I think his supporters will vote for him again, despite the fact that he didn't do what he said he would the first time, because they're too stupid to think.
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[Politics] Donald Trump 2024
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I think his supporters will vote for him again, despite the fact that he didn't do what he said he would the first time, because they're too stupid to think.
I suspect we largely agree, as usual
schmunk
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There is no way that any serious corporate investor (pension schemes, mutuals, etc.) is going to put a lump of money into this business, which made losses of $50M on turnover of $3M last year and has no reasonable plans to achieve breakeven, let alone profit. Because of this, the notional $6bn value is a nonsense and there's no chance that he'll get the $454M bond he urgently needs on the back of this.Oh Trump always looks finds a way out of the fox hole - like floating Truth Social on the financial market for example
Donald Trump's social media company set to go public - potentially netting him $3bn
The former US president is grappling with a number of legal cases against him - including the fallout from a $454m judgement in a civil fraud case in New York.news.sky.com
I wouldn’t like to be a shareholder in any of Trump’s enterprises frankly - I would be surprised if Trump’s Truth Social even provided the cash he needs to pay his $454 bond to NY given his history of fraud and deception - it is likely his shares are highly overinflated and he will find it difficult to dump them to raise funds imo. Also -can you imagine Truth Social, the hotbed of fake narratives it is, to withstand the increased regulatory oversight and public scrutiny that comes with public companies? It does not bode well for a man that has prided himself in private investment port folios and regarding any government interference in his business affairs as witch-hunts.
beorhthelm
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the merger it's done, renames as Trump Media from Monday. no idea how funded but the valuation is there. though his stock would be locked for some time, he might be able to borrow against them. jammy git.
schmunk
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Yes, but do you think the shares will be worth anything like their current quoted price in 6 months time, the delay which Trump has to observe before being able to sell shares or use them as collateral?
beorhthelm
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i cant fathom the value now, let alone 6mth. nontheless, he has a substantial increase in net worth that can be securitised.
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Its Man City Sponsorship levels of corruption in that valuation.
It was losing loads of money, mooted to go under at one point. This shell company bidding for truth social, is just a mechanism for greedy billionaires who want his deregulation and tax cuts + foreign actors who want his chaos and puppet subserviance to hand him the cash he needs.
Like someone putting together a dodgy entity to buy your car for 3 million.
So, hopefully if he loses the election, it will all go bust.
But by then I guess he will have cashed in, leaving others to lose out.
Trump says he has $500m in cash right now. His lawyers say he cannot meet the $454m bond.
I wonder who is telling the truth?
www.theguardian.com
I wonder who is telling the truth?
Trump claims to have ‘almost $500m in cash’ despite inability to pay bond
Ex-president makes claim on Truth Social while RNC fundraising deal sees donations going to committee paying his legal bills
www.theguardian.com
Or Democrats will feel poorer and less free because they now realize Biden’s border policy is a national disaster, and will therefore vote for Trump. A really good opinion pice by Victor Davis Hanson.
Biden's Border Blowup
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How would any American feel "less free" because of the border control, or lack of, on the south of the US ?Or Democrats will feel poorer and less free because they now realize Biden’s border policy is a national disaster, and will therefore vote for Trump. A really good opinion pice by Victor Davis Hanson.
Biden's Border Blowup
I was just paraphrasing HWT’s original post.
“That money was just resting in my account”Trump says he has $500m in cash right now. His lawyers say he cannot meet the $454m bond.
I wonder who is telling the truth?
Trump claims to have ‘almost $500m in cash’ despite inability to pay bond
Ex-president makes claim on Truth Social while RNC fundraising deal sees donations going to committee paying his legal bills
To be fair, I didn't write anything about the Democrats.
I was trying to explain how people who voted for Trump (and others who didn't) might consider that they would (still) feel safer and richer under Trump (even though the data may not support these notions) and wondered whether you agree.
And you went all 'whatabout Biden'. You're better than that
Okay, what I should have said I was paraphrasing your words but flipping the parties. My apologies…To be fair, I didn't write anything about the Democrats.
I was trying to explain how people who voted for Trump (and others who didn't) might consider that they would (still) feel safer and richer under Trump (even though the data may not support these notions) and wondered whether you agree.
And you went all 'whatabout Biden'. You're better than that
“Trump isn’t lazy” what
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Relentless (in a way e.g., Johnson can't be bothered) was what I mean“Trump isn’t lazy” what
Relentless and a workaholic. You can hate him, but you can’t call him lazy.
Workaholic or golfaholic?
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Do you have a copy of Michael Wolfe’s Fire and Fury? There’s a great description in there of how when Trump moved into the WH in 2016, he had locks installed on his bedroom door, 3 TVs installed in the room and after 6pm would retire for the evening and spend time watching TV and eating cheeseburgers. Conversely, according to a report quoted by a BBC article in 2018, ”Mr Obama had "night owl" habits and was known sometimes to stay up until 01:00am or 02:00am working after his family was asleep …Other presidents, like both Lyndon B Johnson and Bill Clinton, were known to make calls in the middle of the night.”
There are also accounts in Fire and Fury of how he refused to let WH staff clean up his room or pick piles of clothes up off the floor.
“According to the (Axios) report” the BBC article continued; “the president has designated "Executive Time" from 8:00am to 11:00am in the Oval Office, but actually spends these hours in his residence watching television, making phone calls and tweeting”. Trump built “unscheduled "Executive Time" during the work day“ into his diary which was “spent in the dining room next to the Oval Office where the president watches cable news…In one example Axios presented, the president's schedule began at 11:00 with "Policy Time", then "Executive Time" at 12:00, an hour for lunch, followed by more "Executive Time" from 13:30”
Trump also promised in August 2016; "I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to go play golf." He had wracked up at that point 298 visits to golf clubs at a cost to the taxpayer of $144,000,000. He played 19 rounds of golf in work hours just in his first 100 days in Office cf Obama once, Biden once.
The Report concluded that: “The main difference …,is that Mr Trump's reported schedule could be detrimental to his ability to govern effectively.”
Mrs Margaret Thatcher was known to have 4 hours asleep a night - getting up at 5am to start work then spending the evening cooking/looking after her family.
As World leaders go, Trump is a veritable burger-eating couch potato, spends a lot of time playing golf, watching reports about himself on cable news and a slob by all accounts
Trump’s daily schedule v Obama and Bush
Donald Trump would not be the first president to forgo a nine-to-five routine.
www.bbc.co.uk
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