The Daily Populous Sunday January 19th, 2025 day edition
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adammerkley on January 19th, 2025 at 04:52 UTC »

Reminder that they made Jimmy Carter sell his fucking peanut farm when he was elected president, to avoid a potential conflict of interest.

Choice-of-SteinsGate on January 19th, 2025 at 03:57 UTC »

Another day, another grift...

Trump has spent his entire life and career taking advantage of his power and privilege to enrich himself. And now more than ever, there is an even greater incentive for him to continue doing so.

But first:

Trump is a notorious financial fraud who has bankrupted or crippled practically every business, product, or service that he's tried to slap his name on. He has often profited off of this by leveraging other people's money to make bankruptcy work for him.

Here's a long list of Trump's business failures:

Trump Casinos and Hotels Trump University (The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative) Trump Magazine Trump Airlines Trump Beverages Trump "The Game" (yes a Donald Trump boardgame) Trump Mortgages Trump Steaks Trump Travel Site Trumpnet Trump Tower Tampa Trump Vodka Trump Fragrances Trump Mattress Trump Network Tour de Trump Trumped! (Trump Radio) Truth Social (why not call it "Trump Social" at this point?)

He has been involved in over 4,000 legal cases, many of which include financial crimes, multi million dollar real estate and tax disputes, corrupt business practices, state law violations, disputes with patrons, small businesses, employees, etc...

Trump has profited off of screwing over these small businesses and financial associates who had the misfortune of trusting him with their money or labor.

He has also profited off of lying about his wealth and the value of his properties, he even lied to get on the Forbes list, and he often threatens to sue anyone who publicly speculates about his real net worth.

He is a symbol of American greed, born into privilege and wealth and too big to fail. He will exploit anyone for a quick buck.

Over a period of time between the '80s and '90s, Donald Trump had lost more money than any other American taxpayer. His business decisions nearly led him to ruin. But he continued borrowing money, particularly from his father and from banks, which allowed him to avoid paying income tax for many years, all while he amassed unsustainable debts, then dumped them onto others.

Then his lucky break, The Apprentice, just another example of his luck and privilege. By the show's premiere, Trump had squandered his riches, but the show played a significant role in boosting his income and public image. In fact, if it weren't for his reality TV show break, he may be known today as the infamous fraudster and financial failure he was always destined to be.

This isn't even the tip of the iceberg, but it's clear so far that Donald Trump is not the economic genius he's touted as by both him and his supporters, and he's spent his entire life exploiting others to enrich himself, cashing in on his circumstances at the expense of others, while he has also made a career out of leveraging his wealth, power, and privilege to game the justice system in a way that helps him avoid being held accountable for his crimes, his misconduct, and his countless legal troubles.

Let's not forget about Trump's recent felony convictions for falsifying business records in order to conceal a crime.

While during his presidency, Trump was forced to pay more than $2 million in court-ordered damages to eight different charities for illegally misusing charitable funds at the Trump Foundation for political purposes

As part of the settlement, Trump was required to acknowledge his personal misuse of funds at the Trump Foundation, and it was forced to shutter its doors and dissolve under court supervision.

Then there's Trump University...

In 2013, A lawsuit was filed by New York's AG, accusing Trump of defrauding thousands of people who attended Trump University. New York regulators forced Trump to stop using the term "university" to describe his grifting scheme, calling Trump's use of the word, "misleading and even illegal."

Former students recount being pressured to provide high approval ratings for the courses they were taking, or have their graduation certificates withheld. Thousands of students sought course refunds and claimed that they never received any benefits from the courses.

There was also a separate class action lawsuit against Trump University, Trump's counterclaims were dismissed and he even tried to file a defamation suit against one of the students who made her experiences at the "university" public. Trump University was later ordered to pay this student's legal fees and extra costs. Trump was eventually found to have defrauded students and was forced to pay $25 million in restitution.

Trump is also known infamously for not paying what he owes. This includes hundreds of millions in loan forgiveness and legal penalties, and unpaid bills for rally costs at cities around the country.

As president, Donald Trump directed taxpayer money towards his businesses. The secret service and other government parties were forced to overspend at Trump properties and on accommodations.

Trump often made foreign and domestic business deals while president. Booking events for foreign governments at Trump owned locations in order to curry favor with his admin.

Trump promoted his properties while President, and hosted taxpayer funded events.

It should also be noted that Trump has been meeting in private with several billionaires, including tech and news media moguls, social media owners, and executives at the top of some of the richest and most massive corporations in the world. These billionaires are pledging millions of dollars towards his inauguration, while assuring him that they will be in lockstep with his next administration. Trump's next admin is expected to be the richest in US history. Populism my ass...

Trump is a notorious grifter. Everything from your typical hats, T-shirts, clothing and accessories, to watches and jewelry, NFTs and digital collectibles, commemorative medallions and coins, Trump currency and trading cards, tacky sneakers, overpriced Bibles, cologne and perfume, among other merchandise and MAGA memorabilia that he continuously suckers his followers into buying. Easy money that typically gets reserved for his legal fees.

Make no mistake here, Donald Trump is not "America first," he is Trump first, always. He is always thinking of ways to exploit his power and privilege to enrich himself. He has no reason to stop, in fact, he has an even greater incentive this time around to continue taking advantage of his presidency to deepen his own pockets.

CornyStasia on January 19th, 2025 at 03:45 UTC »

Nothing more American than a pump and dump.