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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Don't be surprised if the "concessions" Donald Trump is looking for from foreign countries in exchange for dialing back tariffs are not "you need to buy more pork from American farmers" but "you need to lease another floor in Trump Tower for ten years."

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Brainworm Bingo! @gruntmusic.bsky.social

$TRUMP untraceable crypto-coin.

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MadCounselor.bsky.social @madcounselor.bsky.social

Without a doubt

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yassywoowoo.bsky.social @yassywoowoo.bsky.social

For Scotland will have something to do with the wind turbines near his golf course !

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Zigzaggreen🇨🇦 @zigzaggreen.bsky.social

You can be sure he's going to make money for his family or he's not doing it.

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dregsfrolics @dregsfrolics.bsky.social

He is transparent, in terms of being transactional. "I give you your life back, I make another hundred million $, or else."

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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘 @jagsman.bsky.social

Grifter In Chief

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El Brazo de Onofre formerly Carlos Montoya @chiefsadface.bsky.social

Oh you know there's something afoot!

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Epic in Mich @evepick.bsky.social

You mean bribes

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maybeolder.bsky.social @maybeolder.bsky.social

No, I’m sure you are correct and I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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theoldprof.bsky.social @theoldprof.bsky.social

Perfect. And likely true.

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Critical Rationalist @noncynic.bsky.social

Everything Trump says/does is an attempt at manipulation. Truth means nothing. Good economic policies mean nothing. IT'S ABOUT HIS PERSONAL POWER. Tariffs: Extortion, designed to benefit him personally. Targeting law firms, universities: Ditto. Sabotaging government: Shifting power to himself.

apr 7, 2025, 6:11 pm • 6 1 • view
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scottinjupiter @scottinjupiter.bsky.social

Won’t even be that subtle. It will be transfer millions into my offshore account.

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social

Or "buy Starlink terminals"/anything else that helps his donors so they keep giving him money.

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Daddy Antifa @henrisdad.bsky.social

They don’t care because they are getting a #FarmerBailout like the last time www.yahoo.com/news/bailout...

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Janet @jjsps.bsky.social

In other words, no benefit to American citizens

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Al & Val 's Modern Homesteading Life @alandvalonline.com

I'm taking odds on whether he is ever able to leave the country again. I think The Hague could convict him of crimes against humanity right now. He's already killed a million US citizens during his last term. He's going for a record during THIS term. And worldwide as well. Hague him up!

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Az hugh @hughman3.bsky.social

Why not "gimme a billion dollars in gold on the front lawn" Or at least buy millions in his meme stock or crypto or whatever opaque cash deposit box he cooks up next

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Democat. @democat66.bsky.social

That’s exactly what the tariff concessions are all about. And his followers “blah blah” away at how great he is.

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Pete Hausler @petehausler.bsky.social

it’ll def. be something personally-enriching.

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agesofreason.bsky.social @agesofreason.bsky.social

Exactly!

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barely-sane.bsky.social @barely-sane.bsky.social

That's how protection rackets work. Trump is a 4D gangster.

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Jack O’Lantern 🎃 @47pumpkins.bsky.social

Absolutely this, in every way imaginable 👆

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Jack O’Lantern 🎃 @47pumpkins.bsky.social

True story from another thread: bsky.app/profile/47pu...

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cabinetstories.bsky.social @cabinetstories.bsky.social

"And pay me in crypto"

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gene-bernache.bsky.social @gene-bernache.bsky.social

I never expected anything else.

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Marc Bandman @mbandman.bsky.social

Trump coin and crypto are the easy answer these days. He didn’t flip on regulating crypto for other people’s benefit.

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ratchetology.bsky.social @ratchetology.bsky.social

much more likely

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Dyan~ @dyan222.bsky.social

That sounds more like it.

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🦋💙real opposition🇺🇸🇪🇸🇺🇦 @amapola85.bsky.social

Buy his Gold card deposit directly to trump bank account

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Loki Excelsior Smith @excelsiorsmith.bsky.social

“It all makes it abundantly clear how untouched by humanity they are. So possessed by their own hubris, they don’t know it, they can’t see it, & it never occurs to them when they are showing us their ass.” lokiexcelsiorsmith.substack.com/p/but-why-th...

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mimi828 @mimi828.bsky.social

Or give me money to build my resorts in Gaza.

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m4a1960.bsky.social @m4a1960.bsky.social

100%

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markstahl.bsky.social @markstahl.bsky.social

When bribes are paid in Trump coin, you'll never know they're there.

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Kristin 🦋 @holland429.bsky.social

Buy his meme coins

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Cold Feet @cold-feet.bsky.social

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Inactive Participant @inactiveparti.bsky.social

Crypto leaves less evidence

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Mo Brock @mobrock.bsky.social

Or buy his fake money.

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Bill Crawford @bill-crawford.bsky.social

You need to buy a fleet of Teslas. Got to give Daddy X his pound of flesh.

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Howard Hudson @hwrdhdsn.bsky.social

Or the always popular, “lose a big bag of cash in the bathroom at Maralago” option.

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O-Ren Ishii aka Blue Sword 🥷🇺🇦 @thecrazy88.bsky.social

They’ll need to purchase more Trump cryptocurrency…

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social

Yup, it's a shakedown

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Retired old guy, NYS resident. @rob772.bsky.social

Or pay to play on a very large stage

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Raphael Savir @rsavir.bsky.social

Or "sell me prime real estate in your country so I can build another resort."

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David Martin @davidleemartin.bsky.social

Been saying since day one of his tariffs, wait for the bribes. It’s ALWAYS about the bribes.

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jacquiweeks.bsky.social @jacquiweeks.bsky.social

Trump Tower Gaza

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EnterPissedOffVet @songtansally.bsky.social

Or that they comply with following the bandwagon on DEI dismantling

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Karen says... @karengautney.bsky.social

Buy a building for twice what it's worth. Contribute 1.5 million to his PAC. Buy 10 cases of Trump turd filled pendants for $499 per piece. There are hundreds of ways he can profit, not a single one of which will benefit you or me.

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Bob Knows Northern Virginia @birthdaybob.bsky.social

You know it

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mrg / greg v goebel / NAFO @gvgoebel.bsky.social

OH yeah. Companies get to come to M-a-L bearing gifts.

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Nacho Libre 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺 @thedaddoo.bsky.social

Absolutely. It’s a shakedown for personal grift. #OrganizedCrime

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Curtis @boomerboy60.bsky.social

Yeah everything is transactional with Don-the-Con, and only if it benefits him and his billionaire friends. Like last time, we taxpayers will be forced to bail out his business friends and farmers because of his recklessly imposed tariffs!

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darthstar.bsky.social @darthstar.bsky.social

He also accepts cash.

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Tim Abel, PhD @tabel13619.bsky.social

Or buy some Trumpcoin.

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Amused muse 🦋 @devikk.bsky.social

The combination of extortion and Griffs, these people will string together in their dealmaking, will likely never see the light of day. Rest assured these mob bosses are structuring deals that the American people will pay for with our hard earned money.

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Avonna Loves Genres @agkersh123.bsky.social

💯💯💯

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saturdayknight49.bsky.social @saturdayknight49.bsky.social

We're not... If there is a way for this felon grifter to make a $ he will Been this way his whole life. Except now the world is his oyster. Felon47 hit the mother load of grifting inside the WH Evil turd #resist #fight #stopfelon47 #boycott #standup #useyourVoice #fightfascism #deportElon

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social

IGzactly this.

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Joyce M @jkmoore.bsky.social

Of course, that’s the DJT method of business extortion.

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social

UK PM earlier this year announced 2 concessions to Trump: 1. Twitter and Facebook won’t be taxed in UK. 2. Law regulating social media will be postponed. So, Trump / GOP are using tariff threats to benefit their donors, not Americans. We’re now an oligarchy.

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adrenalinearch.bsky.social @adrenalinearch.bsky.social

Why those two?

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Friendly Fire @friendlyfired.bsky.social

Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk at Trump inauguration.
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BornInDaEB 🟦🟧 @bornindaeb.bsky.social

🎯

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lockport.bsky.social @lockport.bsky.social

He’s looking for more kickbacks for himself personally. The Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves!

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rcinnc1 @rcinnc1.bsky.social

Added incentive ... didn't he do that already?

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kaykatz @kaykatz.bsky.social

yep

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New York State of Mind @patrickkevin.bsky.social

Exactly.

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Sue Thompson Dukeman @nasus825.bsky.social

Or buy my crypto

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DonJonVonavich @modonjon.bsky.social

More like buy Trump crypto.

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ronnieb47.bsky.social @ronnieb47.bsky.social

Or just money.

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byrnejed.bsky.social @byrnejed.bsky.social

Or $$$ to this or that specific person company group. It’s time to check Ivanka’s companies.

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⚡️Mother Nature⚡️ @salloyd.bsky.social

bingo

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you kept making all the stops? @bluefrommagioh.bsky.social

goes without saying, in this era of TRANSactional presidency.

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Vichy Dems ⚛️ 🇺🇸 @kushnerpandemic.bsky.social

It’s just PAYOLA. It’s not complicated. 🤡

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SophieLeon 🇨🇦 @sophieleon.bsky.social

Or hand over a big wad of ca$h that he can just keep for himself.

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Marshmellow's dad @typhoon-64.bsky.social

Or buy his crypto

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Dr. East @dreastish.bsky.social

I’m just assuming it.

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A @meada.bsky.social

... At ridiculous, exorbitant rates and paid entirely upfront.

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Ellik @ellik.bsky.social

After those $million donations to the Inaugeral Committee, it’s pretty obvious.

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Amateur Renaissance Man @amrenaissanceman.bsky.social

or send more pork to his "campaign PAC," i.e. his wallet."

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Jacob J Jacobson @jake-66.bsky.social

Duh. It’s all a personal shakedown. Anyone who thinks Trump gives a single shit about improving anything beyond himself personally is stupid beyond repair. He would charge his grandchild for water if the kid was on fire. And I’m not joking.

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Dank @dkildey.bsky.social

Absolutely- gangster shakedown all the way.

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ForFookSake👊🇺🇸🔥 @forfooksake.bsky.social

American farmers don’t produce pork. The largest pork supplier in the world is Smithfield Farms They were bought by China and ship a majority of their pork to….. China and other parts of the world.

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ForFookSake👊🇺🇸🔥 @forfooksake.bsky.social

In 2013, WH Group, a Chinese firm, acquired Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, for $4.7 billion, making it the largest Chinese acquisition of an American company at the time. readthereporter.com/china-contro...

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Strange MacGuffin @strangemacguffin.bsky.social

Trump probably thinks he’s some kind of Al Capone in office, but he’s just a sleazy creep like that inn keeper from Les Miserables

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Alex G 💄🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇦🇪🇺 @alexfate.bsky.social

Pay tribute to the King, that was his plan since 2016

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carepelto.bsky.social @carepelto.bsky.social

Or buy my Crypto currency….

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kreno860.bsky.social @kreno860.bsky.social

Or buy his bitcoin.

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Fight for right @bluewind55.bsky.social

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!

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Robin Woodie Hirsch 🪺 @robinhirsch.bsky.social

And buy my bitcoin

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₿Itcoin ₿ro @bitcoinbro.bsky.social

It’s not his bitcoin, it belongs to all of us. It’s been going along nicely for 16 years.

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neb100.bsky.social @neb100.bsky.social

He's a felon but we still voted for him.

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Daft Phully @daftphully.bsky.social

just like a mafia don....

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The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi @teemarc.bsky.social

Doi.

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ogdennutgoneflake @riverroadband.bsky.social

Trump wants cold hard currency wired to his personal bank accounts.

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Mrs.Pop or Judith @mrspop.bsky.social

At this point it would t surprise me if he just says five million times stable to me!!

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Rainbow Trucknutz @rev-d00d.bsky.social

Transparency....not

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Jen @picardi.bsky.social

I would be more shocked if he was telling them to buy american products, esp with his gear all made in china

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kangaroosgalore.bsky.social @kangaroosgalore.bsky.social

Other countries, with different legal systems and different means might find a cheaper way to bring relief.

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TheMadStatist @themadstatist.com

They certainly won't be to help the people in this country he's fucking over.

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Cats Are Better Than Men Because @catsbetterthanmen.bsky.social

Right on the nose!

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REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS ENABLE TRUMP AMERICAN CARNAGE! @jrfree.bsky.social

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Hank Tough, Lord of Sandwhich @lordsandwhich.bsky.social

"you need to take these migrants,jail them, & refuse to give them back even when we 'ask'".

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Duane 'Dewey' Larkin @deweyordeweynot.bsky.social

Overheard, Mrs. B

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earnestg.bsky.social @earnestg.bsky.social

...another 'floor'...

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ꈤꀎꈤꉓꀤꂦ ꌃꀤ꓄ꀤꌗ 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @nunciobitis.bsky.social

Exactly right

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john roberts haters society @ramsahead.bsky.social

would've been nice if the Democrats had made any noise about emoluments during his first term

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JM @azjpm.bsky.social

Or pay him directly like the Saudi's do

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Rose Hartigan 🫘 @rose-hartigan.bsky.social

💯 All the ‘under the table’ deals is what this about. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about our country.

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Screamin' into Da Void Petraitis @petraitis.org

My sense too, the reason to make trade 1 on 1 rather than by treaty is to extract a vig.

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True Blue @seakevgo.bsky.social

Of course... Trump first, America last.

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hickpop.bsky.social @hickpop.bsky.social

No, bitcoin is easier for bribing.

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DasCulprit @dasculprit.bsky.social

Was anyone ever in doubt of this?

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Big Jim @photomanva.bsky.social

You were a spot on about that. He’s a self-centered person. Who’s only there for his own interest even as president he doesn’t give a damn about the country or the residents

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MsM74 @msm74.bsky.social

Permission to build hotels and golf courses!

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Emily Norton @emnorton.bsky.social

Direct invisible payments to his crypto would probably work too

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That Snarky Autistic Chick @ladysnark.bsky.social

No doubt the concessions he’ll demand will enrich himself, not America.

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Executive Director of the Existential @inspectorhoots.bsky.social

That’s a given.

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mwalker5678.bsky.social @mwalker5678.bsky.social

Exactly. The tariffs debacle is a grift. Think cryptocurrency.

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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social

The latitude for grifting in this dynamic are massive

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Arsenault @ea75.bsky.social

👍Love your posts! Always right on!

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cantthinkrightnow.bsky.social @cantthinkrightnow.bsky.social

Truth be told, food in the US sucks. Awful quality, full of pesticides and others banned in Europe. Expensive too. And tasteless. For the first time I saw supermarkets that don’t sell fresh produce….

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A Ghost In the Shell @shellgeist.bsky.social

Don’t be surprised? I’ll be surprised if it’s anything else.

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raittafan.bsky.social @raittafan.bsky.social

Or donate to the Trump “library”.

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lartigue@bsky.social 🇨🇦 @lartigue.bsky.social

I’ve been saying this for years! All this theatre is to quickly enrich himself and establish a bagman-type government. The tariffs are only an excuse to reach every country on earth. Very Putinesque!

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MamaBlueNotAuntLidia @mamablue305.bsky.social

Those of us not infected with MAGA brain will not be surprised.

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kelliemead.bsky.social @kelliemead.bsky.social

He is going to have them buy his bitcoin. He keeps saying we are going to get paid so much money from these countries… “ We “ aren’t going to see any of it .

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Madmode0900 @madmode0900.bsky.social

of course!

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miracleday.bsky.social @miracleday.bsky.social

And any "concessions" are just to buy time while they line up other, more reliable, trade partners. The US is effed, bc trump wants to line his pockets.

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Skipbonne @bradrayburry.bsky.social

His tarrifs are all based on lies so if they agree to keep doing things they way they are now Trump can claim victory just by not lying anymore.

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shytiger6 (Matthew Paige) @shytiger6.bsky.social

There's a rumor that Trump dumped his own stock holdings the day before he enacted the tariffs. It may all just be a play to make himself richer.

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cjs305.bsky.social @cjs305.bsky.social

No, this is blatant - straight to his personal bank account(s).

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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social

Active Measures. Documentary. Tubi. FREE. tubitv.com/movies/10001...

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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social

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barfae.bsky.social @barfae.bsky.social

I'm hoping that these countries will not negotiate with Trump. It only empowers him to continue this dangerous twisted behavior.

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Just-Me @just-me.bsky.social

Me, too

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JoGo @akjakalope.bsky.social

Heyyyyy, you’ve seen this movie before.

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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social

He's actually now named the price, Countries with a negative balance of payments with US will have to 'pay the difference' so I suspect the number of golf tournaments being sponsored will go sky high (lot cheaper).

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KeepItReal @keepitreal24.bsky.social

or they can just pay his going rates

Wired article saying People are paying millions to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
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Sweetiesue1111 @sweetiesue1111.bsky.social

Exactly. Just like Trump's $5 Million "gold card"... the money goes directly into his pocket.

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𝐿𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒞𝑜𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝐿𝑒𝓈𝓁𝒾𝑒 ⚾️ @bayareafan19.bsky.social

🎯

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Shamus Brown @shamusbrown1.bsky.social

If 🇨🇦’s election goes as predicted, our guy will politely tell him to pound sand and there are millions of us who will cheer.

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krittrkuddlr.bsky.social @krittrkuddlr.bsky.social

We'll be cheering too.

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Shamus Brown @shamusbrown1.bsky.social

❤️👊

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beau32.bsky.social @beau32.bsky.social

Or maybe his crypto

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Yippy Lib @azlori.bsky.social

Always look for the scam in this administration. That’s what happens when you make up an administration of grifters and criminals.

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sasjaastad.bsky.social @sasjaastad.bsky.social

Absolutely.

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Ka Luahine @makani-noho.bsky.social

Bazinga. Also crypto payments.

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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social

Well of course! It was always about the grift.

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Split the Cat @splitthecat.bsky.social

Dunning-Kruger needs to be updated to Dunning-Kruger-Trump. next level

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Patrick @patrick860.bsky.social

THIS. A million times this.

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Kolshack @redsun76.bsky.social

Exactly. And jerking the market up and down is for all his buds needing fast cash...win win

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Arizona Prickly Pear🇺🇸🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🇮🇹💙💙💙 @krisjmarino.bsky.social

He is trying to implement mercantilism. The rest of the world must reject it.

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dyendrek.bsky.social @dyendrek.bsky.social

That is exactly what he’s gonna do. It’s a mob shakedown … With no oversight from the inspector generals office trump will take everything that isn’t nailed down.

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Jukesgrrl @jukesgrrl.bsky.social

Yes, indeed, I guess it would be too declassee for him to demand cash. Although I've heard he does accept bitcoin.

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Esso @esitrot.bsky.social

That's literally ALL it is. Addition by extraction. He straps a bomb to your body with duct tape and then tells you to give him all your money or it goes boom.

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ANTONIA @stellarosa23.bsky.social

And “deposit your offering in my meme coin account.”

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raywalden.bsky.social @raywalden.bsky.social

No way will the deals be fully transparent, so we'll never know.

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Greg Radwanskï 🇨🇦 @gregradwanski.bsky.social

Buy Trump crypto, shoes or stakes in his media corp.

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AJ @k9rescue.bsky.social

Didn't he make an EO that says it's now OK to get "gifts" from foreign governments?

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kellycunningham.bsky.social @kellycunningham.bsky.social

Bingo

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aquart1.bsky.social @aquart1.bsky.social

He is that small.

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PlantDoctorMD @cowl.bsky.social

Or buy my stupid Trump bucks… err I mean Trump gold cards for $5 mil each- only sold by the Trump Organization in packs of 100. Payment should be made to DJT (of course)

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hero321.bsky.social @hero321.bsky.social

Or ensure him a noble prize . Smh

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CrazyCatDaddy @eberhardt1.bsky.social

He can eat a curb

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Ms Chibi Maruko 🦋🌸💮🧮🎎🎑🍙🍘🍡🍢 @dogtown1981.bsky.social

Heard that the Trump Organization has plans to build golf courses and hotels in Vietnam. 💰💰💰💰💰 🤡➡️🎪

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Debs @debbjay.bsky.social

Or ‘you need to have more free speech,’ and ‘you need to pardon far right Marine le Pen,’ or ‘sack leftie London mayor, Sadiq Khan,’ etc etc. He wants James Bond villain style absolute power over the whole world.

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shannon0922.bsky.social @shannon0922.bsky.social

That wouldn't even be satire. I'd be curious how many people 'lease' the same floor at Trump Tower.

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barbieb @barbarabolstad.bsky.social

Yes it will be all about Trump!

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Susan Hendrick, Esq. @susanhendrick.bsky.social

The year concessions are extortion. He wants other countries to pay him. He wants their money. Mob bosses run these kinds of racket. You can’t negotiate with them. You have to stand up and fight them. Appeasement never works with fascists or wanna be mobsters.

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monicapelger.bsky.social @monicapelger.bsky.social

We have more pork than needed already and we don’t want chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef. We don’t want to rent anything from the orange twit either. Actually I can’t think of anything American-made I need desperately.

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Stevie Ro @strosenberg.bsky.social

And/or “you need to help me bury everyone who has ever spoken ill of me.”

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moviefanforever.bsky.social @moviefanforever.bsky.social

Exactly. “You need to take these prisoners that I’m sending you they are all people I’ve deemed the enemy within”

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Roland Gerritsen van der Hoop @rgh1205.bsky.social

My point exactly. Dictators love tariffs as an easy way to grift personally.

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MillennialMike @mikemillennial.bsky.social

Plus benefits to those in his inner circle, exchanged for their continued support as well.

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Scott Wells @scottwellskc.bsky.social

Actually I'd be surprised if the concessions did NOT benefit Trump or if they actually helped farmers or actually helped anyone that is not worth billions.

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BellaR @bellarossa.bsky.social

Everything he does is always about him. His "expertise" lies in grifting and lying.

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Kelleen (GreenKelleen) @greenkelleen.bsky.social

He did just say in his Air Force One interview this weekend that to get him to reduce his tariffs, the EU needed not only to "fix" their "unfair trade practices" in regard to US, but ALSO would need to "pay back" the US for how they "unfairly treated the US" in the past. I'm guessing same everywhere

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Allison Moon 🌙 🍁 @shewandersferal.bsky.social

They are LAYING OUT MASSIVE HINTS at what they want: youtu.be/JOnaV5CZfjg?...

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Allison Moon 🌙 🍁 @shewandersferal.bsky.social

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT THIS & nobody paid any attention nobody listens to me… It blows my mind crypto.com/price/offici...

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PCUnited @pcunited.bsky.social

He'll have to move quickly, many in conservative DC circles are saying the tariffs are damaging people from across the political spectrum -- making it exceedingly difficult to defend. A conservative Florida voter: "We didn't vote for losing our retirement or our life savings."

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PersianX6 @persianx6.bsky.social

…yes that Florida voter did. Yes they did.

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PCUnited @pcunited.bsky.social

Apparently.

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Ivana Newgrave @ivananewgrave.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... MAGA Senator, father of 4, arrested for soliciting a minor for purposes of sex, arrested same day he introduced a bill calling for,“Trump derangement syndrome” to be classified as mental illness. Party of Epstein.

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cal-zub1.bsky.social @cal-zub1.bsky.social

Exactly!!! He always has his hand out!

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Dre Is Back @dreisback.bsky.social

Guess we now know how he's going to finance his real estate deal to level Gaza. Just keep an eye out for those who cave on reciprocal tarrifs and make a contribution for the cause.

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WilliamHaugh @williamhaugh.bsky.social

🎯🎯🎯 www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

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lechocoholic.bsky.social @lechocoholic.bsky.social

I'd be more surprised if he didn't. I bet there's even a sliding scale for Trump-branded crypto purchases to "adjust" tariff rates.

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patek-svendsen.bsky.social @patek-svendsen.bsky.social

However, chances are excellent that they will get the math wrong. A high school freshman algebra class can help them with factoring equations.

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Freehawk @freehawk.bsky.social

🎯

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Lauren Shea @laurenshea.bsky.social

OMG! This!

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shogt40.bsky.social @shogt40.bsky.social

I agree. I think the plan is to tank this countrys value so he and his sister Elana must can just buy it and fire us all !

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PROUD 🇨🇦 @fubar1960.bsky.social

That sounds about right

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Mary Jo Lawson @mjolaws.bsky.social

Anything to enrich himself and his family.

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Tim in VT @cmit11.bsky.social

I thought these were permanent and would make us rich again. So confusing.

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Dana @danad88.bsky.social

That seems most likely since it's never about the American People, it's always about what can the world and all it's inhabitants do for him.

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Wilson @xwilson1245.bsky.social

What the EU doesn’t understand is that without all of the growth hormones given to pigs , we wouldn’t have enough pork to sell them . 🤣🤣🤣

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