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> Why are you not mentioning any Republicans? That’s a good point. It’s not like Trump’s holdings weren’t fed a line of patrons while he was in office. Seems o

> Why are you not mentioning any Republicans? That’s a good point. It’s not like Trump’s holdings weren’t fed a line of patrons while he was in office. Seems odd to leave out the most prominent and recent example.

Izkata 6y ago
Trump didn't make money off of the presidency, if anything he spent (2016-2017) or lost (2020) wealth: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/forbes-400-donald-trump-wealth/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/forbes-400-donald-tr...
- macg333 6y ago
  Just because he didn't make money because he's a failure at business and his particular ventures were negatively affected by the coronavirus (the explanation given in your article) completely ignores that he funneled a substantial amount of tax payer dollars into his private ventures by spending so much time there with his security detail.
- bernulli 6y ago
  That’s not what the article says at all. It says that his hotel businesses went south due to COVID. That’s orthogonal to the myriad ways he extracted money from being a president.
  - Izkata 6y ago
    ...incorrect, that's the second dip only. The virus wasn't around for the first.
    - bernulli 6y ago
      The article you linked makes no statement about the origin of that first dip. Regardless, whatever dips there are, this is completely unrelated to him using his position for personal gain, which is the original discussion here.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  His tax returns show he didn’t make any to start with - or possibly more accurately, he just avoided saying he made any money and thereby didn’t pay any tax. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-tru...
  - seanmcdirmid 6y ago
    I’m betting he did his taxes right and really is just insolvent.
- chillwaves 6y ago
  Does this comment account for his $500M+ "loan"?
- triceratops 6y ago
  You mean other than charging the Secret Service for his weekly stays at his resort? Or how lobbyists in DC made sure to book at a Trump property?
- amznthrwaway 6y ago
  Thank you for letting us know that you are both dishonest and hyper partisan. The article does not say what you claim it does. You are a liar and if dang cared about community he’d ban sleazy fucks like you. Fortunately for you, dang absolutely fucking loves dishonest assholes.
- pfisch 6y ago
  I honestly think you'd have a hard time finding any politician that made more than trump from his office. Mar a lago was literally a place to go pay 200k so you could lobby trump. His re-election campaign ran out of money! How could that even be possible without massive embezzlement!? His fake stop the steal con pulled in over 200 mil! Most of that is going to end up in his pocket.

Izkata 6y ago

Trump didn't make money off of the presidency, if anything he spent (2016-2017) or lost (2020) wealth: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/forbes-400-donald-trump-wealth/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/forbes-400-donald-tr...

macg333 6y ago
Just because he didn't make money because he's a failure at business and his particular ventures were negatively affected by the coronavirus (the explanation given in your article) completely ignores that he funneled a substantial amount of tax payer dollars into his private ventures by spending so much time there with his security detail.
bernulli 6y ago
That’s not what the article says at all. It says that his hotel businesses went south due to COVID. That’s orthogonal to the myriad ways he extracted money from being a president.
- Izkata 6y ago
  ...incorrect, that's the second dip only. The virus wasn't around for the first.
  - bernulli 6y ago
    The article you linked makes no statement about the origin of that first dip. Regardless, whatever dips there are, this is completely unrelated to him using his position for personal gain, which is the original discussion here.
lostlogin 6y ago
His tax returns show he didn’t make any to start with - or possibly more accurately, he just avoided saying he made any money and thereby didn’t pay any tax. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-tru...
- seanmcdirmid 6y ago
  I’m betting he did his taxes right and really is just insolvent.
chillwaves 6y ago
Does this comment account for his $500M+ "loan"?
triceratops 6y ago
You mean other than charging the Secret Service for his weekly stays at his resort? Or how lobbyists in DC made sure to book at a Trump property?
amznthrwaway 6y ago
Thank you for letting us know that you are both dishonest and hyper partisan. The article does not say what you claim it does. You are a liar and if dang cared about community he’d ban sleazy fucks like you. Fortunately for you, dang absolutely fucking loves dishonest assholes.
pfisch 6y ago
I honestly think you'd have a hard time finding any politician that made more than trump from his office. Mar a lago was literally a place to go pay 200k so you could lobby trump. His re-election campaign ran out of money! How could that even be possible without massive embezzlement!? His fake stop the steal con pulled in over 200 mil! Most of that is going to end up in his pocket.