Trump treats campaign funds like a "piggy bank"- $58.4 million used for legal fees.
Trump has always been a crook and conman.
"Donald Trump has commandeered an astonishing $58.4 million in campaign donations for legal and compliance fees, The New York Times reported Saturday.
"The president has treated campaign coffers like his own “piggy bank,” sending millions to law firms for whatever battle he wants to fight, including some protecting his own interests, according to the Times.
"The legal fees are in addition to the contributions that Trump is funneling into his own pockets by charging his campaign and the Republican National Committee for lodging, event space and catering. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort hoovered up some $400,000 in just two days for a campaign event earlier this year. As of last year, his businesses had collected nearly $17 million since he launched his first presidential campaign."
[nytimes.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.This appears to be simply business. As CEO and majority owner of the United States of Trumpermerica he is using his assets to crush the competition.
Win or lose, Trump has shown the world that a country/Nation State is not a business. It and the connected world are far more complex than that and he and his accomplices are not skilled or intelligent enough to cope or understand.
As for his actions in this, he may very well not understand that in politics this is criminal.
Sofabeast
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Sep 7, 2020
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What a corrupt,despicable poor excuse for a human being.
WayneDalton
Level 8
Sep 7, 2020
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I've been following this since Rachel Maddow brought it up in 2017. Everything is a slush fund for them.
BitFlipper
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Sep 7, 2020
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I would expect no less from Trump.
Trump often tells the snake poem, about a woman who saves a snake’s life, only to be bitten by the snake as deadly repayment. It’s Trump’s Freudian warning to voters about himself, and they don’t realize it.
AgeofReason
Level 5
Sep 7, 2020
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Being president is about getting money out of the treasury in any manner possible. He is a crook and we are paying for it.
dalefvictor
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Sep 7, 2020
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My admittedly lazy response:
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PBuck0145
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Sep 7, 2020
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@PBuck0145
If you don't like the Huffington Post, how about the NY Times? Granted they're rated center-left -- but for opinions rather than accuracy.
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