Every time you think things in Trump world can’t get any stranger – they do! Apparently, Trump is hawking Bibles at $60 a pop, presumably to help defray his legal costs. Yes, you read that correctly, Trump is selling Bibles. This is the same man who will go on trial April 15th for making hush money payments to porn star, Stormy Daniels. This is a man who never goes to church except for a photo op. This is a man who swears a blue streak and who would win an Olympic gold medal for lying. And now he is selling Bibles. If there is a god, she must be laughing her ass off!
I wonder what is next. Will we soon see Trump on the Home Shopping Network or QVC, touting a deal where if you ‘Act Now’ you can get a Trump Bible AND a pair of gold tennis shoes. We can all be thankful the FBI raided Mar-A-Lago and picked up what we hope is the entire treasure trove of classified documents Trump had or, its not much of a stretch, given his current financial difficulties, to imagine Trump selling those documents to various ‘interested’ parties on Ebay or in the parking lot of Mar-A-Lago!
At the same time, Trump’s social media company has gone public trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol DJT. Most investment professionals agree that the valuation of the company defies logic. That said, I started thinking that if there are individuals or governments that want to indirectly funnel money to Trump, perhaps this would provide such a vehicle. The more they prop up the share price, the more money that Trump will ultimately be able to cash out once the restrictions on his trading window are lifted. If I were the FBI or the SEC, I would be extremely interested in who is investing in and holding shares in this company given its unrealistic valuation based upon revenues and profitability. Not that Trump, the Grifter in Chief, would ever do anything illegal!
Notwithstanding interference as described above, and given Trump’s long history of business failures, if anyone ever asked me about this investment, my suggestion would be to wait a while and then short the hell out of this stock as it will just be a matter of time before it tanks. Investment bankers who put this deal together will make a lot of money. Savvy investors will ride this offering up and make money because they will bail out early. Trump will make money cashing out as soon as he can. But my guess is that members of Trump’s faithful base who have been sucked into this questionable investment will ultimately lose their hard-earned money the same way they throw their money away by donating to help Trump pay his legal bills. Not that Trump really cares about these people.
Lastly, Ronna McDaniel, the former head of the RNC who was recently forced out by Trump, has learned the hard way just how toxic an association with Trump can be once you fall out of Trump’s orbit. She, like so many people who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election and propagate his lies, found herself under the bus and unemployable. NBC initially hired her but after a major rebellion by many of the NBC news team, they backed off and kicked her to the curb.
We have seen this so many times. Someone orbits Trump, does his bidding, and helps to propagate his lies and then, suddenly, they lose favor and like a wayward satellite falling out of orbit, they plummet back to earth and usually burn up on re-entry. Such is life in Trump world. I wonder if Trump gave her a Bible and a pair of golden sneakers as a parting gift. Looks like she might need a little divine help finding her next job!
