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My take is that IF (that's a big if) Trump becomes president, then I don't want him owing $500 million that makes him a target for bribes/blackmail/influence from enemies abroad. Not like he isn't already and hasn't already been influenced, but it would be worse. So if the GOP has to suck it up and pay those fees for the candidate they choose to be their guy, then I think it is in the country's best interest to do so. Also, I'd rather they pay now than him trying to weasel out and have the federal government pay off his fines if he becomes president.
I would love nothing more than for him to go completely bankrupt (again) and lose the presidency and go to jail for the criminal charges and have his family be on the hook for all his debt. But maybe the GOP going bankrupt is a bright side.
We are way past that already.
Yup. Orange man is the biggest money pit ever. And if GOP donors don't see that yet, it's unlikely they ever will ... until they have to declare bankruptcy of course.
He’s outright owned by Putin. So tell me how it could get worse vis a vis corruption?
Depending who holds the leash, it might even be better. (/s, he’s unfit to serve in any office in this country.)
It can always get worse. Never say "how could it get worse," because it always can.
That's cute. He was already spending all his energy in trying to twist every last bit of authority he had into money and favors for himself in his first term.
He was literally selling government positions and criminal pardons to the highest bidder.