The Trumpsters believe all of Trump’s BS, including his oft-mentioned lie that being President cost him so much money. |
They don’t really believe anything at all. In the next breath they’ll talk about how Trump made so much money while he was president*** because he’s such a great businessman. But they understood that Trump wanted them to stop the election certification and overthrow the government. Their ice-rink smooth brains got that. |
“The Jan. 6 select committee seemed close to concluding that compelling Republican lawmakers to testify wasn’t worth the inevitable ugly fight. Then Rep. Mo Brooks dropped a bomb.
The Alabama Republican revealed in a public statement last week that former President Donald Trump had repeatedly, and recently, raised the idea of attempting to rescind the 2020 election results and reinstall him as president. It was a stunning allegation that would show Trump not only attempted to subvert the 2020 election while in office, but that he is extracting promises from allies to try again if they take power in 2023.” https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/29/jan-6-panel-mo-brooks-00021484?cid=apn |
Trump supporters believe that because he declined his presidential salary, he sacrificed a lot of money. They ignore the fact that because they could not know when the President or the First Lady would visit, the Secret Service was forced to maintain staff and offices/residences for the staff in Trump Tower, Bedminster in NJ, and Maralago. And Trump forced them to pay for the use of all of those properties. And they had to maintain those rentals for the entire 4 years he was in office. There were also no discounted rentals. The USSS had to pay full rate including peak rates for the two resorts at all locations. Trump made more money than his presidential salaries at each location from those rentals alone. But, because the profit was made by the corporation and not him personally, he sacrificed and got nothing back in return. Yeah, right. |
+1 And that doesn’t even begin to cover all the money he made at Trump properties, particularly the DC hotel, from GOP campaign and PAC events and foreign dignitaries staying there to curry favor. |
+1 I remember back when I was disturbed by the emoluments. Turns out to the be the least of his crimes. |
Just think how many more of his crimes will be revealed with time. |
I guess what I struggle with - and have struggled with for all these years - is that Trump is clearly a criminal, doing criminal things, all the flipping time. We knew he was trying to overturn the election because he kept bringing those lawsuits and saying out loud that he was trying to get himself installed instead of Biden, who was elected. It's not a surprise that he was part of some confederacy of treasonous dunces that hatched up a scheme to postpone Biden's certification. So this new tweet/info - does it change anything? Those of us who are horrified are still horrified. Those who don't care still don't care. When does the needle move?! What has to happen? WHERE IS MERRICK GARLAND? |
The GOP needs to be put in its grave. No, I don’t know how to do that either. |