It is difficult to read a newspaper or visit a news website these days without several “breaking news” stories about ex-President Trump.
Most of the stories are about his myriad legal problems, his brutal takeover of the Republican Party, and his campaign for the G.O.P. nomination for the 2024 Presidential election. Trump and his army of attorneys are working overtime to delay his many court cases until after November, with the idea that he will, if elected, be immune to any civil or criminal convictions. While this stalling game is in process, he and his stalwart crew of zealots are busy bullying Republican officials nationwide to fall in line with his authoritarian ideas. At the same time, he is running a “campaign”, if one could call it that, wherein he holds press conferences and poorly attended rallies where he is able to spout lies, hate and silliness on his M.A.G.A. cult followers.
The ex-Prez, who once said to his followers that they would have to get used to “so much winning”, has lost virtually every court case that he’s been involved in for the past three years or so, currently is facing something like 90 indictments nationwide, and has been fined something like $450 million thus far for his transgressions. No criminal convictions yet, but Trump will be facing potential jail time in the upcoming classified documents case, the January 6th Riot debacle, and the Georgia election extortion case.
The poor rich guy can’t seem to catch a break, and he is burning through his cash at a prodigious rate. His daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who he has tabbed to be the co-chair of the Republican National Party, publicly stated that “every cent” generated from G.O.P. donors to the RNC should go to Donald Trump… because the billionaire needs money to fight off the witch hunters. That is bad news to the other Republican candidates for the House, the Senate, and Governorships nationwide.
Accordingly, contributions are pouring into Trump’s several PAC’s from the same blue-collar doofuses who fell for the “Trump’s Wall” and “Stop the Steal” grifts, gifting the disgraced President filthy lucre to the tune of around $250 million. Some of these folks are undoubtedly the same zealots who send their hard-earned cash to televangelists who have promised prayers to heal their cancers, dispense “miracle healing cloths”, weekly rail against sinners like Democrats, homosexuals, scientists and teachers, and publicly state that Donald Trump was sent by God to solve America’s problems.
This is a guy who has violated his wedding vows repeatedly, is a racist and a cheat, and has been convicted of raping a woman and then lying about it, repeatedly. The Almighty couldn’t have chosen a better representative on earth; the “Prince of Peace” must be so proud.
“A sucker is born every minute!” according to the famous con man P.T. Barnum. This is true, and Mr. Trump has cornered the market on our most gullible and stupid citizens.
Donald Trump is bad at a lot of things (like telling the truth, understanding how government works, having empathy for the non-1 percenters in society, etc.), but he is adept at separating people from their money. He has a gift, to be sure; in fact, he may go down as the greatest scam artist that the world has ever known. Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff have nothing on the guy.
Amid this crazy year, with hundreds of attorneys working feverishly at ungodly rates per hour and punitive judgments against Trump ballooning into the hundreds of millions of dollars, “P.T.” Trump has trotted out two more products that are sure to be irresistible to his M.A.G.A. cult:
Trump signature sneakers, at between $200 and $400 a pair
Trump signature perfume, at $54 a bottle
These items are, of course, the latest Trump signature products released in recent years, following the Trump M.A.G.A. ball caps, Trump bobbleheads, and the Trump NFT trading cards.
The Grifter-in-Chief has also gotten involved in social media with his Truth Social network, something he ginned up when he got banned from Twitter for repeated bad behavior. Trump is currently in the process of selling this money losing enterprise to some investment group (probably Big Oil/Saudi money) for $4 billion.
Does the phrase “pay to play” seem applicable here? If Trump were re-elected, do you think these savvy investors would have any sway in the White House? How about when the next Supreme Court vacancy pops up? Another Clarence Thomas on the bench, perhaps.
I wonder what the next grift product will be. Trump has already produced a variety of “signature” products that failed miserably, like ties, airlines, pro football teams, casinos, steaks, bottled water, a Monopoly game rip-off, a university, vodka, a mortgage provider, and… a Presidency. (In a recent poll of 54 Presidential historians, something that is done every several years, Donald Trump was voted the worst President of all time.)
How about Trump signature dentures, condoms, wigs, brass knuckles, autographed Bibles, chewing tobacco, man diapers, or crotchless panties (for women who like to get groped)? The possibilities are endless, and I’m sure Trump has people looking into every conceivable option.
This guy will be shilling useless shit until the day he dies.
Luckily for him, there are a lot of suckers out there.