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B.See

(8,451 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:30 AM 7 hrs ago

Art of the STEAL: aka The Greatest Con In American History

Because that's what the Grifter in Chief's entire residency is all about... the CON. So while HE cons the world with one distraction and diversion after another, his latest being his and Bibi's regime change, oil, mineral, land grab / "NOT a war" because of the (where's those notes?) "imminent threat" posed by Iran - he and his accomplices continue pocketing BILLIONS via one underhanded scheme after another - at EVERYONE'S expense:

Trump team accused of ‘largest fraud’ in immigration history by taking $1 billion in fees from migrants. Trump administration policies has resulted in the government collecting more than $1 billion in fees for immigration petitions it never plans to finalize.

Trump’s Missing Millions Mystery Targeted in New Probe. Congressional Democrats are trying to track down millions of dollars that were meant to go towards Donald Trump’s planned … library before the receiving organization was suddenly dissolved last year.

Trump’s sons positioned themselves to profit from his war with billion-dollar drone deal. The investment comes as the Pentagon pushes its Drone Dominance initiative, a program expected to spend about $1.1 billion on American-made drone systems by 2027

Trump Funneling Money for His Board of Peace From State Department.


Officials took $1 billion from international disaster assistance, $200 million from peacekeeping operations, and $50 million from international organizations, in order to finance Trump’s slush fund posing as a peace plan for Gaza. In reality, the Board of Peace has not transferred any money to Gaza (despite saying it will), nor has it disclosed how it will spend any of its funding to promote international peace. The whole thing is seemingly a farce to carry out Jared Kushner’s master plan to turn Gaza into a strip of luxury hotels.


ICE Barbie bought a fleet of luxury jets, while kids suffered in Trump’s detention centers

Pure evil: Trump admin sparked firestorm with move to hold HIV treatment hostage in exchange for mineral rights

CBO found the U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months. Another $1 trillion was added to the federal deficit in the first five months of the year and the government is estimated to have borrowed $308 billion last month alone.

Dr. Oz Called Medicare Fraud an Epidemic but Trump Keeps Pardoning the Culprits. Not only did he move the leading official for detecting fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, but left the role unfilled for almost an entire year, to then fill it with a partisan loyalist. Not to mention his pardons of convicted Medicaid and Medicare fraudsters.

As TrumpRx Scam Does Virtually Nothing, Big Pharma Jacks Up Prices on Cancer Drugs. A report released Monday found that Big Pharma has continued raising prices on dozens of cancer drugs, despite Donald Trump’s repeated false claims that he and his administration have slashed drug prices by a mathematically impossible 600%.

Trump team changed a report to hide how bad DOGE made things. An earlier draft of the report stated that the ‘total wait time’ for callers to connect with an SSA employee averaged 46 minutes to more than two hours last year.

THE DAMAGE:

Disgusting: SOTU Republicans Applauded as Trump Bragged About Taking Food Aid From 2.4 Million Americans

In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A

Trump Administration’s New Healthcare Plans Could Slap Families With $31,000 Deductibles. These plans would make up for the lower premiums by charging deductibles as high as $15,000 for individuals and $31,000 for families.

Trump promised to lower grocery bills. He made them worse.

Yes, Trump’s economy really is as bad as it seems. A delve into the economic data shows just how grim things really are.

Economist trashes Trump’s best story about the economy. Trump;s claim that he had "won affordability" in Rome, Georgia, called “literally a lie.”

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Art of the STEAL: aka The Greatest Con In American History (Original Post) B.See 7 hrs ago OP
What is even more scary is the number of people who are ok with this kerry-is-my-prez 7 hrs ago #1
Gee, in hindsight one might dlilafae 6 hrs ago #2
Looks like a good start for impeachment. Buddyzbuddy 5 hrs ago #3
He was Don the Con long before he became malaise 5 hrs ago #4
I know Trump is always lying. How? SergeStorms 4 hrs ago #5

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,268 posts)
1. What is even more scary is the number of people who are ok with this
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:39 AM
7 hrs ago

The Republican politicians who don’t give a shit about this country and are desperate to keep their jobs. I dont think the brave Founders ever dreamed that there could be a bunch of people who were running the country and so weak and cynical.

And then a bunch of uneducated fools who just watch Fox, etc. and think everything is fine.

dlilafae

(440 posts)
2. Gee, in hindsight one might
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 06:00 AM
6 hrs ago

say, that voting for the criminal instead of the prosecutor constituted one horrendously bad vote! When all's said/done, we'll be lucky if there's a few coins in the coffers left to kick around. That is, once we decide to get the Resident the hell outta' our house.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,590 posts)
3. Looks like a good start for impeachment.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 06:09 AM
5 hrs ago

No, he will most likely not be impeached, but the hearings will keep them busy for his last 2 years, and the hearings will shine the light on all of their crimes. It's not just about the Felon but also about the Administration and some corrupt Justices. If we've learned anything, it's do not delay.

SergeStorms

(20,568 posts)
5. I know Trump is always lying. How?
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:42 AM
4 hrs ago

His porcine 🐖 jowls are moving, that's how. MAGAts are only now starting to realize this.

He's just a rolling mass of greed with absolutely no morals or conscience. Money is his god.

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