In the area of law enforcement their motto is “follow the money.” In Trump’s world, the same motto applies. His presidency is all about using the national treasury as his personal bank and increasing his foreign investments.
Trump and his Klan waste more than $16 million every month for personal use. Trump’s many trips to Mar-a-Lago and his other millionaires only resorts, and to his hate rallies waste millions of taxpayer dollars. The use of Air Force One alone costs $200,000 per hour.
Trump and his Klan are not the only ones using Trump’s illegitimate presidency to con money from others.
You might remember Brian Kolfage. He started a “GoFundMe” page on Facebook to help Trump build his unnecessary wall. He raised more than $22 million but no new sections of the wall have begun.
However, Kolfage has a new one-million-dollar yacht, and he continues to book private flights. He also hired professional writers to place ads and lies on several Facebook accounts. Once Facebook realized what he was doing, they shut him down. He is claiming poverty, but continues to spend money like his hero, Donald Trump.
A former employee, who requested anonymity, spoke to BuzzFeed News about working for him. She said, “He never wanted the truth. It was all just for clicks, and the more inflammatory, the better… I felt dirty writing the stuff.”
Then there’s David Bossie. Bossie began his political notoriety when he was hired by the George H.W. Bush campaign to “find dirt” on Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. He was brought into the Trump campaign in 2016 as deputy campaign manager.
His latest scam was to create a political organization which accepted small donations to support candidates loyal to Trump. Reports claim that nearly all the funds received by the organization went to more funding campaigns and administrative costs, including his very large salary.
The humorous side of this involves Trump. Insiders claim that Trump is upset about the situation; not because donors were swindled, but because he didn’t receive “his fair share.”
Possibly the biggest political grifter of all is Rupert Murdoch. In 1996 he launched Fox Noise. Its sole purpose continues to be the right-wing’s propaganda machine. Republican supporters spend millions of dollars each year advertising on the fake news network.
Fox “personalities” continue to make thousands of dollars lying to right-wing allies in paid speeches at events supporting Trump’s vile agenda.
“An informed man cannot be conned.”
Tell everyone; “The Truth Lives Here.”
Op-ed by James Turnage
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