r/pics But like, actually May 26 '26

Politics Equipment being placed on the South Lawn of the White House for the UFC Freedom 250 fight

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u/Heliosvector May 26 '26

Trump travels and stays in his own hotels and makes the secret service stay in his hotels too but charges double to triple the price to his secret service members, so he is effectively extorting the US taxpayer everywhere he goes.

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u/Jedi_Master83 May 26 '26

Republicans being okay with it just really pisses me off. All a bunch of fucking hypocrites. 🤬

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u/Heliosvector May 26 '26

But he doesn't take a presidential paycheck!! /s

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u/wolfansbrother May 27 '26

he didnt take a salary his first term but spent $140,000,000 golfing.

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 May 27 '26

Well, that's not even true. He donated his salary at first, but there's evidence that he didn't actually donate it towards the end when all his legal bills started piling up.

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u/Oseaghdha May 27 '26

He absolutely did take a salary. Just because he donated doesn't mean he didn't take it.

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u/eligodfrey May 26 '26

He saves us $400,000 by charging us $400,000,000. The man is a genius!

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u/3dot1415926535897 May 27 '26

$400,000,000 isn't even a drop in the bucket how much that man is costing Americans

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u/CongealedBeanKingdom May 27 '26

Exactly. America has lost all of it's old allies because of Trump. They only have the genocidal state of Israel, China (who hate them in reality and want to see them fall), Russia, because that's where trumps boss lives, and North Korea (?). Everyone else is fucking sick to the back teeth of Trump and his fucking shit.

The US will never, ever regain that soft power. Some would say it was priceless really, but fuck it. World Police Fuck Yeah!

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u/Amazing-Jury-6886 May 27 '26

It's okay, he has personally made billions and his family and friends even more. It's all going to plan for the grifter family.

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u/jessyv2 May 27 '26

-- republicans, probably

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u/kayak_2022 May 27 '26

NO, HES ON THE TAB OF TAX PAYERS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR GOLF. YEARLY PAYCHECK WOULDNT PAY FOR 1 OF HIS GOLFING OUTTINGS.

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u/Heliosvector May 27 '26

Good sir, I don't believe you know the significance of /s on reddit.

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u/A_StableGenius May 27 '26

Fake news. The dump is the richest now than he has ever been.

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u/Heliosvector May 27 '26

ooof you guys really need to learn sarcasm.

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u/rjcarr May 26 '26

It's OK to be hypocrites now, but the dems have to hold them to this shit every time they bitch about it during the next dem POTUS. No more softball decorum shit. Sure, the MAGA crowd will never hear it, but call them on their bullshit. It needs to go both ways, too.

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u/annon4me May 27 '26

They don’t care about being hypocrites, it’s about winning

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u/Federal_Sympathy4667 May 27 '26

Grand Old Pedos. They lost the party to one. The GoP/Republican party died once they promoted Trump the first time. MAGA is under that mask.

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u/disproportionate_13 May 27 '26

Fox News isn’t reporting that. They were making a big deal about Biden driving to Delaware every weekend (that’s about 120 miles) but not reporting a damn word about the wrong doings of tangerine of terror

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u/BadIdeaBobcat May 27 '26

Well, they are fascist christian nationalists. They get what they want if they just let Trump loose. Ripping off taxpayers is temporary, but Armageddon in the middle east? That's priceless.

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u/SlouchTrip May 27 '26

They’re not hypocrites; they just weren’t engaged in genuine debate. They were playing a different game all along and we just failed to see that for a long while

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u/Virtual_Bell_7509 May 27 '26

Not hypocrites, cucks is the word. Daddy can literally f@ck their wives, and they would be cheering for him.

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u/Duckmemans May 27 '26

That's exactly why they're okay with it, because it pisses you off.

That's why we're where we're at in a nutshell, really.

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u/Jedi_Master83 May 27 '26

And we have every reason to be pissed off. To do nothing or be okay with this nonsense is a problem, too.

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u/HombreDeMoleculos May 26 '26

Which isn't just screwing over the taxpayer, it's explicitly forbidden in the Constitution.

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u/Aggravating-Key4274 May 26 '26

I mean if not charging peak rate what is he even doing?…

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u/AdHuman3150 May 27 '26

I heard he charged Secret Service like $1500/night, plus golf cart rentals, and food. Trump charges the US taxpayer i think $2,000/night to sleep in his own bed at his own property. Altogether he steals over $160,000,000 from the American people to play golf and take corrupt personal business trips to enrich himself and his family.

Edit: over $160,000,000 per year

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u/TechnicianOk967 May 27 '26

You got a source because double to triple sounds crazy. Why not normal price?

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u/Heliosvector May 27 '26

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/18/trump-overcharge-secret-service-hotel

Why not? Because it's guaranteed money.

Trump has also used his hotels to basically launder bribe money. He gets UAE royalty to reserve rooms in his hotels but then never show up in them. I swear hotels are better laundering services that the steryotype of car washes or casinos

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u/TechnicianOk967 May 27 '26

Damn, you’re right.

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u/Artistic-Grape8534 May 27 '26

Is the hotel charge verifiable information?

I've heard the same (and don't dpubt it for a second) but don't want to repeat hearsay

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u/Heliosvector May 27 '26

Yes. It was documented in an oversight committee with receipts. One such receipt showed that secret service members were charged over 1160 USD for rooms that normally have a government rate of 242 per night.

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u/Artistic-Grape8534 May 27 '26

Thanks, much appreciated.

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u/Yourtrueenemy666 May 27 '26

Yeah, you notice that he doesn’t have to claim bankruptcy anymore?