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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 46 points 3 days ago (3 children)

honestly that is surpisingly low considering how much he whores for it.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

well he did manage to bankrupt a few casinos and we've all seen his writing...

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's what we know of. Could be more behind the scenes that hasn't been discovered.

[–] Sunforged@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm thinking about the Kalshi bets on Maduro being removed from office. It was something like 25 million placed within 24 hours of the operation.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't understand how they're still taking bets on this Administration. It's so clearly being fixed. What was that one the other day about the press secretary ending her conference early to win a bet? Surely they know they're getting taken advantage of. Unless this is just another form of bribery I guess.

[–] Sunforged@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

It's absolutely quid pro quo for not having regulations thrown at them.

Yeah, incompetence is the limiting factor here. It's certainly not for lack of trying.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 13 points 3 days ago

Funniest thing : he's so shite with money he's still broke despite this

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What a cool dude gaming the systems. Fucking children, lying to morons, raping women, stealing billions, bringing back fascism. So cool. All with just such a tiny, weird little penis, caked in makeup, and dancing to WMCA. Totally normal, cool dude.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

What aren't you getting?

hE's a bUsInNesSmAn

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh look, another final straw

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

If I'd gotten a dollar for every final straw regarding the orange turd, I'd be a billionaire by now.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

I’m shocked, SHOCKED….well not that shocked.

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 8 points 2 days ago

Quick! Let’s all do nothing about it!

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Literally the antithesis of everything our founding fathers worked (and bled) for.

This is what happens when you allow conservatives to have power.

[–] deifyed@lemmy.wtf 7 points 3 days ago

No. This is what happens when you allow too much economic distance between the rich and the poor

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

the founding fathers who led a revolution because their profits were getting impacted? who couldn't even agree that slavery was wrong?

I'm very sorry to break the news to you but Trump is not the antithesis of everything the founders worked for. A lot of them were very shitty people. The actual antithesis would be a left-wing populist.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

And we let him.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

That system seems horrendously corrupt at the best of times, let alone when the orange turd is involved.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

He saw Putin's kleptocracy and imitated his hero.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Grifter gonna grift

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Meh. One of the least heinous things he did.

Edit: downvote me all you want. With all the ridiculous stuff this despicable motherfucker has pulled I’m supposed to be surprised he also stole a couple billion dollars? Please.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

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