ZED

The RNC stopped paying Trump's legal bills when he declared for President. Now that he's running low on ready funds and facing millions in fines for fraud and millions more for compensatory payments to E. Jean Carroll, he's trying to do a reach-around to saddle the donations to the RNC with his debts.

Like I said before, everything Trump says or does has an ulterior motive.

If every single penny goes to Donald Trump, that means Republicans on down tickets, state and federal, all across the country can't expect any financial support from the RNC.

That doesn't sound very smart. Perhaps Laura Trump's lack of practical political experience has resulted in a bit of hyperbole. It's more likely that Trump wants to have complete control of how donations to the RNC are being spent ~ with himself, of course, getting the lion's share, upon demand, to pay his legal judgments.

That sounds more reasonable, considering that Trump never uses his own money to pay for anything.

Also, it would give Trump a financial wedge to use against state governors and legislators to keep them in line to do his bidding (fall on the sword for him, so to speak) out of fear of losing the funding he, alone, controls.

Trump's control freak m.o. at work.

"Looks like Lewzer is off to criminal court March 25th."

#10 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2024-02-15 10:19 AM |

Yes, I saw that. Jury selection for the "hush money" case.

The case I'm most interested is the Trump Org fraud case. Judge Engoron is expected to announce his decision this Friday. That's the case that could break Trump's financal back.

LAMP

That's easy. Oligarchs. They all expect to become fabulously wealthy.

In a dictatorship, all the money flows to the top. The closer they are to the dictator, the wealthier they become.

Obviously, power is the source of untold wealth. And wealth buys power.

Trump has been on that power trip his whole life. As his niece writes, "Too much is never enough."

LAMP

"Sound familiar?"

Too many similarities to Trump's own rise to power to be a coincidence. If he didn't read the Hitler playbook, somebody else made a list of the cliff notes for him. BTW, If you didn't read YAV's post containing the CIA's analysis of Hitler's psychology, you missed a lot more than just similarities. You missed exact duplications, deed for deed and sometimes word for word.

As for Trump's plan to assume control of the RNC, I'm reminded of an antidote about a man who robbed a bank. When he was interrogated, he was asked 'Why." His answer was "Because that's where the money is." Trump operates on the same plane. He's going to need an inexhaustible source of money very soon as the billing hours for his defense begins to soar. He's defending himself in 10 different cases as we speak and the big ones have not even gone to trial yet.

A lot of down ticket Republicans are going to suffer a defeat for lack of funds. Not that it matters to Trump anyway. Once he establishes his autocracy (dictatorship), and eliminates individual state's rights, he won't need them anyway. Similar to the way Vladimir Putin continues to hold onto power. Past party affiliation won't mean a thing. Everybody will be forced to take the knee.

You ask how long will it take? It'll take a multi-pronged attack. There are many "firsts" on Trump's list. One of the most urgent, other than the immediate appointment of sycophants to cabinet and military positions, will be to introduce a new "Constitution" which is probably already being blue-lined on a drawing board in anticipation of winning in 2024. Speed will be paramount while the country is still reeling.

GUNSLINGER

What we both forgot to remember is the complete dismantling of the Bill of Rights.

Insecure dictators can ill afford to let an army of patriotic resistance get a foothold in his new empire. Punishment for resistance must be swift and violent to make the message abundantly clear.

The pleas for donations went out within seconds of Judge Engoron's decision in the Trump Org fraud case. It was disguised as "election interference." A real tear jerker.

The man just can't stop himself from gaming the system. Or expecting other people to pay his bills.

He needs $355,000,000.00 and he needs it with the next 30 days. If his followers don't pony up for at least 20% of that to secure a bond for the balance, (no guarantee of that) The United State of America will fall into a pile of ashes without Donald Trump to guide it through harrowing times ahead at the mercy of the Biden Crime Family.

So, pony up Republican suckers. Dig deeper than you've ever dug before. Skip a mortgage payment on your house if you have to. The bank will understand. Cash in that college fund for your kids. They hate you anyway. Agree to automatic withdrawals ~ $100 ~~ $250 ~~ $500 ~~ $1000 ~~ or more.

Daddy needs you. Save your Country. Make America Great Again.