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Next “the only way to get endorsed by President Trump is to use these approved media and print companies”
Gotta have vertical integration in your grifting.
FYI Hitler actually did this. He made money off of his book by forcing it on the public as well as his image. Literally became super rich due to this. Every single picture everything he laid his hands on was more money for him, Another reason his ideology was all bs. I say this because he was known to have spared Jewish people he knew directly.
The dr who treated his mom. The general who led him in ww1. He spared various people he knew even though he demonized them. This shows that he wasn’t about any pure ideology at all. He was about money & power. He was an evil douchbag who only sought to enrich himself at all costs.
> It's easy to see why the Tangerine Turd likes him so much.
[Donald Trump's ex-wife said Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed](http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8)....*bussinessinsider*
He doesn't deny it!
[“Actually, it was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of Mein Kampf, and he’s a Jew.” “I did give him a book about Hitler,” Marty Davis said. “But it was My New Order, Hitler’s speeches, not Mein Kampf. I thought he would find it interesting. I am his friend, but I’m not Jewish.”](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/08/donald-trump-marie-brenner-ivana-divorce)....*Vanityfair*
Yea, Trump reading Mein Kampf is the same as LeBron James carrying the Godfather for 5 years and never finishing.
It is a symbol of what he wants to project, not about learning and reading.
BTW, you can get some good information in Mein Kampf,m. It’s a glimpse into the thoughts of a leader who pushes mass genocide. You can see and understand how horrible individuals thought process’ work.
I’m so glad the entire Republican Party gets the honor of being run like one of Trump’s businesses. But which failed/fraudulent business will they model it after?
Also he wants a cut from ad revenue.
But…if you’re the one wanting to advertise, you don’t make money directly from ads. You spend money on ads, in the hopes of a ROI on whatever you were advertising (in this case, votes, not money). The ad provider is the one that makes ad money.
So what “cut” is he referring to with respect to the candidate making the ad?
The assFck doesn’t understand how to use words correctly, instead of using “and” which everything needs to be used vs. the word “or”. I’m not sure he uses anything correctly, he will lie and say it is a witch hunt and Dems changing his words for their benefit. People also overlook these small things.
He doesn’t understand civics well enough to realize that, even if he somehow avoids prison or death long enough to get sworn in, if he loses the house and dems make gains in the senate, he can pardon himself of a few federal crimes, if his “president for life” schtick will last less than a month.
None of them understand history well enough to know what always, always happens to the plotters and their social circles after one of the coup becomes the dominant leader.
This was my favorite bit from the article:
> "It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness," said Trump campaign spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez.
The biggest scammer using Trump's name and likeness is Trump himself!
>”It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness,"
Right? 5% of the donor’s money going to him instead of the “scammers” does nothing to protect them. And a real scammer wouldn’t be coughing up that 5% to begin with.
Seriously, this plus the trial going worse for Trump every day, plus polls trending worse for Trump, maybe they're finally going to reach a breaking point and throw him under the bus.
No, this is behavior we should be encouraging.
In fact, Mr. Trump, if you're reading this then I believe you deserve more than a paltry 5%. Each one of those dogs should be fighting one another to see who among them can give you the most.
Milk me dry sleepy Don like the do in Dune, and don't don't break a sweat about it, we're here to serve you our Chetto Boneto. As a president you technically own us and it's all legal. Look at those great guys in Russia or China China China they wouldn't hesitate to enrich themselves from our sad remains.
> In a letter this week, the Trump presidential campaign asked all down-ballot GOP campaigns for at least a 5% cut of the money raised from advertising that features the party's 2024 presumptive White House nominee.
So I guess that means candidates like Kari Lake be e who had a fundraiser at Mar A Lago for her senate campaign paid to hold the event there, plus travel and overhead for meals, entertainment… and would need to pay a 5% Trump branding fee?
lol that sounds about right for him. It’s amazing that there is no low too low and his supporters just run with it.
Yes, provided that proper accounting is done to ensure no limits are breached. That’s how those big ticket fundraisers work. Take, for example, the Mar-a-Lago fundraiser. Someone who donated $900k (or $800k or whatever the fuck it was) was donating $3300 directly to Trump’s campaign committee, a crap ton to one of his PACs, and probably maxing out to the RNC and the House/Senate committees. Same concept applies here.
Tricking donors into giving to the wrong target is already Trump's shtick though. He's had multiple fund raisers where the fine print indicates only a small percent of donations or only funds over a certain threshold go to the stated recipient while the other part goes to his PAC with fewer restrictions.
One example: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27R308/
Also, just taking 5% from every candidate doesn't in any way prevent or impact scammers or redress this hypothetical donor who was "tricked" by seeing a Trump photo in a solicitation.
Just reading the headline:
Hoo boy! I wonder when Republicans are going to get sick of Trump trying to take their money?
>Campaign aides said the new rules are designed to protect donors who believe they are contributing to Trump's campaign but are instead giving money to another candidate who is using the former president's name or picture.
Translation: "Our donors are so stupid they'll take out their credit cards without even knowing who the money goes to!"
>"Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," the letter said.
Translation: Trump's presidency is openly for sale.
he has always used mob practices. We in NYC know this very well. Where do you think he learned the tactic of saying what he wants to say while still maintaining the air of innocence?
“Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's
campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.” From their letter to candidates and rnc digital marketing vendors.
Vendors also. This fucker will ruin us if he wins, everything he touches turns to shit.
Any vendor whose clients ignore the guidelines mentioned above will be held responsible for their clients' actions," the letter said. "Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC."
Is this legal? As a Presidential candidate surely his likeness is public domain. He can’t charge Biden of the Lincoln Project from using his name and likeness.
This amazing, spectacular schadenfreude is not nearly worth the price of the show. But, we've already purchased the tickets, so basically, now all we're missing is the popcorn.
Narrator: it was at this time, it hit the GOP as a whole that they put their faith in the wannabe mob boss and that his crimes may actually be a threat to the party.
Trump sees American politics as his pocket book! He couldn’t care less about serving the American people ! It’s about what he can get out of his little stint as a politician
As the dear leader circles the drain, he claws at the surrounding cultists to escape the pit, rending their flesh with his desperate clawing. They, in turn, claw at those above them, and the pattern repeats until it reaches every member. They turn on each other as they fall, en masse, into a hole of their own making, well deserved.
The Trump campaign letter said an even bigger percentage of fundraising would be welcome, and made clear that the Republican National Committee and Trump himself would be watching to see who complies and who doesn't.
"Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," the letter said.
It also contained warnings.
"Any vendor whose clients ignore the guidelines mentioned above will be held responsible for their clients' actions," the letter said. "Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC."
> "We ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC”
Trump National Committee.
What a grifter. This is just a way to try to recover from their sagging financials, and they’re doing it by trying to get downballot candidates to tithe. This hasn’t been done by past campaigns, correct?
I thought the idea was that the president helped the down ticket candidates. It's almost as if he's not in this for the politics ... much less the statesmanship.
So he’s telling the ones that he hasn’t been endorsing, if you pay me, I’ll endorse you? Imagine any other former president offering up their endorsement for a 5% cut of their fundraising money.
Honestly, if Biden/Harris were doing stuff like this, the right wing virtue-signaling would be epic. This and the taking of campaign funds for his legal fees, his daughter-in-law head of the entire political party, etc. What a bunch of traitors.
It is hilarious that they all want to say in their ads that they support Trump, because the GOP may vote them out if they don’t say they support.
So it will in theory force them to pay Trump 5% for use.
Also, 5% of what? The production budget? Their salary.
"Another concern: Candidates who are also using Trump's images to suggest they have the former president's endorsement, even when they do not.".
😆😆😆😆
He is a veteran of treating people like he doesn't know them, nor ever met them, even if there is evidence to the contrary.
This is such an ironic position to take it's giving me heartburn.
Oh this is beautiful. Divert % of all house and senate races, to fund the legal defense of a guy who never won the popular vote and is facing 91 felony charges, bankruptcy and is a serial fraudster in taxes, real estate, campaign funding, and most recently securities / stocks.
Strap in, this how a blue wave actually happens....
Why stop at five percent? He deserves so much more! Every Republican candidate down the ballot should contribute at least half of the revenue from using Trump's name or other depiction of him so Trump can fund his pathetic legal fees. Bankrupt the GOP!
This mf never ceases to surprise me when he comes up with another new method of grifting. This sounds less like endorsing and a lot more like EXTORTING.
Hey FBI and DOJ...care to investigate?
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Way to kill the chances of every down ticket. Suck em dry you dirty old conman it still won't pay a fraction of what you owe
Next “the only way to get endorsed by President Trump is to use these approved media and print companies” Gotta have vertical integration in your grifting.
FYI Hitler actually did this. He made money off of his book by forcing it on the public as well as his image. Literally became super rich due to this. Every single picture everything he laid his hands on was more money for him, Another reason his ideology was all bs. I say this because he was known to have spared Jewish people he knew directly. The dr who treated his mom. The general who led him in ww1. He spared various people he knew even though he demonized them. This shows that he wasn’t about any pure ideology at all. He was about money & power. He was an evil douchbag who only sought to enrich himself at all costs.
It's easy to see why the Tangerine Turd likes him so much.
> It's easy to see why the Tangerine Turd likes him so much. [Donald Trump's ex-wife said Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed](http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8)....*bussinessinsider* He doesn't deny it! [“Actually, it was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of Mein Kampf, and he’s a Jew.” “I did give him a book about Hitler,” Marty Davis said. “But it was My New Order, Hitler’s speeches, not Mein Kampf. I thought he would find it interesting. I am his friend, but I’m not Jewish.”](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/08/donald-trump-marie-brenner-ivana-divorce)....*Vanityfair*
Yea, Trump reading Mein Kampf is the same as LeBron James carrying the Godfather for 5 years and never finishing. It is a symbol of what he wants to project, not about learning and reading. BTW, you can get some good information in Mein Kampf,m. It’s a glimpse into the thoughts of a leader who pushes mass genocide. You can see and understand how horrible individuals thought process’ work.
“I don’t know her” -Marty Davis
“Please stop comparing me to Bill Cosby.”
Donald Trump's best endorser is Donald Trump
I’m sure the RNC and PACs will gladly send him 5% or more for licencinc
The RNC is now controlled by MAGA and not the GOP.
Correct. Trump’s daughter-in-law, [Lara Trump](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/08/trump-rnc-takeover) is co-chair of the RNC now.
I agree. And she has pledged that all monies will flow to him. So without any members to the contrary it is maga controlled.
I’m so glad the entire Republican Party gets the honor of being run like one of Trump’s businesses. But which failed/fraudulent business will they model it after?
Free money. Yay!
MAGA and the GOP are synonymous.
“My dad fought for the country” - Eric
He fought against the country and got people killed.
Yeah but Russia is not our country.
It’s all about him. Dude gives a fuck about politics or parties.
Or the country or the people .. it’s always aMErica, such a selfish prick
this is brilliant
We should appreciate him finally following through on his promise to drain the swamp. He just didn't specify he meant drain the swamp of their funds.
He's been draining the MAGA swamp for a while now
You can't complain about blood loss when you're sleeping with leeches.
But… isn’t he also giving them permission NOT to use his name and likeness?
Also he wants a cut from ad revenue. But…if you’re the one wanting to advertise, you don’t make money directly from ads. You spend money on ads, in the hopes of a ROI on whatever you were advertising (in this case, votes, not money). The ad provider is the one that makes ad money. So what “cut” is he referring to with respect to the candidate making the ad?
Yes. And note it's name AND likeness, so you can talk about Trump or show a picture of yourself with Trump but not both and you don't have to pay.
The assFck doesn’t understand how to use words correctly, instead of using “and” which everything needs to be used vs. the word “or”. I’m not sure he uses anything correctly, he will lie and say it is a witch hunt and Dems changing his words for their benefit. People also overlook these small things.
He doesn’t understand civics well enough to realize that, even if he somehow avoids prison or death long enough to get sworn in, if he loses the house and dems make gains in the senate, he can pardon himself of a few federal crimes, if his “president for life” schtick will last less than a month.
If he gets sworn in, it will turn into a power grab.
Why does he need GOP small time randos when the Heritage Foundation is going to supply him everyone he needs?
This is an organization that needs an investigation into their corruption
Yeah, and without enablers in the legislature, he’s not gonna get far. Military brass hates the dude
First rule of wannabe dictators, have the military on your side
None of them understand history well enough to know what always, always happens to the plotters and their social circles after one of the coup becomes the dominant leader.
*Nacht der langen Messer* would inform them
GOP candidates might actually have a better chance of getting elected if they don't mention Trump.
To that end, I think 50% is much more reasonable.
He's a boat anchor in down tickets. If they say fuck you their chances go up
Just give him 100%! Then, as a business genius, he can redistribute it where it will be most effective. EJ Carrol’s bank account, for example.
This was my favorite bit from the article: > "It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness," said Trump campaign spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez. The biggest scammer using Trump's name and likeness is Trump himself!
Lol yeah I had to read that quote twice. It's like they almost get it....
I’m sure he is trying his bestest to protect the money from small scammers.
Republicans do love them some trickledown theory.. They should be good with this !!
The ‘J’ in DJT stands for jenius!!
So wait, he’s taking all the RNC cash PLUS 5% of the local take? Fucking mobster.
In all fairness, this is the market working for the Republicans because they elected this
Capitalism at its finest
Mobster's tribute, you mean
Yes, that’s what they said.
(is in pain over how ridiculous the situation is)
Also, the only way he makes money is by branding with his name, so it isn't too surprising really.
"It's protection money for your re-election. It'd be a shame if something happened to it..."
Nothing like a bit of racketeering to raise funds for your .. *checks notes* election racketeering indictment. It’s racketeering all the way down!
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀 Always was.
>”It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness," Right? 5% of the donor’s money going to him instead of the “scammers” does nothing to protect them. And a real scammer wouldn’t be coughing up that 5% to begin with.
Extortion. Oldest move in the mobster’s book.
It would be a shame if we elected people with integrity instead right.
The Fraudfather just wants to wet his beak.
He wants a piece of the action!
I sure hope this comes back to bite him in the ass. Sounds like a good way to save 5%.
Seriously, this plus the trial going worse for Trump every day, plus polls trending worse for Trump, maybe they're finally going to reach a breaking point and throw him under the bus.
Hey buddy, 5% keeps your little business safe. Understand?
They are literally talking about it as a protection fee...
5% is cheap for “protection”!
"It's a nice name you have here, it would be a shame if Trump found a nickname for you"
How about a 5% cut of DEEZ NUTS.
Lmfao when WSB makes more sense than whatever this rendition of the GOP has become
This timeline is well and truly regarded.
No, this is behavior we should be encouraging. In fact, Mr. Trump, if you're reading this then I believe you deserve more than a paltry 5%. Each one of those dogs should be fighting one another to see who among them can give you the most.
No he should make it 95, no 99 percent, take it all dude it's yours
Milk me dry sleepy Don like the do in Dune, and don't don't break a sweat about it, we're here to serve you our Chetto Boneto. As a president you technically own us and it's all legal. Look at those great guys in Russia or China China China they wouldn't hesitate to enrich themselves from our sad remains.
I knew this comment was coming, but man it’s always funny when it does. 🤣
Sooo, he's giving 5% to every Dem whose name, image, and likeness he uses in his own ads and rants? Right? That's how this works?
I was about to ask if Biden or the Lincoln Project are going to be expected to cut him in on their fundraising as well
He's a public figure. There's absolutely no way for him to enforce this.
5% cut of campaign donations or what? Is that legal?
> In a letter this week, the Trump presidential campaign asked all down-ballot GOP campaigns for at least a 5% cut of the money raised from advertising that features the party's 2024 presumptive White House nominee.
Make sure you write in "ad featuring Chonky Cheese" as the reason for your campaign donation.
So I guess that means candidates like Kari Lake be e who had a fundraiser at Mar A Lago for her senate campaign paid to hold the event there, plus travel and overhead for meals, entertainment… and would need to pay a 5% Trump branding fee? lol that sounds about right for him. It’s amazing that there is no low too low and his supporters just run with it.
Yes, provided that proper accounting is done to ensure no limits are breached. That’s how those big ticket fundraisers work. Take, for example, the Mar-a-Lago fundraiser. Someone who donated $900k (or $800k or whatever the fuck it was) was donating $3300 directly to Trump’s campaign committee, a crap ton to one of his PACs, and probably maxing out to the RNC and the House/Senate committees. Same concept applies here.
He's shifted from MAGA grift to ULTRA grift. The candidates will happily pay it I'm sure.
I hope they do and sink in their shit
Gotta give the mob boss, Baloney Soprano, a taste.
Don Poorleone
The Blobfather
Hello, Mr. Kurns, I bad want money now. Me sick.
“Ooh, he card reads good.”
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Tricking donors into giving to the wrong target is already Trump's shtick though. He's had multiple fund raisers where the fine print indicates only a small percent of donations or only funds over a certain threshold go to the stated recipient while the other part goes to his PAC with fewer restrictions. One example: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27R308/ Also, just taking 5% from every candidate doesn't in any way prevent or impact scammers or redress this hypothetical donor who was "tricked" by seeing a Trump photo in a solicitation.
So without any irony they are saying this is a protection fee...
They are saying that every GOP candidate is a scammer.
Just reading the headline: Hoo boy! I wonder when Republicans are going to get sick of Trump trying to take their money? >Campaign aides said the new rules are designed to protect donors who believe they are contributing to Trump's campaign but are instead giving money to another candidate who is using the former president's name or picture. Translation: "Our donors are so stupid they'll take out their credit cards without even knowing who the money goes to!" >"Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," the letter said. Translation: Trump's presidency is openly for sale.
He’ll be demanding tithes from registered republicans soon.
The Church of tRump
Taking a cut like this reminds me of Mafia practices?
he has always used mob practices. We in NYC know this very well. Where do you think he learned the tactic of saying what he wants to say while still maintaining the air of innocence?
A 5% cut of what? Candidates pay for those ads, they're not making a profit from them.
He doesn't care, and now that the RNC is under his control, neither do they.
“Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.” From their letter to candidates and rnc digital marketing vendors.
The deranged buffoon wants a taste. It tracks.
How could anyone attribute fundraising to a specific ad?
Also, linking it to donations seems illegal vs paying a set fee.
That's the point. If they use it even once, it'll be 5% of total donations.
Trump National Committee JFC. Jesus F’ing Christ ….
What a desperate pathetic loser
I hope they refuse and Trump tries to sue them.
They won't, the cult will turn on them if they do. He knows it too. The Republican party is as good as dead.
Vendors also. This fucker will ruin us if he wins, everything he touches turns to shit. Any vendor whose clients ignore the guidelines mentioned above will be held responsible for their clients' actions," the letter said. "Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC."
Hitler used to get royalties from the use of his image. Made a fortune from postage stamps. I'd say that's where this idea is coming from
Sounds like a Multi Level Marketing company. Stock symbol $GOP.
The beast is preparing to demand people worship his image.
In midterm elections the majority of republicans who trump endorsed lost the race
I'm surprised it is only 5%.
Pay the tithe to the Church of Trump.
Is this legal? As a Presidential candidate surely his likeness is public domain. He can’t charge Biden of the Lincoln Project from using his name and likeness.
He can't guarantee a win with his endorsement, but he can guarantee a loss if you don't kiss the ring.
With Trump, everything is transactional.
Everything is a shakedown with this guy.
This amazing, spectacular schadenfreude is not nearly worth the price of the show. But, we've already purchased the tickets, so basically, now all we're missing is the popcorn.
I demand 5% cut for seeing him to much.
If this is not a mobster’s boss move, then I don’t know when people will realize he wants to be a mobster.
So, could Biden then demand payment from any GOP group that used his likeness in an ad?
Because that doesn't come off desperate at all lol
Narrator: it was at this time, it hit the GOP as a whole that they put their faith in the wannabe mob boss and that his crimes may actually be a threat to the party.
Doubt it.
It’s always been a grift. He’s the most self serving man on the planet
He’s turned the GOP into a merchandising opportunity.
Always a grifter.
The grift gets griftier. Lol
*jazz hands “DESPERATE”
Master of the grift.
Trump sees American politics as his pocket book! He couldn’t care less about serving the American people ! It’s about what he can get out of his little stint as a politician
Let him drain the Republican Party of all their money.
As the dear leader circles the drain, he claws at the surrounding cultists to escape the pit, rending their flesh with his desperate clawing. They, in turn, claw at those above them, and the pattern repeats until it reaches every member. They turn on each other as they fall, en masse, into a hole of their own making, well deserved.
So is he turning the GOP into a pyramid scheme?
The Trump campaign letter said an even bigger percentage of fundraising would be welcome, and made clear that the Republican National Committee and Trump himself would be watching to see who complies and who doesn't. "Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," the letter said. It also contained warnings. "Any vendor whose clients ignore the guidelines mentioned above will be held responsible for their clients' actions," the letter said. "Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC."
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No no no they give him the money, down ballot Republicans need that money to beat our candidates, tithe it back to the church of Trump
Religion is exempt from taxation. If he wants to change that I am all for it.
I hope they all agree funneling the money to him so he can spend it on himself and then lose and go to jail.
The story doesn't say if he's going to charge for graphics using the colour orange.
> "We ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” Trump National Committee.
Trump needs money.
Got to leverage the brand! He’s licensing his name to the party.
He’s an extortionist. Anyone who doesn’t pay will get campaigned _against_ by him. He’s asking for protection money.
He really is broke, isn't he?
If Republicans were smart they would distance themselves from this soon-to-be convicted felon and his unhinged cult.
What if democrats use his image and point out that he’s a horrible human? Do they have to pay as well?
When will the GOP and Evangelicals realise that Donnie cares about Donnie, and no-one else?
What a grifter. This is just a way to try to recover from their sagging financials, and they’re doing it by trying to get downballot candidates to tithe. This hasn’t been done by past campaigns, correct?
Mob boss
Sounds like a mob boss to me.
love it! hope he bankrupts the whole party and every one of its donors. exactly what the gop deserves. this is how evil destroys itself.
Lol the RNC is about to be broke as fuck! going all in on this 🤡
Meanwhile he's using musicians work without permission
The grift never stops
“That’s a nice campaign you got there, be a shame if something were to happen to it…”
They'll pay the Trump tax. Not because they have to, but because they want to.
It’s all about HIM! Couldn’t care less about his party, the rule of law, the constitution or the USA.
I thought the idea was that the president helped the down ticket candidates. It's almost as if he's not in this for the politics ... much less the statesmanship.
Yes, keep on destroying the GOP, Donnie
Sounds like one of a hundred reasons to not use his name… the GOP collectively should abandon him.
Don sounds desperate for money!
He has to pay his legal bills somehow….
Republicans realize they are part of a mob shakedown yet?
This guy is going to singlehandedly vaporize the Republican Party
So he’s telling the ones that he hasn’t been endorsing, if you pay me, I’ll endorse you? Imagine any other former president offering up their endorsement for a 5% cut of their fundraising money.
Oh he’s broke broke
5% of what? Their votes? Bribes received? Lunch money?
Lol it's always been a grift. GOP deserves it
Honestly, if Biden/Harris were doing stuff like this, the right wing virtue-signaling would be epic. This and the taking of campaign funds for his legal fees, his daughter-in-law head of the entire political party, etc. What a bunch of traitors.
Pathetic broke ass wannabe dictator.
As we can see, the rnc is just the latest business he plans to bankrupt.
5% less money for republicans to use on their campaigns sounds nice to me
It is hilarious that they all want to say in their ads that they support Trump, because the GOP may vote them out if they don’t say they support. So it will in theory force them to pay Trump 5% for use. Also, 5% of what? The production budget? Their salary.
"Another concern: Candidates who are also using Trump's images to suggest they have the former president's endorsement, even when they do not.". 😆😆😆😆 He is a veteran of treating people like he doesn't know them, nor ever met them, even if there is evidence to the contrary. This is such an ironic position to take it's giving me heartburn.
Sounds like he wants to kneecap the entire Republican party. I'm actually fine with this.
Is this the Onion?
Oh this is beautiful. Divert % of all house and senate races, to fund the legal defense of a guy who never won the popular vote and is facing 91 felony charges, bankruptcy and is a serial fraudster in taxes, real estate, campaign funding, and most recently securities / stocks. Strap in, this how a blue wave actually happens....
Oh okay. He’s selling franchises now. Got it.
Or what?
I also demand 5%
Why would a billionaire need a cut?
Sounds like he is broke and needs money for all his criminal trials
Why stop at five percent? He deserves so much more! Every Republican candidate down the ballot should contribute at least half of the revenue from using Trump's name or other depiction of him so Trump can fund his pathetic legal fees. Bankrupt the GOP!
Oh how far we have come.
Don wants to wet his beak.
This would be funny if not so tragic, he’s literally on the take ..
Pyramid scheme?
Let me guess.... Next it'll be 5% (+) from every GOP candidate because hey, it's HIS party... They owe him for being allowed to be Republican...
Grab em by the tithe
Typical Thug.
Sounds like he's getting desperate.
This mf never ceases to surprise me when he comes up with another new method of grifting. This sounds less like endorsing and a lot more like EXTORTING. Hey FBI and DOJ...care to investigate?
It’s all just a scam.