Trump has
owned numerous high end properties throughout New York City, including the
flagship "Trump Towers" with its exclusive condos owned by the
"Who's Who" of high society,
and exclusive boutique stores whose names alone ooze money and the historic art deco styled "40
Wall Street" building.
"The
Donald" as he's known has published several books on the "Art of the
Deal" as he likes to call his own game theory version of making business
deals. He's owned a casino, a airline company, golf courses, and a university.
Oh, and he's been President of the United States.
The former
president's four year term was fraught with bitter Beltway infighting,
backbiting, betrayal, and filled with enough intrigue to fill a Tom Clancy novel.
President Trump promised the American People that he would restore our former
Republic, which has been hijacked by corporate elites and others who've turned
America into a neo-fascist corporatocracy; an oligarchy overseeing what might
as well be called a "surveillance state".
Trump promised Americans that he would "drain
the swamp" that is Washington DC and rid it of its slimy creatures that includes banksters, lobbyists, special interests groups, corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. He said he would secure our
southern border and reverse illegal immigration (which has become a defacto
invasion), which included building a wall, prevent unnecessary wars while
rebuilding the military, improve our healthcare system, strengthen Social
Security, among other things.
Nobody on
the Left could believe that Hillary had been denied her due; that there would
be no long overdue coronation. What had
happened? Who was to blame---the Russians? The Chinese? Secret backroom
financial deals? Everyone was to blamed
except Hillary's hubris.
The politically inexperienced "Donald" somehow managed to defeat a
former political operative, former First Lady, former U.S. Senator, and former
Secretary of State 30 states to 20. The electoral votes, which are what decide
elections, not the number of votes cast, went to Trump, the political outsider,
by a margin of 304 to 227 (Hillary did carry the popular vote, 48.2% to 46.1%).
The defeat
was so complete that Hillary disappeared; some claim she had a literal meltdown
while others claimed that she was allegedly secretly planning Trump's financial
and political, execution. Regardless, when she reemerged she was a changed
person, barely able to conceal her bitterness, anger, and emotional pain.
Trump's four
year term was marked with internal and external political fights and delays
from both sides of the aisle. Republican leaders no less than their Democrat
counterparts couldn't---and wouldn't---come to grips with how an outsider
managed to usurp power from the Status Quo.
As a result,
they did their best to undermine Trump's Administration at every turn, even
resorting to political subterfuge when necessary while the mainstream media
launched into daily efforts at character
assassination which continues to present day.
Currently
Donald Trump has some 91 felony charges pending against him. If convicted on
any one of them, he would be disqualified from serving as president, and yet
Trump's popularity remains so high that he is unopposed in the Republican
Primary.
His early opponents, which included Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Trump's former Vice President, Mike Pence, all bowed out after having been steamrolled early on by Trump. It's worth noting that Scott and Ramaswamy both later endorsed Trump.
Now he faces his former opponent, President Joe Biden. However, Biden isn't the same man he was in 2020. He has managed to accomplish virtually nothing of note during his four year in office and few want to see him back in the Oval Office again. His Vice President has consistently been rated the lowest of any Vice President in U.S. history. Lastly, at 81 years of age, Biden's mental facilities are questionable at best.
Think about
this for a moment. With barely 30 days until the GOP Primary, the only
candidate standing is the one with some 91 felonies pending against him.
Convection on any one of them disqualifies Trump and leaves no one as the
Republican Presidential nominee.
Meanwhile,
"the Donald" continues battling the charges, and while winning most
of them thus far, has managed to rack up more than $540 million dollars in
legal bills! In early March 2024, Trump had to put up a $91.6 million dollar
bond as he appealed a defamation case against him on filed on behalf of writer
E. Jean Carroll.
Speaking of
lawsuits, Trump has been ordered to pay $383,000 in legal fees following the
loss of a lawsuit filed by Orbis Business Intelligence over a controversial information
concerning Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election (no
interference was proven).
He was
ordered to pay a whopping $454.4 million dollars for allegedly
"misstating" the value of his corporate assets, along with interest.
This is part of a larger judgment against Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and
former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg in the amount of $465 million
dollars. But wait, there's more...much more.
Trump was
ordered to pay the New York Times just under $400,000 in legal fees after the
court tossed his lawsuit over the newspaper acquiring and publishing his tax
records without his permission. There
was also the question as to how the newspaper was able to obtain Trump's
private tax records since he didn't authorize their release. I guess that means
your private financial information isn't so private after all.
Donald Trump
and one of his lawyers, Alina Habba were ordered to jointly pay sanctions over
his lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and other Democrats over claims that the
2016 presidential Election was "rigged". The judge order that Habba
and Trump pay $937,989.39 following a blistering statement by the judge
accusing Trump of trying to further his political agenda by filing a frivolous
lawsuit. The lawsuit was subsequently thrown out.
The Trump
Organization was found guilty of criminal tax fraud and tax evasion and ordered
to pay $1.6 million dollars. As hard as it is to believe, Trump still faces
additional civil lawsuits which, if he losses, could result in paying millions
more in fines (plus interest), not to mention the 91 felony charges and four
criminal charges stemming from the January 6th protests which could also
include possible prison time.
Nevertheless,
it would appear that when this is all said and done, "the Donald" may
be a financially and psychologically broken man. There is no way anyone can endure
what he has and not be mentally or physically affected. On top
of all this, he is still running for president, which in itself, is
a grueling and exhaustive experience.
It appears,
at least to me, that the power-that-be, the ruling elite behind the neo-fascist
corporatocracy that is America these days, are determined to both "punish "Trump as well as make him into a warning that while you can make
all the promises you want about reform while campaigning, there will be no challenge to the Status Quo. It exists as an unassailable force as much as any "mafia
family" ever has.
If Trump is
convicted on any one of the 91 felony charges, his presidential aspirations are
over. The RNC National Committee will assuredly select a properly vetted individual;
someone who won't rock the boat. Who
that will be I don't know. I'll leave that to you to suggest, but I have a few ideas.
If Trump
manages to survive and win the election, don't look for the same 2016
president. While he'll still be as bombastic as ever, Trump will be forced to
follow the playbook dictated to him by the Status Quo or face more legislative roadblocks, continued ridicule and harassment by the media (which is devastating for people who have egos like Trump) and possibly even legal troubles. As former Speaker of
the House, Sam Rayburn, once said, "to get along you have to go
along", meaning "the Donald" will have to play nice for the
next four years if he wants to get anywhere.
As was said
of Julius Caesar, "to save the Republic, it was necessary to destroy the
Republic", but our Republic has already been destroyed. In its place is a barely veiled neo-fascist corporatocracy led by super rich oligarchs who make Trump look like
a pauper (especially after all those fines and penalties are paid).
An ego bruised Trump may feel as if he has nothing to lose. If that becomes the case, and given his army of devoted "Trumpsters", America could be in for a bumpy ride over the next four years. But then too, there aren't too many people who could blame him under the circumstances and no one is wanting four more years of Joe Biden.
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