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Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:19 AM Aug 2020

Wait! WTF??? WE'RE paying for Robert's funeral?

Fat donnie was on the WH lawn a short time ago with one of his helicopter interviews. At one point, a reporter asked him about the arrangements for Robert's funeral.

Well guess what, folks! The funeral will be held at the WH - our house - on Friday. Who's pocket does this come out of?

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Wait! WTF??? WE'RE paying for Robert's funeral? (Original Post) Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 OP
Of course it will be at the WH... Zoonart Aug 2020 #1
So, will Mary Trump be there?! hlthe2b Aug 2020 #2
Mary Trump was relegated to the balcony at her grandfather's funeral Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #4
Oh, come on, Trump doesn't want to have to take a trip for a funeral- dawg day Aug 2020 #3
He could have dashed in on his way to Bedminster. Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #7
Remember when he went to that church service dawg day Aug 2020 #14
Such wonderful representation by our "Leader". Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #15
I bet it all turns into Andy823 Aug 2020 #5
This is what he came up with because he hadn't given it one single thought until he was asked. n/t 5X Aug 2020 #6
Yes, I think you're right. Mariana Aug 2020 #11
Who? Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #12
No respectable Church would book them aeromanKC Aug 2020 #8
Are they going to bury him in the yard like a family dog? NightWatcher Aug 2020 #9
+1 5X Aug 2020 #13
It's the only way he can attend without it interfering with his golf plans. nt. Mariana Aug 2020 #10
What is more frazzled Aug 2020 #16
You're absolutely correct. Chump would make this, like everything else, Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #17
They'd never during DNC Convention week. jimfields33 Aug 2020 #18
DNC ends Thursday night, so Chump might be looking to get Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #20
Trump's 'Sympathy Card' Performance Will Most Probably Be An Academy Award Performance..... global1 Aug 2020 #28
When has trump paid for any darned thing out of pocket since he walked through crickets Aug 2020 #19
I think he bought the hamberders. Kali Aug 2020 #30
Ugh. I just remember that awful photo. Seeing the piles of fast food growing cold, sitting in stacks crickets Aug 2020 #38
No way! smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #21
To be fair (always hard when it involves Chump), he said it would Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #29
I'm sorry. But seriously, does the "trashy" just never end? hamsterjill Aug 2020 #22
I am surprised it is not at a church karynnj Aug 2020 #23
Can't put that many tRumps in one church at the same time. SeattleVet Aug 2020 #34
Can't get upset - UNLESS JustAnotherGen Aug 2020 #24
Trump is spending the whole week taking attention away from our convention. Elwood P Dowd Aug 2020 #25
I don't watch anything Trump JustAnotherGen Aug 2020 #31
maybe he means the wake? stillcool Aug 2020 #26
Grifters gotta grift. haele Aug 2020 #27
Well, there IS that new Tennis Pavilion... Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #33
Why wouldn't we? jmowreader Aug 2020 #32
When Donnie's skank ass is finally removed... WyattKansas Aug 2020 #35
But, but Fat donnie works for free! He donates his salary Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #36
With the amount of personal tRump Empire business he has already been caught doing... WyattKansas Aug 2020 #37

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
4. Mary Trump was relegated to the balcony at her grandfather's funeral
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:30 AM
Aug 2020

Not telling where they would seat her if she chose to attend. Secure her in the bunker, perhaps?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
3. Oh, come on, Trump doesn't want to have to take a trip for a funeral-
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:30 AM
Aug 2020

when he won't be able then to go to his golf clubs. This will mean he'll only have to take an hour off from rage-tweeting.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
14. Remember when he went to that church service
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:38 AM
Aug 2020

In his sweaty golf clothes and shoes? Didn't even bother to shower at the locker room?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
15. Such wonderful representation by our "Leader".
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:48 AM
Aug 2020

Not the first time, and won't be the last, that he's embarrassed the U.S.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
16. What is more
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:57 AM
Aug 2020

The news outlets better not cover it. This is a family affair. Robert Trump was not a public figure. Total blackout should be observed.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
17. You're absolutely correct. Chump would make this, like everything else,
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:01 PM
Aug 2020

into another campaign event. There's more than one whore in that family.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
20. DNC ends Thursday night, so Chump might be looking to get
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:14 PM
Aug 2020

the focus back on him, as usual, and trying to play that sympathy card.

He's already scheduled a number of events this week, trying to draw away from DNC coverage. That limelight can't belong to anyone else!

global1

(25,253 posts)
28. Trump's 'Sympathy Card' Performance Will Most Probably Be An Academy Award Performance.....
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:12 PM
Aug 2020

Another contrived campaign event at the expense of the American People.

I don't anticipate any real sincerity coming from Trump - just a big act - as he'll know that if this event is televised - the camera's will be focused on him.

He's gonna 'mug it up'.

crickets

(25,981 posts)
19. When has trump paid for any darned thing out of pocket since he walked through
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:08 PM
Aug 2020

the White House doors? It's ALL been on our dime. Grifter's gonna grift every scrap he can until he's pushed out.

Kali

(55,014 posts)
30. I think he bought the hamberders.
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 02:07 PM
Aug 2020

well, it was probably somebody else's money, but he claimed he paid for them.

crickets

(25,981 posts)
38. Ugh. I just remember that awful photo. Seeing the piles of fast food growing cold, sitting in stacks
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 05:24 PM
Aug 2020

on the nice trays and elegant table, with him proudly grinning in the background like an idiot - so embarrassing.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. No way!
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:16 PM
Aug 2020

He is not, is he? If he turns this into a political event just to gain sympathy, I will eat my hat! I don't know what that means, exactly. Something my grandmother used to say.

Seriously, can he do this? Have a private family funeral televised at the WH?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
29. To be fair (always hard when it involves Chump), he said it would
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:23 PM
Aug 2020

be held at the WH, but didn't say televised. That remains to be seen, although I wouldn't be surprised that that's his end game. He'll turn anything he can into a taxpayer-funded campaign event.

I can't wait until this crap is over, once and for all...78 days to the election; 155 days to the Inaugural.

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
22. I'm sorry. But seriously, does the "trashy" just never end?
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:28 PM
Aug 2020

A funeral in the White House? Seriously.

Money definitely doesn’t buy class.

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
23. I am surprised it is not at a church
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:34 PM
Aug 2020

Even past Presidents or top leaders have never had funerals in the WH. Not to mention, shouldn't this be decided by the widow?

That said, I assume our leaders will graciously ignore how odd and inappropriate this is. Both Biden and Harris put out kind condolences and will likely leave it at that.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
34. Can't put that many tRumps in one church at the same time.
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 03:57 PM
Aug 2020

The amount of lightning would be amazing to see, though, and I'd be ready with a stockpile of marshmallows to toast.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
25. Trump is spending the whole week taking attention away from our convention.
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:03 PM
Aug 2020

Can you imagine the fits he and the repukes would be throwing if a setting Dem president did this? Asshole even uses the death of a brother for personal and political gain.

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
31. I don't watch anything Trump
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 03:31 PM
Aug 2020

No 'news' conferences, press conferences, speeches from the Rose Garden, etc. etc. I don't think I've watched one for years.

I was ECSTATIC when 45 stopped the Corona Virus briefings.

If enough Democratic Party members alone vowed to turn off MSNBC, CNN, and the major networks that disrupt us with these briefings - they would be less inclined to provide live coverage.

Nothing 45 says is of value. Nothing.

haele

(12,660 posts)
27. Grifters gotta grift.
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:12 PM
Aug 2020

Bill Clinton's mom died when he was president, no White House funeral.
Robert's funeral memorial will probably cost his estate a hundred thousand or so. How could we taxpayers grudge poor "successful businessman" Donnie that much less "inheritance". I mean, it's not like Robert is going to be interred on the Whitehouse lawn in a huge, gilded taxpayer funded Trump Dynasty mausoleum, amirite?


Haele

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
32. Why wouldn't we?
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 03:36 PM
Aug 2020

We pay Trump to golf on his own courses. We pay him to use space in his own buildings. OF COURSE we're paying him to memorialize his own brother. We SHOULD have impeached the bastard for misuse of government funds.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
35. When Donnie's skank ass is finally removed...
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 04:03 PM
Aug 2020

That is why all of his crimes need to be exposed and all of his property and assets seized to reimburse the United States for the tRump Family's (and their ass lickers) personal financial damages against the United States.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
36. But, but Fat donnie works for free! He donates his salary
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 04:12 PM
Aug 2020

back to U.S. causes! His golfing and related expenses are for his health and exercise (walking from the cart to the ball). Why aren't we Dems more grateful?

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
37. With the amount of personal tRump Empire business he has already been caught doing...
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 04:17 PM
Aug 2020

It won't be difficult to seize his skank ass brand to liquidate all assets. Oh, and the Russians who co-signed his brand can fuck off and go pound Putin mud.

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