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Monday, September 01, 2025

The Art of The Deal has come to government. President Trump wants a piece of the action on transactions needing government approval or funding. He wants equity stakes in an ever-increasing number of America's major corporations, giving him a say in what those corporations invest in, from whom they buy, to whom they sell, whom they fire and much more. The free-market capitalism that saw this nation prosper like no other is no more. The confessedly corrupt early 20th-century politician George Washington Plunkitt famously said, "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." Trump "seen" his.

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Hitler got one phennig everytime someone used a postage stamp.

He became a Millionaire,on this alone.

Trump's gonna find a way to get him some of That.

The modern iteration of this will be on Corporations.

Pay to close deals, Pay to get environmental approval for projects, Pay for "special incentives", AKA Corruption.

#1 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-09-01 03:34 PM | Reply

DEAD PEDO
DEAD PUTIN
DEAD BIBI
WORLD CHEERS

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-01 03:57 PM | Reply

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