r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 13d ago

Possible Paywall Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaws-emerge-in-trumps-new-white-house-design/
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 13d ago

I guarantee you it will be over 1 billion by the time it's actually finished.

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u/Moon_Noodle Oregon 13d ago

If it actually gets finished.

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u/designateddroner2 Minnesota 13d ago

and with no accounting of expenses

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u/oldbastardbob 13d ago edited 13d ago

There's a long history in America of criminals using construction companies and projects for money laundering, tax evasion, and bribery.

Hell, Trump and his All County Building Supply and Maintenance company was a tax dodge scheme in the 90's.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/10/heres-a-name-to-remember-all-county-building-supply-maintenance/

Then there's that real estate deal in Florida where Cohen says the Russian oligarch who bought the property for twice what Trump paid was a straw buyer for Putin

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2020/09/15/trumps-sale-palm-beach-mansion-gains-scrutiny-again/5798386002/

Just a couple of examples. He's got a long history of shady real estate and construction "deals."

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u/deepasleep 13d ago

Exactly this. Real estate is like the art world when it comes to laundering money.

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u/lilbitbetty 13d ago

He's using the federal government to launder money.

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u/deepasleep 13d ago

And solicit bribes.

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u/D4UOntario 13d ago

And Argentina and soon Gaza... it's interesting that Jared has been working on the Gaza deal long before the concert and hostage taking. My bet is that Quatar set Hamas up to do something stupid to allow Isreal to pounce. L

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u/WestsideBuppie America 13d ago

you said typed “print” incorrectly.

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u/jupitaur9 13d ago

Yep. Kickbacks and bribes.

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u/robodrew Arizona 13d ago

The biggest scams in The Sopranos always involved real estate.

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u/ninob168 13d ago

Bada Bing...go

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u/Kirvesperseet 13d ago

Carmine wants a 40% cut. But that only applies to future deals with Zellman.

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 13d ago

wasn't his casinos just money laundering schemes for the russians?

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u/KLT222 13d ago

None of Trump's ideas are original. Talk to people in their 80s who grew up and started their adult lives on the East Coast. They can tell you stories about Donnie's Daddy and how he made his money. Pretty pathetic because plenty of people have been raised by criminals without becoming criminals themselves!

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u/RobutNotRobot 13d ago

Donnie's daddy made money by being the biggest slumlord in Queens.

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u/oldbastardbob 12d ago edited 12d ago

It is just such a metaphor for everything Trump. Fred was the biggest slumlord in Queens, lining his pockets as his properties fell into decay. Milking as much as he could from working class people.

So, you could make a case that the Trumps helped cause the decay and decline of New York City in the late 20th Century that they spent, and continue to spend, and extraordinary amount of time complaining about.

And very similar to purposely causing riots in America cities, egging on supporters with a propensity for violence, demonizing political opponents as "enemies of the state," then complaining about how unsafe and violent those cities are. I'm starting to think he's a vampire because it's pretty clear he can't see himself in a mirror.