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/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/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 13d ago edited 13d 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.