When it comes to compiling a laundry list of why I detest Donald Trump, there are so many places to start:
- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was all about investigating the fraudulent Trump University – until she got the bright idea of soliciting a campaign contribution from the Former Guy himself. He ponied up a $25,000 contribution and suddenly the investigation was dropped.
- Former U.S. Attorney for Southern Florida let Jeffrey Epstein off on a secret work-release sentence for sex crimes against underage girls was later appointed by Trump as U.S. Labor Secretary, proving once and for all, that birds of a feather…
- During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump ridiculed Gold Star parents, Mr. and Mrs. Khizr Khan and he also mocked disabled news reporter Serge Kovaleski during the campaign – both reprehensible acts in every sense of the word.
I could go on…and on…and on, but why bother? Everything I could say about him has already been said and many probably would rather just move on. His claims of having the election stolen were made with zero proof – as evidenced by about 50 court challenges he lost.
But just when you think there can’t be any more this moron can do to humiliate himself, there is.
The New York Times on Saturday had a story that should send the Tangerine Toddler straight to federal prison.
(I know there are millions of his followers who will refuse to believe the story, even in the face of overwhelming evidence of its validity. It reminds me of a sermon I heard Easter Sunday in which my pastor noted that atheists would deny the Resurrection even in the face of what he considered conclusive evidence. Even as he said that, I could not help thinking of the dedicated Trumpsters out there who will go to their graves believing anything the Former Guy says is gospel of an equivalent truth.)
But back to our story. You may remember my writing about all the solicitations I was receiving from Trump and the Repugnantcan Party for weeks on end after the election had shown a convincing 7-million vote win for Joe Biden. It wasn’t just a single email per day, it was several – from Trump, the Repugnantcan Party and from each of Trump’s adult children.
It was a scam. First of all, Trump tried to convince us it was for his legal fight to overturn the election results when in fact, it was money for any damned purpose he wanted. That’s right. Walking around money. And the scam was that much of those post-election contributions were used not for a legal defense, but to repay more than $64 million in fraudulent pre-election “contributions.”
But most egregious of all, it turns out that the way the solicitations were set up, you didn’t give just a single contribution the way Stacy Blatt, dying of cancer in hospice care, thought. No, it was multiple contributions, unbeknownst to the donors. In Blatt’s case, he gave $500 that he probably couldn’t afford, given his monthly income of just $1,000. But as soon as he clicked that button to give his $500, a second $500 “contribution” disappeared from his bank account the very next day into the Trump fund. Then another $500 the next week and again every week after than through mid-October until his bank account had been emptied, causing his utility and rent payment checks to bounce.
In all, Trump robbed a dying man of $3,000.
It was the same story for Victor Amelino, 78, of California, who made a $990 on donation to Trump in September via WinRed, the for-profit company that processed Trump contributions. They came back seven more times, relieving Amelino of nearly $8,000.
It gets worse.
The Trump campaign, not satisfied with such paltry sums, later inserted a little thing called a “money bomb” that doubled a donor’s contribution – all without the donor’s knowledge.
After the election, Trump launched that “legal defense” fund that, in reality, was used to repay the money taken earlier by deception.
Where I come from, they call that a Ponzi scheme and they’re illegal. Just ask Bernie Madoff.
The New York Times is by subscription only so many of you cannot read the story online. But for those of you with subscriptions, you can read the entire story HERE.
For all of Trump’s cheating, lying, manipulation, chiseling, scheming and thievery, this is the very worst.
If there is any scintilla of justice remaining on this planet, he should spend the rest of his life in prison.
There is no low to which he is unwilling to stoop. And for the John Kennedys, Steve Scalises and Garret Graves who continue to spew their B.S. about a “stolen election,” you’re no better than your mentor.
Louisiana Voice 
I am suffering from “Trump Disgusting Syndrome.” I have never learned of so much ugly, mean, criminal acts by one person….and, that person is still as free as a bird and therein lies our problem! I know that justice sometimes grinds exceedingly slow….but, this is unbelievably slow!
Actually, Tom, there WAS an attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election.
It was financed through all those fund-raising emails you and I got from the Republican Party and the Trumps.
All those loyal dimwits in the Trump cult donated their money to fund the steal.
Apparently, Mr Goldmacher submitted that article to multiple media outlets. If any of you can’t read it and are using an iPhone or other Apple device, you can find the same article in Apple News. Here’s a link to one: https://apple.news/Aa3LlrlucQ_qN5tpFmil0OA
Now as for trump,… I turned the page on that wasted sexual encounter months ago because he’s occupied more of my time than any filthy criminal deserves. And, I fully expected that time would reveal many of his activities. But who in the hell wouldn’t have guessed that a “for profit” fundraising arm of a political party would result in this. And what kind of person would accept their excuse for it: -the other guys do it too!!! It’s pathetic… shameful… and completely expected, at this point. Shame on us if we let them get away with it.
I don’t contribute to any political campaign on principal because I’m convinced that money is at the heart of our country’s political problems, followed closely by the political parties themselves and social media. Discovering that both parties engage in this predatory behavior only galvanizes that belief. There were several references in that article to other businesses that they claim do the same thing, but I’ve never seen one get away with it. Can you imagine how politicians would react if ANY business did this to the electorate? Kornpone would need a 5 subject notebook to catalog all the soundbytes he’d spew at the media in his attention seeking fervor. BOTH parties need to stop this immediately, and Winred should be investigated for their sheer scale and audacity. But, we know that probably won’t happen. If it only takes $25K to halt an investigation into trumpU, then I won’t hold my breath for anything substantive to come from this.
The other thing that stood out in this article for me was your comparison between the Easter Sermon, and trump followers expected rejection of Mr Goldmacher’s story. There’s so much irony there considering how many Pastors were openly campaigning from the pulpit for him. It’s certainly not the first time that religion and politics have intersected at great cost to a country.
Thanks for your time on this article. It was the first I’d heard of this.
r/
Kent
I have to admit (and I realize this makes me a small person) I have little sympathy for the people bilked out of their money in this story.
1) There are many reasons people support T***p and NONE of them are good reasons
2) Maybe I am overly compulsive, but if this happened to me I would know about it a long time before my bank account was drained since I keep tabs on my accounts almost daily. I also monitor and have notifications built into credit card transactions.
I suspect the company actually handling the transactions will pay for their deceptive practices one way or another and the RNC will chalk it all up to good marketing. I was sorry to see an organization to which I contribute named in the article and my last donation will remain my last, despite the fact it much easier to spot the attempt on their part to have you commit to recurring payments. I have noted this has become standard practice for a lot of charities, as well.
Will T***p pay a political price for this? No. Anybody who supports him today will support him until he is gone and it is a safe assumption he will not be resurrected.
I am a political junkie, I donate a few dollars to Democratic causes and Indian tribes and even now to one Baptist missionary cause in the Ukraine, I also give to the Salvation Army a small monthly donation in the name of 4 of my grandchildren and my Democratic Donkey, Buster Bill Clinton. (The 4 never ask why?) People who listen to Rush Limbaugh and donate to Trump get no sympathy from me. thanks ron thompson