Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

"By age 3, Mr. Trump was earning $200,000 a year in today’s dollars from his father’s empire. He was a millionaire by age 8. By the time he was 17, his father had given him part ownership of a 52-unit apartment building. Soon after Mr. Trump graduated from college, he was receiving the equivalent of $1 million a year from his father. The money increased with the years, to more than $5 million annually in his 40s and 50s."

Sorry guys. Nobody cares.

How exactly does this impact his ability to perform in his current responsibilities as POTUS? (for reference: see our Trumpettian way of justifying the seating of Kavanaugh on the SCOTUS even if guilty as sh!t of attempted rape)

M. A.. G. A!!!

Neener, neener, neener!

"Much of his giving was structured to sidestep gift and inheritance taxes using methods tax experts described to The Times as improper or possibly illegal. Although Fred Trump became wealthy with help from federal housing subsidies, he insisted that it was manifestly unfair for the government to tax his fortune as it passed to his children. When he was in his 80s and beginning to slide into dementia, evading gift and estate taxes became a family affair, with Donald Trump playing a crucial role, interviews and newly obtained documents show."

agip wrote:

"By age 3, Mr. Trump was earning $200,000 a year in today’s dollars from his father’s empire. He was a millionaire by age 8. By the time he was 17, his father had given him part ownership of a 52-unit apartment building. Soon after Mr. Trump graduated from college, he was receiving the equivalent of $1 million a year from his father. The money increased with the years, to more than $5 million annually in his 40s and 50s."

So? Are you in favor of communism?

Even with whatever FAKE NEWS facts that you post Trump is still a self-made mega-billionaire in my book (and in my heart of hearts). He is such an AMAZINGLY successful businessman playing 9-dimensional Go while everyone else is playing with their buggers!

MTRA MTRA!

agip wrote:

"Much of his giving was structured to sidestep gift and inheritance taxes using methods tax experts described to The Times as improper or possibly illegal. Although Fred Trump became wealthy with help from federal housing subsidies, he insisted that it was manifestly unfair for the government to tax his fortune as it passed to his children. When he was in his 80s and beginning to slide into dementia, evading gift and estate taxes became a family affair, with Donald Trump playing a crucial role, interviews and newly obtained documents show."

But what about Hillary's emails!!!

Make Trump Rich Again - MTRA!

MTRA! MTRA!

Most Trump supporters simply don’t care that Trump could be a tax fraud. They don’t care if he conspired with Russia. The ends are justified. A Republican is president and he can push the Republican agenda and more importantly appoint conservative judges.

It’s all about mobilizing the base and trying to sway a few real independents.

For anyone supporting Trump at this point he could stand in Times Square and shoot everyone and they would still support him.

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

For anyone supporting Trump at this point he could stand in Times Square and shoot everyone and they would still support him.

Or, he could rape the teenage daughters of his supporters in front of them, and they would still support him.

538 wrote:

XY wrote:

RCP has Trump approval rating up to 44.2% !!!

He's looking Presidential

538

Approve 41.8%

Disapprove 52.7%

Trump is losing by 10.9%

All of the 538 big picture numbers are moving sharply in favor of Trump and the GOP. I'm a Democrat but I'm also a political gambler and it's laughable to ignore the trends. If it continues in this direction there will be no blue wave. The political pundits have not picked up on this trend at all but right now it is impacting the landscape by the changing hour.

Trump was 39.9% on 538 as recently as September 13, less than 3 weeks ago. Today he is up to 41.9%. If it continues in this direction Trump could easily hit the midterm with his high water mark of 2018, which was 42.4% on 538 on May 29.

538 was as high as 83.7% on Democratic likelihood of taking over the House a few weeks ago. Now that has plunged to 74.9% and drops lower every time I check. It was above 80% two days ago.

538 has Democratic senate chances at 26.8%, down from their opening number of 34.3% about a month ago. Like the House number, that senate percentage is dropping virtually by the hour. Frankly, the 34.3% was a bad number and never should have been posted. Nothing aligned with 34.3% chance and it led to some false optimism among Democrats. The other mathematical models were in the 12-18% range all year before rising to 18-26% when Trump was at his low point a few week ago. I have been playing the Democratic "No" on senate control at Predicit whenever the blocks of 65 cents or lower show up. I have a bundle on this market. I think I will begin playing at 66 cents. This price is simply too low.

IMO, the Kavanaugh hearings are unintentionally working heavily in favor of Trump and the GOP toward the midterms. Trump is essentially staying out of the way and allowing this to unfold. The negative news and old allegations are attaching to another white male, and not Trump himself.

If the confirmation were not going on, you know darn well Trump would be ranting about one topic or another, defining himself and limiting his upside. This lull basically confirms that Trump is his own worst enemy. If he merely shut up the public would be happy with how things are going in their daily lives and Trump would steadily inherit a higher approval rating.

Anyone who thinks Trump has no chance in 2020 is a monumental fool. That situational aspect of an incumbent with his party in power only one term holds immense benefit of a doubt and overwhelms any other related variable.

The Russia collusion story has blown up in the Democrats face, families separated at the border has blown up in the Democrats face, the Stormy Daniels story has blown up in the Democrats face, the Kavanaugh story has blown up in the Democrats face, so guess what they're back to talking about? Trump's taxes from the 1990's.

The Blue Wave story will also blow up in the Democrats face. The smell of desperation is thick in the air. This is getting fun.

"The Democrats need 23 seats at a minimum to claim the House back. Only once since WWII have the Republicans ever lost more than 23 seats in their first midterm- and it was 26 seats in 1982. Based on these odds, the Democrats would need something historic to take back the House."

https://etholytics.com/house-seat-loss-by-presidents-party-has-been-inflated-by-democrat-presidents/

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

etholytics .com

^ Hardcore, trumper, conspiracy website. A total waste.

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

The Russia collusion story has blown up in the Democrats face, families separated at the border has blown up in the Democrats face, the Stormy Daniels story has blown up in the Democrats face, the Kavanaugh story has blown up in the Democrats face, so guess what they're back to talking about? Trump's taxes from the 1990's.

The Blue Wave story will also blow up in the Democrats face. The smell of desperation is thick in the air. This is getting fun.

"The Democrats need 23 seats at a minimum to claim the House back. Only once since WWII have the Republicans ever lost more than 23 seats in their first midterm- and it was 26 seats in 1982. Based on these odds, the Democrats would need something historic to take back the House."

https://etholytics.com/house-seat-loss-by-presidents-party-has-been-inflated-by-democrat-presidents/

You and Dooger are trying to use coventional wisdom to explain an unconventional president. Has anyone EVER won the presidency with 46% of the popular vote (without a 3rd party candidate getting over 15%)? Nope. Clinton lost WI and MI, which has been blue for decades. You seem to forget how unlikely his win was.

Dems take control of the House. That is a lock.

Trump loses in 2020. That is a lock (mostly because I believe Mueller will release a report sometime in 2019, partially due to these bad tariffs, partially due an economy that is destined to cycle back down).

But I’m sure after the election we will hear about how their were millions of fraudulent voters, how the Dems stole it unfairly, etc. Thus is the political cycle.

Alan

Concerning the midterms, the Dems are NOT a lock to take the House- which is "unconventional" wisdom.

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

Concerning the midterms .....

..... Rigged is desperate .Repukes will lose the House. The Senate will looks to be an even split 50-50.

When 538s prediction gets down to 60%, which it won’t, then I’ll believe you. The anti-Trump vote is strong. The GOP is polling very bad in races they should win by a landslide.

Alan

You speak the truth here. There will only be a minor blue ripple, and Trump is a real threat for 2020. We have to remember that there are only two teams in this game, and laws of human nature make it roughly a 50/50 contest. No matter how obsurd the POTUS is.

He will go down as the lowest character POTUS of all time

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

The Russia collusion story has blown up in the Democrats face, families separated at the border has blown up in the Democrats face, the Stormy Daniels story has blown up in the Democrats face, the Kavanaugh story has blown up in the Democrats face, so guess what they're back to talking about? Trump's taxes from the 1990's. /

ah yes, the law and order right winger saying the dozens of indictments from the Russia investigation is a failure. I KNOW you dont' like law and order, but your saying it outright is refreshing! Thanks!

And so many of trump's people indicted and pleading guilty? I KNOW you don't care, but great for you to say so.

(btw Mueller is on hiatus until midterms - let's see what more he finds in November and onward. You know the trump campaign manager and the trump lawyer are cooperating, right? Right?)

amusing that a 77% chance of winning the house is considered an unlikely event.

ah deplorables. Not even math is within their reach. Good luck, MAGAs.

agip wrote:

amusing that a 77% chance of winning the house is considered an unlikely event.

ah deplorables. Not even math is within their reach. Good luck, MAGAs.

But Hillary was at 78% in October.