Itās Official: With āVermin,ā Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk Heās telling us what he will do to his political enemies if heās president again. Is anyone listening?
I feel pretty safe in saying that we can now stop giving him the benefit of that particular doubt. His useātwice; once on social media, and then repeated in a speechāof the word āverminā to describe his political enemies cannot be an accident. Thatās an unusual word choice. Itās not a smear that one just grabs out of the air. And it appears in history chiefly in one context, and one context only.
Even at the peak of his fortune, he stiffed people if he could expect they wouldnāt sue,or sue successfully.
His Leadership PAC has money. Not as much as it did, but itās got enough for a while. Heās been paying legal fees for certain other people too. This does not look like lack of funds. Itās just cold hard greed. And maybe spite.
Remember those are the losers who misadvised him (in his perspective).
Very true.
Sure, he canāt use it for legal defense though. Thatās what heās in trouble for now. It can be all of the above and fraud, if it has a specific purpose and heās not using it for that then heās committing fraud.
Sure, thatās not a legal defense though.
Thatās the thing. Thereās sloppy reporting going on and people have grown accustomed to thinking that Trump only does illegal things. He can spend from the Leadership PAC for his (or othersā) legal fees. This was ruled on by the government, so this isnāt āeditorialā stuff.
Heās in the clear as long as heās using Leadership PAC funds. His New York business accounts are in dispute. Thatās worth $250 millionā¦ but if he has access to more than that sum, he can afford lawyers - and likely his lifestyle.
No he canāt unless itās campaign related, Iām not quite sure where youāre actually getting your info.
The pac is being investigated as well.
All that doesnāt matter because he wonāt pay his lawyers and yet he is collecting money specifically for legal fees. Thatās fraud.
Whether he should or shouldnt be allowed to spend the Leadership PAC funds this way comes down to:
The FEC says itās fine. If he took money from a Leadership PAC and used it to have a tremendous week at Disney World, it would be fine. Should it be? No. But The regulatory apparatus says itās fine.
If you think I have this all wrong, Google things and post proof. Iāve provided a link, used the key words a curious person could use to see how this is playing outā¦ Iāve googled your perspective. I do not find what you say.
I believe topics are being conflated. Iām clear that NY isnāt about PACs, he can use specific PAC funds for lawyers, and he does not have to pay every legal bill put forward.
NY trial is about a specific amount of money and related to his ability to do business in that state. The ruling will result in him losing money. He hopes to appeal.
He has other funding sources and the NY trial is (edit: NOT) locking up all of his money or money streams.
Negates your own argument with your own words which I find fun.
That was a typo, which is now fixed. My default means of engaging on lemmy doesnāt like the depth of responses we have.
You can have the last word.
If you get around to investing half the time you poured into this, can you Google the topics and see where things actually are? Lemmy will leave you with impressions that are skewed.
Itās not even remotely half the time, weāre not exactly writing thesis here. I do research and itās not on lemmy, but sure anyone who disagrees with you is of course unread and biasedā¦ Sure keep on truckin buddy.