The entire Trump campaign was a scam — and it is not over

[Rogue Valley]

The entire Trump campaign was a scam — and it is not over

4/5/21
How in the world could an advanced democracy ever elect someone who was so blatantly a con man? It wasn't as if it was far in the past or there was some serious dispute as to whether or not it was really a scam. It was obvious to anyone who looked at the case that there was no "university" and Donald Trump was running a grift. It wasn't the first or the only one but it was being litigated right in the middle of the campaign! I was reminded of that astonishing story this weekend when I read Shane Goldmacher's shocking New York Times report on the Trump campaign's fundraising practices. If anything, they were even more deceptive than the Trump University con. Goldmacher reported that the campaign and its online fundraising platform WinRed hustled its most loyal supporters out of tens of millions of dollars with deceptive donation links on their emails and websites.

The sheer number of refunds to Trump donors amounted to a huge no-interest (and profitable for WinRed) loan to the campaign — a loan which required that the people loaning the money go to a great deal of trouble get money back which they didn't consciously agree to "loan" in the first place. Trump's post-election "Stop the Steal" fundraising at least partially went to pay off those "loans" from the campaign making the whole scheme very "Ponzi-esque." For his part, Trump is still doing it. He's been telling his supporters not to send money to the RNC and to send it to his Save America PAC where he can do pretty much anything he wants with the money. The PAC uses WinRed. Anyone who decides they want to throw money into that black hole should read the fine print very carefully. They could be signing up to give the billionaire Donald Trump a weekly donation for life.

The pre-checked recurring-donation boxes (magnified above) are still on the Trump website and in campaign emails. Caveat Emptor.

 

[tres borrachos]

The entire Trump campaign was a scam — and it is not over

The pre-checked recurring-donation boxes (magnified above) are still on the Trump website and in campaign emails. Caveat Emptor.

Of course it was. But I still have no sympathy for the fools that donated to him. You have to have a disconnect in your brain to support Trump.

 

[ataraxia]

I am surprised they still have any money left over after all the televangelists are done with them and after buying all those Sarah Palin books.