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Cheryl Anderson's avatar

He's gaslighting the public once more - just like his DOGE windfall or the tariff checks - and it certainly wouldn't come out of his own stingy pocket (except for his 3 handmaidens - and GOP thought Clinton was bad???) so he would be saddling the US taxpayer once again for the bill when he can bribe/threaten/cajole his way to have Congress shake loose the cash. And he said it was a "dividend", not cash, to be spent ONLY in the USA....hmmm....now how's that supposed to work? No thanks. My vote is too precious and is NOT "for sale". It's just one more of his scams, his grifts.. And if you believe him this time after his own track record, hey, I've got a bridge to sell you to go with the swampland expansion he's already put in...

John E Doyle's avatar

I call it buying votes. It's as simple as that. And the truth of the matter is we have folks who will buy into this BS.

Regina's avatar

People will actually still believe him Which is ridiculous but they still believe in him now before the 5000 dollar bribe

Stuart Reininger's avatar

What needs to be pointed out is that the media refers to him at best as a lying crooked perverted politician. And that in itself is a rarity, almost making him seem merely eccentric. The man makes Caligula and Nero seem like Paragons of virtue. The fact that he is a batpoop crazy dementia-ridden -individual who has been given free reign ( misspelling appropriate) to run a once great country into the ground will be evident to historians. In our media-driven world why isn't this being more clearly presented to the rest of us?

NilKilla's avatar

My doge check turned out to be poop lettuce

Fred Moyse's avatar

Q. If truly orange hairs intent, why not pay it now prior to elections , giving people reason to support Repos?

A. It ain’t gonna happen

Or, in two weeks?

Darhlene's avatar

Whether Americans would fall for his newest bribe or ignore it as another ignorantly stupid joke is irrelevant. Trumpstein IS the President. Patriotic Americans should be able to expect him to act like one. GOP-MAGA? Not so much. Such a sad state of affairs.

Abbey Kessman's avatar

I want the same amount as the $45 he (I know it’s taxpayer $)to Natalie - nothing less

MM's avatar

Hmmm sounds familiar, and apparently it was effective.....

October 2024 (Trump elected Nov. 2024), NBC News:

"Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition, announcing Saturday that his pro-Trump super PAC would be awarding $1 million to a random signee every day from now until the election."

Show up early to vote in person for the November 4 midterm election, remind someone else to do the same, or go together, bring someone to the polls vote early and against this imbalance of power in our once great democracy.

Janet Robinson's avatar

How can Musk have this PAC when his company, SpaceX, has government contracts? Seems like a conflict of interest to me.

Donna Nehrich's avatar

If they believe that I have ranches for sale $5. Who would he pay? How would he know? He’s an idiot.

Cathy's avatar

Not a problem with the payout you just have to prove you voted for him and he doesn’t like mail in-ballots so those are out.

Janet Robinson's avatar

He likes them for himself.

Jeffrey R Orenstein, Ph.D.'s avatar

There are those who are still in the fold and will believe him, especially if they are still trying to recover from his crypto scam.

K Speaks's avatar

Have you seen The Good Liars interviews on Substack? You will find fresh fodder for how low the bar can go. And don’t miss the comments. Somehow I got invited to a private, extreme Magats FB group and I post particularly embarrassing episodes of the Good Liars when they are relevant to the discussion. It’s very satisfying. For some reason, they don’t kick me out. Their form of heckling me is using emojis so then I go on a rant about the state of education since Trump took over. I guess I only have 50+ days left to torture the Magats. I will make the most of it.

Tim Conrad's avatar

Still waiting on the Tariff check and the Doge check.

Making a promise you don’t intend to keep is another way to say liar liar pants on fire.

Tedder130's avatar

Economically, Trump's bribe is "dumb as a post" economics. Money divorced from resources is empty. 'Investment' that does not increase production is equally empty. As an example, say that a liberal government wanted to better healthcare in America, so they invested billions in new hospitals and rural and urban clinics, only to find that there are not enough doctors, nurses, medical technicians, and other skilled people to staff the new facilities. [Stephanie Kelton, THE DEFICIT MYTH]

The odd thinking of the Trumpery that they want to re-industrialize America fails when they ignore the education and development of the people who would operate these industries, people who lack adequate housing and medical care as well. Or faced with the fact that there is a shortage of food, more money will not magically increase supply.

The short answer is that barbarians lack the skills and motivation to govern. The long answer is we need better and more civilized leaders.

Computer's avatar

Interesting -- give us our tax money back---doesn't care if he has been hurting Americans since this fiasco started. trying to buy votes-----garner support. as he left the first term--he put out he would give out $10,000 like the other support money previously. How about addressing the home situations vs. thinking the "war" undeclared --is actually standing a chance by the U.S. to be affected by our actions.