 #4
Oh, come on. Obviously "Socks" viva la Jul 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Generic Other Jul 2022 #6
The clintons Generic Other Jul 2022 #7
LOL-- viva la Jul 2022 #8
Socks will return with JFK jr. The pair faked their own deaths to go underground and ... FSogol Jul 2022 #16
MT Greene said as much when asked if she asked for a pardon Generic Other Jul 2022 #18
OH, you're right! viva la Jul 2022 #25
They do that horseshit with literally everything. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #9
What a joke. Drumpf's fans think he's some kind of business genius. The reality is... keep_left Jul 2022 #10
I have never figured out how in the hell the man bankrupted casinos. Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #11
There was a business article several years ago about how Drumpf could have just sat on his ass,... keep_left Jul 2022 #12
Minor Correction ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #13
Doesn't Drumpf also have at least one massive "balloon" payment coming due soon? keep_left Jul 2022 #15
I Read That Too ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #23
Jean has a long sock. lpbk2713 Jul 2022 #14
Geeze, just imagine what Qanon is doing to their socks! FSogol Jul 2022 #17
More than just making them stiff enough to stand up by themselves? n/t Generic Other Jul 2022 #19
Ahh trumpy, VGNonly Jul 2022 #20
Fucking delusional sakabatou Jul 2022 #21
But the whole message is only valid if JFK reads it aloud to them. Vinca Jul 2022 #22
You would think the fact that they have been 100% wrong BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #24

MerryHolidays

(7,715 posts)
4. It's just that the Ketchup-Flinging Backseat Strangler's short stubby fingers
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:23 AM
Jul 2022

Can't type well on on a phone keyboard.

Q-Anon'ers and Russia: IF YOU'RE LISTENING, HE'S AN IDIOT. DANGEROUS AS HELL, BUT AN IDIOT NEVERTHELESS.

viva la

(3,303 posts)
5. Oh, come on. Obviously "Socks"
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:23 AM
Jul 2022

refers to the Clinton cat, and it must mean Secy Clinton will be restored to the White House as the rightful presidential Socks caretaker.

Response to viva la (Reply #5)

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
18. MT Greene said as much when asked if she asked for a pardon
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 02:34 PM
Jul 2022

Didn't she say the trouble we Dems were planning was the more important question? I am certain she feared we'd try to storm SCOTUS and hurt Socks.

Because she is now a psychic as well as a psycho.

LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts)
9. They do that horseshit with literally everything.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 11:47 AM
Jul 2022

All these complex theories and ridiculous mathematical equations. Then, they use the results of the calculations to say "The storm is coming".

Well, one shit storm did come on 1/6, but they are still saying that "a storm is coming".

They are quite literally out of their minds. No hyperbole.

keep_left

(1,784 posts)
10. What a joke. Drumpf's fans think he's some kind of business genius. The reality is...
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:39 PM
Jul 2022

...that he's certainly plagiarizing what he just saw five minutes ago on Fox News. I'm sure Stuart Varney or some other idiot was whining about Wall Street.

Drumpf's fans conveniently forget that he ran three casinos into the ground. He bought what should have been a turnkey airline operation from Eastern (Trump Shuttle) and wrecked it. And by the way, has this asshole ever ran a publicly-traded company? I wouldn't trust Drumpf to run a coffee shop.

 

Thtwudbeme

(7,737 posts)
11. I have never figured out how in the hell the man bankrupted casinos.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:44 PM
Jul 2022

Seriously- if he had just hired a good manager--- people walk in and HAND YOU MONEY.

keep_left

(1,784 posts)
12. There was a business article several years ago about how Drumpf could have just sat on his ass,...
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:59 PM
Jul 2022

....snorted coke, and eaten hamberders...er...hamburgers, and just handed the $400M (inflation-adjusted) he inherited over to professional money managers, and he would be worth billions more. In fact, because so much (or all) of his worth is privately held, little is known about his financial status. But some business people a lot smarter than me say that he is certainly either broke or underwater. So Drumpf pissed away $400M when he could have grown it into billions by sitting on his ass. That really takes talent!

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
13. Minor Correction
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 01:26 PM
Jul 2022

Under the law, private companies are audited for creditworthiness every 5 years.
A group of banks contracts an audit firm (in TFG's case, Moody's). They all provide the information revealed in loan applications, the auditor consolidates them, then does an independent review of asset value.
In 2013, Moody's assessed that the assets were overvalued by $1.7 billion & loans totaled $1.2 billion more than advertised. This brought the net worth from the fraudulent $4.5 billion reported by Forbes to about $1.6 billion.
In 2018, the loan accumulation was found to be $300 million higher BEFORE the Deutschbank Germany, Bank of China, and Saudi loans were identified.
Hence, it appears he was never a billionaire. We still don't know how much he owes Russia, but his idiot kid admitted to borrowing from them.
As to the $400 million inherited, you're dead on. However, we have to remember the no repayment term "loans" (really a tax avoidance scheme) from daddy in 1971-1978. Those "loans" totaled $54 million in 1978.
If it lived off of 100x the median household income for those 8 years, and still had $60 million.
In the 13 years up to the inheritance, that $60 million would have increased to $125 million, while living lime a king & doing nothing.
By 2016, that would have been worth $1.2 billion, and the inheritance would have gone up to nearly $3 billion.
No "business" deals, no branding, no bankruptcies, no stupid TV show...
He would have been worth 5-8 times actual, for doing nothing.
He's up there with the worst businessmen ever.

keep_left

(1,784 posts)
15. Doesn't Drumpf also have at least one massive "balloon" payment coming due soon?
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 02:21 PM
Jul 2022

I swear that I read something here with a link to an article in the business press showing that Drumpf was in even worse shape than originally thought.

By the way, I remember something about Drumpf screwing other family members out of their share of the inheritance money through various legal machinations. I just can't remember the details. That is, I believe, how the $400M figure was arrived at.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
23. I Read That Too
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jul 2022

Might have been the Chinese loan.
And, yes he did things to keep money from Mary Trump's dad.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
24. You would think the fact that they have been 100% wrong
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 05:03 PM
Jul 2022

On every single one of their predictions, calculations, or whatever - they would see just how stupid they are.

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