{"id":54362,"date":"2022-08-23T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54362"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:59:46","slug":"trump-rips-off-his-gullible-cult-followers-spends-650k-of-their-money-on-portraits-of-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54362","title":{"rendered":"Trump Rips Off His Gullible Cult Followers, Spends $650K of Their Money on Portraits of Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest grifter who has ever occupied the White House has been exposed for yet another theft from his own loyal but gullible supporters. Donald Trump appears to have no shame whatsoever when it comes to fleecing his glassy-eyed flock. And his devoted disciples don&#8217;t seem to care much either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump Rips Off His Gullible Cult Followers, Spends $650K of Their Money on Portraits of Himself%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54362\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-cash-pile.jpg\" alt=\"Trump Baby on Cash Pile\" width=\"550\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43034\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s deceitfully named <em>&#8220;Save America&#8221;<\/em> PAC recently <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/22\/politics\/trump-donors-underwrite-portraits\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paid $650,000 to the Smithsonian Institution<\/a><\/strong> to fund portraits of himself and Melania for the National Portrait Gallery. The presidential portraits curated by the Smithsonian are generally paid for with private donations from individuals and foundations. This appears to be the first time such funding was provided by a former president&#8217;s own Political Action Committee.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this especially contemptible is that Trump pitches the PAC to his cult followers by promising to use the money to elect Trumpy Republicans, to finance futile lawsuits, and to otherwise harass Democrats, mostly by posting rancorous comments on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54111\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his floundering Twitter clone, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>. They should know by now that, not only has Trump never allocated funds to advance his phony MAGA agenda, he has instead used them to enrich and\/or exalt himself. For example&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41342\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump spent millions of his donors\u2019 dollars on his legal bills.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=53277\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump solicited donations for an <em>&#8220;Official Election Defense Fund&#8221;<\/em> that doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48948\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump scammed his supporters into unknowingly making monthly, rather than one-time, donations.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trump has always been consumed with exploiting others to line his own pockets. He did it with his real estate business <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54174\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that is now being investigated for fraud<\/a><\/strong>. He did it with his fake charity and university, that were shut down by the law. He did it with the presidency by making the Secret Service, and even foreign leaders, stay at his hotels. He even <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43033\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tried to host the annual G7 summit at his own Florida golf resort<\/a><\/strong>. And he&#8217;s still at it with his appeals to finance the <em>&#8220;Big Lie&#8221;<\/em> that the 2020 election was <em>&#8220;rigged&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;stolen&#8221;<\/em> from him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s whole life has been a scam. And now he has a small contingent of worshipful suckers who are willing, and even anxious, to be swindled. They aren&#8217;t even dissuaded when evidence is produced of his rampant, pathological dishonesty. And somehow these poor saps still believe that Trump &#8211; a self professed billionaire &#8211; needs their money. As Trump would say&#8230; <em>&#8220;SAD!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:blue;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Twitter suspended the News Corpse account after 11 years without giving a reason. So if anyone wants to tweet <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">articles from my website<\/a><\/strong>, please feel free to do so often and repeatedly.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest grifter who has ever occupied the White House has been exposed for yet another theft from his own loyal but gullible supporters. Donald Trump appears to have no shame whatsoever when it comes to fleecing his glassy-eyed flock. And his devoted disciples don&#8217;t seem to care much either. Click here to Tweet this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1475,1,13],"tags":[67,554],"class_list":["post-54362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-general","category-scandalous","tag-crime","tag-donald-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-cash-pile.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-e8O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57855,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57855","url_meta":{"origin":54362,"position":0},"title":"Fox News is AGHAST that Biden Mock Fundraised Off of Trump&#8217;s Mugshot, Which Trump Did For Real","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/26\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week Donald Trump made another appearance in court to be arrested and booked on his fourth criminal indictment. 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