DonOld tRump is boasting that he has had over $200 million donated to his inauguration. Anyone who donates over a million gets “special privileges”. You might go to a black tie ball, or a dinner with tRump. What the *small print* you didn’t read says is there may be tens or more of others doing the same thing. We all know Jeff Bezos has donated, and the guy who owns the LA Times whose name I can’t remember (oops). I think we can be sure Elon has donated a gazillion and I really didn’t need to say that because it HAS to be obvious and known. After using $250 million to get The Mandarin Messiah elected, another million or two is a drop in the bucket. Plus, $200 million blew past the $107 million Donny accepted for his first inauguration.
I guess I’m not a rich person for sure, or maybe I just don’t understand the mindset. No, I’m *sure* I don’t understand the mindset. TWO HUNDRED MILLION for *just* an inauguration. What the hell do you USE all that money for? You certainly don’t put up tents with heaters for when your people are sitting out in the freezing cold to watch you take the oath. (I would be doing the Bernie Sanders thing with wearing as much as I could for that weather.) You could go over the top for dinners and get all the fancy food plus appropriate servers and musicians to play in the background. I’ve run a spotlight for a couple of those and whoa. Please note all of us spot ops were all wearing tuxes (including me, heh) and we didn’t get any of that fancy food. Didn’t look much different than what I have every day, just the presentation was prettier. The servers were amazing, though. I think they practiced to do this stuff. And a ball? Or multiple ones? Yea could drop some money on those too, alcohol and finger foods and other beverages to soothe the throats of those who are trying to make deals…
Okay so you have a fancy dinner. Whoopee. And a fancy ball. Then what? I would expect tech support would be needed, microphones and all for multiple events. The company providing it could charge you a ridiculous amount of money and again, another drop in the bucket. I’ll bet you readers didn’t know I had a tech background. Don’t worry, it won’t come out much. I’d just like to say I *do* know about tech support.
So, does the Confused Carrot have multiple cars all getting lined up so he and JD get transported to all these fancy dinners and balls? Or do they just pick one? I can see the Carrot getting befuddled by alllll this stuff going on at once and Susie is going to have fun with the arrangements. She certainly knows what she’s doing after running that campaign. Perhaps the balls and dinners will start going on *before* the inauguration and that’s how they’ll solve who is where and when and what. It’s all about the money, honey. I still can’t understand the mindset, even after looking at some of the potential expenses. And another question: will Donny get a tux that finally fits right? (Still won’t be able to hide that stomach!)
Oh, WAIT! How could I forget (again)??The *ahem* extra money will also be going into the Super Pac called Make America Great Again, Inc, and its associated non-profit group, to *ahem* fund Mr. Trump’s team to back his agenda and candidates who support it, while opposing dissenters. That just makes me gag. I’ll bet on seeing a lot of election interference, except it won’t be called that. It will be Candidate so-and-so support for the seat of Wherever. I think the people who run elections and all are honest even if the race isn’t coming out the way they supported. All that nonsense in 2020 was beyond ridiculous. And the Big Lie is still around! There are still people who believe the election was stolen, even though the Orange Baby Balloon won this time! I was pretty worried about seeing militias and the right-wing organizations that were plain frightening, again. We ALL were fortunate that they didn’t. The whole J6 thing was (and still is) such a mess and the Orangutan wants to PARDON people. What will happen when these people get out…. That’s a dark future. I don’t think you can use donations to help with that.
So here we are, trying to figure out what all that money is going to do for the inauguration. I’ve made some guesses. Can YOU guess? If so, please do.
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in their pockets. inauguration shouldn’t be fancy. just swear a president in and b done with it geeze .. ridiculous
The Militias & RW Nazi’s are still out there….waiting in the shadows. This time, it might be a RW “call to Arms.” Trump & his Mob, still want “their Civil War.” Be prepared for the worst.
A lot of the money from the first inauguration fund was “unaccounted for”, i.e., went straight into the Mango’s pockets. The same will happen, doubled, this time. The donors know it, that’s why they are giving so much. Buying favors.
Way back.in 1973, my grad school roommate had worked for Nixon’s re-election. She got tickets to a bunch of stuff, including a cocktail party I ended up going to, and the younger people’s ball. I spent most of that ball hanging out with the camera crews (my grad degree was in Radio/TV, plus another in library science). So even before the actual inaugural sweating in ceremony, there’s a lot going on. Receptions hither, thither and yon. Cocktail.parties and dinners for high rollers. Of course,,Trump.is notoriously cheap and tasteless, and if it’s anything like his first go,-round, it will make Nixon’s second inauguration look boring my sedate ( it was at least in good taste; unlike Melania, who is mostly famous for flashing her bare boobs at everyone, she was smart enough to.listen to the etiquette experts and event planners.
By the time he’s done the national treasury will be as empty as Al Capone’s vault. 200 million? Chump change.