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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy I think the orange blowhard changed residency to FL
Earlier in the week he watched as St Ronnies presidential library was nearly burned (saved by goats) in the liberal state of California.
Our dictator wannabe is scared he will only be in office one term. And it got his tiny brain to thinking.
the orange jackass got a bit scared that his library might be in his liberal home state of NY where people hate his fucking guts.
So, he decided to change residency to a state where more of his loyal minions reside, cause he cant have people disrespecting his orange highness, like what happened at the World Series.
A confluence of events converged and he needs to save his ego.
He is such a fucking coward.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)And probably growing bluer and bluer as we speak. (Hurricane refugees from Puerto Rico have helped that.)
If you don't think there aren't plenty of people who would love to boo or disrespect the Madman here, you'd be sadly mistaken.
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)with demographics that favor Democrats. If we GOTV, we win there.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)counties, basically give them up to republicans. There are something like 58-59 of Florida's 67 counties that fall into the smaller bucket (<300,000 residents). Just trimming the republican margin by 2-5% in those smaller counties give democrats statewide races.
Jarqui
(10,126 posts)going on by NY State against him.
Or maybe it is to cover some of his tracks while he finds and moves to a country without an extradition treaty to live in.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)He did it for financial reasons: FL doesn't have a state income tax, and in that state your primary residence can't be the subject of forfeiture.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)PSPS
(13,601 posts)Captain Zero
(6,811 posts)Maybe he's not so rich.
braddy
(3,585 posts)WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Isn't that much more difficult for security concerns than if he simply bought a home in Florida?
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)The level of security for a former president is considerably lower than for a sitting one.
TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts).
Two years ago, Reuters reported that least 63 Russians had spent $98.4 million buying condos in the six Trump-branded luxury towers in Sunny Isles and a seventh in Hollywood. Plus, another 703 units in the seven Trump buildings had been purchased by so-called limited liability companies, LLCs, that mask the owners identities.
In 2016, a Miami Herald investigation found that dozens of Sunny Isles condos, many in Trump-branded properties, had been purchased by Russians suspected of illicit doings. International fraud investigators suggest that Sunny Isles real estate provides corrupt Russian officials an anonymous place to invest their loot, safe from the scrutiny of cops and tax collectors back home. No wonder they call Sunny Isles Moscow-by-the-Sea.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-grimm-sunny-isles-russians-20191018-6ffeci3ignh2doohwodndlltaa-story.html
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)that are coming to the surface. The City of New York as well as the State of New York are going to have a few White Elephants for Sale in the coming years. Sounds like the Feds own a fair chunk on his Anchor Tower via Forfeiture by his Pals the Russian Mobsters.
Micheal Cohen claimed Trump would have to sign over all his property in order to pay any back taxes owed to the State as well as Settlement of his Income Tax liabilities with the IRS.
TEB
(12,860 posts)Hopefully will be him pushing a library cart in New York State prison from cell block to cell block
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)and taped back together
TEB
(12,860 posts)Presidential library joke sometime back so I cannot take credit for it. But oh he is such a pig and children included well jr Eric ivanka
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)It's all about money, I think.
The GOPer giveaway tax break to the ultra wealthy included the blue state barb of limiting state and local tax deductions on federal forms. Fake Donald can't afford to pay even the little taxes he used to pay.
Trump Tower has long been known as the Russian laundromat. Maybe Pootie's lieutenants haven't been able to do much laundry since Installation Day, 2017. Maybe Dirty Don is falling behind on paying his vig to bosses.
Also, several people have pointed out that courts can't seize a primary residence in Florida. Maybe The Cowardly Don is hedging against all those lawsuits clawing back his ill-gotten gains after he leaves the WH.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)And he'll still need to file NY tax returns for his businesses.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)It doesn't have to be in his home state.
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)..... built in downtown Moscow.
Three child coloring books, two SuperDuperman comic books, and a buybull are the extent of the selection at the trDump Library.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Historic NY
(37,451 posts)Pee brain think this will end NY AG pursuit of his taxes. He going to need to reside in Florida for 183 days before he can claim residency.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)you get to keep your house
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)If NY State and the Feds get him with Financial/Tax Fraud, they can seize assets. However, Florida will allow one home to be exempt as the person's primary residence, no matter the cost. There is no Homestead Exemption in NY.
Back in late 1980s/early 90s in Connecticut, as the investigators were closing in on Benjamin Sisti of Colonial Realty in Connecticut, his wife bought a palatial $30 million home in Florida. So, while his assets and money were seized in CT, they had a virtual palace in Florida where they could still live their good life after he got out of jail.
I think the wife was charged with being an accessory because she bought the home, but avoided jail time.
https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/figures-in-ct-colonial-realty-fraud-in-legal-disputes
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-02-27-9802270318-story.html
brooklynite
(94,596 posts)You can have a Presidential Library anywhere you want it. You don't have to live in the same State. As an example, nobody assumes that Obama is returning to Illinois or Clinton is returning to Arkansas.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I could be wrong but I suspect there's a deal where that marriage won't last longer than his presiduncy does.
And/or in his petty narcissist twisted mind he thinks he's taking something 'great' from NY in revenge. I'm sure Gov Cuomo is horribly upset about it... NOT.
doc03
(35,346 posts)play also if things go really bad they can't touch his property in Florida. That is why OJ moved there.
Turbineguy
(37,342 posts)Orrex
(63,215 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)About a year ago, democrats changed the party leadership in the state, the new people are forward-looking and are trying to fix past oversight.
Large parts of Florida are turning bright blue or purple. Republicans have net lost US House seats in the state and seats in the State Legislature. There is still some work to do, but if Trump thinks Florida at large is safe for him, he is mistaken, maybe northwest Florida, but not the rest of the state.