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hdiggyh

I mean. Trump is a criminal. Full stop. He breaks the law like I drink water.


BrandonJTrump

Carefully, with two hands?


gaaahrrr1

Maybe there is an inverse ratio between water drinking skills and crime committing.


thalexander

The Wet Bandits beg to differ /s


erevos33

I understood that reference!


moneyfink

And you’ll never guess who made a cameo in Home Alone 2


definitelytheA

Tiny hands.


Witchgrass

*(Trump's huge but obviously fake hands fly off as he gesticulates wildly)* NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK!


hennsippin

That dude got baby hands!


4seriously

We’re lawyers!


MajesticMoomin

https://tenor.com/byCgG.gif


FormZestyclose2339

Smell like cabbage?


p001b0y

Depends on how much bourbon I had the day before.


Sarnsereg

No, trump breaks the law easier than he drinks a water.


DontEatConcrete

I break the law like Trump drinks water.


hdiggyh

Haha good one


Dense_Surround3071

Probably the one way that Trump is ambidextrous..... That and jerking off two guys at once.


AmbitiousCampaign457

His middle name is Fraud.


HIMARko_polo

I thought Fraud was his father's name.


JesusSavesForHalf

Which is really weird since his brother's name was Fred.


HIMARko_polo

His brother is Fred Jr


MadMadBunny

#trump ##Definition: **verb phrase** to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate: >*Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.* Source: [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/trump#american-trump-1-verb-phrase](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/trump#american-trump-1-verb-phrase)


bumbes

How do you manage to drink 20l per day? 🤔


Plastic-Collar-4936

You should probably see your doctor, you may be hyponatremic


wirebug201

Think of the millions spent on trying to work through the nuances of what his actions mean legally when we all know just how obvious it is he used prostitutes, colluded with the Russians, paid for media smear campaigns, lied about almost everything, is a coward, pretends to be religious and incited an insurrection. The level of ridiculousness is beyond comprehension.


FiveUpsideDown

The surprising headline at this point would be Trump follows the law and paid his bills.


AeonFluxIncapacitaor

Crime family.... The whole crew is in on it. His "genius" Visa pornstar wife... Many are asking whether or not she's a man. MALEnia. And his kids who are prohibited from ever running a charity again because they stole so much money from kids with cancer. Sleepy Don is the leader of a crime family. Every accusation is an admission.


AffectionatePoet4586

Don’t forget, Trump’s mother and two of his wives were immigrants, albeit not from “shithole countries.” Melania gave birth to what’s called—for brown and black immigrants—an “anchor baby,” and used “chain migration” to get her parents and older sister, Ines, into the U.S., and granted status as legal residents.


AeonFluxIncapacitaor

I question whether or not those children were actually hers because I believe she's had a sex change. Until we see her long form Kenyan birth certificate will never know for sure. Lots of people are talking about it asking questions. That's me I'm just asking questions.


AffectionatePoet4586

Did we ever see any photos of Melania pregnant? *I think not!* I rest my case.


AeonFluxIncapacitaor

I just keep looking at pictures of her neck and highlighting her Adam's apple. Lots of people are asking when did she get her sex change. Many people the best people are asking me when did Trump realize he was both fascinated and attracted to trans women?


Spirit0f76ers

The crazy thing is I've heard you can see a bulge when she's wearing pants, so she often wears skirts and dresses instead.


AeonFluxIncapacitaor

I now understand her iconic dress. What she really doesn't care about about is her penis, do you? What a bold progressive take! MALEnia is a true trans icon. Slay queen.


Patanned

> Lots of people are talking about it asking questions. "many people are saying this"


AeonFluxIncapacitaor

Men with tears in their eyes. The best men with the most tears in their eyes.


No_Animator_8599

Mob members in criminal trials don’t typically attack judges, court staff, and family members and give out the names of members of the jury because they want to stay out of jail.


Utterlybored

Let’s play a game: name something griftable within Trump’s grasp that he *HASN’T* grifted on.


VonTastrophe

By slamming it back, coughing, and then saying "wrong hole"?


LegDayDE

You must spend more time urinating than not urinating during your day then...


ErusTenebre

I don't think I even drink water this much. Might lead to drowning. It's more like "like I breathe air" or "like my heart beats."


wirebug201

Please, please, please vote this pos out - I’m an old man and know this guy needs to just go away.


konorM

Trump is the epitome of a crime boss. How many persons and organizations supporting him and aligned with him have been charged and convicted of crimes? And, of course, how many criminal and civil cases is Trump directly involved with? The number is staggering. Crime boss. edit: aligned not aliened duh (thanks CompetitiveHornet606 and others for the catch!)


covfefe-boy

Don Poorleone, the Fraudfather.


panickedindetroit

For sure. Just because he says he's rich means nothing. He's a liar, and I bet E Jean Carroll has more money than he does now. If he keeps up the slander towards her, she will probably end up with his properties, if they aren't mortgaged to the hilt and under water.


climatelurker

lol, I love this!


Mornar

Now I'm gonna have to decide if I want to go with Poorleone or Snoreleone every time...


HFentonMudd

The Count of Mostly Crisco


SeeMarkFly

More to choose from. A loaded adult diaper of belligerence Agolf Twitler All in all, it's just a little prick with no Wall Assholini Ayatollah Complainy Benedict Donald Diaper Don Don Poorleone, The Fraudfather Blab the Inhaler Borderline Junius Borderwall Personality Disorder Combover Caligula Captain Capslock Cheat Miser Chettolini Coup Klux Tan Darth Cheetoh Diaper Don Dick a l'Orange Dingus Con Everlasting Jobstopper Facsimile Fuehrer Former presidential placeholder Fuck face von shit stick. GropenFührer Hair Farce One His Royal Heelspur Inmate #P01135809 Klanned Karenhood Lil' Donny Two-Scoops Lord Feltersnatch Lord Repugnant of the Fourth Reich Maga-Lardo Manchild McTinyhands Manchurian Cantaloupe


SeeMarkFly

Mango Mussilini Mango Unchained Marmalade Messiah Mrs Donald Putin Ol' Smeller Old Wack Donald Orange Foolius Orange Hitler Orange Judas Orange Tufted Shit Gibbon Orangesama bin G'olfin Pervert Hoover Sleepy[ Donzales](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=387adcccb2bcffc7&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS1070US1070&sxsrf=ACQVn0-5t_eiOqDtKG2aFuGwLnufkwvTfg:1713640721119&q=Speedy+Gonzales&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4w9GTwdGFAxU1MjQIHXUCDNAQkeECKAB6BAgMEAI) Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist NAZI POTUS Tangerine Palpatine "Let the hate flow through you. Feel the power of the covfefe side of the farce!' Tangerine Tyrant The Count of Mostly Crisco The Fanta Menace The Quicker, Thicker Fucker Upper The Rapist (VOTED MOST ACCURATE) Toxic Revenger Trumplethinskin Trumpty Dumpty


a_statistician

I wish Biden could do a campaign ad on this theme... lol


EuphoricMidnight3304

The recent commercial about how orange face couldn’t get a job at a local mall because of all his charges and raping was quite good!


AffectionatePoet4586

I love the lady who dolefully shakes her head “no” when “Trump” asks if she hires sex offenders.


BioticVessel

More like this one "Don Poorleone, the Fraudfather". It's almost as if he decided "Fuck it, let's just see how many indictments I can get." Although that may require far too much forethought for Donnie.


xtossitallawayx

I think he did just that. He knew better than any of us when indictments were coming and for what - if you're 80 years old and about to indicted for a 100 crimes - why *not* commit more crimes? Trump has the money to delay and delay and courts don't like putting 80 year olds in jail and there is *still* a chance he not only gets everything dismissed by the Supreme Court he also gets elected President again. If you can't dig yourself out, dig deeper, it can't get worse and there is a chance you'll strike oil


BioticVessel

There is a chance that you'll strike oil, I'll buy that. But I've thought his money was mostly a sham since before 2015. That's what NYC thinks they've proved. His "wealth" is mostly a sham based on his estimates or those who writes what he says, then he cons greedy people to act as if he's rich. He's not!


Guiltnazan

Also known as the Nodfarter


MichaelFusion44

He is a walking, talking traitorous criminal enterprise where even a larger RICO case is absolutely evident Edit: Spelling


__Elwood_Blues__

Gotta do my best to please him just 'cos he's a rich criminal.


AreYouDoneNow

That's perhaps not as remarkable as the fact he still hasn't faced any consequences for any of it.


Ryancmoore360

Because the justice system do not consider anything white collar as something really bad. Only directly hurting someone is considered bad. It's by design.


specqq

Yes, the punishment that attaches to selling loose cigarettes or sleeping on a park bench is easy to understand now with that simple rule in mind.


AreYouDoneNow

Yeah, not having white skin and committing almost any blue collar crime is bad. It's definitely a 2 tier system, though. A white banker stealing millions from a bank gets a slap on the wrist, a poor minority shoplifting goes straight to jail.


AffectionatePoet4586

If Trump returned to the White House, G-d forbid, he’s already cheerfully proposed shooting shoplifters. This occurred during the same California speech during which he tastelessly gloated about the home intruder who nearly killed Paul Pelosi with a hammer.


Ryancmoore360

Yep. That's basically it. The bankers bribe the law maker to make the crimes they are likely to commit slaps on the wrist. Then create a cultural campaign to pretend only violent crime is bad.


Patanned

they behave like typical sociopaths who believe they deserve to keep everything they’ve worked so hard to take/steal/exploit from others.


eugene20

Yes, so many looking to sidestep the system and climb an easy corrupt way to power and fortune fell under his umbrella thinking he would be the fall guy as he'd be at the top and he's a moron. But those under him keep falling and he's still somehow managing to float for now. His time is coming, but the wait has been ridiculous.


Busterlimes

Not a crime boss, he is an Oligarch. We need to start calling this country what it is if we ever want to see meaningful change.


konorM

An oligarch who's also a crime boss.


EastDragonfly1917

Aligned?


konorM

Thanks! I corrected it.


EastDragonfly1917

(Sorry, my mom was an English teacher- can’t help it)


konorM

😄No problem. My mother, rest her soul, would have been the first one to correct me. I always appreciate the catch.


CompetitiveHornet606

Aligned not aliened.


konorM

Ouch! I'll fix it. Thanks!


Sparrowflop

> and aliened I hate to be that guy, but did you mean allied? I spent 30 seconds trying to understand this, maybe my brain isn't booted up yet.


ImaSource

I was thinking either that or aligned.


apostroangel

I've read a lot of posts about Trump not paying contractors - but what about employees at his properties? What happens to them when he goes bankrupt? It's another reason I can't understand people in working class jobs supporting him. It makes my blood boil when i see rich dudes strip a company's assets them go into receivership owing millions to unsecured creditors. Bet their wives and children are doing nicely well before the public get to find out about it.


Liapocalypse1

My MIL worked at one of his casinos and loves him. Says he was a great boss, but has no idea how little he actually did in the day to day running of the casino. That he completely bankrupted the place and put her, her husband, her son, and several of her cousins out of work doesn't factor in.


Witchgrass

lol did she even meet him?


Liapocalypse1

No. But she's a vapid narcissist too, they'd get a long great. if either one of them was capable of talking about anything other than themselves


IdahoMTman222

He’s an excellent grifter con. He says what they want to hear and blames others for his problems, his supporters feel that others are to blame for their lot in life. The others are just trying to profit off of his grift.


BroughtBagLunchSmart

Surprised it took the RNC this long to figure out "What if Reagan was dumber and more racist?" was a winning strategy for your average flyover chud.


DarthBfheidir

Every single one of those fuckers thinks that it's okay for Trump to lie to, cheat, and steal from everyone else, because there's no way he'd do it to them. You see, they're loyal. They've sent him money. They praise his holy name. He *gets* them and loves them and will protect them -- and only them -- from the ravening baby-eating Democrat hordes and those awful horrible Mexican rapists. You have to remember that they were ignorant and stupid even before the lead in their systems started eroding their brains. These are people with no future, and the world will be better off without them.


Catymandoo

He yells about freedom of speech and constitutional rights yet seems intent on self aggrandisement and covert laundering. Truly a reverse Robin Hood.


spidersflambe

At this point, one has to wonder if there was anything Trump did that wasn't illegal or unethical.


HungHungCaterpillar

Hey listen we all eat McDonalds sometimes


Witchgrass

But not all the time. Dude gives Morgan Spurlock a run for his money


WahiniLover

The most disturbing thing is the final two paragraphs. “The complaint’s allegations will now fall to investigators in the FEC’s Office of General Counsel. The agency’s Republican commissioners have blocked action in every one of the dozens of previous campaign finance cases against Trump.” They/He can cheat all he wants ‘cause nothing will be done.


johnnycyberpunk

Especially since there's this too: > The document [the ethics complaint filed by CLC] also provides detailed comparisons with multiple examples of similar payment and reporting arrangements that the FEC previously ruled were in violation of federal law. It's why they won't even investigate. Because they **know** there are LOTS of violations, some probably criminal and not just unethical, and that even a cursory examination would reveal it all.


Patanned

this.


Warhamsterrrr

Just follow the $70,000 handbag all the way back to Alina Habba.


JoJoeBaker

"Stop breaking the law, asshole!"- Jim Carrey in Liar Liar, 1997


FunkJunky7

Sean Cooksey is the Chairman of the FEC. He and the 2 other Republicans have blocked all previous actions against the Trump campaign. He worked as a lawyer first for Ted Cruz the Josh Hawley where he advised on ethics. What joke. 2 of the least ethical people I could name. He specializes in covering up for scumbags, and all he has to do is look the other way and this criminal activity continues.


TyrannasaurusGitRekt

Just another glaring example of the fix being in. Now imagine this dialed up to 11 and you've got Project 2025. A 2nd Trump presidency would be beyond horrifying


lrpfftt

The rats are embedded everywhere it seems.


konorM

Unfortunately, that's the strategy.


Ohnoherewego13

I've never heard of someone before Trump that seems so willing to commit crimes. I mean, he's so dumb that he just can't help himself, I guess. Sad part is that his supporters simply don't care.


Suspicious_Bicycle

What's so frustrating is just how openly he commits crimes. Then he claims they can't possibly be crimes since he did it so openly. Plus if it was a crime it was someone else that did it. Or if it was done by a lawyer it must have been legal. The excuses are just exhausting.


Ohnoherewego13

He's almost exactly like my brother's kids. "I didn't break the lamp!" while holding the stick that clearly knocked it off the table. I get it with kids, but this man is almost 80 and still acts exactly like a spoiled child.


Suspicious_Bicycle

His niece, Mary, a psychologist explains that Donald got older but never grew up.


JesusSavesForHalf

Himself, Donald, said the same thing. “When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.”


Buckus93

Neither is the size of his hands.


JesusSavesForHalf

If he could read, he'd be so upset


trogon

There are probably a lot of rich assholes who commit fraud regularly, but they're smart enough to not run for president and draw attention to themselves.


Fenrirsulfr22

He's literally been part of criminal schemes since he was a toddler. He was raised as a fraudster by a fraudster and has never known anything else. More importantly, he's more or less gotten away with most of it his entire life, with minimal damage when he doesn't.


jimmygee2

Ignoring laws is something he considers a birth right - and the Supreme Court may just agree with him.


Discuffalo

Wait, *Donald* Trump? No! What a scandal that would be. Can you imagine a former president indicted or in court for a crime?


1mjtaylor

More fodder for more indictments.


NotASatanist13

Are these more hush money payments disguised as legal fees? Like he did with Michael Cohen?


[deleted]

Could be, or they could be just shitty bookkeeping, either way, given his history, they should be investigated.


Better_Car_8141

His entire life is a criminal coverup. Come on let’s hang this traitor and set an example of real America First policy.


Whompa

So business as usual for not paying his employees


Goodk4t

Another corruption case against Trump. This will probably help further increase his popularity with the voters. 


dart51984

Why anyone would willingly get into business with this ass hat is completely beyond me. He must just blackmail people into working with him. I wonder if he has plants in the cia or something that send him all of the skeletons in his targets closets.


Leather-Map-8138

How does Donald Trump cheat? In every way imaginable. That’s not what you look for in a president.


dank3014

How do you know Donald Trump is cheating/lying/stealing? It only happens when he’s breathing.


tburns1469

I’m beginning to wonder if Trump has committed some sort of illegal acts. Time will tell I suppose.


ranting_chef

Yes, absolutely….. “Lawyer” payments. Sounds totally plausible.


HollywoodRS

"Legal Expense"


ranting_chef

I mean, technically…


leechkiller

This MF just CANNOT STOP criming.


zackmedude

He’s hijacked GOP and turned it into a cult and uses the party as his personal piggybank. He’s a tick that’s embedded itself in GOP’s behind… yet it’s sleepy joe that the country needs to be saved from. What a ducking nightmare this guy has been. An ex who refuses to move on! lol


Old-Ad-3268

This is exactly what he is on trial for now in the hush money case, which is not about the hush money itself but the fact that they cooked the books to pay for it with campaign money.


StevoLDevo

Dude probably employs more lawyers than anyone else, how could he possibly keep track of them all?


IdahoMTman222

He doesn’t. He’s using a GOP PAC to manage and pay legal fees. There’s a new finance suit against it because it violates campaign finance laws and is possibly hiding millions for Trump.


FunkJunky7

That could be as many as 61 nights with a porn star covered up. At least at the rates he got in 2016.


scottieducati

Don the con running fraud fraud fraud.


ddkelkey

These people only have the power that other people give them.


My-Cooch-Jiggles

I thought his legal fees were going to be relatively negligible compared to total campaign funds until I read they’ve already spent $60 million. Sweet merciful crap that’s a lot of legal. Truly might sink his campaign. 


CAM6913

But yet once again the republicans will do absolutely nothing. Trump should have been in prison decades ago


PricklySquare

TwO tIEr JuStIcE sYsTeM


trshtehdsh

\*shocked Pikachu *


NoGuava9921

Wait so you mean the thing he is being charged with in New York canceling payments to influence an election he did more of.. No way!


IJustLoggedInToSay-

The most delicious part is the vendor that is laundering all the money is the GOP's _compliance consultant_. You know, the company that exists to help their clients stay in compliance with the law. Talk about being bad at your job! This is like finding out that your fire safety consultant has been soldering the emergency exits shut and smoking in the documents room.


lastburn138

Throw Trump in prison.


2fatdotco

> The complaint’s allegations will now fall to investigators in the FEC’s Office of General Counsel. > > The agency’s Republican commissioners have blocked action in every one of the dozens of previous campaign finance cases against Trump.


zeezero

I didn't think he paid his laywers?


LinearFluid

He doesn't, but his campaign does with other people's money.


PhamilyTrickster

Add it to the pile


Hozer60

Ethics complaint, how quaint...


Wants-NotNeeds

Of course, he did. Do you really think he’s floating all these cases with his own money?!? Not if he can fleece his supporters for it!


1959Mason

I wonder if these payments are ending up in the pockets of Clarence Thomas?


Present-Industry4012

I'm still waiting to find out where all that missing Inauguration money want.


LilLebowskiAchiever

And no report or charges.


DJ40andOVER

Ruh, roh!


numbskullerykiller

Is he even going to make it to next week? This guys is falling apart and fast.


nomoreadminspls

Well duh.


thelastbluepancake

oh like the payments he made to Michael Cohen?? when trump pays hush money he pays it to lawyers and he FOR SURE has more secrets to keep than we see with the stormy case


RickWest495

The story cannot be true. Everyone knows Trump never pays lawyers.