Trump says homelessness hurting real estate prestige, will destroy cities

[groundloop]

Source: NBC News

President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about homelessness Tuesday during a swing through California, talking about the harm it does to taxpayers seeking prestigious real estate and warning that cities will "destroy themselves" if his administration doesn’t intervene.

The homeless are living in "our best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to building," Trump told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One with him to a string of fundraisers in California. "People in those buildings pay tremendous taxes where they went to those locations because of the prestige.”

Trump went on to say he has been talking to "foreign people, foreign tenants" in California who want to leave the country because of the homeless problem. Trump has been increasingly raising concern about homelessness, and said the White House would be taking some sort of action soon.

"In many cases they came from other countries and they moved to Los Angeles or they moved to San Francisco because of the prestige of the city, and all of a sudden they have tents," Trump said. "Hundreds and hundreds of tents and people living at the entrance to their office building. And they want to leave. And the people of San Francisco are fed up, and the people of Los Angeles are fed up. And we’re looking at it, and we’ll be doing something about it."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-homelessness-hurting-real-estate-prestige-will-destroy-cities-n1055611

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[47of74]

1. I fucking hate him.

I have no problem saying it either and I have no fucks left to give for anyone who wants to criticize me over that either.

[Lochloosa]

2. I'm fucking right there with you

[RKP5637]

3. The guy is a monster and trash!!! n/t

[zentrum]

44. Fuck yes!

[mr_lebowski]

67. I pray he drops dead of natural causes (hopefully painful) every second of every day

I hate this asshat m*****f****r with the burning intensity of 10000000000000 Suns.

[Dave Starsky]

71. You're too kind. I wish a debilitating stroke for him.

A left-sided stroke that leaves him unable to speak, sign anything, play golf, or grab his daughter's ass.

He can only sit in his wheelchair, drooling and screaming inside.

I can think of no better karmic punishment for this unmitigated piece of shit.

[mr_lebowski]

85. If all he was capable of doing was ringing a little desk bell masking taped to the arm of his

battered old wheelchair, I would not be sad ...

[Freedomofspeech]

4. He is the most despicable piece of garbage on the earth.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. To him homeless people are basically vermin, like rats,

whose presence is annoying to the wealthy. God forbid that penthouse owners like himself should have to tolerate the sight of people who aren't wearing Armani suits.

[patphil]

10. I was thinking the same thing.

He sees the homeless as something to be cleansed from the streets. Not a bit of concern for them as people, only what he believes it costs him to have his customers see them.
Nothing about helping lift them out of their impoverished condition.
Not a shred of humanity in Trump whatsoever.
A true Satan if I have ever seen one, and I have seen many over the years.


Patrick Phillips

[Lucky Luciano]

24. Well...we know who's on the next trip to camp tr#&p.

[smirkymonkey]

46. +1000

Arghhhhhhhhh!

[Bettie]

6. I too, fucking hate him

I also suspect this is another trial balloon.

Now he's talking about how bad homeless people are, how they take the value of properties down.

There's a plan to "house" them out of public sight.

Next, they will begin rounding them up and caging them.

Voila, he has a precedent for rounding up citizens for being somehow disruptive to commerce.

One step closer to dictatorship.

[FakeNoose]

35. Don't forget - Chump's first job was collecting rents

He was a LANDLORD long before he stumbled into the White House gig. First and foremost he hates everyone who Can't Pay the Rent!

[Dave Starsky]

72. Ah, yes, the rounding up of "the undesirables".

But far be it from me to make comparisons to a certain toothbrush-mustached man from history.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. How about doing something to address it? Nah. F' em and wish they could be rounded up.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. I would love to leave the country because Spanky's wrecking the nation's prestige.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. This is where

the concentration camps begin, other than the ones for people trying to enter the country.

The policy won't be to help the homeless, it will be to hide them or deport them or eliminate them.

[MRDAWG]

11. What did Jusus say about a homeless man? See ......

Luke 16:19–31). The rich man passed him by and round up in Hell.

[not fooled]

12. Here we go

Thom Hartmann did an analysis of this on his show yesterday--it's gonna be one of red don's signature campaign issues, attempting to demonize "libruls" and cities to his ignorant base. And, he's CUTTING funding for homeless programs. And, as a caller from I think Oregon said, a lot of the homeless on the coast come there from RED states (where they can't get any help) because at least the climate is more bearable.

Clearly the intent is to create another group of "others" to link to Democrats and "socialism" in the minds of his dimwitted followers. He wants to gin up fear of the homeless as another threatening "horde" now that he's gotten so much mileage out of the "immigrant horde."

Goebbels would be proud.

[pangaia]

55. you're on the money, plus there is more behind this, I am sure.

[JI7]

13. I hope he dies a long painful death

[Wuddles440]

17. I pray that he does, but...

first may he made homeless and forced to survive on the streets for decades along with his brain dead supporters, especially those phony "Christian"evangelicals.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. I want him to be homeless, sleeping in a doorway or

under a freeway overpass and scavenging in dumpsters - preferably in Minneapolis in January and Atlanta in August.

[Lucky Luciano]

25. Prison...Florence Colorado supermax.

[BigmanPigman]

41. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

[dalton99a]

57. From the most horrible disease for which there is neither cure nor relief

[Onthefly]

14. Clueless...infantile

No more needed to be said.

[whathehell]

80. Not sure I understand what you're referring to

"We did the same in central America".

What 'same' would that be?

[Baitball Blogger]

16. Funny how real estate people can get away with discriminating against people

by resorting to the old profit margin excuse.

[Wuddles440]

20. What's even more appalling...

is they rarely pay any taxes! A bunch of fucking freeloaders.

[kimbutgar]

18. And of lot of homeless living in SF came from red states

He is so full of shite he’s needs to stfu.

[yaesu]

19. the fascists are doing to the homeless what they did to Mexican immigrants, they are demonizing

them, making them scapegoats, will cause them harm, the fascist terrorist party needs to be eliminated.

[colsohlibgal]

21. He Is The Living Definition Of Despicable

Just a spoiled orange buffoon born with a silver spoon in his mouth who has cheated his way to the top, where he reaches new levels of serial lying.

He has committed countless impeachable illegal acts if he skates on impeachment it is a travesty.

I hope he winds up homeless after a few years in jail.

[bucolic_frolic]

23. How about Real Estate Gentrification Destroying Cities for Homeless

Trump as usual has everything backwards and Bassackwards

[Thomas Hurt]

26. FF45 thinks poor people are out to steal taxpayer money....

he sees them as his lessers. Just another group of people to scapegoat and hate like fn fascist pig he is.

Round them up and put in concentration camps, make some cash for his prison industry lackeys.

[rocktivity]

27. In many cases, they were BORN in this country

why not supply them with homes and ways (including) wages to keep them?


rocktivity

[Sapient Donkey]

28. I'm sure we'll hear some great ideas for programs to help these homeless people

get whatever help they need to get off the streets. Whether it's drug/alcohol, mental health, housing, training, or whatever combination of the above that helps end homelessness...

or wait, it's not about ending homelessness. It's about ending homeless people, or at least hiding them somewhere.

[John Fante]

62. It's about casting California in a negative light.

[Docreed2003]

29. So wealthy foreign real estate moguls

Matter more than our homeless American populace.

Just sweep them up and dispose of them and act like the problem is fixed, huh? Out of sight, out of mind?

How can people listen to this hateful shit and just nod and go along with his rhetoric? Even if he doesn't have the power to do this crap, what's to keep him from inspiring some right wing mayor to try to do the same?

[lunasun]

30. A Tribe Called Quest called the plan in 2016 song lyrics of We the People before trump won

chorus-
All you Black folks, you must go
All you Mexicans, you must go
And all you poor folks, you must go
Muslims and gays, boy, we hate your ways
So all you bad folks, you must go
—————————————————-
He has plans for relocation that I do not believe are benevolent
Enforced disappearances off streets =
Don’t see them - most will care even less

Also someone brought up they will not be counted in those areas for the 2020census (which they have been in the past even without an address ) if they are moved to a government designated location elsewhere
so it won’t be a big problem for those areas anymore
another problem solved on paper

[CDerekGo]

31. And again

He's been 'talking' to foreign people, which in trump-speak, MEANS NO ONE! When ever he says shit like that, he hasn't spoken to one fkn soul! Well, maybe those deviants living inside his crapped out brain. When shit-stain 45 says 'many, many people say', in all actuality, it means NO ONE!

[Grasswire2]

32. His plan is to empower ICE to sweep city streets of homeless...

.....and commit them to federal detention camps run by privatized vendors.

A new profit center in the same manner as the War On Some Drugs, the War On Crime, the War on Immigration. Sensational Return On Investment (ROI) with costs paid by taxpayers.

And the new twist -- impoverish seniors by cutting Social Security so they, too, become homeless and vulnerable to this plan.

[Marthe48]

33. more psych projection

people like trump are ruining property, destroying cities. I can't wait till someone scoops him into a poop bag. pos

[rpannier]

34. Let them leave

The people who bought the property

[Retrograde]

51. It would bring down housing prices

Foreign investors have bought up numerous properties in the Bay Area - many of which lie vacant. They’re not in it for the long term -or for the good of the area.

[rpannier]

53. many of which lie vacant

I was wondering about that
It's a serious problem in London

[sakabatou]

36. Again, it shows he only cares about money, not people

[progree]

37. Is the right to real estate prestige in the Bill of Rights? Maybe the Founders forgot that one (eom)

[BlueIdaho]

38. Screw the very real human toll of homelessness.

It’s all about real estate values...

[C Moon]

39. If the GOP wasn't so focused on destroying the middle-class...it would't be such a big issue.

You lying, fake, cheating, traitorous asshole!

[cstanleytech]

49. Destroying the middle class isnt the goal but rather its an effect of the majority of companies

being only concerned for those higher up at the corporate level and or the shareholders.
Most companies and businesses have lost sight of the fact that if the pay low wages it will have a negative impact on the company itself eventually and that applies especially for retailers.
Take Publix for example.
They pay someone decent compared to Walmart but they do not pay enough for most of their employees to afford to shop in their own stores so their employees have to shop elsewhere when they could actually be recouping some of that money if they would offer the employees a decent discount say of 20% for example on up to $250.00 a week of groceries.

[dflprincess]

40. Pretty clear who his next target will be.

Asshole.

[no_hypocrisy]

42. Trump's making Ebeneezer Scrooge look good . . . . . . .

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

43. Some of his biggest donors

Are the rich tech bros whose spending habits have made housing totally unaffordable to ordinary people in San Francisco et al. Where’d you think 45 got his talking points from?

[cstanleytech]

45. Sorry Donny but the feds trying to step in on this is an overreach of power.

Now if you want to offer the states money to build more affordable housing you can do that but otherwise its hands off.

[barbtries]

47. WTF

then help the homeless people you idiot!! (not you, trump)

i can't even.

[NastyRiffraff]

48. Of course we knew he wasn't concerned about the homeless people

It's all about the prestige that he thinks is the right of the rich.

[Skittles]

52. it's the rich assholes appealing to him for help

[Marcuse]

50. Three more years....

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[Baked Potato]

54. Divide and Conquer

Same strategy, different tactic.

They are flopping with the racism angle. Now, it’s down and out people. Once they start rounding homeless people up it won’t be so shocking when they start with the “others”.

Governors and mayors need to get out front on this issue. They can start by not letting trump demonize the homeless. Treat them with dignity. ALWAYS refer to them as Americans.

[imavoter]

56. he just lets his dick hang out all over the place, doesn't he?

he's all class, that one.

[Midnight Writer]

58. Wonder how his border wall will affect the prestige of the properties it runs through?

[dalton99a]

59. Trump tried to get disabled veterans off 5th Ave. because they were aesthetically displeasing

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-donald-trump-push-street-vendors-article-1.2312519

Donald Trump tried to limit street vendors on Fifth Ave., including those who were veterans
By Celeste Katz
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Aug 03, 2015

The Republican White House hopeful, who pegs his own worth at more than $10 billion, often says the nation's service members need a champion.

"We must protect and cherish and take care of our veterans," he said in a recent Facebook video.

But Trump has time and again pushed New York to limit laws on peddling — including by veterans, who can get special vendor licenses from the Department of Consumer Affairs in thanks for their service.

"While disabled veterans should be given every opportunity to earn a living, is it fair to do so to the detriment of the city as a whole or its tax paying citizens and businesses?" Trump wrote in a 1991 letter to John Dearie, then-chairman of the state Assembly's Committee on Cities.

"Do we allow Fifth Ave., one of the world's finest and most luxurious shopping districts, to be turned into an outdoor flea market, clogging and seriously downgrading the area?" Trump demanded.

New York's original peddling exceptions for veterans date back to 1894 — created to give those disabled during the Civil War a chance to support themselves.

In 2004, when the regulations had come up for renewal, Trump piped up again.

He complained in a letter to then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg that the ambiance of Fifth Ave. — the address of his gleaming Trump Tower headquarters — was being wrecked by peddlers, including some he accused of only posing as vets.

Trump's sally sparked protests from vendors who said they deserved the right to sell their wares on the streets they fought to defend.

[John Fante]

63. Trump's gravesite will make an excellent urinal some day.

That's the only positive I can think of for this fucker.

[Dave Starsky]

74. That dude's remains will have to be shot into space.

And even then, I would dedicate my life to fund an expedition to find them and deposit excrement on them.

[KPN]

60. Wow. Demonizing the homeless. There are

no bounds to this creep’s evil.

[blue-wave]

61. WTF! He's saying the homeless are not human beings

worthy of empathy or compassion. He is acting like a totalitarian dictator and dehumanizing anyone he finds offensive. Because after all, only prestige and moneyed people matter. Everyone else is expendable. What an evil F#@#ing way of thinking.

[djacq]

64. 15 million can go a long way

Don't see Orange Slice giving a helping hand.

[jmowreader]

65. Did he say this...

BEFORE or AFTER the news came out that Trump’s policies have collapsed the critical-to-the-world-economy one-day interbank loan market, aka the “overnight market”?

[OneGrassRoot]

66. Can you do a "dummies" explanation of the overnight market thing?

Thanks. If not, no worries, just thought I'd ask.

[blue-wave]

73. Here's an explaination I hope helps

The "overnight thing" is called the repo or repurchase market.



What Is a Repurchase Agreement?

A repurchase agreement (repo) is a form of short-term borrowing for dealers in government securities. In the case of a repo, a dealer sells government securities to investors, usually on an overnight basis, and buys them back the following day.

For the party selling the security and agreeing to repurchase it in the future, it is a repo; for the party on the other end of the transaction, buying the security and agreeing to sell in the future, it is a reverse repurchase agreement.

Repos are typically used to raise short-term capital.


Go to this link for much more information on this market and there is a very good short video explaining repo's. Also, repo's played a role in the last financial collapse in 2007-08. That is explained further down in the link.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/repurchaseagreement.asp

[OneGrassRoot]

87. Thank you! n/t

[jmowreader]

79. "Overnight market" for Dummies

Banks have "liquidity needs" - cash on hand to pay out withdrawals. And, just for GP, we'll say that Acme Bank needs $1 million of liquidity every day.

If Acme has $1 million in cash on hand, no problem.

If Acme has $850,000 on hand, that's a big problem - people are going to get pissed if they walk in the door and the teller says they don't have any money to give them. So they gotta borrow $150,000 in fives, tens and twenties quick on the overnight market and pay it back with interest by the time the doors open tomorrow morning. Paying it back is no problem; not having folding green in the branch is the issue.

If Acme has $1.3 million on hand, that's an equally big problem: they've got $300,000 sitting there doing nothing. It's Acme Bank, not Acme Money Museum. So, they put it on the overnight market and earn interest from doing so.

[OneGrassRoot]

88. Thank you! n/t

[Coventina]

68. "The people are homeless? Then let them eat land!"

Thanks, Marie.....

[louis-t]

69. Of course, the first thing I said about this was, there is no compassion

involved in his removal of homeless people. It's all about them being an inconvenience to him and his friends.

[geretogo]

70. This Nazi monster already has the privatized concentration camps all ready to round up the homeless

and make millions off them . His idol Hitler did it .

[Ilsa]

75. Anyone worried about their real estate values because

of the homeless can fucking leave right now as far as I'm concerned.

[johnnyfins]

76. GTFO

[katmondoo]

77. God help us if this monster wins the election

[The Genealogist]

78. Not a single shred of human decency does he possess

He is like some bizarre caricature of an evil leader from a bad dystopian novel that has taken on flesh and become an even more ridicuous version of itself. He is a hideous misanthrope, full of nothing but hate, contempt and bile for everyone but himself.

[d_r]

81. yes it is horrible

The man has no human decency.

But what is the deal with his bringing up the foreigners?

"In many cases they came from other countries and they moved to Los Angeles or they moved to San Francisco because of the prestige of the city, and all of a sudden they have tents,"

Wait WhoTF cares about your foreigners? The rednecks trump has been stirring up about immigrants surely don't care.

"Hundreds and hundreds of tents and people living at the entrance to their office building. And they want to leave."

Well, OK. Doesn't he want to get rid of foreigners?

[brewens]

82. Do homeless vets feel that prestige living in those places? Someone should ask a few. If they

hadn't thought of it before, maybe they should check it out.

[BHDem53]

83. I had no idea that a person could live

in a highway let alone a street.

[bobbieinok]

84. Last 2 days or so JimBakker had big scare segment on homelessness in CA. Coincidence?

His show family guy Mondo de la Vaga just returned from stay in CA. Homeless everywhere 'in people's yards, right in front of your house'

They had pictures.

And of course Jim quoted scripture to 'prove' this is sign of the End Times!

[TexasBushwhacker]

86. If you aren't art of the solution ....