600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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    Can’t feel bad for people who got conned by a con man and now are suckers and losers for getting scammed.

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    You mean to tell me the con man scammed them out of their money? Shocking. /s

    Seriously it would be more surprising if they did come out.

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    Sounds like a perfect time to introduce the all new Trump Phone 2.

    If only I wasnt so lazy, and had all these pesky morals.

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    For nearly 600,000 Americans who trusted a brand built on the Trump name, the gold phone has become the latest entry in a long record of ventures that took their money and delivered nothing.

    They wanted a Trump experience and they got one. Could argue they got what they paid for.

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      I know that you meant this as 100% sarcasm, but this is going to be the real answer.

      It’s going to be Biden, possibly Clinton, Samsung, and possibly whoever else has slighted or failed to bribe him who are at fault. And these dumb, hateful mother fuckers are going to accept it and keep worshiping Trump.

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    Some days I wish I could just put my morals/ethics aside. One good grift and I could be rolling in MAGA money till the day I die.

    It’s unfortunate I’m unwilling to compromise myself and forgo peaceful sleep for the rest of my life.

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      Right!? I’ve had that same thought for decades. I COULD do the Republican Grift thing and get donations or take prepayment for some random item, but stupid me went and grew a brain and empathy and now I don’t want to harm people or take advantage of them for selfish gains. Yay for that I guess.

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        I don’t have those problems, I just never seem to be the first to come up with the idea. Like the guy who did the ‘build the wall’ scam. Gotta respect that.

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      They are the same people supporting discrimination, bans on abortion and the kidnapping of migrants in the usa. I would argue it’s not immoral to scam them, but I could be wrong

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      No, they’ll never go bastille. They’ll blame obama no matter what. Look up the book “Dying of Whiteness”. It’s a compilation of stories of people who literally died because they refused obamacare and on their death bed were proud of it and never regretted once voting against policies that would have saved their lives.

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    What do you mean it was all a scam? Trump is a god fearing Christian! Surely it is the fault of the next non-republican president from the future!

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      “If you’re doing business with a religious son of a bitch, Get. It. In. Writing. His word isn’t worth shit, not with the Good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal.” -William S. Burroughs, Words of Advice for Young People.

      FWIW trump isn’t really religious, of course.

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    That’s okay, vote for him again. He’s going to give you everything you’re owed in his third term.

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    This was nothing but a 60,000,000 dollars loan at 0% interest rate to probably invest in AI and then only return the 100 dollars to those who requested it. Nicely played 🤣