This might explain why Melania is out hawking jewelry. She may foresee a not too distant day when she can’t depend upon Donald and MAGA to pony up those big checks to her stylist and it’s not like the world of modeling and high fashion is knocking down her door. Nor do we expect any kind of a book from her like most First Ladies write. Although to be perfectly honest? If Melania would pen a tell-all on Donald, she would never have to worry about another dollar if she lived to be 110. And if she’s got any brains, that’s what she taunts him with. It’s the obvious play to make.
Donald has a lot of financial problems these days. You would, too, if you were spending $90,000 a day for the past three years on lawyers. That’s a lot of clams. Now of course it helps if you have a cult to send you millions, for a legal fund that doesn’t exist, to achieve a result that doesn’t exist. I speak of course of the “defense” fund that is fighting to get Trump “reinstated.” At least for three years that was the case. Now I think all that money’s going to get him reelected.
So, Donald has had to take stock of his finances and he’s had a sell a few things. I don’t know where Melania’s 25 carat ring is, I hope for her sake that it’s real and not made out of the same stuff as the Harry Winston cufflinks that Trump gave to Charlie Sheen for a gift and which were “pewter and zirconia on their best day.” Here are the details:
After nearly half a billion dollars in legal judgments against him this year, Donald Trump’s company opted to offload one of his private jets this month, public filings show. And the buyer is a Republican megadonor who poured nearly $250,000 into a political committee tied to Trump’s 2020 campaign.
The plane, a 1997 Cessna jet, is worth in the range of $10 million, according to evoJets, though terms of the transaction couldn’t be confirmed.
Federal Aviation Administration records show that on May 13, the aircraft’s registration changed from the Trump Organization’s DT Air Corp to a Texas entity called MM Fleet Holdings LLC. State records tie that company to Mehrdad Moayedi, an Iranian-American construction and development tycoon who lives near Dallas and runs Centurion American Custom Homes.
According to his biography, Moayedi founded his company in 1990 and has since built thousands of homes. Centurion says it partners with both public and private entities.
Moayedi is also a Trump donor. Federal campaign finance data show that in 2019 and 2020, he gave a combined $245,000 to Trump Victory—a committee that raised money for the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and state GOP parties—sending the maximum allowable $5,600 contribution to the campaign.
Moayedi has also given hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of other GOP candidates and committees, including the RNC, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Nikki Haley. In 2022, the developer made a maximum primary donation of $2,900 to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent who has raked in big bucks from the real estate industry and is accused by some Democrats of being overly accommodating to Republicans.
If you’re unloading your expensive toys to your pals, chances are you don’t have a lot of money. And Trump is going to need some money if he keeps running his mouth. He took to Truth Social this weekend to complain that he “never met” E. Jean Carroll except to “shake her hand once at a celebrity event 25 years ago” and her lawyers have responded that a third lawsuit might be on the table. Trump has to pay $91 million for the two suits he lost to her before.
Here’s a description of Donald’s toy.
“This high speed jet is often referred to as a ‘rocket in the sky,’ flying at speeds up to Mach .92 and altitudes as high as 51,000 feet. It is one of the fastest in the world and allows for entry into smaller airports,” the [Trump aviation website] site claims. The site further boasts that the craft is outfitted with “top of the line interiors” that can comfortably seat nine passengers, and that “the signature Trump Crest” on the exterior bestows “an even higher level of luxury and beauty to this magnificent aircraft.”
Wow, the signature Trump crest. And what does that look like, I wonder? Fort Knox combined with Trump’s head on Mt. Rushmore? Or, maybe Trump flying on the back of a dinosaur with the White House in the background? That I need to see. Maybe this is it?
This is a poster called “Trump’s Inferno” which you can buy for $29. Unless you want one signed, then it’s $100. (It shows him walking on the water, BTW.) He needs to sell a lot of these, folks, Another day, another $90K. Plus, this week is going to be super intense, closing arguments start tomorrow in the hush money trial. Thank goodness Donald still has Trump Force One to fly around in. For now.
He does not need an aircraft as he’s proving in real time how he’s going to kamikaze his own empire!
Perhaps we might be rid of one billionaire if this putz did not have the plane inspected before purchase (one naturally presumes he is an idiot because of the pols he purchases). I’m pretty damned certain Von Shitshispants spent only the necessary minimum, if that, on p.m. And planes do not like flying when they are not properly maintained.
If he got $10 million for the Citation his mega-donor buyer threw in a tip. It’s market value is about $3.5 million. I wonder if he’ll get another sweet deal for his aging 757. This aircraft has logged a ton of air miles and underwent some extensive repairs a decade or so ago. A 757 of this type in good condition goes for around $27 million, but if the air frame has reached end of life it’s just scrap value and parts. Could this be why his crew are very choosy about the weather they’ll fly in?
I wonder what he’ll get for renting out Melania’s ‘services’?
What does Moayedi see in Trump? After all, Moayedi is an actual real estate developer…not a fake one who played with Daddy’s money. Of course, Moayedi is also a criminal (alleged in a RICO case he is fighting) and hangs out with real criminals…co-defendant Hollis Greenlaw was sentenced to 20 years in prison because her United Development Funding was a ponzi scheme.
And this expensive jet purchase…pay no attention to the money launderer behind the curtain!
I expect he sees the same thing the rest of the thieving oligarchs see-more taxes they can avoid paying. Oligarchs get wood when they don’t have to pay their fair share. A pox on the f*ckers-we need to rid ourselves of these parasites.
Melanie will go while the getting still good. She may believe she’ll get her share promised in the prenuptial if she stays married till.he croaks–but while she is entitled to at least 30% under FL inheritance law,,30% of zilch is zero. Take less money, while there is still something left.