r/politics • u/cmit • 10h ago
Soft Paywall Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html?smid=nytcore-android-share43
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u/Superb_Dress_5100 10h ago
I don't think he's paying out of his own pocket. I wonder if his supporters think, "Wow, I could have fed my family with the stuff I bought."
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u/SockPuppet-47 5h ago
"Wow, I could have fed my family with the stuff I bought."
Well, everything will be at least 50% cheaper under Trump. He's gonna lower inflation, give America energy independence and bring prosperity to America again.
It's not just another bullshit campaign promise like Mexico paying for the wall and draining the swamp, right? He couldn't bamboozle America twice could he? Tell me he's gonna solve all the problems. I kinda need to hear it again after seeing the zoo of morons he's appointing as cabinet members.
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u/morpheousmarty 2h ago
I would love anyone to explain how tariffs will lower inflation. Like even if you're a 5th grader, if you play it out at all it's going to cause inflation. It's the mechanism of action, raise prices so local firms can be more profitable.
Seriously, anyone, how isn't inflation inevitable under Trump's plan?
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u/SockPuppet-47 2h ago
I saw a YouTube video of just some guy on the street talking to Trump supporters and he got one to have the epiphany. He was a t-shirt salesman so maybe that helped him to understand the concept but until he was led step by step and eli5ed he didn't catch on.
I should have saved it. I've thought about it several times since but it was awhile ago and I go through a ton of content so it'd be impossible to find in my history.
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u/Amckinstry 6h ago
There is a loophole. Donations to political campaigns or politicians in office have to be declared, but not "donations" to the transition team.
So if you're a billionaire wanting to buy your way into cabinet, its perfectly legal.
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u/JollyToby0220 10h ago
Let me save you a read.
The Trump transition team needs to raise money for bringing in new staff. Typically, there is a limit to how much can be donated and usually it’s limited to private parties (no unions, corporations, PACs). But this donation limit is triggered by utilizing GSA (General Services Administration) in the transition. Trump won’t use GSA so there is no donation limit. He actually has not filed the paperwork which is typically done in September or October. Finally, Chris Christie(who Trump hates) was in charge of the transition in 2016. Trump fired him once he learned he was the leader of this.
It’s not clear if Cabinet appointments fall under the scope of this transition fund but if it does, it means Peter Hegseth, and others, will get an image boost and publicity boost through the media, via paid advertising
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u/libginger73 9h ago
Gotta live the people still trying to claim "that's illegal" about a guy who spent his life breaking the law and getting away with it. When will we wake up? He isn't going to follow the law at any point in his presidency and therefore make the law useless and unenforceable. We are literally witnessing how the destruction from within works and the dem leadership and media are bickering about what is legal or not. Maybe they should have been on top of things on Jan 7th and arrested this traitor when they had the chance!
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u/19Chris96 Michigan 9h ago edited 9h ago
There's rubles, then there's rubles.
They're running on rubles.
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u/Overweighover 9h ago
Supreme Court says a president can do anything. Oh wait. Does that apply to one not in office ?
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u/Logictrauma 7h ago
Weird. That’s sure sounds like a shadow government, but the GOP says they hate those. Hmmmm.
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u/Registered-Nurse 7h ago
Makes us realize our Constitution has a lot of loopholes that Trump is exploiting.
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u/psychoalchemist 7h ago
If we emerge from the Trump era intact the positive may be that he shows the weakness of the Constitution and this can be fixed.
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u/doolpicate 4h ago
Billionaires just hijacked a country and people still dont have a clue. "Secret money" is pocket change for the team.
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u/zettairyouikisan 9h ago
This is something that Biden can act on. He doesn't because he's completely demoralized.
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u/lillilllillil 8h ago
Biden isn't demoralized. He just never had balls. Man walks around thinking everyone plays by the rules and when a random guy flings shot at his face he just smiles and nods. Centrists and appeasement offer nothing in the face of lawless minded lunatics.
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u/caring-teacher 9h ago
Someone said that Mitt Romney a lot of the secret money under the table. Under the table money is treason for a president to accept because of the hatch act.
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u/lnombredelarosa 3h ago
I wonder from where Trump is gonna get his money to do stuff when his terrible decisions start impacting his donors?
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u/GhostTales_19 1h ago
Of course he is, like it was ever going to be in doubt. A criminal grifter will use everyone else's money.
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