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Top Trump donor 'stunned' after he lashed out at her in a series of 'angry texts'
(www.rawstory.com)
"I never thought the leopards would eat my face!"
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Trump was manipulated into attacking Adelson by another donor, Ike Perlmutter, who "had hoped in vain that Mrs. Adelson would contribute to a rival super PAC that he backs."
It’s like narcissistic parents trying to undermine each other by manipulating their child.
That’s why all of them are fucked after Trump dies. They all hate each other, they’re constantly backstabbing each other. They have nothing after he’s gone. No one to rally around.
This is where you're* wrong. There will always be greed for money and lust for control. Soon as orange shit stain absconds from earth, there will be another to fill the void. *Edit spelling
Yeah, if there's one kind of class solidarity you can count on, it's the 1% making sure they pay less taxes and accrue more wealth.
They may hate everything else about each other, but they will never back away from that.
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I think you underestimate what happens after a personality cult loses its object of veneration.
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I think it depends on if he somehow becomes president or not.
If he doesnt, maga will die with him. If he does, all the rules will have been changed and all he needs to do is appoint next in line. Even if people don't agree with the person he appoints, or the party tries to put someone else in their place, it will be too late.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
I hope you’re right. But I fear there will instead be some power vacuum, which will be filled with someone much smarter and maybe even more evil than Trump. Such a person will have been watching this shit show and paying attention to how easy it is to manipulate these idiots.
And because Trump only has the attention span to believe the last person he talked to, he took Perlmutter at his word and went off on someone else.
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Trump accusing billionaire supporter Miriam Adelson, the widow of the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, of allowing the PAC she has funded with millions of dollars, Preserve America, to be run by "Republicans in Name Only," also known as RINOs.
This sounds like another felony to add to the list. PACs are not allowed to coordinate with candidates or their campaigns, which is how they're allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money. Trump directing how the PAC be run sure does sound like coordination to me.
He just can't stop criming!
2 in 46 US-Presidents are addicted to crime. You can help now. For only a small amount, you can feel like you have done something.
PACs are not allowed to coordinate with candidates or their campaigns, which is how they're allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money.
If anyone doesn't get that stuff like this is always said with a nod and a wink... they don't understand how truly broken our campaign finance system is in reality. The Citizens United case is blinding proof that this Supreme Court has been in the bag for conservatives and reactionaries for decades. Project 2025 is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wealthy, empowered by Reagan era Neoliberalism, attempting a fascist takeover of the United States. It's the Business Plot (or "Wall Street Putsch") of 1933, but in super slow motion.
"The texts were particularly jarring because Mrs. Adelson and Mr. Trump had a friendly meeting just a week earlier at the Republican National Convention, according to a person briefed on the matter," the report notes before adding that Trump was manipulated into attacking Adelson by another donor, Ike Perlmutter, who "had hoped in vain that Mrs. Adelson would contribute to a rival super PAC that he backs."
Everyone involved seems awful
Try to remember that these people, while they may seem awful, are also awful
And weird.
You've met MAGA people, yes?
I live in a very liberal area, but am surrounded on all sides by Texas, so yes, I have.
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This guy is just too old. He's lost it. Just a weird racist rapist with 34 felonies. He should be seeking treatment, not an election. It's embarrassing.
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Adelson: I never imagined the Leopards would eat my face...
I love seeing Trumpanzees turning on each other. They are some of the worst people on the planet. When they cause each other harm everyone else wins.
Trumpanzees! That's fucking awesome.
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Sundowning is a bitch, ain't it?
The Adelson family is horrible. Here’s an article about the patriarch who recently passed. Massive right-wing donor. Got deals from people like Newt Gingrich to shut down investigations into the gambling industry (where a bunch of Adelaon money came from), used far-right anti union operatives, like trump he deliberately stiffed contractors who worked on his business properties…just read the article. The Adelsons are scumbags.
Do not feel bad for the lady. She helped build this monster and was supporting it.
They’re also weird. Very weird.
And the guy who manipulated Trump into attacking her is Ike Perlmutter, not really better either haha
Poor guy, he can't make all of his mega-donors happy. It's a damn shame when you don't really have a platform or any solid principles. You just end up pandering to whoever will pony up. Dance Donny, dance.
The NYT shows the texts included a nice bit of misogyny. I'd say what a piece of shit Trump is, but he even let an aide write those texts haha
“RINOs” — Republicans in name only — and that Mrs. Adelson’s late husband would never have tolerated that, the people said.
Aging is sad, especially when it happens to those you love. But I think we can all admit that old guys get real weird as they approach their mortal expiration. I've unfortunately seen the mood swings and complete lack of couth as the mind degrades in the final years.
Its not age, its a narcisist in meltdown over losing his image, his control, and the fear of those around him.
This guy was a gleefully inhuman monster who hurt people for fun decades before he was even President.
Just as with Ronald Reagan, some people just do so much harm to others unrepentantly for fun and profit, that I can very much revel in their pain/decline/confusion and sleep like a baby.
I don't subscribe to the pure model of "treat others as you would have them treat you." Humans abuse that and it makes you a mark.
My version is "In a vacuum, be kind, but once someone shows you who they are, treat others how they treat others."
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One would hope that someone so easily manipulated won’t get to be president
I just don't believe the story. Nobody in the world would be stunned if Trump treated them like crap, because he's done it to so many people that supported him over the years.
insert "leopards ate my face party" reference here.
This irks me a bit too.
Once in a while, I see a short video clip of "Why I'm not voting for Trump this time". They give some good reasons - narcissism, brash rudeness, looking out for himself, etc. Of course, I salute people for having their moment of introspection. But what annoys me is, none of their reasons were less true in 2016 - and few of them ever really say they themselves changed in the intervening span.
Goalpost one is to stop supporting the guy. I'm glad for people that hit that. Goalpost two is to realize a reasonable person never should've supported him. Perhaps that's a lot for some people.
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Stories like this are proof that we need to get over our child-like worship of billionaires. Money is no proof of intelligence.
But she'll still support Trump no matter what. She's a hardcore Zionist and one of Israel's top donor. She needs Trump to achieve her goals.
It does not matter what you have done for him. You will never be on his side. He stands alone and will never take the needs of anyone else. Not his friends (as if he had any) not his backers or family or anyone other than himself
He’s losing it!
I don't get why anyone donates to parties out of goodwill, i assume it's a quid pro quo
If Trump and his Facist cronies gain power, they will eventually turn on the people who brought them into power.
It's a big pile of money that Trump/a Trump lackey doesn't directly control, of course he wants to strong-arm someone in to putting his loyalists in charge. Lest we forget... the head of the RNC is his daughter-in-law.
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