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Irish_Dem

(69,462 posts) Fri Apr 25, 2025, 03:32 AM Apr 25

One of the MSNBC financial pundits said Trump is probably now a real billionaire. [View all]

I believe it was on the Nicole Wallace show.

Pundit alluding to all of Trump's grifting during the campaign and since being in the WH.
Crypto, tariff deals, etc.

I am sure there is big grifting behind the scenes in addition to the stuff we can see
in plain sight.

So as Trump cuts all federal spending, he is raking in the cash big time.

Michael Cohen, Trump's long time advisor, has said a number of times that Trump's goal is to
become a trillionaire. I believe that almost everything Trump is doing in the WH is connected
to that goal.

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One of the MSNBC financial pundits said Trump is probably now a real billionaire. [View all] Irish_Dem Apr 25 OP

Yes and more than grifting, insider trading, looting/stealing, extorting etc. Meowmee Apr 25 #1

Yes we know about quite a few of his crimes. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #2

Doge for one, but there may be other things too... Meowmee Apr 25 #3

Trump's theft of the US treasury should be getting more attention. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #5

Yes somehow I suspect some of this doge money etc. will go directly to you know who... Meowmee Apr 25 #7

No one else has stolen $1 trillion from the US government? Irish_Dem Apr 25 #9

I Don't Think CitizenZero Apr 25 #14

I agree, especially since we know he is fixated on gold for some reason. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #15

Where did BonnieJW Apr 25 #31

Exactly. A couple of million here, a couple of million there, adds up to real money. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #32

Day after day--looting from the USA is the only thing #Trump is very good at. riversedge Apr 27 #40

A Criminal CitizenZero Apr 25 #4

It is the greatest heist in American history. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #6

Yep CitizenZero Apr 25 #10

Yes it is believed that Putin is the richest man in the world. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #17

Right CitizenZero Apr 25 #18

Pavel Durov arrested in Paris last summer. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #19

Thanks CitizenZero Apr 25 #20

Well yes of course. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #21

Malcolm Nance CitizenZero Apr 25 #22

Yes MN has a lot of interesting things to say. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #23

Good Topic CitizenZero Apr 25 #24

Good ideas. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #25

PS Irish_Dem Apr 25 #27

Keep Up The Good Work CitizenZero Apr 25 #30

Also CitizenZero Apr 25 #12

Yes and not only failure to convict but given total immunity in the future. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #16

So he's a billionaire. Demobrat Apr 25 #8

Trump is a vicious, ruthless psychopath. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #11

And still he will never be happy, content, Demobrat Apr 25 #26

Yes nothing will ever fill the hole in his soul. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #28

with a gold digging wife Skittles Apr 25 #13

Don't forget his psychopath kids. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #29

I honestly haven't heard much about them OR that creepy fuck Jared Skittles Apr 25 #33

The word on the street about the spawn: Irish_Dem Apr 25 #34

oh I have zero doubt they are grifting Skittles Apr 25 #35

That was Musk's goal misanthrope Apr 25 #36

Yep. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #37

Kurt Vonnegut wrote this obituary/poem for The New Yorker in May of 2005 . Swede Apr 25 #38

Heller was rich in spirit and soul. Irish_Dem Apr 25 #39