General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDraft-dodger Trump uses photo of himself in his white MAGAt hat, saluting dead soldiers, to RAISE CASH.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-fundraising-off-jaw-dropping-show-of-disrespect/Not content with wearing his own merchandise at a dignified transfer, President Donald Trump is now doubling down on the shameful insult by attempting to cash in on the controversial photo op.
In a twisted turn of events, the 79-year-old has used an image of himself saluting the coffin of a soldier killed in his war on Iran to drum up cash for his own campaigning.
Last week, Trump became the first president in history to wear a baseball hat while honoring returning servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice. The move drew condemnation from across the political spectrum.
In an email to his supporters on Friday, Trump doubled down on the disrespect by using a shot of the transfer to promote a private newsletter group receiving national security briefings.
Emile
(41,990 posts)next, print his own currency?
Is anyone going to stop him?
sop
(18,396 posts)
Emile
(41,990 posts)Lovie777
(22,799 posts)Emile
(41,990 posts)Miles Archer
(22,838 posts)I don't get it. The MAGAts still send him cash. He just has to blow that dog whistle and they all line up, ready and eager and willing to please him.
He does a lot of guilt / shame emails, too. Nonsense like "I've heard from all of the other patriots except you, Jim. Are you going to let me down?"
And it works, because he's been pulling that crap since his first term. They just keep sending him $$$$$$$$$ and he knows any time he wants it, he can get it.
Prairie Gates
(7,974 posts)Here, as the reaction from Fox clearly shows, he was told he shouldn't wear the hat to these services (I'm not calling it the "dignified transfer," an obvious propaganda term), so he doubles down. He was also probably told he couldn't fundraise behind these services.
Trump is capitalism personified, a decoding machine, as Deleuze and Guattari would have it: his pure function is breaking every norm or custom. All that's solid melts into air.
Trumpology.