385 points

Translation: “give me enough money and I’ll promote whatever you want.”

Most presidents at least pretended they couldn’t be bought.

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He on the other hand is haggling openly and then brags about it.

And his moron followers are proud of him 🙄

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54 points

He’s going to “drain the swamp” and replace it with an auction house.

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26 points

I thought he was draining the swamp so he could sell swamp water?

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Turns out “playing 4D chess” is just MAGA politikese for “broadcasting our corruption loudly and assuming enough people are also either too corrupt, ignorant, or disaffected to do anything about it.”

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73 points

Did someone say frijoles?

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And I haven’t bought Goya since.

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Wow, I didn’t realize this actually happened, til now I’d honestly thought it was some sort of shit post. This is the strangest timeline

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10 points

Ah yes. Thanks for the reminder of those times, which COVID had distracted me from.

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I can’t decide whether this pic or the photo of George W. Bush literally holding hands with the king of Saudi Arabia is worse. I mean, at least Goya doesn’t have people cut up with bone saws and they definitely had nothing to do with 9/11.

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I like to substitute Trump’s middle initial with a G instead of a J.

Donathan Goya Trump

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Nah. Imo, this is him telling oil company that they need to step up and fully fund his requests for money “or else”. Didn’t he recently ask the oil industry for an insane amount of money at the beginning of his campaign or something?

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That’s not really contradicting what I’m saying.

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No, you’re right. But I think this is specifically a message to the oil industry.

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21 points

Little quid, little pro, lots of quo.

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The best quo. Lots of smart people are saying it’s the best quo. The quid? Not so good. But the quo is good.

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Bought and paid for politician Trump is.

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Except he doesn’t sell himself to the highest buidder, he’ll sell out to any and all of them at the same time.

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“I can only suck one dick at a time, but I also have two (normal-sized) hands.”

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Dude’s made a living selling his stupid face every opportunity he can to get attention, why would he let a little thing like presidential integrity get in the way? It certainly didn’t when he was actually president!

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“Some fok’ll never tip their hand, but then again some fok’ll. Like Donald the Slack-jawed Yokel.”

Trump: “It wasn’t my fault, he had a LOT
of money.”

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5 points

No translation needed, since he is saying it outright.

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4 points

Fr wtf, the shamelessness adds insult to injury.

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I thought you were supposed to not admit to the bribe.

The argument has always been, “No, we just give to candidates who support our cause.” Of course everyone knows that’s BS, because the support always follows the cash. But then here comes this dumbass and just- up and admits to corruption.

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It’s OK, the Supreme Court has confirmed that bribes are totally legal now.

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17 points

Gratuities

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7 points

20% is customary

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Incredible way to openly admit that your policy agenda is for sale to the highest bidder.

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How the US does not read this as: “I was bribed by the CEO of < company > to enact policies that benefit them” is beyond me.

Be better America.

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A large swath of the US are people with a single braincell bouncing around their skull like a DVD logo.

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10 points

But does it touch the corner?

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by design

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2 points

Because education is the devil’s work!

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The average American having a reading level of 8th grade level has a lot to do with it…

link

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11 points

"I love the poorly educated "

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13 points

“The battery car guy gave me more money than the gas car guys. I have no choice!”

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12 points

It’s not even just the money.

Musk controls the direction of Twitter propaganda.

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I think it’s the 45 million dollars per month.

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Great point!

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121 points

The same Elon Musk that permanently deleted this image off the internet forever?

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Eeeeh heeee yooooow

Billie Jean is not my looover

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