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Donald Trump GoFundMe raises $84K of $355 million target in 24 hours
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Any Trump supporters out there, I want you to think about something.
One of the reasons you originally supported Trump is that he was supposedly rich enough to fund his own campaign. Then you sent him - supposedly a man worth $10 billion at one point - piles of money. He begged you for it over and over. He needed your help to fight the system, to "stop the steal," to "make America great again," and you gladly opened your wallets without ever wondering why a billionaire needed your money and couldn't fund his campaigns on his own.
That billionaire now has a GoFundMe. Roll that around in your head. He has a GoFundMe because he can't (or won't) spend his own earned income as a billionaire real-estate tycoon to settle judgments against him that - by his own claims - amount to roughly 1/20th his net worth.
Why? Try to explain why in a way that doesn't make you sound like the world's biggest sucker and the victim of a con artist.
Literally zero of them browse here. Your message is simply echoing in here. You should post it to Truth Social or Hexbear or whatever shithole they peruse and let us know here what their replies are.
You know what will happen, the post will be deleted and the account will be banned.
Try it. Not everyone responds to opposing views like that.
lol
Have you ever seen a post/comment from/on Hexbear? They have zero tolerance for any opinion they disagree with.
Based on my experience... Nextdoor
Too relatable.
I made an account to browse neighborhood news. If someone loses a cat or dog, I do want to be on the lookout. Haven't added a single friend there. I'm just there to observe and potentially help save a pet. But it's very "boomer" there, and in my experience (having lived here my whole life) every boomer is a Trump fan until proven otherwise. Every boomer goes to church every Sunday. They're all the literal stereotype, and almost half are the same person as the ones you see interviewed at rallies by liberal-leaning journalists.
A good argument can still be read and later used on by someone who does read here.
Or used by some future machine learning project.
All communication creates ripples
Hexbear is Commies no?
Hexbear is trolls
Theyll assume whatever identity they think they can get the most triggered responses with
So it's just trolls, pissing off other trolls? Why would anyone who isn't a troll spend any time there?
For the same reason people still use Facebook and Twitter, despite the algorithm feeding them rage bait; it's engaging.
Sometimes I miss the old 4chan days, when you would argue about dumb shit while also assuming the other person is fucking with you, it creates a weird dynamic where you're in competition to see who can create the most convincing strawman.
Then, some would actually announce they were just trolling, which everyone else knew was a sign that they were actually serious, but wouldn't admit it. Like any of it mattered, since nobody had usernames lol.
I miss the old internet sometimes...
You’ve found the key
If those Trump supporters could read they would be very upset
Trump the billionaire welfare queen
Just like all billionaires. Except that he’s not a billionaire.
Never was. He's pretty much always owed more than he has. He bankrupted a casino, lied about the value of his properties in both directions, inflating value got him loans against them and devaluing them had him owe less in taxes and more. He has never been the player he pretends to be. The real billionaires and more don't really spend time in the spot light (for the most part), there are exceptions but the ones really running things don't like the sunlight.
All conning and bs aside, wealthy mantra is "why use your money, when you can use someone else's?" Even if trump actually did have $10,000,000,000 in assets....Hell; even in cash, he'd still try and get other saps to pay for shit for his benefit. The guy is a d-bag.
Beyond that, the entire GoFundMe is against the terms and services of the EULA on GoFundMe. You aren't allowed to raise money for "alleged or actual crimes," since this is a legal judgement, it's not just an alleged crime. It fits the definition of an actual crime.
The golden Trump shoes are actually legal money laundering.
Campaign finance laws
How do campaign finance laws prevent him from spending his own money on his campaigns?
They don't. But, truth is, it's not really a smart financial move to use too much of your personal assets to run for office because if you don't win, it was all a waste. It is smarter to get others to pay for it for you. Unless you actually have a billion dollars and then spending even 50 million on a campaign is nothing and you'll have earned that back in interest alone in short order.
Yeah, but that kind of nullifies his campaign argument that he doesn't need anyone's financial help, doesn't it.
I didn't say otherwise. Obviously it negates it and those of us who have been paying attention over the past few decades could have and did tell the world he isn't who he brags about being.
Candidates are free to sink as much of their own money into a campaign as they wish.