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The former president raised $4.18 million on Friday alone, the single-highest 24 hour period of his campaign to date.

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[-] cowfodder@unilem.org 143 points 3 years ago

"A fool and his money are soon parted" is once again proven true.

[-] dill@lemmy.one 67 points 3 years ago

My dad used to smuggly say this all the time. Look who is laughing now that he is maga cuck

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

no it's completely ridiculous how many things they will misuse in exactly this way.. there is strange magic afoot, friends.. keep your wits about you..

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 117 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

"...according to figures provided first to POLITICO by his campaign."

The same group that said 6'3" 215, right?

STOP taking headlines on face value and check/challenge actual sources of information (I.e. trump campaign)

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Ummm isn't trump the "group" that said he was 6'3" 215. How the fuck is politico suppose to take the heat for trump being vain as fuck?

[-] Jagermo@feddit.de 10 points 3 years ago

Politico is part of Axel Springer now, the German wannabe murdoch clone. Take everything with a grain of salt.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 62 points 3 years ago

Good. Every dime he gets takes a dime from GOP candidates.

He bankrupted two casinos, let's hope he destroys the GOP

[-] PhatInferno@midwest.social 11 points 3 years ago

He definitely helped destroy the GOP currently. They split their voter base between typical conservatives and Trump (tm) voters. And with with desaints falling flat in Florida recently i doubt there will be enough support for him as a mainline conservative

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 56 points 3 years ago

The dude can’t fail at failing.

[-] ensignrick@startrek.website 66 points 3 years ago

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. How the fuck do people still think this guy is what we need. Such a cult

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 years ago

Because they've compromised their morals so much to get to where they are that they feel like there's no turning back.

[-] meldroc@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago

Yep. The biggest con of all is making the marks think they're in on the con.

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Because until recently, we didn't teach kids that making a mistake or changing one's mind is ok and a sign of learning and growth. You know, that same social-emotional learning that became a conservative boogeyman.

So a bunch of people grew up to be assholes who feel less masculine or powerful if they admit they were wrong or consider new information. Sprinkle in the narcissists, and behold, the cognitive dissonance olympics.

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[-] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 years ago

He says he'll hurt the people they don't like.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago

He talks like they do on Facebook (just like me fr fr) and was first white guy elected after Obama.

He is the Avatar of their impotent rage that we elevated a half black guy to highest office. It could have been Jeb or any other white Republican if they were just a tad more racist.

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[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 9 points 3 years ago

Or somehow succeeding while failing... HOw you can get people to give you 7 million after pulling that shit is exactly why people still stake him. They somehow belive that he will pulle throught whatever. The worst thing is that he actually might, thats why they sonehow love him, because they all want that power.

[-] intelati@programming.dev 8 points 3 years ago

This is the definition of "failing up"

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[-] theodewere@kbin.social 40 points 3 years ago

villagers throwing money down a well, because they believe something down there likes them

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago
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[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 years ago

Grifters gonna grift.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 21 points 3 years ago

I just do not understand how this Zoolander mugshot can motivate people for anything but laughter. But apparently they even give money after seeing it.

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

How much of that is just laundering Russian money?

Can we see the donor list, please?

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

Russia has any money left?

[-] onionbaggage@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 3 years ago

How many days of lawyer fees is that?

[-] Techmaster@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago

Infinity, because he doesn't pay his lawyers.

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[-] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago

Oh for sure. This is the most iconic image in us political history and all sides are fundraising off of it.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago

The biggest thing I've got from the mugshot is that Crybaby Trump must never again have any nuclear launch codes.

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[-] dx1@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

IDK about most iconic. Raising flag over Iwo Jima photo? 9/11 photos? JFK portrait photo? Just off the top of my head.

Trump doing a mini fundraiser over the whole "look how mad I am for the true Americans" B.S. expression he put on. Dems basically just saying "look at this dumbass" and ready to forget it within a week.

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[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 14 points 3 years ago

If he's convicted, does this count as proceeds gained via criminal activity, which he would then forfeit?

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 25 points 3 years ago

Nah, it's specifically not a crime to be arrested, that'd be an infinite jail glitch.

He'll waste it all on lawyers whose job will be to disprove hard evidence though, since he's very guilty, so it'll be fine.

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[-] Nerrad@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago

That'll buy a lot of soap and toothpaste from the prison commissary!

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago

He is going to buy ramen and use the flavor packets as spray tan.

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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago

To be fair, that mug shot was going to be printed on Tshirts and sold for millions to both sides of the spectrum regardless of who was selling it. It somehow really is an awesome mugshot.

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