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highplainsdem

(62,576 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:37 PM 18 hrs ago

Robert 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 money


The only president or major party candidate in half a century not to disclose his tax returns—who fought for years, at taxpayer expense, to keep them private, and lost—now 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/
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Robert Maguire of CREW just nailed Trump on Bluesky: Trump is less a president and more a president-shaped hole sucking (Original Post) highplainsdem 18 hrs ago OP
What a great definition. efhmc 18 hrs ago #1
Indeed! yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #3
And we are forced to watch this enormous heist play out in front of us. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #2
Biggest heist in US history. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #4
Possibly World. ColoringFool 16 hrs ago #16
His goal is to be a trillionaire. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #17
BEING PRESIDENT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT GETTING MORE MONEY! pansypoo53219 18 hrs ago #5
and staying out of jail MadameButterfly 16 hrs ago #12
K&R 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #6
That great -- similarly, I pictured a huge funnel with money pouring into djt's allegorical oracle 17 hrs ago #7
for $10B somebody must publish those tax returns! rurallib 16 hrs ago #8
This was one of my fears for him getting the presidency nuxvomica 16 hrs ago #9
One could also say he is a cancer on our goverment and society at large. The word "poison" also comes to mind. Fil1957 16 hrs ago #10
Trump Robs Fort Knox 2na fisherman 16 hrs ago #11
There is some homegirl 16 hrs ago #13
No. It's just scorched earth. MadameButterfly 16 hrs ago #15
Where does he get a number like that? MadameButterfly 16 hrs ago #14
It will get bigger, just wait Diraven 15 hrs ago #18
He will try, but really, won't there be enough Republicans in congress MadameButterfly 11 hrs ago #21
If the government CAN'T SUE him, why is he allowed to SUE THE GOVERNMENT? FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #19
kick highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #20

yellow dahlia

(6,153 posts)
2. And we are forced to watch this enormous heist play out in front of us.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:44 PM
18 hrs ago

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)
4. Biggest heist in US history.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:45 PM
18 hrs ago

And it is still in progress.

Trump will take the US down to the studs.

allegorical oracle

(6,512 posts)
7. That great -- similarly, I pictured a huge funnel with money pouring into djt's
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:18 PM
17 hrs ago

gaping mouth hole. He has to be the biggest grifter in U. S, history -- especially as he roll-plays at POTUS.

nuxvomica

(14,137 posts)
9. This was one of my fears for him getting the presidency
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:30 PM
16 hrs ago

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)
10. One could also say he is a cancer on our goverment and society at large. The word "poison" also comes to mind.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:38 PM
16 hrs ago

2na fisherman

(339 posts)
11. Trump Robs Fort Knox
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:03 PM
16 hrs ago

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)
13. There is some
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:10 PM
16 hrs ago

small comfort in knowing that even 10 times TEN BILLION can't buy him health, happiness or respect!

MadameButterfly

(4,105 posts)
14. Where does he get a number like that?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:10 PM
16 hrs ago

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)
18. It will get bigger, just wait
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:37 PM
15 hrs ago

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)
21. He will try, but really, won't there be enough Republicans in congress
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:32 PM
11 hrs ago

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.

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