Of course it was a perverse gambling scheme
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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"It's not gambling and it's not an unregulated securities market. Think of it as a bribe to encourage political insiders to spill their secrets."
Just picture it as whatever it would have to be to be legal and acceptable.
Just figure out where Trump's friends are putting their money on this one and follow it for a payday.
Oooooooh, a payday! I like peanuts!
Is there anything to stop a staffer, or the man himself, from wagering a shit load on polymarket and then tweeting praise to Allah again?
Fun fact: no!
I mean, I’d argue the emoluments clause should apply here, because poly market isn’t limited to Americans, but given that the sources of counter bets are not really public, I can see why it might not. Damn, I guess the ToS of polymarket?
Shame is supposed to do that but some are immune to its effects.
Is there anything to stop a staffer, or the man himself
as it was designed. bilking money from poor fucks with more money than sense.
Trading by those who can influence the outcome — participants may not trade on any contract if they hold a position of authority or influence sufficient to affect the outcome of the underlying event.
So it is illegal - but whether it will stop people from doing it is a separate question.
The Polymarket rules are not laws. "Oops I broke the rules you caught me lol, looks like my crypto wallet's banned now so I'll have to make a new one in 5 seconds"
Wasn't the thing basically owned by a trump kid? Why would they ban themselves?
Why does his face look like one side is drooping... Was this after his WalteReed emergency visit
Bells Palsy, maybe?
Probably another stroke
why do so many people share polymarket links?? Yes we get it you can gamble on anything there. It's shit and should die
I read the context but did not get an answer to why Trump said that.
Is it my reading skills?
It is sarcasm making fun of their religion. Iranians think their faith in Allah will save them, but Trump bombing will demonstrate that Allah will not save them. Demonstrating (according to Trump) that Islam is a fake religion, unlike Christianity.
Thank you. At least I understand it but its a shame that he cant be a better person. What is the point of fighting evil if you are going to be equally evil yourself?
Trump has never cared about fighting evil. The attack on Iran has absolutely nothing to do with it either.
Yeah I know.
What is the point of fighting evil
Traditionally, America has seen itself as standing for goodness, morality, doing the right thing, Democracy, etc.. Most of the voters have, at least.
Trump does not think that. Look at Venezuela: It is open and blatant colonialism, resource extraction. Trump has just come out and said that he doesn't care if the Venezuelan people have freedom and democracy - Trump only cares about profiting from resource extraction. Now maybe America has sometimes acted like this in the past, but Trump openly stating it is new.
This open disregard for doing doing what is morally right is a new thing. Which Trump can do without consequences from Republican voter, apparently - Trump still had ~90% approval among them, last I checked.
So in conclusion, asking "What is the point of fighting evil" is a non sequitur - Trump is not claiming to be the good side fighting evil. Trump represents this as "being strong" (=fascism...). And Republicans are cheering.
As another example, look at Ukraine. Rarely have I seen a more black-and-white, good-vs-evil conflict. A fascist dictator is invading a budding democracy, with the openly stated purpose of annexation, without even pretending to have a casus belli. With Putin openly doing warcrimes left and right, torturing and executing prisoners of war, threatening nukes, and sending his own soldiers on suicide "meat assaults". And yet, Republicans and Trump seems more sympathetic to Putin than Ukraine.
Yeah. You are right about Trump. American presidents used to at least make up lies about why they were invading middle eastern countries. Trump is honest because he doesnt care what anyone thinks.
It did feel better to live in a world where American presidents acted like they were the good guys.
If America, Russia, and China is going to be evil, then Europe is also going evil for sure.
Like, it was not all a lie. E.g. the 1991 Gulf War was perfectly morally defensible, while at the same time being in the US economic interest. But there is no inherent problem with defending your economic interest. And the US deserves unqualified praise for the 1999 Serbia intervention to prevent a genocide in Kosovo.
What the US is doing in Venezuela is (at least Trump thinks so) in the US economic interest. But completely amoral at the same time.
If America, Russia, and China is going to be evil, then Europe is also going evil for sure.
I don't see why Europe would necessarily turn evil.
Because it also has a dark elite, with people wanting power. Its not going to stand alone and fight evil on all fronts. Even if they tried, they would lose.
Europe seems perfectly happy to fight Putin alone, right now. Europe might lose, but Europe still tries to do what is right there.
Yeah sure. But there is some support from USA at this moment, right? They supplied a lot of the weapons to Ukraine. I just meant without that, it may be a different story.
But there is some support from USA at this moment, right?
Limited. There are 1) some sanctions on Russia 2) intelligence support (which Trump has withheld intermittently) and 3) allowing European countries to pay for US weapons to be sent to Ukraine. 4) Maybe I forgot something.
If the US completely stopped supporting Ukraine tomorrow it would be suboptimal, but wouldn't really change the situation fundamentally. If the EU stopped tomorrow, Ukraine would be completely fucked, and Russia would win within 6 months.
At least this shitty timeline is entertaining
This is just a way to give Trump money as he can play this like a fiddle. Same goes for any one person in the bet who has autonomous control over the bet situation. So dumb.