Mar-A-Lago Bilks US $900K

[togor]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_trumpsecretservice-1150am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Secret service spending when Lump isn't even there. For those keeping score of white collar looting, that's 0.9 Bannons (1 Bannon = $1M worth of illegally extracted value). Or, equivalent to 900 (very generously filled) Target shopping carts.

Quote from the story:

In response to questions for this report, White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement that Trump has “turned over the day-to-day responsibilities of running the company though he was not required to, [and] has sacrificed billions of dollars” because of discarded deals.

Deere did not directly address questions related to the second set of promises Trump made before taking office — the promises that he would not use his presidency to help the Trump Organization.

“The Washington Post is blatantly interfering with the business relationships of the Trump Organization, and it must stop,” Deere wrote in his statement. “Please be advised that we are building up a very large ‘dossier’ on the many false David Fahrenthold and others stories as they are a disgrace to journalism and the American people.”

Why is a White House spokesman (government employee) threatening a publication for exercising its First Amendment rights, in defense of the Trump Organization, which according to Trump, has no connection to the government? These people are in so deep they don't even try to hide it.

A lot of people are going to need lawyers when this national nightmare is over.

[S.A. Boggs]

The Washington Compost @ it's finest! Be interesting to find out how much the Government is still spending of Bill and Hillary along with Barry and his family. Then there was ALL THE CASH ON PALLETS SENT TO THE IRANIANS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT!
Sam

[lyman]

Lump is still your president, and will likely be so for the next 4 yrs,

you may disagree with him, he is still your President

[Gun Smoke]

I wonder where obama got 12 million dollars to buy a beach house at Martha's Vineyard.

It had to be taxpayer dollars or money from the muslims.

[togor]

Lump is still your president, and will likely be so for the next 4 yrs,

you may disagree with him, he is still your President

The thing is, he doesn't agree.

He is President for the base. The rest of the country can eff off.

That's why you love him so much and he leaves me unimpressed.

[Gun Smoke]

We, the base, support him in part for his preservation of our gun rights.

The booming economy, trade balance, reduced welfare (democrat progam) and stronger military (weakened severly by bill clinton) are added bonuses.

Anyone who doesn't appreciate what he has done CAN and SHOULD "eff off".

[togor]

We, the base, support him in part for his preservation of our gun rights.

The booming economy, trade balance, reduced welfare (democrat progam) and stronger military (weakened severly by bill clinton) are added bonuses.

Anyone who doesn't appreciate what he has done CAN and SHOULD "eff off".

Wow you live in an alt-fact bubble don't you. The trade deficit actually increased under Trump, even with the trade war. Anyhoo it was clearly a credit bubble that Trump was fueling....business debt, government debt. Did you know....some companies were actually borrowing money to pay stock dividends? There's just so many things you don't know, it's hard to know where to begin with you.

Nonetheless you support my argument that Trump isn't my President, by his choosing, not mine. So thank you for that.

[Gun Smoke]

You may want to try "anger management".

Since I don't consider you an American nor a citizen I surely don't consider Trump as being "your" president due to your countless anti-American/Trump comments but like lyman has indicated he is "our" president, like it or not. So if you're going to live here you may as well put up with him just like we did with "your" president obama.

Your continuous dumba** comments aren't changing how we feel nor how we will vote so you may as well go join your co-workers in a BLM riot.

[togor]

Personal attacks.

But even Lyman will concede you make my point for me.

Here's a Republican made add contrasting your guy and the other guy. Know any suburban housewives?

[Gun Smoke]

Your attacks against us and this country are much worse than true "personal" attacks as you call it.

[Gun Smoke]

I wonder where obama got 12 million dollars to buy a beach house at Martha's Vineyard.

It had to be taxpayer dollars or money from the muslims.

Again, getting back to your original topic. THIS should be what is questioned !!!!!

[togor]

Your attacks against us and this country are much worse than true "personal" attacks as you call it.

I have no beef with anyone here.

I think Trump is a disaster for the country and can back that up with a cargo ship full of solid arguments. Some agree, others don't.

You appear to take it personally, that someone criticizes your position. In my observation, an inability to handle criticism is a sizable handicap. You're not proving me wrong.

[Gun Smoke]

You need help.

And like always you are avoiding the question. Why are you concerned about Trump collecting 900K for services rendered at his Mar-A-Lago while there is no reasonable explanation of where obama got 12M for a beach house?

Can't stand it can you?

[togor]

Again, getting back to your original topic. THIS should be what is questioned !!!!!

Did he pay cash like Trump, laundering Russian money, or take a mortgage? The guy drew a nice salary for 12 years of government work, wrote a book, probably got good financial advice, etc. Former Presidents don't hurt for connections. A $12M place is easily within reach.

I know a guy with a family member who is an executive in a startup company, based in Janesville, WI, Paul Ryan's old district. The people running the company do not have Paul Ryan politics, but nonetheless they put him on their Board of Directors. When this guy asked, "Paul Ryan...why?" The answer was, "he knows so many people, can open so many doors.". If that's true of Paul Ryan, it is 100X more true of Obama. And as legal for Obama as it is for any Republican former government official.

[togor]

Gun Smoke you don't lack for strong beliefs, I'll give you that, but you do lack an ability to tell fact from fiction. You don't know what is real and what is not. You don't think Obama as a former President doesn't have access to good lines of credit? And good investment opportunities? You're acting like it's bad for Obama to make money, because he's Obama. That makes no sense at all.