Donald trump

A Lifelong Huckster


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Second campaign….Coming SOOn

the in-between 2020-2024…..coming soon

first term…..coming soon

first campaign


June 16th, 2015: Trump announces his candidacy

  • Trump campaign paid actors to cheer his candidacy announcement

  • A few of the opening lines from his announcement speech, “Wow. Whoa. That is some group of people. Thousands”, “This is beyond anybody’s expectations. There’s been no crowd like this”, “And our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don’t believe the 5.6. Don’t believe it.”.

  • Please, read the whole fucking speech here, it’s truly unhinged, he used it to launch the “MAGA” slogan, which grifters have used to make millions

  • From his speech: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best ... They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists.”

  • Trump begins his lies about the border wall and that Mexico will pay for it. "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me”

June 2015: In response to Trump’s comments about Mexicans, Univision announces they are no longer broadcasting Miss USA and Miss Universe, which Trump co-owns.

July 2nd, 2015: In an interview with Don Lemon on CNN, Trump doubles down on the Mexican immigrants are rapists rhetoric

  • Trump cites an article in Fusion that stated 80% of female migrants were sexually assaulted at some point during their attempt to get to the US, saying, “Well if you look at the statistics of people coming, you look at the statistics on rape, on crime, on everything coming in illegally into this country it’s mind-boggling!”

  • Lemon fact checks him, stating those aren’t stats on illegal immigrants committing rape or any other crime, to which Trump responds “Well, somebody’s doing the raping, Don! I mean somebody’s doing it! Who’s doing the raping? Who’s doing the raping?”. There are absolutely no facts or data shared by Trump at any point in the interview nor during his entire campaign to prove the racist claims he is making.

July 2015: Trump lies about his net worth, claiming $10 billion, even though Forbes, with over 80 sources and deep investigation, came up with $4.5 billion

July 2015: Trump sensationalizes the death of Kate Steinle, against her brother’s wishes, as rhetoric against illegal immigrants for his campaign

August 2015: Trump claims to be only self-financing his campaign, though this is not true; Make America Great Again PAC, affiliated with top Trump campaign officials shutters in October 2015 after exposure by WaPo

September 2015: Trump begins his conspicuous worship of Vladimir Putin, which will continue throughout the campaign and after. He calls him a “better leader” than Obama, and states “I wonder if he will become my new best friend”

October 2015: Trump hawks vaccine conspiracy theories about autism that have been systematically debunked

November 2015: Trump retweets a literally made up statistic on race and crime, and when asked about it later by Bill O’Reilly, he states “Hey, Bill, Bill, am I gonna check every statistic? I get millions and millions of people, @RealDonaldTrump, by the way.”

November 2015: Playing off of more race/religious/identity politics, Trump calls for a national database that all Muslims must sign up for to track them.

  • When asked whether Muslims would be legally obligated to sign into the database, Trump responded, "They have to be — they have to be." Later, Trump was repeatedly asked to explain the difference between requiring Muslims to enter their information into a database and making Jewish people register in Nazi Germany. He responded four times by saying, “You tell me.”

December 2015: Trump appears on Alex Jones InfoWars Podcast, the one now bankrupt after peddling the Sandy Hook False Flag conspiracy, to peddle himself to the far-right fringe conspiracists with his own conspiratorial bullshit about 9/11 and Hillary Clinton

2015: Politifact names its “2015 Lie Of The Year”, and it is Donald Trump’s campaign in the year, with 76% of the 77 Trump statements noted to be lies. Some of the hits:

  • Grifting on the terror of 9/11: "I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down," he said at a Nov. 21 rally in Birmingham, Ala. "And I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering." There is no video of thousands of people in Jersey City cheering. Weeks later, Trump continues to stand by his claim but has not been able to point to evidence to back it up. Public safety officials on the ground in New Jersey say it never happened.

  • Drumming up white fear: "Whites killed by whites — 16%. Whites killed by blacks — 81%," said an image he shared on Twitter. The correct number for whites killed by whites was 82 percent in 2014, while the number of whites killed by blacks was 15 percent.

2015: Trump continues his grift regarding Obama with the racist birther conspiracy theory he started spouting in 2011. He won’t admit until Sept 2016 that it is a complete lie that he’s peddled for 5 years and allowed him to court votes from racists and conspiracy theorists

2015: The “flood the zone with shit” strategy implemented by Steve Bannon, worked very well in 2015, garnering Trump constant and free media attention at an exponentially higher clip than all other candidates

March 2016: Trump threatens to “spill the beans” on Ted Cruz’s wife, which is a way for him to claim infidelity or some other indiscretion without actually providing any evidence. He as well, just overtly called her ugly.

March 2016: On MSNBC interview, Trump says “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.

March 2016: Trump aid Corey Lewandowski charged with battery by female reporter, and even though there is indisputable video evidence, Trump suggests she fabricated the story, and says “Who said they were bruises from that? How do you know those bruises weren’t there before?”, in complete lockstep with how he’s treated and will treat women his entire life, as objects who make up lies to hurt men that abuse them.

June 2016: During an ongoing lawsuit against Trump “University” for systematically scamming and fleecing its students, Trump makes racist claims about a federal judge

August 2016: Trump says Hillary “wants to essentially abolish the second amendment”, which is a lie, and goes on to say “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks…..Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don't know”. Suggesting possible violence against Hillary.

September 2016: Trump again endorses possible violence against Hillary from second amendment supporters, Speaking about Clinton’s secret service agents: "Take their guns away…. Let's see what happens to her. Take their guns away. It would be very dangerous." and telling his supporters that Clinton "wants to destroy your Second Amendment".

real estate/Business


The Self-made man grift

1968, Trump graduates college begins receiving today’s equivalent of $1.0 million per year from his father in un-taxed gifts, up to $5 million a year in his 40s and 50s. Trump claims he received only a “small” $1 million from his father in 1975 to start his career, the equivalent of $6.8 million dollars today.

1971 - Trump named president of The Trump Organization

1973 - Donald Trump accused by the Justice Department for violating the Fair Housing Act in 39 different buildings that he operates and oversees for discriminating against people of color, having superintendent write a “C” for colored on applications for tenants of color, and they would be told there were no vacancies, when simultaneously Caucasian applicants would receive housing

1978 - Trump’s first major real estate deal in Manhattan, development of the Grand Hyatt Hotel

  • Trump received a $1 million loan from his father’s construction company as well as a $70 million loan jointly guaranteed by his father and the Hyatt chain

  • The hotel deal cost New York a fortune over the years

  • Trump threatened public officials when seeking the tax break for the hotel that swindled New York City out of revenue

1980 - Trump begins construction on Trump Tower, this requires the demolition of Bonwit Teller flagship store.

1983 - Trump’s Failed Football team

1986 - Trump tries to take over two rival casinos(Holiday and Bally) by illegally buying up their stock

  • He is fined $750,000 for these illegal actions in a settlement with the FTC

Bankruptcy #1

1988 - Trump acquires and builds Taj Mahal Casino, opens in 1990 as the most expensive casino ever built at $1.1 billion. It requires $95 million a year just to pay the interest on the loans to build it(Shrewd business practice!)

1989 - TRUMp’s failed bicycle race

Dec. 1990 - Trump’s father tries to illegally bail out Donald

  • Fred Trump had one of his lawyers go to a Trump casino and buy $3.5 million in chips with no intention of ever cashing them out. Donald used this money immediately to pay off a loan.

  • The Casino Control Commission investigated this, found it illegal, and fined Trump Castle $65,000 for it

1991 - Trump enriches and works to facilitate the requests of the mob affiliate Robert LiButti, known associate of John Gotti,

  • Female workers and workers of color in Trump’s Atlantic City casinos removed from tables at request of LiButti, Trump Org fined $200,000 for violating state non-discrimination laws

  • The Trump Plaza gifted LiButti nine luxury cars, he exchanged these for a total of $1.65 million in cash. Because cash gifts from casinos to big clients were then illegal in the state, so the Trump Plaza was fined $450,000

bankruptcy #2

March 1992 - Trump Castle files for bankruptcy, after being unable to pay $41 million payment on the $338 million funding comprised of mostly high interest junk bonds

  • The corporate restructure sees Trump forced to give up 50% ownership of the casino

  • Somehow, Trump is able to manage a $1.5 million annual fee to manage the bondholders 50% equity

Bankruptcy #3

1992 - Trump Plaza Casino files for bankruptcy allowing him to escape $50 million in debt.

  • He had not defaulted on any payments for this one, allowing him to maintain full ownership

bankruptcy #4

1992 - Trump Plaza Hotel files for bankruptcy, unable to pay on its $550 million in debts

June 1995 - Trump takes Trump Plaza and turns it over, making it into a new company he calls Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts

bankruptcy #5

2004 - Trump Hotels and Casinos, under the leadership of Chairman Trump, goes bankrupt

  • The restructuring sees Trump’s ownership dwindle from 47% to 27%

2005ish - Here’s a vodka Trump gives his name to and tries to peddle, Trump Vodka, check out the video.

  • It is unsuccessful. But we get more Trump and Mother Russia

2005 - The Trump “University” grift

In 2005, Trump founded and operated what he called Trump University, illegally, because it wasn’t one, and was required to change its name to Trump Education

  • Trump “University” claimed to give students the “secrets to real estate success”, claiming to offer “graduate programs, post graduate programs, doctorate programs

  • From an actual “University” ad…..”He’s the most celebrated entrepreneur on earth. . . . And now he’s ready to share—with Americans like you—the Trump process for investing in today’s once-in-a-lifetime real estate market”. With a Trump quote, “I can turn anyone into a successful real estate investor, including you.”

  • Bait-and-switch scheme, offering free “seminars” where the “instructors” would peddle “one-year apprenticeships" at the educational institute cost $1,495, a "membership" over $10,000, and "Gold Elite" classes at $35,000

  • Instructors advertised to be “hand picked by Trump”…….they weren’t

  • Advertised that students would be taught Trump’s real estate secrets….they weren’t. But his secrets are just filing bankruptcy and dumping the debt on others while getting paid to manage the debt

  • Thousands of students filed suit against Trump U in 2013 that they were swindled and defrauded after being lured in by free seminars and told they would be taught by real estate gurus, here’s part of the complaint…”the contents and material presented by Trump University were developed in large part by a third-party company that creates and develops materials for an array of motivational speakers and Seminar and timeshare rental companies.”

  • Trump fought the suit, fought the working public that he hoodwinked, as he does, with his deep pocketbook and lawyers, from 2013 til 2016

  • In 2016, a settlement was finally awarded of $25 million, allowing all students involved to recoup 80-90% of their grifted funds

  • Trump’s new AG, Pam Bondi, appears to have been bought off to help cover up the scheme during her time as Florida AG

  • Read all about this grift here…..here…..and here

2005 - The ACN Grift

From 2005-2015, Trump was paid $8.8 million by ACN to promote multi-level marketing telecommunications company on DVDs, on his show, The Apprentice, and on ACN’s website.

2007 - Trump promotes “Trump Steaks” in conjunction with Sharper Image(no, I’m not making this shit up). It died quickly, as you would guess.

bankruptcy #6

2009 - Trump Entertainment Resorts(TRE), the “phoenix” that rose from the ashes of Trump Hotels and Casinos, files for bankruptcy

  • Trump’s shares get further diluted to 10% and has to resign as chairman of the board

  • The company’s debt is $1.2 billion

  • Thousands of people lose their jobs due to Trump’s mismanagement

2009 - Trump, yes the morbidly obese man who eats only McDonald’s and drinks only Diet Coke, begins hawking a weight loss program that he licensed his name to called the Trump Network

  • Some of the product lines….”The Silhouette Solution”, and just for kids “Snazzle Snaxxs

  • PLEASE watch the video

  • The company went bankrupt in 2013

2009 - Trump licenses his name to two Florida real estate projects that fail

2011 - Trump Marina, formerly Trump Castle, sold by TRE for a tenth of what it was originally worth, now operates as the Golden Nugget

2012 - Trump owns 30% of Avenue of the Americas, it’s debt is refinanced with $211 million of it to the Bank of China

  • This was the first instance of a Chinese bank engaging in commercial mortgage-backed securities in the United States

THere’s plenty more grift to come after the start of his political career, we’re talking Bibles made in china, fooling bankers to get better loans, tax fraud, a social media fraud, a crypto scam, violations of emoluments clause…….

Quotes

If you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.
— Trump, Art of the Deal 1987
They’re rapists
— Trump regarding Mexican Immigrants, 2015 candidacy announcement
I moved on her actually. You know she was down on Palm Beach. I moved on her, and I failed. I’ll admit it. I did try and fuck her, she was married
— Trump on set of Days of Our Lives, 2005
I wonder if he will become my new best friend
— Trump, about Putin, 2015
I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything
— Trump on set of Days of Our Lives, 2005
Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything
— Trump on set of Days of Our Lives, 2005

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