The former Republicans in Congress are now Trumpers. The Republican Party is dead. All Hail the Trump Party! 272 formerly honorable Senators and Representatives declare daily, with their words and actions, that they now work for the Trump Family. Not their constituents. Otherwise they would stop the Family from stuffing their pockets with billions of our money.
He is lining their pockets, too. So, don't expect a party of like-minded grifters to rein him in. They like what he's doing. He's made corruption fashionable and acceptable.
The same percentage of republicans will stand up to the Lyin' King as the percentage of cult members that stand up to the cult leader; that being virtually zero.
I wouldn't hold my breath on most of the Republicans standing up to him, they're making their own profit and fortune off of his administration. It is all about greed. We the voters have the say and it will take most of his die hard followers to begin to really suffer the consequences of Trump's actions to turn the tide away from this Trumpian reality.
As a former 40 year New Yorker, the percentage of contractors not paid was actually closer to 100%. He made them take him to court where they were forced to settle for pennies on the dollar. This was known all over NYC. Freedom Fuel? Not surprised Trump would do this. What he views as smart business decisions are actually rip-offs. Many of them are criminal. Our allies are doing what Republicans in Congress don’t have the backbone to do—walking away.
I too am a former New Yorker and saw what he did back then. And never trusted that he would do any good for this country. I have always said "follow the money" and it will lead you down the rabbit hole to unearth all the corruption. My hope is that there will be serious oversight committee investigations after the midterms.
It never changes, and I'm not at all surprised. If Trump can try and screw somebody out of something he will. While it's not ethical in business it does happen. As POTUS you do not screw anybody out of anything. The President is supposed to be beyond reproach. Not Donald Trump. He has no ethics; integrity and his moral compass is clearly broken.
Last thing unrelated (sorry) is the armed forces ads on TV/Cable. It just galls me to no end when it says, www.war.gov. To me it will always be the Department of Defense. I just shake my head.
I'm trying to get this article from Charlotte Clymer to Adam for his take on the situation. The article is copied and posted here.
This morning, an explosive report from The Washington Post’s Alex Horton and Tara Copp is shaping up to be the most devastating blow to Pete Hegseth’s leadership during his tenure as Trump’s Secretary of Defense — and arguably the most embarrassing pushback against a SecDef in decades.
Two weeks ago—only just being revealed now—four top military commanders gave “non-concurs” on Hegseth extending operations in the War in Iran, their reasoning outlined in the Aug. 14th edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book (SDOB), a classified briefing typically presented twice a month to the SecDef by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Think of the SDOB as a blunt summary of U.S. military operations worldwide: here are the assets we have, here are the places our units are currently deployed, this is our trajectory in line with national security priorities, here are our recommendations relating to the SecDef’s orders, etc.
In this particular edition of the SDOB, the heads of U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Southern Command—along with the Chief of Naval Operations—each offered a “non-concur” in response to Hegseth’s plan to extend forces in the War in Iran.
Army and Air Force officials reportedly “concurred” with Hegseth’s strategy but expressed significant concerns regarding the challenges.
Their collective reasoning amounts to the operation being “unsustainable” and degrading force readiness in other parts of the world and basically putting our military in a globally weaker position for potential wars in the future.
As Ms. Copp and Mr. Horton correctly highlighted in their reporting, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Daryl Caudle, offered the most immediately concerning feedback: quite simply that the U.S. Navy cannot sustain force readiness at the current level in the Iran operation.
That’s basically the bus driver turning their head around an hour into a road trip and pointing out that we can’t do this on a quarter tank of gas. Oh, and one or two tires might be flat. Oh, and no there’s no spare available.
To be clear, it’s not highly unusual for a military commander to give a “non-concur” in an SDOB that’s backed up with a reasonable assessment.
The SDOB is intended to be an avenue through which top military commanders can disagree with the SecDef’s grand strategy and/or offer honest feedback, but in current practice—in this Pentagon and under this president—mere disagreement, even in a classified setting, is obviously quite risky.
Several generals and admirals have been fired or forced into early retirement in the past year over their private disagreements with Trump and Hegseth.
In August of 2025, Hegseth fired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, then head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, when LTG Kruse produced a preliminary intelligence assessment that contradicted Trump and Hegseth, claiming their missile strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities that June had only set back the regime’s nuclear program “by months” and had not “completely obliterated” them as Trump and Hegseth had told the American public.
Last October, Admiral Alvin Holsey, then-head of U.S. Southern Command, was reportedly forced out when he clashed with Hegseth over operations in Latin America and the growing concern over the legality of the Pentagon’s strikes on civilian boats.
Hegseth then forced out Gen. George Randy—the widely-respected Army Chief of Staff—this past April, supposedly over the general’s refusal to shut down an investigation into the unauthorized and highly controversial helicopter flyby of Kid Rock’s property in Tennessee.
These aren’t including the wider purge of generals and admirals during Hegseth’s time leading the Pentagon, mostly based on anti-DEI reasoning: U.S. Air Force General (and then-Chairman of the JCS) Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr. in February of 2025; U.S. Navy Admiral (and then-Chief of Naval of Operations) Lisa Franchetti the same month; U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Lisa Fagan (and then-Commandant) early in the admin — and the list goes on and on.
Nearly all of them were removed early in their tenures, most with no clear reasoning given for their removals.
The first 19 months of Trump 2.0 have been characterized by what seems to be an ongoing, blatant campaign of intimidation to keep senior brass in the Pentagon toeing the line and not pushing back against administration officials.
That’s partly what makes this morning’s story all the more jarring.
While it’s not necessarily a red flag or particularly unusual for a senior military officer to disagree respectfully in these classified briefings—even before Trump’s time—there’s simply no precedent for the range of disagreement that was registered across military branches in the Aug. 14th SDOB.
If any of the defense secretaries under Presidents Biden, Obama, or Bush had gotten this degree and range of pushback from top uniformed personnel, there would be immediate congressional hearings, calls for resignations, and talks of impeachment.
In this especially heightened environment of censorship and browbeating within the current culture of the Pentagon, four of the most senior military officers serving at the highest levels of our national security apparatus made it clear to Hegseth, in no uncertain terms, that they disagree with his strategy regarding Iran, which, after the sluggish economy, has grown into the most potent weakness Trump has with the American people.
Only 31 percent approved of Trump’s handling of Iran in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released earlier this week, down from 34 percent at the start of this month and 37 percent back in February, a shift that is blamed on a growing number of Republican voters turning against the operation.
Moreover, someone had to leak the information contained in this classified briefing and did so knowing that it would further confirm the extraordinary weakness the Trump administration has exhibited in its apparently dead-on-arrival “negotiations” with the Iranian regime to end the war.
In political circles in D.C., across party lines, it is the consensus perception that the War in Iran has already been lost.
Nothing has been accomplished in service to the range of dubiously-claimed objectives sloppily laid out by Trump, but worse than that, the Iranian regime is in a stronger position than it was this past February when the operation was launched.
Nothing has gone right. Traditional allies of the U.S. have been openly critical of the operation and resistant—if not directly opposed—to assisting in it. The Pentagon has been besieged by reports on everything from depleted weapons stockpiles to service members enduring intolerable living conditions, most notably on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
The Strait of Hormuz—the shipping lane for trade in the region, critical for commerce and security around the globe—has been completely closed or partially closed for the past six months.
Despite Trump’s claims that commercial vessels are getting through, he fails to mention that shipping is down more than 90 percent from its usual traffic, which will soon compound the economic consequences already being felt globally and certainly here in the United States.
On top of that, the Iranian regime is more extremist now and far less conducive to cooperating with the U.S. government in a way that would be beneficial to our own interests, notably national security and preventing the development of Iranian nuclear weapons.
This leak emerging from the Pentagon will significantly weaken the already anemic position of the Trump administration in negotiating at least some kind of face-saving resolution to what is clearly the most embarrassing foreign policy venture in recent memory, even more so than Iraq.
In six months, Trump and Hegseth have managed to diminish our military readiness, weaken our economy, alienate our allies, strengthen the Iranian regime, and get civilians and service members needlessly killed — all without any concessions that would justify the operation in the first place.
It has been enormously costly, egregiously humiliating, and wholly without gain.
In light of all this, perhaps the cordial lack of confidence in Hegseth expressed by our senior military leaders is being rather kind on their part.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm not the least bit surprised. If the Dems take back the House and Senate Hogsbreath should be subpoened to appear before a Congressional investigative committee. I look forward to Senators Mark Kelly ,Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Slotkin, and Reps. Crow, Deluzio, Houolahan, & Goodlander grilling him.
When I first heard of these gas stations, I knew it was shady and here we are. It never stops and people still support him and say he's a great business man. In fact, my husband's cousin was a contractor for one of Trumps properties and had to go to court to get his money. What gets me, that I'll never understand, is he's a HUGE Trump supporter. The grift is real but the cult followers astound me.
Trump 101,,, just don’t pay the bill , let it drag out to courts, refuse to comply with the outcomes. Back to court , vendors give up. Just ask anyone who lived in New Jersey, casino , Trump era.
There's a new book out about Roy Cohn, entitled "American Scoundrel," 47's mentor in all things corrupt and shady. He was a hustler, an amoral liar and con man. Taught our president every trick in the book. And here we are. Still am gobsmacked that so many millions of Americans are okay with this, actually beyond okay with this, they like it, call it shrewd and brilliant. In reality, the emperor has no clothes.
Crazy right ? Shrewd and brilliant , ? Lying , grifter , convicted felon , adjudicated rapist, covering up the Epstein files? Well the list goes on. Not shrewd not brilliant.
Hey Adam! Growing up in NJ, 30 miles outside of NYC, we have known about trump and his sleazy business tactics since the '80s. How in the world do you bankrupt a casino when the house is guaranteed to come out on top? How does a businessman declare bankruptcy SIX times and be declared a "great businessman" by his supporters? Once happens and can be accepted, but SIX? He then blames others for his business failures. He always moves his assets out of harm's way and lets his business associates suffer the damage. One of those ways is through bankruptcy, and the other is selling worthless $#!+ at exorbitant prices, leaving his investors holding the worthless bag of $#!+. He did it again with his memecoins and cryptocurrency. Will people never learn?
In addition, I wonder how much Russian mob money has been laundered through the Trumpstein crime family's businesses. After all, with all those bankruptcies, no legitimate financial institution would touch him, so he had to go to Russian oligarchs for financing. It sure looks like "Vlad the Bad" Putin and the oligarchs own trumpstein's @$$, and the debt may be called in soon. Can Trumpstein be disgorged of these il-gotten assets? It is also alleged that Michael Cohen is mixed up with the Russian mob. Coincidence?
Lack of U.S. Loans: Following multiple business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s, traditional American banks viewed Trump as a high risk and largely stopped lending him money.
Family Quotes: Donald Trump Jr. stated in 2008 that Russian money made up a large part of their assets. Reports also claimed Eric Trump said in 2014 that they did not need American banks because they had funding from Russia, though Eric later denied saying this.
The Palm Beach Mansion: In 2008, a Russian oligarch bought a Florida estate from Trump for $95 million. Trump had bought the same property a few years earlier for less than half that amount, providing a major cash influx during a tough financial period.
Trump SoHo: The 2006 development project in New York involved partners with ties to the former Soviet Union and Russian finance.
Like you, I don't recognize the Republican party to which I once belonged. Co-opted by a carnival barker (perhaps the greatest in human history, I'll admit) it has lost its soul.
Too bad trump does not put as much emphasis on integrity as he does on always “ winning” in business regardless of who is left holding the bag……baffling and disgraceful how the Republican Party can continue to champion a man who is an avowed grifter and con man
I continue to feel stunned that anyone could confuse sociopathy with strength. I am disappointed that all the people he’s cheated over the years didn’t speak up loudly a decade ago and let his followers know who he really is. Or, perhaps they did, and it was too late for the cult folks to listen.
Not one bit surprising. He has always been known not to pay people what he promised them. Many stories came out before he was elected the first time. He is a thief and liar, but those of us that are realized this the first time he got elected. that. He does so many other unscrupulous things that are absolutely disgusting.. I did not think about the that the 47 and $3.47 was to represent him. I try to ignore that he is the president and I don’t care what his number is and I also, don’t live anywhere near where those gas stations are located. He does nothing without being able to put his personal “stamp” on it. Somebody is paying for the loss of revenue and it certainly isn’t Trump. It’s the one where the box stops at the bottom of the lying.
(Shaking my head in disgust…..). The grift keeps going on and on and on and on and on and on……
Republicans, when are you going to stand up to Trump?
The former Republicans in Congress are now Trumpers. The Republican Party is dead. All Hail the Trump Party! 272 formerly honorable Senators and Representatives declare daily, with their words and actions, that they now work for the Trump Family. Not their constituents. Otherwise they would stop the Family from stuffing their pockets with billions of our money.
Well stated and absolutely true. Every last word of it.
No truer words have been said.
He is lining their pockets, too. So, don't expect a party of like-minded grifters to rein him in. They like what he's doing. He's made corruption fashionable and acceptable.
The same percentage of republicans will stand up to the Lyin' King as the percentage of cult members that stand up to the cult leader; that being virtually zero.
The ones that are left are probably in on the take
I wouldn't hold my breath on most of the Republicans standing up to him, they're making their own profit and fortune off of his administration. It is all about greed. We the voters have the say and it will take most of his die hard followers to begin to really suffer the consequences of Trump's actions to turn the tide away from this Trumpian reality.
It is also proving over and over again what a low life con man he is, a grifter to the end!!
What it proves is the stupidity of the American people. They voted for this.
As a former 40 year New Yorker, the percentage of contractors not paid was actually closer to 100%. He made them take him to court where they were forced to settle for pennies on the dollar. This was known all over NYC. Freedom Fuel? Not surprised Trump would do this. What he views as smart business decisions are actually rip-offs. Many of them are criminal. Our allies are doing what Republicans in Congress don’t have the backbone to do—walking away.
I too am a former New Yorker and saw what he did back then. And never trusted that he would do any good for this country. I have always said "follow the money" and it will lead you down the rabbit hole to unearth all the corruption. My hope is that there will be serious oversight committee investigations after the midterms.
It never changes, and I'm not at all surprised. If Trump can try and screw somebody out of something he will. While it's not ethical in business it does happen. As POTUS you do not screw anybody out of anything. The President is supposed to be beyond reproach. Not Donald Trump. He has no ethics; integrity and his moral compass is clearly broken.
Last thing unrelated (sorry) is the armed forces ads on TV/Cable. It just galls me to no end when it says, www.war.gov. To me it will always be the Department of Defense. I just shake my head.
Those ads make me angry too/ They glorify war which should be the last resort.
I'm trying to get this article from Charlotte Clymer to Adam for his take on the situation. The article is copied and posted here.
This morning, an explosive report from The Washington Post’s Alex Horton and Tara Copp is shaping up to be the most devastating blow to Pete Hegseth’s leadership during his tenure as Trump’s Secretary of Defense — and arguably the most embarrassing pushback against a SecDef in decades.
Two weeks ago—only just being revealed now—four top military commanders gave “non-concurs” on Hegseth extending operations in the War in Iran, their reasoning outlined in the Aug. 14th edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book (SDOB), a classified briefing typically presented twice a month to the SecDef by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Think of the SDOB as a blunt summary of U.S. military operations worldwide: here are the assets we have, here are the places our units are currently deployed, this is our trajectory in line with national security priorities, here are our recommendations relating to the SecDef’s orders, etc.
In this particular edition of the SDOB, the heads of U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Southern Command—along with the Chief of Naval Operations—each offered a “non-concur” in response to Hegseth’s plan to extend forces in the War in Iran.
Army and Air Force officials reportedly “concurred” with Hegseth’s strategy but expressed significant concerns regarding the challenges.
Their collective reasoning amounts to the operation being “unsustainable” and degrading force readiness in other parts of the world and basically putting our military in a globally weaker position for potential wars in the future.
As Ms. Copp and Mr. Horton correctly highlighted in their reporting, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Daryl Caudle, offered the most immediately concerning feedback: quite simply that the U.S. Navy cannot sustain force readiness at the current level in the Iran operation.
That’s basically the bus driver turning their head around an hour into a road trip and pointing out that we can’t do this on a quarter tank of gas. Oh, and one or two tires might be flat. Oh, and no there’s no spare available.
To be clear, it’s not highly unusual for a military commander to give a “non-concur” in an SDOB that’s backed up with a reasonable assessment.
The SDOB is intended to be an avenue through which top military commanders can disagree with the SecDef’s grand strategy and/or offer honest feedback, but in current practice—in this Pentagon and under this president—mere disagreement, even in a classified setting, is obviously quite risky.
Several generals and admirals have been fired or forced into early retirement in the past year over their private disagreements with Trump and Hegseth.
In August of 2025, Hegseth fired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, then head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, when LTG Kruse produced a preliminary intelligence assessment that contradicted Trump and Hegseth, claiming their missile strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities that June had only set back the regime’s nuclear program “by months” and had not “completely obliterated” them as Trump and Hegseth had told the American public.
Last October, Admiral Alvin Holsey, then-head of U.S. Southern Command, was reportedly forced out when he clashed with Hegseth over operations in Latin America and the growing concern over the legality of the Pentagon’s strikes on civilian boats.
Hegseth then forced out Gen. George Randy—the widely-respected Army Chief of Staff—this past April, supposedly over the general’s refusal to shut down an investigation into the unauthorized and highly controversial helicopter flyby of Kid Rock’s property in Tennessee.
These aren’t including the wider purge of generals and admirals during Hegseth’s time leading the Pentagon, mostly based on anti-DEI reasoning: U.S. Air Force General (and then-Chairman of the JCS) Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr. in February of 2025; U.S. Navy Admiral (and then-Chief of Naval of Operations) Lisa Franchetti the same month; U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Lisa Fagan (and then-Commandant) early in the admin — and the list goes on and on.
Nearly all of them were removed early in their tenures, most with no clear reasoning given for their removals.
The first 19 months of Trump 2.0 have been characterized by what seems to be an ongoing, blatant campaign of intimidation to keep senior brass in the Pentagon toeing the line and not pushing back against administration officials.
That’s partly what makes this morning’s story all the more jarring.
While it’s not necessarily a red flag or particularly unusual for a senior military officer to disagree respectfully in these classified briefings—even before Trump’s time—there’s simply no precedent for the range of disagreement that was registered across military branches in the Aug. 14th SDOB.
If any of the defense secretaries under Presidents Biden, Obama, or Bush had gotten this degree and range of pushback from top uniformed personnel, there would be immediate congressional hearings, calls for resignations, and talks of impeachment.
In this especially heightened environment of censorship and browbeating within the current culture of the Pentagon, four of the most senior military officers serving at the highest levels of our national security apparatus made it clear to Hegseth, in no uncertain terms, that they disagree with his strategy regarding Iran, which, after the sluggish economy, has grown into the most potent weakness Trump has with the American people.
Only 31 percent approved of Trump’s handling of Iran in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released earlier this week, down from 34 percent at the start of this month and 37 percent back in February, a shift that is blamed on a growing number of Republican voters turning against the operation.
Moreover, someone had to leak the information contained in this classified briefing and did so knowing that it would further confirm the extraordinary weakness the Trump administration has exhibited in its apparently dead-on-arrival “negotiations” with the Iranian regime to end the war.
In political circles in D.C., across party lines, it is the consensus perception that the War in Iran has already been lost.
Nothing has been accomplished in service to the range of dubiously-claimed objectives sloppily laid out by Trump, but worse than that, the Iranian regime is in a stronger position than it was this past February when the operation was launched.
Nothing has gone right. Traditional allies of the U.S. have been openly critical of the operation and resistant—if not directly opposed—to assisting in it. The Pentagon has been besieged by reports on everything from depleted weapons stockpiles to service members enduring intolerable living conditions, most notably on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
The Strait of Hormuz—the shipping lane for trade in the region, critical for commerce and security around the globe—has been completely closed or partially closed for the past six months.
Despite Trump’s claims that commercial vessels are getting through, he fails to mention that shipping is down more than 90 percent from its usual traffic, which will soon compound the economic consequences already being felt globally and certainly here in the United States.
On top of that, the Iranian regime is more extremist now and far less conducive to cooperating with the U.S. government in a way that would be beneficial to our own interests, notably national security and preventing the development of Iranian nuclear weapons.
This leak emerging from the Pentagon will significantly weaken the already anemic position of the Trump administration in negotiating at least some kind of face-saving resolution to what is clearly the most embarrassing foreign policy venture in recent memory, even more so than Iraq.
In six months, Trump and Hegseth have managed to diminish our military readiness, weaken our economy, alienate our allies, strengthen the Iranian regime, and get civilians and service members needlessly killed — all without any concessions that would justify the operation in the first place.
It has been enormously costly, egregiously humiliating, and wholly without gain.
In light of all this, perhaps the cordial lack of confidence in Hegseth expressed by our senior military leaders is being rather kind on their part.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm not the least bit surprised. If the Dems take back the House and Senate Hogsbreath should be subpoened to appear before a Congressional investigative committee. I look forward to Senators Mark Kelly ,Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Slotkin, and Reps. Crow, Deluzio, Houolahan, & Goodlander grilling him.
When I first heard of these gas stations, I knew it was shady and here we are. It never stops and people still support him and say he's a great business man. In fact, my husband's cousin was a contractor for one of Trumps properties and had to go to court to get his money. What gets me, that I'll never understand, is he's a HUGE Trump supporter. The grift is real but the cult followers astound me.
Trump 101,,, just don’t pay the bill , let it drag out to courts, refuse to comply with the outcomes. Back to court , vendors give up. Just ask anyone who lived in New Jersey, casino , Trump era.
There's a new book out about Roy Cohn, entitled "American Scoundrel," 47's mentor in all things corrupt and shady. He was a hustler, an amoral liar and con man. Taught our president every trick in the book. And here we are. Still am gobsmacked that so many millions of Americans are okay with this, actually beyond okay with this, they like it, call it shrewd and brilliant. In reality, the emperor has no clothes.
Crazy right ? Shrewd and brilliant , ? Lying , grifter , convicted felon , adjudicated rapist, covering up the Epstein files? Well the list goes on. Not shrewd not brilliant.
Almost no lower, disgusting human being on planet than DJT!
almost? lol
There was a competitor for the "low and disgusting" prize, but he died in 1945.
Hey Adam! Growing up in NJ, 30 miles outside of NYC, we have known about trump and his sleazy business tactics since the '80s. How in the world do you bankrupt a casino when the house is guaranteed to come out on top? How does a businessman declare bankruptcy SIX times and be declared a "great businessman" by his supporters? Once happens and can be accepted, but SIX? He then blames others for his business failures. He always moves his assets out of harm's way and lets his business associates suffer the damage. One of those ways is through bankruptcy, and the other is selling worthless $#!+ at exorbitant prices, leaving his investors holding the worthless bag of $#!+. He did it again with his memecoins and cryptocurrency. Will people never learn?
In addition, I wonder how much Russian mob money has been laundered through the Trumpstein crime family's businesses. After all, with all those bankruptcies, no legitimate financial institution would touch him, so he had to go to Russian oligarchs for financing. It sure looks like "Vlad the Bad" Putin and the oligarchs own trumpstein's @$$, and the debt may be called in soon. Can Trumpstein be disgorged of these il-gotten assets? It is also alleged that Michael Cohen is mixed up with the Russian mob. Coincidence?
Lack of U.S. Loans: Following multiple business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s, traditional American banks viewed Trump as a high risk and largely stopped lending him money.
Family Quotes: Donald Trump Jr. stated in 2008 that Russian money made up a large part of their assets. Reports also claimed Eric Trump said in 2014 that they did not need American banks because they had funding from Russia, though Eric later denied saying this.
The Palm Beach Mansion: In 2008, a Russian oligarch bought a Florida estate from Trump for $95 million. Trump had bought the same property a few years earlier for less than half that amount, providing a major cash influx during a tough financial period.
Trump SoHo: The 2006 development project in New York involved partners with ties to the former Soviet Union and Russian finance.
Past behavior, predicts future conduct.
Like you, I don't recognize the Republican party to which I once belonged. Co-opted by a carnival barker (perhaps the greatest in human history, I'll admit) it has lost its soul.
Too bad trump does not put as much emphasis on integrity as he does on always “ winning” in business regardless of who is left holding the bag……baffling and disgraceful how the Republican Party can continue to champion a man who is an avowed grifter and con man
No surprise here! Are there gas stations still in business? 🙏
Yes, but the one I drove by had no cars at the pump. Of course, the price is no longer 3.47, but is a bit less than the good gas I use.
I continue to feel stunned that anyone could confuse sociopathy with strength. I am disappointed that all the people he’s cheated over the years didn’t speak up loudly a decade ago and let his followers know who he really is. Or, perhaps they did, and it was too late for the cult folks to listen.
Not one bit surprising. He has always been known not to pay people what he promised them. Many stories came out before he was elected the first time. He is a thief and liar, but those of us that are realized this the first time he got elected. that. He does so many other unscrupulous things that are absolutely disgusting.. I did not think about the that the 47 and $3.47 was to represent him. I try to ignore that he is the president and I don’t care what his number is and I also, don’t live anywhere near where those gas stations are located. He does nothing without being able to put his personal “stamp” on it. Somebody is paying for the loss of revenue and it certainly isn’t Trump. It’s the one where the box stops at the bottom of the lying.
Why is anybody surprised??? Just another typical TRump and company move.