Hundreds of thousands of unnecessary COVID deaths because Trump chose to lie to the American people about it, put his son in .law in charge of the response and did the opposite of what all the health experts were telling him, just because he thinks he's The Chosen One and he alone can fix it. Which is exactly what the best mental health experts in the country warned about for years. God help us if a real crisis ever hits because Trump will get off on is power to kill people.

 

Mail delivery about to get slower, temporarily more expensive

 

This was obvious from the beginning. Trump is literally and clinically mentally ill and had to have Jared and Ivanka in the White House to keep him from going off the deep end, So they were the ones calling the shots.

Former Trump aide says chiefs of staff were 'scapegoated' when it was Ivanka and Jared 'calling most of the shots'

Sarah K. Burris
October 05, 2021





The latest tell-all book out from Stephanie Grisham focuses a lot of attention on her complaints with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

Grisham, who worked as both communications director and chief of staff for Melania Trump, also served as President Donald Trump's press secretary. Stories have already surfaced from the book about Ivanka being referred to as the "princess" by the First Lady, as well as a slew of other backbiting details about their relationship.

Toward the end of her book, Grisham says in passing that the chiefs of staff were all made to be the "scapegoat" for the mistakes made by Jared and Ivanka.

"Mark Meadows had begun his new role as chief of staff in earnest," she recalled. "After Priebus, after Kelly, after Mulvaney, it finally dawned on me what was going on—it only took me three years. Trump, Ivanka, and Jared were the ones calling most of the shots in the White House, but they wouldn't blame themselves when things were f*cked up. No, the fault for plummeting poll numbers or bad press or confusing policies or the inability to keep some promise the president had made or some scandal always fell to the staff."

The pattern, she explained, was to fire them and find someone new and the cycle would begin all over again. Trump would believe they were some "modern version of a James Baker or a Roy Cohn or a P. T. Barnum," Grisham said. But they all ended the same way.

"I guess that somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that after Mulvaney left, I'd be scapegoat number two—another reason Sarah Huckabee Sanders had been smart to quit before that fate befell her," Grisham assessed. "Maybe it was also the reason Hope Hicks had taken her leisurely sabbatical—so Trump would miss her and she could escape being a scapegoat, too."

Another story involved Trump's address to the nation on March 11, 2020, when Ivanka had decided her dad needed to go on television.

"In my mind I kept saying, 'This is not a reality TV show. We cannot address the nation with a bunch of mumbo jumbo just so he looks presidential,'" wrote Grisham. Ivanka couldn't understand why she didn't think that the idea was amazing.

"Birx, Fauci, and the other professionals in the room just watched all the nonsense without comment," the book described. "To their credit, they pretty much kept straight faces, although I imagine they thought they were surrounded by lunatics."

The Trump staff cobbled together a speech that Grisham said was so last minute that the president barely had time to read it ahead of time. He fumbled and the writers made so many mistakes that Grisham said she was flooded with calls, emails, questions and a line of reporters outside her office demanding answers.

"Of course, it was our problem, not Jared's or Ivanka's or Hope's," she wrote. "No, they were in the dining room off of the Oval Office, Trump's usual hangout, congratulating themselves and telling the president how awesome he was."

Grisham's new book, I'll Take Your Questions Now, hit bookstores on Tuesday.

https://www.rawstory.com/jared-ivanka-trumps-scapegoats/

 

Trump drops off 'richest people' list for first time since 1996 because he refused ethics advice: Forbes

John Wright
October 05, 2021



An angry Donald Trump screams during one of his speeches (Photo: Screen capture)


Former president Donald Trump has fallen off Forbes' list of America's 400 richest people for the first time in a quarter-century — and he has himself to blame, according to the magazine.

Trump is worth an estimated $2.5 billion — down $600 million from the start of the pandemic, Forbes reported Tuesday. The magazine explained that big-city real-estate, which makes up the bulk of Trump's fortune, has languished thanks to COVID-19.

Trump was in the top half of the richest 400 people list from 1997 until he took office in 2016. But he has dropped in the rankings in each of the last five years, and now he's fallen off the list entirely.

"If Trump is looking for someone to blame, he can start with himself," Forbes reported. "Five years ago, he had a golden opportunity to diversify his fortune. Fresh off the 2016 election, federal ethics officials were pushing Trump to divest his real estate assets. That would have allowed him to reinvest the proceeds into broad-based index funds and assume office free of conflicts of interest."

Instead, Trump opted to hold on to his real-estate assets. Forbes noted that Trump boasted in a news conference at Trump Tower nine days before taking office: "I could actually run my business and run government at the same time. I don't like the way that looks, but I would be able to do that if I wanted to. I would be the only one that would be able to do that."

If Trump had divested his real-estate assets and invested in an index fund tracking the S&P 500, for example, he could now be worth anywhere from $4.5 billion to $7 billion, depending on whether he was able to obtain a certificate of divestiture and avoid capital-gains taxes.

"Close-mindedness has its costs," the magazine reports. "If Trump had managed to avoid capital-gains taxes, he could have theoretically reinvested $3.5 billion into the S&P 500 on the day he entered the White House. In that alternate scenario, Trump would have been worth an estimated $7 billion by this September, when Forbes locked in estimates for its annual list, enough to earn a spot as the 133rd-richest person in the country. Instead, he's off the Forbes 400 for the first time in a quarter-century."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-forbes-richest-list/

 

Trump has been GONE for over 100 days. And you're STILL talking about his first 100 days.

TDS - there seems to be no cure.

 

Donald Trump declared ‘the LEADER of the Republican Party’ as he RETURNS to the electoral battlefield
https://7news.com.au/politics/world...eturns-to-the-electoral-battlefield-c-2995236


Donald Trump is still the leader of Republican Party, RNC chair says
https://nypost.com/2021/08/08/trump-still-leader-of-republican-party-rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel/

'The tightest tightrope': Kevin McCarthy continues to embrace Trump as he charts course to lead Republicans

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/poli...w-york-times-interview-republicans/index.html

 

And this is why Conroe... the hack fuck leftists are still scared shitless of Trump....

Rules for Radicals....they read it, they learned it, they adhere to it.

1. “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood.
2. “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone.
3. “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty.
4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.
5. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
6. “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones.
7. “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news.
8. “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new.
9. “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist.
10. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.” It is this unceasing pressure that results in the reactions from the opposition that are essential for the success of the campaign.
11. “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog.
12. “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem.
13. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.

 

Trump confirms a run for POTUS during the '24 election...also polling at 91% approval during his Iowa rally...

....Let the hack fuck leftists games begin.....

 

20 state AGs file suit over Dejoy plan to sabotage USPS

Jon Queally, Common Dreams
October 10, 2021



Louis DeJoy (YouTube/screen grab)
Twenty state Attorneys General on Friday filed a joint complaint in an effort to block changes to the U.S. Postal Service enacted last week by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and which critics warn are an overt effort to cripple the mail service from within by slowing delivery times while also increasing the cost to consumers.

The official complaint filed by the 20 AGs is directed at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which is charged with providing independent oversight of the USPS, but which the suit alleges betrayed its mandate by allowing the controversial plan put forth by DeJoy to move into implementation on October 1 without proper review.

According to a statement from the office of Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson:

The complaint details DeJoy's failure to follow federal law in making harmful Postal Service changes. Ferguson asserts these major Postal Service changes, which range from eliminating working hours, slowing delivery of first-class mail and removing equipment, threaten the timely delivery of mail to millions of Americans who rely on the Postal Service for delivery of everything from medical prescriptions to ballots.
"Millions of Americans depend on the mail every day to receive their prescriptions, pay bills, receive Social Security checks, send rent payments and more," Ferguson said in the statement. "One political appointee does not get to decide the fate of the Postal Service. There is a process that demands accountability from the American public for a reason—and I will fight to ensure the public gets a say."

In addition to Washington, the complaint was backed by the Attorneys General of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Rhode Island.

The AG's suit comes amid a relentless barage of criticism aimed at DeJoy and demands for his ouster, as well ire aimed at the Postal Service Board of Governors, for putting forth a plan that experts on the USPS say is paving the pathway for the beloved agency's demise.

As Christoper S. Shaw, author of the the book First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, wrote in an op-ed for Common Dreams last week, "While previous postmasters generals sought faster mail delivery, DeJoy stands out for his wish to make it slower."

As Shaw's piece notes:

DeJoy claims that lowering service standards offers an outstanding opportunity to cut costs because hauling mail overland on trucks will prove cheaper than using air transportation. Lost in this short-term calculus is the cost to American citizens and to the health of the Postal Service in the long run. Degrading standards of service and discarding competitive advantages is not a formula for long-term relevance.
In response to the complaint, the USPS claimed the filing "has no legal or factual merit" and said "the Postal Service intends to move to dismiss it pursuant to the rules" of the PRC process.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, however, said in a statement that the changes made by DeJoy "destroy the timely mail service that people depend on for medications, bill payments, and business operations in rural parts" of his state. According to Stein's office:

The 10-year plan would undermine the Postal Service, including changes that would enact slower service standards for first-class mail and other packages, change the location of post offices, and adjust rates. The plan would slow down USPS standard delivery for 30 percent of mail from three days to five days, increase the price of each piece of mail by six to nine percent, and put these changes in place without doing anything to effectively address the larger Postal Service budget deficit.
The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent federal agency that has oversight over the Postal Service's operations. Federal law requires the Postal Service to go to the Commission whenever it makes a change to postal services that will affect the entire country. The attorneys general contend that DeJoy failed to do so, and without the proper review, DeJoy's plan could lead to future problems with mail delivery. The attorneys general are requesting that the Commission order the Postal Service to request a review of the full extent of the ten-year plan, affording the States and the public an opportunity to provide comment.
"The Postal Service," said Stein, "is an essential government service, and it cannot restructure without considering how those changes will affect millions of Americans."



https://www.rawstory.com/louis-dejoy-2655265355/

 

DeJoy’s blueprint for overhauling the U.S. Postal Service, “Delivering for America,” was unveiled in March and has a 10-year timeline — so the controversial executive could conceivably stay put for a decade.

It’s hard to imagine that DeJoy really likes his job that much. But it was also hard to imagine that a Donald Trump loyalist criticized for trying to sabotage mail-in balloting by gutting the Postal Service shortly before the 2020 presidential election would survive the early months of President Joe Biden’s administration.

Other clouds hang over DeJoy. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating him for possible campaign finance violations, and ethics watchdogs recently raised alarms about a $120 million contract the Postal Service awarded to his former employer, XPO Logistics Inc. DeJoy’s spokesmen have denied any wrongdoing related to the FBI probe and said that DeJoy played no role in the XPO contract. (DeJoy’s family divested its XPO stock — worth as much as $155 million — after he became postmaster general, but it still leases office space to the company.)

For all his bravado, DeJoy still runs the Postal Service because he maintains the backing of its board of governors. This bipartisan, nine-member body oversees the service’s expenditures and operations and appoints postmasters general — and decides how long their tenures last. Six of the governors, including the board’s chairman, Ron Bloom, are Trump appointees; Biden has appointed three.

Unless Biden wants to try removing governors for cause, he can replace them only when their seven-year terms end or they step aside prematurely. Those rules are meant to protect the Postal Service from partisan meddling and generally make it hard for presidents to reshape it without waging political battles. Trump and former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin briefly withheld federal pandemic funds from the beleaguered service to force it to agree to greater presidential control. That move failed, but they found a like-minded proxy in DeJoy. If Biden decides not to play hardball himself, then DeJoy’s plans for reshaping the service are likely to take root.

Bloom is a Democrat but has repeatedly said he supports DeJoy. Bloom is also a veteran financier and a managing partner at Brookfield Asset Management. DeJoy, according to financial disclosures, has invested in a relatively modest portfolio of Brookfield bonds. A spokesman told the Washington Post that an adviser purchased the bonds and that no conflict exists because the Postal Service doesn’t do business with Brookfield. Bloom oversees private equity operations at Brookfield, not bond sales.

 

The former czar of coronavirus testing under President Trump defends the Trump COVID task force’s actions during the pandemic. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., media attempts to pin the blame for the crisis on Trump have been incessant. A CNN interview on Friday with the former testing czar, Brett Giroir, was no different.

In the interview, Brianna Keilar tried to use recent turncoat Stephanie Grisham’s words against the whole COVID task force. Grisham, Trump’s press secretary and first lady Melania Trump’s personal secretary before Jan. 6, said Trump didn’t care about the costs of the virus and that the administration failed because of his vanity.

However, Giroir disputed her assessment of how his task force handled COVID. He said he doesn’t remember Grisham being involved in any meetings about COVID at all.


“I don’t remember Stephanie Grisham ever being in the situation room, in the task force, when we debated the issues,” said Giroir. “I know that in that sit room, mostly under the vice president, Dr. Birx, Dr. Fauci, we were all focused on public health and there was no other thoughts than that.”

Wholly unsatisfied that he refused to condemn Trump like Grisham did, Keilar tried to push Giroir even harder, heavily implying that he chose to work under someone who didn’t care about the virus. Again, the Admiral denied the assertions and defended the administration’s handling of the virus.

“I don’t think it’s fair to say. The president was very active in the task force right up until the mid-summer and he did what the docs advised, right? Fifteen days to slow the spread. Thirty days more to slow the spread,” he said.

Despite Trump leaving the Oval Office and Joe Biden taking his place, the blame for the pandemic has still been placed squarely in Trump’s lap by Democrats and their allies in the media. Since January, over 353,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID, surpassing the total lost in 2020 during the Trump administration.

 

Trump lost weight out of office because he no longer has access to the 24-hour White House kitchen, former aide says
Sophia Ankel
Mon, October 11, 2021, 7:24 AM·2 min read
In this article:

President Donald Trump presenting fast food to the Clemson Tigers football team at the White House. Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images

• 
  Donald Trump is happier and slimmer after leaving the White House, a former aide told GB News.
  
  
• Jason Miller said Trump cited the absence of the 24/7 White House kitchen as one reason.
  
  
• Miller also said Trump enjoyed influencing GOP politics from the sidelines by making endorsements.
  

Former President Donald Trump has lost weight in recent months mainly because he no longer has 24-hour access to the White House kitchen, his former advisor Jason Miller said on Sunday.

In an interview with GB News, a British TV channel, Miller described the former president as "a lot happier," "tanned," and "rested" since leaving the White House in January.

Miller said he recently visited Trump in Florida, where they discussed his well-being.

When asked about Trump's weight, Miller said Trump told him the difference was "not having the kitchen there 24/7," as well as "a little bit of golf and a whole lot of endorsement."

The last point seemed to be a reference to Trump's endorsement of candidates who embrace his politics or aim to unseat his enemies.

In April, an unnamed Trump advisor told Insider's Tom LoBianco that Trump had "lost 15 pounds since he left the White House."

In the GB News interview, Miller said Trump had lost 20 to 25 pounds since January.

GB News
@GBNEWS
'Not having the kitchen there 24/7... little bit of golf and a whole lot of endorsement.' Jason Miller, former adviser to Donald Trump, tells Mark Dolan how the former President has lost weight since leaving office.

3:14 PM · Oct 10, 2021



Trump lost weight out of office because he no longer has access to the 24-hour White House kitchen, former aide says
Sophia Ankel
Mon, October 11, 2021, 7:24 AM·2 min read
In this article:

President Donald Trump presenting fast food to the Clemson Tigers football team at the White House. Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images

• Donald Trump is happier and slimmer after leaving the White House, a former aide told GB News.
  
  
• Jason Miller said Trump cited the absence of the 24/7 White House kitchen as one reason.
  
  
• Miller also said Trump enjoyed influencing GOP politics from the sidelines by making endorsements.
  

Former President Donald Trump has lost weight in recent months mainly because he no longer has 24-hour access to the White House kitchen, his former advisor Jason Miller said on Sunday.

In an interview with GB News, a British TV channel, Miller described the former president as "a lot happier," "tanned," and "rested" since leaving the White House in January.

Miller said he recently visited Trump in Florida, where they discussed his well-being.

When asked about Trump's weight, Miller said Trump told him the difference was "not having the kitchen there 24/7," as well as "a little bit of golf and a whole lot of endorsement."

The last point seemed to be a reference to Trump's endorsement of candidates who embrace his politics or aim to unseat his enemies.

In April, an unnamed Trump advisor told Insider's Tom LoBianco that Trump had "lost 15 pounds since he left the White House."

In the GB News interview, Miller said Trump had lost 20 to 25 pounds since January.

ABC News reported in June 2020 on a physical exam that said Trump weighed 244 pounds, over the clinical threshold for obesity.

Reports have described the always-on food production at the White House. Bill Yosses, who worked there as a pastry chef from 2006 to 2014, told HuffPost last year that his team was always on standby.

"In theory, we were working 24/7," Yosses said, though he added that no president had asked for a midnight snack in the years he was there.

While Trump does not appear to have spoken much about the 24-hour service in the White House, he has expressed a love of junk food and sweets.

An advisor close to Trump told Insider he used to snack extensively on M&M's while flying on Air Force One.

And Dr. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, once said he tried to hide vegetables in Trump's food to get him to eat more healthily.

Read the original article on Business Insider


https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lost-weight-office-because-132406011.html

 

20 state AGs file suit over DeJoy plan to sabotage USPS





Louis DeJoy (YouTube/screen grab)


Twenty state Attorneys General on Friday filed a joint complaint in an effort to block changes to the U.S. Postal Service enacted last week by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and which critics warn are an overt effort to cripple the mail service from within by slowing delivery times while also increasing the cost to consumers.

The official complaint filed by the 20 AGs is directed at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which is charged with providing independent oversight of the USPS, but which the suit alleges betrayed its mandate by allowing the controversial plan put forth by DeJoy to move into implementation on October 1 without proper review.

According to a statement from the office of Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson:

The complaint details DeJoy's failure to follow federal law in making harmful Postal Service changes. Ferguson asserts these major Postal Service changes, which range from eliminating working hours, slowing delivery of first-class mail and removing equipment, threaten the timely delivery of mail to millions of Americans who rely on the Postal Service for delivery of everything from medical prescriptions to ballots.
"Millions of Americans depend on the mail every day to receive their prescriptions, pay bills, receive Social Security checks, send rent payments and more," Ferguson said in the statement. "One political appointee does not get to decide the fate of the Postal Service. There is a process that demands accountability from the American public for a reason—and I will fight to ensure the public gets a say."

In addition to Washington, the complaint was backed by the Attorneys General of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Rhode Island.

The AG's suit comes amid a relentless barage of criticism aimed at DeJoy and demands for his ouster, as well as ire aimed at the Postal Service Board of Governors, for putting forth a plan that experts on the USPS say is paving the pathway for the beloved agency's demise.

As Christoper S. Shaw, author of the the book First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, wrote in an op-ed for Common Dreams last week, "While previous postmasters generals sought faster mail delivery, DeJoy stands out for his wish to make it slower."

As Shaw's piece notes:

DeJoy claims that lowering service standards offers an outstanding opportunity to cut costs because hauling mail overland on trucks will prove cheaper than using air transportation. Lost in this short-term calculus is the cost to American citizens and to the health of the Postal Service in the long run. Degrading standards of service and discarding competitive advantages is not a formula for long-term relevance.
In response to the complaint, the USPS claimed the filing "has no legal or factual merit" and said "the Postal Service intends to move to dismiss it pursuant to the rules" of the PRC process.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, however, said in a statement that the changes made by DeJoy "destroy the timely mail service that people depend on for medications, bill payments, and business operations in rural parts" of his state. According to Stein's office:

The 10-year plan would undermine the Postal Service, including changes that would enact slower service standards for first-class mail and other packages, change the location of post offices, and adjust rates. The plan would slow down USPS standard delivery for 30 percent of mail from three days to five days, increase the price of each piece of mail by six to nine percent, and put these changes in place without doing anything to effectively address the larger Postal Service budget deficit.
The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent federal agency that has oversight over the Postal Service's operations. Federal law requires the Postal Service to go to the Commission whenever it makes a change to postal services that will affect the entire country. The attorneys general contend that DeJoy failed to do so, and without the proper review, DeJoy's plan could lead to future problems with mail delivery. The attorneys general are requesting that the Commission order the Postal Service to request a review of the full extent of the ten-year plan, affording the States and the public an opportunity to provide comment.
"The Postal Service," said Stein, "is an essential government service, and it cannot restructure without considering how those changes will affect millions of Americans."

https://www.rawstory.com/louis-dejoy-2655265355/

 

SPAC linked to Trump’s social media venture surges for second day

Shares of the blank-check acquisition company that plans to publicly list former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media venture soared again on Friday, more than doubling in value with trading halted multiple times due to volatility.

Digital World Acquisition, a Miami-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), closed up 107% at $94.20 on Nasdaq after earlier hitting a high of $175.

Digital World soared more than 350% on Thursday, a day after the deal was announced, giving it a market capitalization of almost $1.5 billion on news it would merge with Trump’s media company to create a social media app called TRUTH Social.

Its recent trading was reminiscent of the meme stock frenzy earlier this year, when an army of retail investors coordinated on online forums to drive shares of GameStop Corp, AMC Entertainment Holdings and other stocks.

“This feels like a meme stock. This looks like AMC and GameStop all over again,” said Joe Saluzzi, co-manager of trading at Themis Trading in Chatham, New Jersey.

Data from brokerage Fidelity showed Digital World was the most traded stock on its platform on Thursday. It was the most discussed stock on trading-focused social media site Stocktwits, a platform commonly seen as a measure of interest from retail investors. Message volumes on Stocktwits related to the SPAC were up more than 9,000%.

Social media giants suspended Trump’s accounts after his supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. In a press release announcing the deal, Trump said, “I’m excited to soon begin sharing my thoughts on TRUTH Social and to fight back against Big Tech.”

With almost 500 million shares changing hands on Thursday, Digital World topped GameStop trading volume of 197 million at the peak of the meme stock frenzy in January.

The stock traded about 130 million shares on Friday, surpassing the free float of 22.8 million shares, based on Refinitiv data.

“There’s a tremendous amount of Trump supporters in the country who are going to just clamor to get some exposure to Donald Trump in whatever way they can,” said Eric Diton, managing director of investment advisory firm The Wealth Alliance.

The shares of at least one other company linked to the Republican former president also saw large gains. Phunware Inc, a software company hired by Trump’s 2020 presidential re-election campaign to build a phone app, had its share price rise as much as 1,471% on Friday. It closed up around 471% at $8.74.

Hedge funds that invested in Digital World are set to make five times their investment, regulatory filings showed, while Patrick Orlando, who backs the SPAC, is likely to see a $420 million windfall from the surge in shares.

But not all were buyers. Hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein said that he sold his firm Saba Capital Management’s holdings in Digital World early on Thursday as news emerged that it was merging with Trump’s new media venture.

“I knew that for Saba the right thing was to sell our entire stake of unrestricted shares, which we have now done,” Weinstein said in a statement. “Many investors are grappling with hard questions about how to incorporate their values into their work. For us, this was not a close call.”

Trump Media and Technology Group said it would receive $293 million in cash that Digital World had in a trust if no shareholder of the acquisition firm chose to cash in their shares.

 

........... and despicables insist that the United States is not the land of opportunity any more ...........

 

Eh...they still do...they just have differing perspectives of opportunity...government handouts are their opportunities.

 

'The fear was real': Former Trump officials recall 'Gestapo'-like White House under 'enforcer' Johnny McEntee

John Wright
November 09, 2021



U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S., May 1, 2016. (REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski)
Two former Trump administration officials spoke out Tuesday night about what it was like working in the White House under former president Donald Trump's so-called loyalty enforcer, Johnny McEntee.

After being hired to head the Presidential Personnel Office in 2020, the 29-year-old McEntee effectively became "deputy president," working to ferret out "traitors," according to a new book by ABC News' Jonathan Karl.

Olivia Troye, a former aide to Vice President Mike Pence, told MSNBC on Tuesday night that Karl's description of McEntee is "very accurate."

"It actually gave me chills because it reminded me what it was like when Johnny was appointed," Troye said of the book. "The fear was real, it was well-known that there were social media checks being conducted. I had a conversation with Gen. (Keith) Kellogg directly where he told me to watch my every move, to be careful."

Troye added that she "chuckled a little" when she read a story in Karl's book about a low-level staffer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development who was called out for liking an Instagram post about Taylor Swift.

Troye said something similar happened to her when, after a tense White House meeting where she lost an argument, she went back to her office and played Swift's music loudly.

"I had a colleague knock on the door, and he said, 'Are you trying to get fired?'" Troye said. "I was super confused. I said, 'For being blunt in meetings?' He said, 'I don't think she's [Swift is] a fan of Trump. So if somebody hears that, you should watch your back.'"

"When you talk about the Gestapo... this is sort of how this White House was run, and that's what I fear for the future of our country, when some of these people are in power like this and they remain in power," Troye said.

Miles Taylor, former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security, agreed that Karl's book was accurate.

According to Karl's book, one of McEntee's henchman, 25-year-old Josh Whitehouse, tried to remove Taylor's name from a plaque listing prior staffers after he wrote an op-ed criticizing Trump.

"That same person who tried to pry my name off the plaque was the same person staffers at DHS were worried was literally going to come in and shoot up the place," Taylor told MSNBC. "His response to that was, 'If they support Trump, then they have nothing to worry about.' That sounded eerily to me like one of Hitler's lieutenants who famously said, 'You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide.' These were the type of people Donald Trump surrounded himself with at the end."

Watch below.



https://www.rawstory.com/johnny-mcentee-donald-trump/

 

I guess we're about to see the truth...

Is it true what the hack fucks are saying and want us to believe...Trump is no longer a voice that should be heard..or...

Is Trump the voice that is being heard and the hack fucks are just still scared shitless.

 

Chris Christie says Trump is nuts.

 

There was ever any doubt?
Hes got more money than he can spend, controls an empire, has a great family and is married to a model.

But he wants to down grade his living arrangements, subject himself to insults and lies from people unqualified to clean toilets in his hotel, and we think this is sane behavior.

Nope. Clearly nuts.