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I can’t think of a better description of Traitor Tot than the one provided by author Donald E Westlake while describing a crooked lawyer in the novel The Hot Rock. Trump does nothing without his own self interest right out front, and the fun of covering his is following the bread crumbs of stupidity that tie him to every one of his endeavors.
Nowhere is the tortured relationships that Trump brings to the table more pronounced than his relationship with the disbarred, disgraced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani didn’t just drink the Trump Kool-Ade, he took a full body immersion baptism in the sh*t.
Imagine The Ghoul Man’s shock and horror when, after making himself an international laughingstock feverishly promoting every last half assed conspiracy for Trump, Trump cut him off at the knees. Having given himself massive criminal legal exposure, Giuliani was by far the highest profile miscreant that Trump didn’t bother to pardon going out the door. Two Shirts Steve Bannon, yes, his court jester, no. And Trump coldly brushed Giuliani off when he spent months literally begging His Lowness to cover his legal bills, as he was for far inferior or less loyal employees.
But Trump had to be careful, as pathetic and clownish a character as Giuliani is, he isn’t a functional imbecile like El Pendejo Presidente. Should the federales squeeze him just right, he has evidence and testimony in his empty head that could be corroborated by other more sober, reputable witnesses, making him one of the deadliest dangers to Trump he has. So he couldn’t just blow Giuliani off without making a potential cooperating witness out of him. What to do?
Here comes the corkscrew. Let’s just say that I run a legitimate, federally authorized charity. I decide to throw a fundraiser to boost my kitty in order to do more public good. So I call the Holiday Inn Henderson to rent a banquet room for the shindig, hosted by volunteers and with free entertainment provided by local bands and singers. Hopefully, since I’m a registered charity, the Holiday Inn cuts me a break on the rental, as well as any peripherals such as finger food and drinks. The object is to sell enough tickets to pay off the Holiday Inn Henderson, and still have a handsome profit to show from the effort.
Trump can’t afford to pick up the tab on Giuliani’s legal fees for one simple reason. The higher the profile of the defendant, the higher the profile and expense of his legal team. So far, The Mango Messiah has been able to get by by using one criminal lawyer to cover multiple Trump criminal defendants, probably getting a group rate in the process. Even Giuliani isn’t stupid enough to fall for that sh*t.
So what does The Cheeto Prophet do? He throws a benefit fundraiser for Giuliani to raise funds for his legal defense fund. Trump and Giuliani would both speak at the fundraiser. If I heard the report correctly, it was $100,000 just to walk in the door. And here in lies quite possibly Trump’s last hurrah big con before he retires to make license plates in Georgia.
Because Trump holding a fundraiser for Nosferatu’s criminal defense fund is not a recognized charity. And since it’s The Pampers President setting the whole thing up and running it, where else would he set it up but at Mar-A-Lago. And since Trump once famously cashed an anonymous $0.01 check that came in the mail, he isn’t going to give Giuliani a break on the rental of the room. And since you can bet your last dollar that it was Trump munchies and liquor that were offered at the benefit, I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump hit Giuliani with a friends markup on the whole deal.
People threw a sh*t load of money at Trump thinking that they were helping out the down-on-his-luck Giuliani for his legal defense. Knowing Il Douche, I’ll be amazed if Giuliani gets 65% of that haul for his defense fund. And if you think that I’m being sarcastic, just remember this. When Trump was still a disgraced President, he charged the Secret Service premium rack rates to house his Secret Service detail on site, even in the off season. To the point that the Secret Service finally negotiated rooms from an off site hotel at a government rate, and the agents shuttled over and back.
But here’s the McGuffin. I can’t help but wonder how long these rip-offs can go on. For more than 50 years, Trump has desperately courted an entre into the Old Money society of Manhattan, and has been spurned and laughed off at every attempt. Deep pocket GOP donors aren’t even contributing to the RNC as long as Trump is in charge. Trump’s salad days at Mar-A-Lago were during his presidency, when he doubled the annual membership dues, and foreign governments and interests flocked to Mar-A-Lago for access to The Orange Sh*t gibbon at his Winter White House. they’re all gone now that Trump is a loser, and his memberships have tanked. Once the rich sh*t pokes catch on to the latest Trump scam, how long before Trump sponsored benefits aren’t even half booked?
And here’s one more way that The Cheeto Bandito scams are falling apart. Right now, federal law limits individual political donations to $2000 per candidate per cycle. But with his legal fee crunch, the Trump campaign is sending out 5-7 e-mail and text blasts per day, begging for lucre. You all know that Teri and I donate both to the DNC as well as select campaigns. But there’s no way that we could max out on even one candidate in a cycle. And that’s what Trump is going to run into, mark my words. Even the faithful sheeple are going to reach a point where they either support Hair Twitler, or pay the mortgage and feed their kids.
I have said it before, a con man’s most successful mark is himself. He can’t believe he isn’t the smartest one in the room. But most con men know that the best con is a short con. Hit four marks on a corner, and then move over eight blocks. But Trump never learned that rule. And he’s going to go right on milking these cons until they’re tap-city. Stupid is as stupid does.
Your “… Trump does nothing without his own self interest right out front… ” is spot-on, but perhaps a man like Trump is not what is verbally vomited, it’s “… following the bread crumbs of stupidity that tie him to every one of his endeavors…” because it’s indicative of what Trump hides that reveals who he actually is. Thick as a rock. Deep as a birdbath. His trails of crumbs reveal “… He can’t believe he isn’t the smartest one in the room…” because, as we all well know, and without repetitive explanation “… Stupid is as stupid does…”
Did they reel in much actual money? I haven’t seen any numbers reported and I’m sure they are under no legal obligation to do so. Then of course you have the Trump inflation factor if there is such a report. Just curious.
That’s the thing that I’M wondering about…Trump is normally right out front in announcing a major haul…But neither Trump nor Giuliani have said a word. Enquiring minds want to know…lol
Could be either too embarrassing to mention or maybe, and this one is way the hell out there, maybe trump has learned to keep his pie hole shut about a few things. I know, too unlikely. lol
Honestly, I don’t know why it would be kept on the down-low except to prevent embarrassment.
I read on CNN that they raised one million.
Seems to me that I read somewhere that attendance was at an all time high. That’s right.
Ten (10) people showed up at $100,000 a whack. A million is a million but it won’t go very far for poor Rudy’s legal fund. I don’t if what I read is true so take with the ol’ grain.
I heard that only two people showed up. The big thing about this sort of thing is that Jack Smith is also investigating Trump for fraud in all these fund raiser scams. He doesn’t need SS protection in solitary confinement. There is no reason not to lock his fat orange ass up in a prison in Georgia or any other state or place. Hell, put him in the brig on an unknown to the public military base. Georgia or New York or the Feds could pay for it and his food. It wouldn’t cost much either. An Egg Mc Muffin for breakfast, a Big Mac for lunch and a couple of Double Cheese Burgers for supper. Oh, throw in some fries. They have a McDonalds on most bases. Even on some ships. Hey, put him on a ship and see how he likes trying to sleep rocking back and forth all night.
If you look up the term ” nouveaux riche,” Trump’s picture is under it: tasteless, tacky, and vulgar.