What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

Frank Bullitt

From Reddit. Is this his “genius”?

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120023982#Comment_120023982

Going to guess that Positive income in 2018 was when he sold a couple of properties (I think it was a hotel and a couple of golf courses? Not sure).

But yea, mostly in the red, and mostly very badly in the red. I wonder if they cover the balance of what hes has though. Does he have anything in his accounts or are those losses going into an ever increasing debt?

duploelabs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120024388#Comment_120024388

In before a certain poster claims that making a loss of over $50m over 5 years is a genius move because his accounts are very complex and you wouldn't understand them

Leroy42

Billionaire? Haha, the guy is nowhere near it.

They will argue that losses are actually brilliant, just a smart way to avoid paying tax. But herein lies the rub. Losses come from somewhere. Either the actual year or carried forward. If carried forward it means he was making losses previously.

Where is the money coming from to pay for these losses? How was he funding these losses?

A much bigger question that comes out of the release of the tax returns is why, contrary to the law, was Trumps tax returns not being audited from when he took office? Unlike the convention that candidates release their tax returns, that is actually a law that the IRS has to audit the POTUS tax returns. It turns out they didn't and only became when questioned by the Ways and Means Committee.

So who corrupted the IRS into this inaction?

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120024617#Comment_120024617

I think it is indicative of the systemic corruption that he brings to any position. He has corrupted multiple government agencies. Who thought that giving such a manipulative and vindictive a hole the almost unlimited power of a presidency was a good idea?

The various golf properties were money losing businesses for years. How did he get the money to pump into them? People have speculated for years that it was money laundering. I would not be surprised if that suspicion, like many others had about him, turns out to be true.

Would also like to see those returns expose the money making scam he turned the presidency into. Remember posters telling us that "he took the job despite it costing him millions of dollars"?? Yeah ****ing right..

TheIrishGrover

This will be considered a "win" by his ... fans. Regardless of the outcome: If he was worth billions and that's what the records showed then: Win. Told ya he was a genius. If it shows he is paying zero tax 'cos he is writing everything off as failures, then: Win. Genius accountant. Paying no tax to "The Man" (Even though he was, once, years ago, "The Man").

These corrupt accounting practices are the norm (And don't be surprised if much of him money is routed through his hotel and club in Ireland). Didn't Starbucks in the UK pay something like 15K tax one year due to shady (but legal at the time) accounting practices?.

So none of those surprise me at all. (And won't surprise anybody really). It LOOKS shady (Cos it is). And it is a bad look but his ... fans will not be swayed by this. As I mentioned before, his ... fans already support him despite his PROVEN history of serial sexual assault, insurrection, racism, hatred of America and everything else (Every one of these via his own words). So dodgy tax dealings? Nah. Just proves how much of a genius he is. He's their guy. He tells the libtards how it is: You sexually assault women and boast about it, you steal state secrets, you incite insurrection. you ARE America!!!

So yeah, unless they can find some millions of dollars traced back to the Kremlin, then ANY results will be considered a "Win". And, even if they found 100 million traced DIRECTLY back to Putin's personal account, the next post will be? I give you a hint: Sounds like Bunter's Captop

everlast75

Again, further context, in case any was needed ....

https://twitter.com/charlie_savage/status/1605726824624963585?s=20&t=rV5b96F3LF60SSyjcVUbeQ

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120024749#Comment_120024749

He was rumoured to be on his uppers until The Apprentice started and licencing his name was worth something.

Itssoeasy

This congressman elect George santos and his narrative of BS makes trump look better. We don’t even know if that’s his real name, which at least with trump we can say that yes his name is Donald trump and basic things about his life.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120025430#Comment_120025430

And I’ve seen a tweet where Jim Jordan is threatening to release Bidens tax returns because trumps are finally going to be released which is fine except a couple of things. 1) Jim Jordan won’t be chairing the committee that has the power to do that, and 2) Joe Biden’s tax returns going back to I think 1998 are free available.

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120026473#Comment_120026473

Sums up Jordan perfectly.

All mouth and no jacket

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120027922#Comment_120027922

Well I believe he does in fact own a jacket. the January 6th transcripts are very interesting and the stuff that the trump world used the fifth on is nuts. Roger stone uses it when asked his age ffs. I did read some of Jenna Ellis’s testimony and the first question she is asked is to confirm the declaration she signed and gave to the committee about documents is correct, and invokes the fifth. They are so bloody paranoid.

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120026473#Comment_120026473

It's also the most empty threat imaginable because even if Biden's tax returns weren't public.... fine. Release them. That's what should be happening anyway. That's why most have released their own records when running for President, to show they have no conflicts. If someone, Trump/Biden/whoever, was purposefully trying to hide their tax returns then it should be the duty of the IRS and Committees to investigate.

So yeah, release Biden's records. Cool. Fine.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120026460#Comment_120026460

Claims he was gay but it wasn't mentioned in the divorce from his wife.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/openly-gay-rep-elect-george-santos-didnt-disclose-divorce-with-woman

I tell you, I can see a TFG/Santos candidacy for 2024....

extra gravy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120027998#Comment_120027998

Who exactly is he trying to appeal to by saying he's gay.. Hardly the Republicans that are terrified of drag shows and rainbows.

duploelabs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120028021#Comment_120028021

And ladybugs

Leroy42

The Jan 6th report is out. 845 pages. Have only read a summary but we have all seen and heard the testimonies and its damning of Trump and many around him.

People such as Meadows have huge questions to answer in terms of their commitment to the country rather than themselves.

Stone,Bannon,Hanitty, Guiliani should all be considered a threat to US democracy.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120028147#Comment_120028147

Slate's got a (current) list of his false claims. Seems he worked at a company running a Ponzi scheme in Florida, but denies being part of it. That might be true.

But, probably not gay, not a landlord, didn't lose employees in the Pulse shooting, not Jewish, never ran an investment business, didn't attend the Uni he claimed to attend, didn't run the animal charity he claimed to run, ......

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/george-santos-lie-list.html

Igotadose

Far right scumbots turning on Midge Taylor because of her support for McCarthy. Delicious.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-turns-on-faker-and-liar-marjorie-taylor-greene

everlast75

Happy Christmas from this lovely, lovely man!

extra gravy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032961#Comment_120032961

Bringing Jack Smith's wife and family into it, classy as ever from the small man.

salmocab

He really is a pathetic figure

briany

His 'truths' sound crazy, but that is by design. He needs to alarm his dwindling base of supporters as much as he can and keep their potential violence as a bargaining chip. He'll cram in every buzzword he can, even if it doesn't make sense, because he's appealing to people who aren't really interested in sense.

If he could, he'd probably abscond to Russia, but the CIA will never allow it because the security risk of a former president living with the enemy is just too great.

frag420

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032961#Comment_120032961

Clairvoyant but couldn’t foresee the sh1tstorm he is now in…way ta go Mystic Meg!!

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120033233#Comment_120033233

I do wonder if the likes of the CIA made a point of giving him the bare minimum amount of information of what is normally given to a POTUS. He was clearly a bit of a security risk from early on, especially with him bringing in people who couldn’t pass security clearance procedures.

Could they actually stop him from leaving the county through? I’m sure Putin would delight in setting up Trump as a pathetic “MAGA Government in Exile” in Russia somewhere, trying to egg on his hard core supporters to rise up to a Civil War (which a good few of those blockheads fantasise about)

duploelabs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120033233#Comment_120033233

I'm sure there's a trump tower in Caracas in planning, next to Putin's

briany

@Rawr Could they actually stop him from leaving the county through? I’m sure Putin would delight in setting up Trump as a pathetic “MAGA Government in Exile” in Russia somewhere, trying to egg on his hard core supporters to rise up to a Civil War (which a good few of those blockheads fantasise about)

Good question. There are some crazy people in American politics right now who wield some degree of power, but when it comes to the top law enforcement and security officials, they are, I presume, either Biden appointees or at least people who the Biden administration is comfortable with. They'll be the closest people to knowing just how likely a prosecution is for Trump, and if it is likely, they're not going to be keen to see Trump try to wriggle out of that and away to somewhere where he can continue to be a thorn in the side of American democracy. Doubly so, since there is already egg on the face of U.S. security agencies for letting Trump just sit on documents that he was never even supposed to have. If Trump gets hit with a prosecution and absconds scot free, then he's setting a roadmap for every far-right political agitator in the United States to escape the consequences of their heinous actions.

PropJoe10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032961#Comment_120032961

I got asked not to refer to Trump in a certain way the other day, but I'll just refer to the middle part of that tweet and say "it takes one to know one". He is an absolute disgrace of a human being.

I'd also love to know why he's put his own name in inverted commas.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120034427#Comment_120034427

He doesn't think that conventions on punctuation, capitalisation or grammar apply to him.

PropJoe10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120034460#Comment_120034460

Or conventions on basic human decency, apparently.