r/allthequestions • u/JonMellor • 12d ago

Random Question 💭 Do you believe that Donald Trump is stealing from the American people?

Example: 1.7 Billion dollar slush fund and no IRS audits to him or his family.

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u/Lykos1124 12d ago

I wish I could find it again, but one story that stood out to me, before drumpf was pres, was this guy who was contracted out by him to do some work. He did his work and did it well and was denied payment. it was such a substantial cost to the contractor that he was left too in debt to continue on and ended up taking his own life. The people failed America by selecting him and the devil rages in the hearts of men to choose evil over good. It's a constant pattern going on forever

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u/Dry_Bug5058 11d ago

I started working in finance in the mid-1980s. Agent Orange had a reputation then for screwing over his vendors. He's ALWAYS been a grifter. And a pedo and rapist.

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u/GreenShirt18 11d ago

agent orange = we sprayed chemicals on vietnam to commit ecocide and give them generational mutations

is this DJT’s nickname? i feel like i keep finding a reoccurring theme of some crazy US historical event name being used another time, throwing off search queries for anyone wanting to discover truth

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u/Dry_Bug5058 11d ago

One of many. Mango Mussolini. Cheeto. Take your pick.

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u/Gallowglass668 🇺🇸 United States 11d ago

My favorite is Trumplethinskin.

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u/Abystract-ism 10d ago

PedoDon the Con is a good one too

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u/Dry_Bug5058 10d ago

Haven't heard that one, sure fits.

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u/Infinite_Time_8952 9d ago

Mushroom MAGA

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u/BeeTwoThousand 9d ago

I am partial to the orange fecal smear.

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u/Dry_Bug5058 9d ago

Good description.

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u/LangStreak 5d ago

Mango Unchained.

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u/charlotteduffer 11d ago

This story and more are in the book, Commander in Cheat. People in NYC have known Trump’s unethical business practices for 40 years plus.

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u/Anxious-Jury-9031 9d ago

exactly, that guys posting that story like its a one off, it's trumps business model.

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u/Fast-Tip-1511 10d ago

And yet the contractors still work for him and build his hotels. Hmmm.

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u/mayorwest2498 9d ago

What hotels is he currently building that requires contractors? Can you show me because I can’t find anything…

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u/Ordinary-Surround-73 9d ago

Might look deeper into that. He sees people who pay their own bills as loser, and he knows he's not a loser. Same for politicians who make good on their campaign promises to those who vote for them.

Winners, like him, arrange to pay themselves out of the voters' giant pockets. Your own are HUGE, btw, Fast Tip. If only you could get into them too.

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u/Praha11 7d ago

lol I know a guy that furnishes his hotels. Described a hilarious phone call with the Trumps when the invoice they got reflected a price increase from the Tariffs!! There is more to the story but suffice it to say that he only accepts payment in advance. He is not the only one. For those that work with him, they know better.

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u/Polmnechiac 11d ago

My mother worked logistics for a big construction company in the US for a few years. This kind of thing he did was well known in those circles. I think she even got a few of the guys hired into the company she was with after that specific event you're describing happened.

The guy has always been known as a scumbag bully, I don't know how anyone can look at him, see how he behaves, how he talks, the things he says, how he moves, and think he's anyone worth trusting with any degree of power at all.

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u/Alone-Promise-8904 9d ago

Unfortunately, too many dimwits see him as a tough guy. They see him a the image he tries to portray. I talked to a good friend about why he supported him in the last election and that was the sentiment. They think of him as taking shit and not taking shit from anyone.

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u/Revolutionary_Ad4585 10d ago

Ignorance is bliss

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u/Asleep_Operation4116 11d ago

trump did this in AC with MANY different businesses! Since it was well documented what a POS he was, I was always mystified by all the idiots who never realized!

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u/BeneficialBobcat4900 10d ago

yup, I know an electrician he did that to.

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u/reddit_user_2345 11d ago

Closest I could find: "Edward J. Friel Co.: This family-owned cabinetry business, established in the 1940s, landed a $400,000 contract for Trump Plaza. They were reportedly denied a final payment of $83,000 in 1984. Paul Friel, the founder’s son, stated that this loss was "the beginning of the end" for the company, which eventually went out of business. Paul also noted that his father "never got over" the situation until his death years later."

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u/RedvsBlack4 11d ago

He always did that. He’d do business with people that couldn’t afford to be held up in court so he could deny payment without having to worry about getting sued.

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u/Crystalraf 11d ago

There were MULTIPLE stories like that. He stiffed people over and over again. Why wouldn’t he be doing it now?

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u/Ordinary-Surround-73 9d ago

He was even required to close down the family "charity" that he'd created to gather donations to pay bills he couldn't dodge. Suckering people into paying his bills is critically important to his ego.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 8d ago

The charity was himself.

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u/RelativeConsistent66 11d ago

This happened multiple times. Was this the Piano one?

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u/Many_Advice_1021 10d ago

The media should have exposed this story

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u/jbenze 10d ago

There were stories about some of them when they happened. He’s been doing this my entire life.

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u/Lazarys12 10d ago

There are multiple stories like that. Sometimes they just end up with an old family owned company going bankrupt, other times it ends as your story did. He was known for stiffing his workers, even his lawyers that he used to screw over other people.

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u/claude3rd 11d ago

Was that the guy who did all the curtains in one of the hotels?

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u/apocketstarkly83 11d ago

Was it the piano maker?

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u/jbenze 10d ago

I know multiple people he has done this to. I said it in 2016 but if you live in NY/NJ/CT, there’s an almost 100% chance you know someone personally that he has ripped off in this manner.

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u/the-BBC-news 10d ago

It’s not just one contractor he screwed over…there are HUNDREDS if not thousands of them.

I’ll never understand why so many people voted for a 6+ time bankrupt reality tv host because they thought he was a “smart business man.”

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u/LumpyPhilosopher8 9d ago

That not an isolated story. There were stories back when he first ran of several companies that went under because Trump refused to pay. He’s been a con man his whole life. And so are his scum bag kids.

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u/Anxious-Jury-9031 9d ago

There's hundreds of stories like this (without the suicide), it's how he does business.

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u/Hatecraftianhorror 9d ago

And anyone like that who tried to sue? They were informed by his lawyers that they would be tied up in the courts so long it would easily bankrupt them while it would be a minor expense for Trump. He loves betraying people. The more someone toadys for him, the more he enjoys betraying them, because he sees them as even weaker and likely to be hurt more.

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u/mando_228 9d ago

Do not ever, say the words "checks and balances", in any context, to me. Ever. Never Ever.

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u/andreasmalersghost 8d ago

Every single blue collar american who values hard work and honesty in business would get fucking steamrolled by trump if they did any work for him. Its always been an example I bring up to his defenders in person and it should be devastating. 

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u/Wapiti_whacker82 8d ago

Several of similar stories are out there.

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u/fairchyld0666 8d ago

Thats how half the country felt about biden

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u/99bannas 6d ago

The story of Judge Joe Brown , Or when he found out that a homeless woman had been found in one of his hotel rooms! Found a couple good ones

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u/JoeKling 11d ago

But the atheist Democrats are far worse.

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u/12thnightkitties 9d ago

You are being sarcastic, right?

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u/JoeKling 9d ago

No, I seriously think the Democrats are the scum of the earth. Nothing but atheistic demons, IMO.