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[–] [email protected] 1 points 41 minutes ago

This is another grift to add to his portfolio of products. For example Trump Steak, Trump Phone, Trump University, Trump Coin, Trump shoes and so on. He never puts his name or face on something unless he knows he has a way to make a ton of money off it by screwing someone over and get away with it. He also doesn't have to borrow money from banks anymore because the United States assumes the risk.

Remember that billionaires never spend their own money. Trump always drops a chaff grenade for the media when he is getting ready to do something really stupid using the public's money. This is one of those moments. So the question is not, "Who is going to buy this?" the question is "What is he about to grift next using tax dollars?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Who keeps the $5m per wealthy immigrant? If it's Trump himself, isn't that very very illegal?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

“sale of 1,000 Gold Cards this week, raising $5 billion in a single day.”

Good for you, even if the number is true (it is not) and these keep saleing (it won't), we just need a year and a half to make back the 2.5 trillion stock market lost in a week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Yes, he really is that out of touch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

At this point, you'd have to be badly mentally challenged if you're willing to pay to live in U.S

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

When you are a 34 times convicted felon President, they just let you do it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

The fuckhead is damned conceited it boggles the mind how anyone can even get near him

[–] [email protected] 63 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Why not let Americans sell their citizenship for $5m instead.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 14 hours ago

That's some capitalism I can get behind! Free the citizenship market!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

I'd do it in seconds.

[–] [email protected] 161 points 18 hours ago (8 children)

“Who is the first buyer?” one of the reporters asked.

“Me,” Trump quipped. 

“The second?” the reporter pushed on. 

“I don’t know, but I’m the first buyer. It’ll be out in ... less than two weeks. Pretty exciting, right?” the president asked.

First of all, why would he be the first buyer of an express residency card when he’s already a citizen? Fucking moron.

Second, “it’s happening in two weeks” is Trumpspeak for “it’s literally never going to happen.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So law and order is just bullshit now right? You buy a gold fucking stupid ass card with dear leader’s picture on it and you get to skip the line? Where is that money going by the way, to Trump or a public fund?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

You buy a gold fucking stupid ass card with dear leader’s picture on it and you get to skip the line?

There have been similar (non-literal) golden visas offered all over the world, mainly by poorer EU countries or the various third-tier states that make most of their foreign exchange through money-laundering.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

When you're a Russian asset, you sometimes forget to fake being a citizen.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

He's not faking being a citizen. He's faking being self-aware. He barely has a clue wtf he's talking about at any given time. That's all.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Residual salesman brain.

Trump: I am awesome, I bought this thing, it is awesome, you will be awesome if you buy it too.

It bears no relationship to ... making any kind of sense, because it is literally a hustle, a psychological manipulation tactic.

He is just saying salesman words, meant to encourage buy in.

Has no relation to reality, the truth, making sense, etc.

... But, it works on rubes, dullard marks, cult members, weak willed / low self esteem people with decent reliability.

These are just more Trump University or Trump Steaks to him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Demented incompetent salesman brain, or what's left of it.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 18 hours ago (11 children)

Yep, this is a distraction from the stock market melt down.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Don't give him so much credit. Everything he does is credited as an intentional distraction from whatever it is that he just did.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

That would also mean that he had planned everything in detail to fit together. That's beyond his capacities. The recession was obviously unplanned; he's already struggling to keep the whole thing under control. The complexity of human society is overwhelming him.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, it's pretty tiresome. "This is a distraction!!!!" No, literally everything he does is a horrible mess and he just keeps doing more.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 18 hours ago

As is his proclamation that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and then goes on to ONLY talk about trans kids.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"24h" was equivalent to "maybe during this term", so 2 weeks could mean within the next 2 decades

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

Like infrastructure week!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why would the president of the United States even need to or care about buying his own residency card?

In case he accidentally revokes it, because he’s a senile fucking moron.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

To sell it later because he thinks it'll be a collector's item. His only thoughts are ever about making money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

He could wake up tomorrow in a Venezuelan prison form 'accidently' being deported, since he made it so that's a thing now

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[–] modifier 37 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is our actual present reality, people. Resist the urge to look away, it will still be there.

Holy fuck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

We’re so fucking cooked.

[–] Rentlar 73 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Country for sale! Buy now!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

And it's a going out of business fire sale.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Is there his ass on the back side of the card?

[–] [email protected] 80 points 19 hours ago

no, it's on the front

[–] [email protected] 40 points 19 hours ago

It has his face on it, so it already has an ass on it.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think people with 5mil could probably get in a lot cheaper.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Ah yes, pay $5m to live where other people get deported despite their legal status. Only a fucking moron will get one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

You're just mad trump discovered an infinite money glitch for government revenues. Sell someone a visa for $5 mil, kick them out for no reason because you can, make them pay another $5 mil to come back, rinse and repeat.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 19 hours ago

The dementia gets more and more apparent

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

And when you buy one you get a complimentary membership to Trump steaks. Trump steaks, when you want to eat ass without actually eating ass.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't it $1 million a week ago?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

That was before the tariffs lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Looks like monopoly money.

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