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This is big! Trump used the 250th anniversary to launder money, scam, and to profit financially and politically. (Original Post) Doodley 4 hrs ago OP
Just when you think the corruption can't get worse....... BarbD 3 hrs ago #1
HEY! Skittles 3 hrs ago #4
Just like every thing else Trump has been or still is associated with it is a scam. Botany 3 hrs ago #2
They spent as little money as possible to keep as much tax-funded profits as they could. That is why it is crap. They Doodley 4 min ago #6
Well of course he did. BlueTsunami2018 3 hrs ago #3
They are hitting the mark (u.s. taxpayers and donors) by pocketing $$$ and people are going to watch their money go chowder66 3 hrs ago #5

BarbD

(1,539 posts)
1. Just when you think the corruption can't get worse.......
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 02:57 PM
3 hrs ago

They've hijacked our 250th celebration!

What creepy crooks.

Skittles

(173,703 posts)
4. HEY!
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:06 PM
3 hrs ago

just like they can always, always go lower, there IS NO BOTTOM to their corruption

these fucking assholes NEVER get enough money and they have no problem cutting benefits for their senseless wars and slush funds as part of it, either

and yes Trump's 250'th is failing because he made it all about HIM, not America.....heck back in 1976 for the 200th, Ford was no big prize as a president but he did it right, that summer was really great

Botany

(78,329 posts)
2. Just like every thing else Trump has been or still is associated with it is a scam.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:01 PM
3 hrs ago

So the Great American State Fair was just a money laundering operation for Trump and company?

So the 150 million that went to America 250 was sent onto Trump’s Freedom 250 who then
hired Trump approved contractors and they built this shit show’s structures they are now
falling down and Dog only knows how much was skimmed off the top?

Doodley

(12,149 posts)
6. They spent as little money as possible to keep as much tax-funded profits as they could. That is why it is crap. They
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 06:51 PM
4 min ago

don't care about America or the American people.

BlueTsunami2018

(5,152 posts)
3. Well of course he did.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:03 PM
3 hrs ago

That’s what he does. And it’s all legal. Or at least he can’t be prosecuted for any of it.

chowder66

(12,729 posts)
5. They are hitting the mark (u.s. taxpayers and donors) by pocketing $$$ and people are going to watch their money go
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:45 PM
3 hrs ago

up in flames in the sky in the form of (probably donated) fireworks or fireworks that cost a fraction of the price. If I were around there I would skip the show.

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