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[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 196 points 1 year ago (9 children)

“Who is the first buyer?” one of the reporters asked.

“Me,” Trump quipped. 

“The second?” the reporter pushed on. 

“I don’t know, but I’m the first buyer. It’ll be out in ... less than two weeks. Pretty exciting, right?” the president asked.

First of all, why would he be the first buyer of an express residency card when he’s already a citizen? Fucking moron.

Second, “it’s happening in two weeks” is Trumpspeak for “it’s literally never going to happen.”

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Yep, this is a distraction from the stock market melt down.

[–] TransSynthesist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As is his proclamation that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and then goes on to ONLY talk about trans kids.

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't give him so much credit. Everything he does is credited as an intentional distraction from whatever it is that he just did.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's pretty tiresome. "This is a distraction!!!!" No, literally everything he does is a horrible mess and he just keeps doing more.

[–] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

That would also mean that he had planned everything in detail to fit together. That's beyond his capacities. The recession was obviously unplanned; he's already struggling to keep the whole thing under control. The complexity of human society is overwhelming him.

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Residual salesman brain.

Trump: I am awesome, I bought this thing, it is awesome, you will be awesome if you buy it too.

It bears no relationship to ... making any kind of sense, because it is literally a hustle, a psychological manipulation tactic.

He is just saying salesman words, meant to encourage buy in.

Has no relation to reality, the truth, making sense, etc.

... But, it works on rubes, dullard marks, cult members, weak willed / low self esteem people with decent reliability.

These are just more Trump University or Trump Steaks to him.

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you're a Russian asset, you sometimes forget to fake being a citizen.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

He's not faking being a citizen. He's faking being self-aware. He barely has a clue wtf he's talking about at any given time. That's all.

[–] don@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why would the president of the United States even need to or care about buying his own residency card?

In case he accidentally revokes it, because he’s a senile fucking moron.

[–] sporkler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

He could wake up tomorrow in a Venezuelan prison form 'accidently' being deported, since he made it so that's a thing now

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[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Has anyone seen his birth certificate‽

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So law and order is just bullshit now right? You buy a gold fucking stupid ass card with dear leader’s picture on it and you get to skip the line? Where is that money going by the way, to Trump or a public fund?

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Country for sale! Buy now!

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And it's a going out of business fire sale.

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[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Why not let Americans sell their citizenship for $5m instead.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's some capitalism I can get behind! Free the citizenship market!

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[–] trogon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think people with 5mil could probably get in a lot cheaper.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

And 5 million today is only half a million in purchasing power two generations ago. And even less three generations ago.

So basically we are talking about middle class as it used to be defined. Problem in the USA is, very few people now have this money; so quite rightly it seems out of reach for many

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[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is our actual present reality, people. Resist the urge to look away, it will still be there.

Holy fuck.

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He'll be a scammer till the day he dies.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

like father like son, and his grandfather.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah yes, pay $5m to live where other people get deported despite their legal status. Only a fucking moron will get one.

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

You're just mad trump discovered an infinite money glitch for government revenues. Sell someone a visa for $5 mil, kick them out for no reason because you can, make them pay another $5 mil to come back, rinse and repeat.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk why dems don't discredit this as "Desperately importing wealthy foreign elites".

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It doesn't work.

The right would celebrate that it was 'triggering teh libs'.

You can't beat someone who is only playing to get a rise out of you.

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[–] cocomutative_diagram@infosec.pub 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“sale of 1,000 Gold Cards this week, raising $5 billion in a single day.”

Good for you, even if the number is true (it is not) and these keep selling (they won't), we just need a year and a half to make back the 2.5 trillion stock market lost overnight; and 6 whole years to make back 11 trillion lost since he took the office.

BTW, I cannot it has only been less than 3 month. Feels like years have passed.

[–] crazyhotpasta@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At this point, you'd have to be badly mentally challenged if you're willing to pay to live in U.S

[–] Holzbesteck@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago

If they are really rich, the US is an amazing place to live and 5m is nothing to them. If one has to save up for that card, it's a shitty deal.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like monopoly money.

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Why would anyone with that much money want to come here permanently, and get the IRS all up in their business? The US is the only large country that taxes its citizens on their worldwide income (edit: regardless of residency status)

Yes, I know Republicans are always interested in reducing taxes on the rich, but right now these hypothetical rich people who want to come here have zero tax liability. All that $5m does is subject them to intrusive questions about where they are making their money every year when they file taxes.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Good news for rich people, this article says they won't be taxed like a citizen

Unlike American citizens, gold card holders will not have to pay taxes to the U.S. government on their overseas income.

Their source is CNBC

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Shit, that is a good deal, then. And probably exceeds Trump's authority in what the can offer, but when has that stopped him before?

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

That probably explains why he wants to buy one despite being a citizen already. I'd guess he thinks it'll mean he wont be taxed on overseas income either. Figuring out whether he's currently paying any, and if so how much is left as an exercise for the interested reader.

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[–] Babalugats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who keeps the $5m per wealthy immigrant? If it's Trump himself, isn't that very very illegal?

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 11 points 1 year ago

The guy sold beans from the oval office, he's selling tesslers and golden shoes. This isn't even close to the weirdest thing he did.

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