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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Maguire of CREW just nailed Trump on Bluesky: Trump is less a president and more a president-shaped hole sucking
up anything that looks like moneyThe only president or major party candidate in half a century not to disclose his tax returnsâwho fought for years, at taxpayer expense, to keep them private, and lostânow wants the IRS to MORE THAN DOUBLE HIS NET WORTH at taxpayer expense as a part of the systematic pillaging he calls a presidency.
— Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:49:37.777Z
Trump is less a president and more a president-shaped hole sucking up anything that looks like money
— Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:51:09.407Z
Some background on Maguire here: https://dxfest.com/speakers/robert-maguire/
efhmc
(16,815 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,153 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,153 posts)The RepugliCONS in Congress have betrayed their oath, and the citizens of this country. They are driving the getaway car.
Irish_Dem
(81,787 posts)And it is still in progress.
Trump will take the US down to the studs.
ColoringFool
(805 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,787 posts)And his kids want that as well, for each of them.
pansypoo53219
(23,099 posts)MadameButterfly
(4,105 posts)2naSalit
(103,260 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,512 posts)gaping mouth hole. He has to be the biggest grifter in U. S, history -- especially as he roll-plays at POTUS.
rurallib
(64,727 posts)nuxvomica
(14,137 posts)With the Supreme Court handing him carte-blanche immunity, I was sure he would just sign over the treasury to his own accounts the day after he was inaugurated, like a kid in a candy store. He didn't quite do that but almost.
Fil1957
(749 posts)2na fisherman
(339 posts)With about 147 million ounces of gold stored there, what's to stop Trump from removing some or all of it under an executive order to relocate it to the basement bathroom at Mara Lago, then to a secret offshore vault in the Cayman Islands? His Treasury lackey, Scott Bessent, would say yes sir. Trump loves gold and would like to see himself as a real life Goldfinger. And such a heist would make him the richest man in the world.
homegirl
(1,972 posts)small comfort in knowing that even 10 times TEN BILLION can't buy him health, happiness or respect!
MadameButterfly
(4,105 posts)MadameButterfly
(4,105 posts)Besides the ridiculousness of the whole suit, he comes of with numbers so out of touch with reality that I wonder why anyone is negotiating or even contemplating this suit.
Dems are trying to pass a law that doesn't allow a president to sue the government. Can it happen fast enough? Are Republicans going to block that? Why aren't voters (from both parties) chasing anyone against this law out of town with a bucket of tar and feathers?
Diraven
(1,927 posts)If he gets away with this look for it to become a regular event for Trump to keep thinking of new lawsuits, as well as for every greedy crook in this administration to get a piece of the action. Hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars will disappear from the Treasury before we're rid of these criminals.
MadameButterfly
(4,105 posts)at some point who have a little fiscal conservatism and are watching all their efforts become irrelevant? I know this isn't the first thing Trump has done to squander the taxpayers' money, but the direct transfer of money into his wallet has got to bother even the warmongers and the anit-immigration racists.
FakeNoose
(41,931 posts)