The sheer tawdriness of the GOP's 2024 candidate . . .

[Mr Person]

WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images.​

This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.​

​

But like so much else involving Mr. Trump, the plan by his chief photographer, Shealah Craighead, did not follow this bipartisan norm. First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump. Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.​

​

That the profits from Ms. Craighead’s labor are now going into Mr. Trump’s pocket . . . in dealing with Ms. Craighead, Mr. Trump appears to have become the first former president to try to make money from a book planned by a former White House photographer . . . []​

She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.

The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans.

www.nytimes.com

It's not illegal. They're in the public domain.* Just so pathetically low and tawdry. The hell is a guy who claimed he's worth north of $10,000,000,000 need to siphon off cash from her work? To cut in line to rip the first batch of profits?

There are a trillion reasons to vote against Trump, not the least being his attempt to overthrow American democracy and install himself as unelected leader. But sometimes the small stuff says just as much.

How can you look at things, even smaller things like this, and think "yeah, I want a lying cheating asshole to lead this country. That's how we should present ourselves to the world: work with us and we'll **** you as hard as we can"? Any time you look, he's doing something sleezy. Any time. They love him for it.




* https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse45/

 

[bongsaway]

Birds of a feather....

 

[Subieguy]

flock together!

 

[bongsaway]

flock together!

So republican, profiting off of someone else's work.

 

[CaughtInThe]

If his papa didn't give him a lot of money we would have never heard of him.

 

[bongsaway]

If his papa didn't give him a lot of money we would have never heard of him.

What he should have is an award for losing money as a 'successful' business person.

 

[trixare4kids]

WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images.​

This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.​

​

But like so much else involving Mr. Trump, the plan by his chief photographer, Shealah Craighead, did not follow this bipartisan norm. First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump. Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.​

​

That the profits from Ms. Craighead’s labor are now going into Mr. Trump’s pocket . . . in dealing with Ms. Craighead, Mr. Trump appears to have become the first former president to try to make money from a book planned by a former White House photographer . . . []​

She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.

The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans.

www.nytimes.com

It's not illegal. They're in the public domain.* Just so pathetically low and tawdry. The hell is a guy who claimed he's worth north of $10,000,000,000 need to siphon off cash from her work? To cut in line to rip the first batch of profits?

There are a trillion reasons to vote against Trump, not the least being his attempt to overthrow American democracy and install himself as unelected leader. But sometimes the small stuff says just as much.

How can you look at things, even smaller things like this, and think "yeah, I want a lying cheating asshole to lead this country. That's how we should present ourselves to the world: work with us and we'll **** you as hard as we can"? Any time you look, he's doing something sleezy. Any time. They love him for it.




* https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse45/

Tissue?

 

[Loulit01]

What he should have is an award for losing money as a 'successful' business person.

Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994​

Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994

The “art of the deal” apparently involves losing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year, according to a new report from the New York Times

www.rollingstone.com

Donald Trump Paid Zero Taxes in a Decade, Lost More Money Than ‘Every Other American’: NYT​

https://www.ccn.com/donald-trump-paid-zero-taxes-decade-lost-money-american/

 

[Mr Person]

Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994​

Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994

The “art of the deal” apparently involves losing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year, according to a new report from the New York Times

www.rollingstone.com

Donald Trump Paid Zero Taxes in a Decade, Lost More Money Than ‘Every Other American’: NYT​

https://www.ccn.com/donald-trump-paid-zero-taxes-decade-lost-money-american/

I think that speaks more to the only genius he has: as identifying targets he can con and succeeding in it.

He's an idiot savant in that way. See, that was other peoples' money.


I don't remember the details, but I recall reading at length about how he was able/allowed to treat losses on business ventures involving large loans as his losses entirely and between that n' bankruptcy, discharge debts while doubly profiting on the tax front. He lost other peoples' money and got to count it as his loss, which is considered being "smart" about taxes to some. Something very much like that.

 

[Mr Person]

If his papa didn't give him a lot of money we would have never heard of him.

He had a "small" loan of $1,000,000 and there's no way it was repaid in anything but name.

 

[911Sparky]

Tissue?

About what I expected from a trumper.

 

[armycowboy]

He had a "small" loan of $1,000,000 and there's no way it was repaid in anything but name.

Not to mention the $413 million he inherited.

Decades of Trump’s inheritance fail to explain how he’s funding mysterious cash purchases

A bombshell New York Times investigation into the Trumps’ tax avoidance sheds little light.

qz.com

 

[Gateman_Wen]

WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump’s tenure came to an end, the chief White House photographer, who had traveled the world with him and spent countless hours inside the White House snapping pictures, notified Mr. Trump’s aides that she intended to publish a book collecting some of her most memorable images.​

This was hardly a radical idea: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.​

​

But like so much else involving Mr. Trump, the plan by his chief photographer, Shealah Craighead, did not follow this bipartisan norm. First, aides to Mr. Trump asked her for a cut of her book advance payment, in exchange for his writing a foreword and helping promote the book, according to former associates of Mr. Trump. Then Mr. Trump’s team asked Ms. Craighead to hold off on her book project to allow the former president to take Ms. Craighead’s photos and those of other White House staff photographers and publish his own book, which is now selling for as much as $230 a copy.​

​

That the profits from Ms. Craighead’s labor are now going into Mr. Trump’s pocket . . . in dealing with Ms. Craighead, Mr. Trump appears to have become the first former president to try to make money from a book planned by a former White House photographer . . . []​

She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.

The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans.

www.nytimes.com

It's not illegal. They're in the public domain.* Just so pathetically low and tawdry. The hell is a guy who claimed he's worth north of $10,000,000,000 need to siphon off cash from her work? To cut in line to rip the first batch of profits?

There are a trillion reasons to vote against Trump, not the least being his attempt to overthrow American democracy and install himself as unelected leader. But sometimes the small stuff says just as much.

How can you look at things, even smaller things like this, and think "yeah, I want a lying cheating asshole to lead this country. That's how we should present ourselves to the world: work with us and we'll **** you as hard as we can"? Any time you look, he's doing something sleezy. Any time. They love him for it.




* https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse45/

tRump shafted someone who worked for him?

Well that never happened before.

I mean except for all the other times it happened.

You'd think people would get a clue.

 

[Mr Person]

You'd think people would get a clue.

I have to bet she calculated as much, but that it would still be a profit. I suppose I can hold that against her on one hand, and in the other condemn his own venality in cutting line for profit.

I wonder... how many people who entered/glommed onto the administration in some form were not venal themselves?

 

[Mr Person]

Not to mention the $413 million he inherited.

Decades of Trump’s inheritance fail to explain how he’s funding mysterious cash purchases

A bombshell New York Times investigation into the Trumps’ tax avoidance sheds little light.

qz.com

And all sorts of other shenanigans, legal or otherwise.

 

[Atreus21]

If his papa didn't give him a lot of money we would have never heard of him.

If he'd remained a Democrat we'd never have heard of him either.

 

[Loulit01]

If he'd remained a Democrat we'd never have heard of him either.

Another point in favor of Democrats.

 

[Razoo]

This dude has lost more than $1 billion dollars ...........

Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994

The “art of the deal” apparently involves losing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year, according to a new report from the New York Times

www.rollingstone.com

 

[911Sparky]

This dude has lost more than $1 billion dollars ...........

Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994

The “art of the deal” apparently involves losing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year, according to a new report from the New York Times

www.rollingstone.com

He is, however in the process of getting quite a bit of it back thanks to his supporters, you know, the ones that believe he actually gives a shit about them.
Seems there is no end of those who fall for trumps con.

 

[Lycanthrope]

He's the face/leader of the present-day GOP. Enough said.