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Imagine the powerful grifting possibilities.
Trump could do quid pro quos, run a protection racket.
Reward his fluffers and punish everyone else.
Great way to make a lot of money.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)He has the keys to the US treasury and access to all federal assets.
And he can run a shake down and protection racket as you say.
There have to be hundreds of scams he can pull.
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,327 posts)Makes me wonder if Americans, even those in Republican-run states, are going to like that in the long run if they have family that does not live in their respective states, like way across the country.
My MAGA sister lives in California. If she complains about that, I will tell her, "You can always leave California and move to Alabama or Mississippi. Low taxes and NOTHING to show for it."
For I doubt tRump is going to give states that voted for him are going to get billions of dollars. Scraps more like it. Keep em poorly educated and poor.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)Become the richest man in the world and a highly feared dictator.
Yes Trump will throw a few bones to the red states.
He cannot let them be prosperous and educated.
sakabatou
(43,671 posts)gab13by13
(26,001 posts)Trump will neuter it.
When the time comes and the courts rule against him, he will ignore them. He will threaten the courts, especially if he controls the military.