Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Night observer wrote:

View from enlightened Republican

We got some good things from trump, confidence in our economy, tax breaks, loosening of regulations but it's time to sell. It takes a good business sense to be ahead of the curve to know when an investment is going south. Most other republicans are not there yet but a few of us are ahead of the curve.

We need to start planning for a post trump political world or we will be saddled with Warren and the progressives. In any major company trump would no longer be in a leadership role. The sheep are always the last to see this.

Republicans, it's time to cut our loses. I saw this a couple months ago, two months from now everyone will claim they saw it too. But you didn't.

Overall a good post. Good for you.

I would argue that the confidence in our economy has NOTHING to do with Trump...just the momentum that was predicted no matter who was in office now. The tax breaks came at the wrong time (economy just too good when Trump came into office), and most Americans have not benefited. Regulation cutting is just a difference in opinion, but of course I don't see that as a good thing generally speaking.

But, back to the good...you are right that it is time (past time) to cut your losses. He's a poor representative of our country. He's a criminal. He's an imbecile. He's racist. He's unnecessarily incendiary. He has done great damage to our country especially with regard to our traditional allies. I don't believe though, like many do, that it will take decades to repair. A reasonable President can repair most of the damage pretty quickly.

You will have to deal with a Democrat as President for at least one term. THAT is the damage Trump did to the GOP. It is too late to do anything now that will result in a Republican being elected in 2020.

We definitely have to do it to a certain degree. For sure can not just up and leave like we just did with the Kurds.

trumpers going to trump.

we're being led by an organized crime family.

more trumpers arrested, of course. Not the last.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/guliani-client-arrested-campaign-finance/index.html

Now Pete Sessions is getting dragged into it! Collateral damage, baby!

nob wrote:

Is today the day Pelosi follows established precedent and holds a floor vote on the impeachment inquiry?

You misspelled McConnell and Trump.

McConnell has denied Senate floor votes hundreds of times.

Trump diverts Congressionally approved money and refuse to allow Congress to vote on his diversion.

Doe Nation wrote:

WTF^n wrote:

You do not seem to understand how tax deductions work.

Here, let me help you out. If he donates his salary then he can claim it as a deduction. That deduction will precisely offset the salary as income. The net impact on his taxes is zero.

Glad to be of service.

it is obvious that you have no clue how income claims and tax deductions work. You DO NOT donate a salary and claim the salary as a donation. You claim the income and where it came from. You make a donation that comes out of the total income claimed. The two are not linked in any way. They are entirely separate.

And that is relevant how, exactly?

Your taxable income increases by the amount of your salary. Your taxable income is then reduced (via tax deduction) by the amount that you donated. In the event that the amount that you donated is the same as your salary then the equation looks like this:

Other taxable income + salary - amount donated (=salary) = Taxable income

Other taxable income + salary - salary = Taxable income

Other taxable income = Taxable income

That is, the taking of that salary and then donating it in its entirety has ZERO impact on your taxable income or the amount of income tax you owe.

You are a special kind of stupd. Congrats!

agip wrote:

trumpers going to trump.

we're being led by an organized crime family.

more trumpers arrested, of course. Not the last.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/guliani-client-arrested-campaign-finance/index.html

Interesting development.

Giuliani will be arrested also. He is going to serve prison time. It is insane the level of criminality associated with this administration. Crime family for sure.

From the day I announced I was running for President, I have NEVER had a good @FoxNews Poll. Whoever their Pollster is, they suck. But @FoxNews is also much different than it used to be in the good old days. With people like Andrew Napolitano, who wanted to be a Supreme....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2019

...Court Justice & I turned him down (he’s been terrible ever since), Shep Smith, @donnabrazile (who gave Crooked Hillary the debate questions & got fired from @CNN), & others, @FoxNews doesn’t deliver for US anymore. It is so different than it used to be. Oh well, I’m President!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2019

Well.....this wrote:

If Sally and iggy can not bring themselves to forcibly criticize trump for selling out the Kurds, they are no different than rigged. They are mindless stooges willing to accept all bs from trump.

This their test.

Let's be clear.

Rigged is a Trumpette, through and through. And he is fully aware of that fact.

Igy is a Trumpette, through and through. But he lacks the self-awareness to recognize that fact.

Sally is 100%, pure, unadulterated troll.

You're welcome.

Fact Checking wrote:

Doe Nation wrote:

You also need to be told that foregoing a $400,000 salary does not allow you to take a $400,000 deduction. Can you figure out why? . . . . . . . Nope, I knew you couldn't. . . . Because you can only claim the net income earned, not the gross income paid. There is something called taxes that take a nasty bite out of a $400,000 salary. Trump would only be able to generate a donation of $270,000 (Federal + DC), and not the $400,000 he says he has donated.

Well, the above is true except that Trump seems to be paying lower tax rate the estimated by the poster.

Trump can only donate what is left after-taxes. Trump's total presidential income is more than $400,000.

Trump's salary is $400,000, plus $50,000 for expenses, plus $100,000 non-taxable for travel, plus another $19,000 for entertainment. A total of $569,000 per year.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/how-much-the-president-on-the-united-states-gets-paid.html

If he's really a billionaire you're talking about pennys. $400,000 is 1/2500th of $1B. He could give it charity, burn it or throw it out the window and it wouldn't matter.

Look in the mirror to see pure ignorance.

Other taxable income + salary = Total Income

Other Deductions + Amounts donated = Total Deductions

Total Income - Total Deductions - Exceptions = Taxable Income.

The Clarifeyer wrote:

Well.....this wrote:

If Sally and iggy can not bring themselves to forcibly criticize trump for selling out the Kurds, they are no different than rigged. They are mindless stooges willing to accept all bs from trump.

This their test.

Let's be clear.

Rigged is a Trumpette, through and through. And he is fully aware of that fact.

Igy is a Trumpette, through and through. But he lacks the self-awareness to recognize that fact.

Sally is 100%, pure, unadulterated troll.

You're welcome.

Not sure why you would suggest that I am a mindless stooge willing to accept all BS from Trump. There are a number of things I really dislike about him and his administration.

agip wrote:

trumpers going to trump.

we're being led by an organized crime family.

more trumpers arrested, of course. Not the last.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/guliani-client-arrested-campaign-finance/index.html

Please show me just one post of yours when you were highly critical of the Lois Lerner-led IRS targeting conservative groups during the Obama administration. YOu can be sure she did not act on her own. It was either directed by Obama himself or Eric Holder and/or Loretta Lynch.

bon wrote:

nob wrote:

Is today the day Pelosi follows established precedent and holds a floor vote on the impeachment inquiry?

You misspelled McConnell and Trump.

McConnell has denied Senate floor votes hundreds of times.

Trump diverts Congressionally approved money and refuse to allow Congress to vote on his diversion.

very telling how far you guys are willing to go in order to give Pelosi a pass on this.

It's just a fact that in the Clinton and Nixon inquiries the entire house was given a vote and rights were given to the president. Pelosi doesn't care about precedent or fairness - it's just 'go get trump.' and she's a coward for not having a vote. As if impeaching the president is just another normal issue. (it's not - it needs a vote to be fair)

SDSU Aztec wrote:

If he's [Trump is] really a billionaire you're talking about pennys. $400,000 is 1/2500th of $1B. He could give it charity, burn it or throw it out the window and it wouldn't matter.

Except for the fact that the King of Debt (Trump) does not have that much ready cash. His money is tied up in immovable objects (longterm loans). He needed to spread out his $130k payoff to the porn star over a period of about one year. Really?

Sally Vix wrote:

agip wrote:

trumpers going to trump.

we're being led by an organized crime family.

more trumpers arrested, of course. Not the last.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/guliani-client-arrested-campaign-finance/index.html

Please show me just one post of yours when you were highly critical of the Lois Lerner-led IRS targeting conservative groups during the Obama administration. YOu can be sure she did not act on her own. It was either directed by Obama himself or Eric Holder and/or Loretta Lynch.

Sally, I've been convinced that you are a troll. So I wont' answer your trollish questions.

if you make a legit point, as you have in the past once in a while, I'll respond.

nob wrote:

bon wrote:

You misspelled McConnell and Trump.

McConnell has denied Senate floor votes hundreds of times.

Trump diverts Congressionally approved money and refuse to allow Congress to vote on his diversion.

very telling how far you guys are willing to go in order to give MCCONNELL AND TRUMP a pass on this.

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X-Runner wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Nonsense. Have you seen cash flow statements for commercial real estate properties? Nothing like what you describe exists.

Trump and his family can eat wherever they want and it's equivilant to pocket change for regular people.

Usually a cash flow statement has three elements: Cash flow from operations, cash flow from financing, cash flow from investments.

Trump's has a fourth element - cash flow from money laundering

Money laundering does not produce income; it's to hide income from an illegal business that is conducted in cash. Trump is stupid and stiffs vendors and contractors, but he's not that stupid. Please provide an example as to why he is laundering money. I doubt he is involved in drug dealing.

agip wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

Please show me just one post of yours when you were highly critical of the Lois Lerner-led IRS targeting conservative groups during the Obama administration. YOu can be sure she did not act on her own. It was either directed by Obama himself or Eric Holder and/or Loretta Lynch.

Sally, I've been convinced that you are a troll. So I wont' answer your trollish questions.

if you make a legit point, as you have in the past once in a while, I'll respond.

It was a legitimate question. So, a "trollish question" is one that you would rather not reply to. The IRS DID target conservative groups but not one of you Liberals has been critical of it. Lois Lerner chose the 5th rather then testify before Congress. But since it was a Democrat administration not one single one of you will admit that bad things happened. Oh, but you and everyone else is chomping at the bit to rail against the Trump administration until the cows come home but you are never willing to criticize those on the same said of the aisle as you. Oh, and the Biden/Hunter investigation was not investigated and "debunked" as many of you have declared. It is still being investigated and Trump even knew that the investigation was ongoing or was being restarted even at the time of the notorious phone call.