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highplainsdem

(62,774 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:37 PM Apr 17

Robert Maguire of CREW just nailed Trump on Bluesky: Trump is less a president and more a president-shaped hole sucking

up anything that looks like money


The only president or major party candidate in half a century not to disclose his tax returns—who fought for years, at taxpayer expense, to keep them private, and lost—now wants the IRS to MORE THAN DOUBLE HIS NET WORTH at taxpayer expense as a part of the systematic pillaging he calls a presidency.

Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:49:37.777Z



Trump is less a president and more a president-shaped hole sucking up anything that looks like money

Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:51:09.407Z



Some background on Maguire here: https://dxfest.com/speakers/robert-maguire/
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Robert Maguire of CREW just nailed Trump on Bluesky: Trump is less a president and more a president-shaped hole sucking (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 17 OP
What a great definition. efhmc Apr 17 #1
Indeed! yellow dahlia Apr 17 #3
And we are forced to watch this enormous heist play out in front of us. yellow dahlia Apr 17 #2
Biggest heist in US history. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #4
Possibly World. ColoringFool Apr 17 #16
His goal is to be a trillionaire. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #17
BEING PRESIDENT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT GETTING MORE MONEY! pansypoo53219 Apr 17 #5
and staying out of jail MadameButterfly Apr 17 #12
K&R 2naSalit Apr 17 #6
That great -- similarly, I pictured a huge funnel with money pouring into djt's allegorical oracle Apr 17 #7
for $10B somebody must publish those tax returns! rurallib Apr 17 #8
This was one of my fears for him getting the presidency nuxvomica Apr 17 #9
One could also say he is a cancer on our goverment and society at large. The word "poison" also comes to mind. Fil1957 Apr 17 #10
Trump Robs Fort Knox 2na fisherman Apr 17 #11
There is some homegirl Apr 17 #13
No. It's just scorched earth. MadameButterfly Apr 17 #15
Where does he get a number like that? MadameButterfly Apr 17 #14
It will get bigger, just wait Diraven Apr 17 #18
He will try, but really, won't there be enough Republicans in congress MadameButterfly Apr 17 #21
If the government CAN'T SUE him, why is he allowed to SUE THE GOVERNMENT? FakeNoose Apr 17 #19
kick highplainsdem Apr 17 #20

yellow dahlia

(6,334 posts)
2. And we are forced to watch this enormous heist play out in front of us.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:44 PM
Apr 17

The RepugliCONS in Congress have betrayed their oath, and the citizens of this country. They are driving the getaway car.

Irish_Dem

(81,989 posts)
4. Biggest heist in US history.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:45 PM
Apr 17

And it is still in progress.

Trump will take the US down to the studs.

allegorical oracle

(6,518 posts)
7. That great -- similarly, I pictured a huge funnel with money pouring into djt's
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:18 PM
Apr 17

gaping mouth hole. He has to be the biggest grifter in U. S, history -- especially as he roll-plays at POTUS.

nuxvomica

(14,160 posts)
9. This was one of my fears for him getting the presidency
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:30 PM
Apr 17

With the Supreme Court handing him carte-blanche immunity, I was sure he would just sign over the treasury to his own accounts the day after he was inaugurated, like a kid in a candy store. He didn't quite do that but almost.

Fil1957

(788 posts)
10. One could also say he is a cancer on our goverment and society at large. The word "poison" also comes to mind.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:38 PM
Apr 17

2na fisherman

(347 posts)
11. Trump Robs Fort Knox
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:03 PM
Apr 17

With about 147 million ounces of gold stored there, what's to stop Trump from removing some or all of it under an executive order to relocate it to the basement bathroom at Mara Lago, then to a secret offshore vault in the Cayman Islands? His Treasury lackey, Scott Bessent, would say yes sir. Trump loves gold and would like to see himself as a real life Goldfinger. And such a heist would make him the richest man in the world.

homegirl

(1,980 posts)
13. There is some
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:10 PM
Apr 17

small comfort in knowing that even 10 times TEN BILLION can't buy him health, happiness or respect!

MadameButterfly

(4,124 posts)
14. Where does he get a number like that?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:10 PM
Apr 17

Besides the ridiculousness of the whole suit, he comes of with numbers so out of touch with reality that I wonder why anyone is negotiating or even contemplating this suit.

Dems are trying to pass a law that doesn't allow a president to sue the government. Can it happen fast enough? Are Republicans going to block that? Why aren't voters (from both parties) chasing anyone against this law out of town with a bucket of tar and feathers?

Diraven

(1,935 posts)
18. It will get bigger, just wait
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:37 PM
Apr 17

If he gets away with this look for it to become a regular event for Trump to keep thinking of new lawsuits, as well as for every greedy crook in this administration to get a piece of the action. Hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars will disappear from the Treasury before we're rid of these criminals.

MadameButterfly

(4,124 posts)
21. He will try, but really, won't there be enough Republicans in congress
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:32 PM
Apr 17

at some point who have a little fiscal conservatism and are watching all their efforts become irrelevant? I know this isn't the first thing Trump has done to squander the taxpayers' money, but the direct transfer of money into his wallet has got to bother even the warmongers and the anit-immigration racists.

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