Con Artist Donald Trump Is Back With Yet Another Scam
May 8, 2024
As Donald Trump dines with the people he scammed with his NFT collection, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:
“Donald Trump is nothing but a con artist who has ripped off the American people time and time again, and this election is no different: Trump has hawked bootleg sneakers, peddled his own Bible, and pushed NFTs. As Trump continues to back a laughably out-of-touch MAGAnomics agenda that puts his ultra-wealthy friends ahead of hardworking families, Americans aren’t falling for the con job. Voters see right through Trump’s never-ending grifting and will reject his extreme and unpopular brand at the ballot box in November.”
Donald Trump is absent from the campaign trail today as he dines with his NFT buyers, the latest of Trump’s many scams.
Axios: “This evening [Trump is] expected to join supporters who bought at least 47 Trump NFTs (at $99 each), according to copy of the dinner invitation reviewed by Axios. … The NFTs are among an array of items Trump has hawked this campaign cycle. He’s also promoted $59.99 Bibles, $399 ‘Never Surrender’ sneakers and $99 ‘Victory47’ cologne.”
Newsweek: “Donald Trump’s Trading Cards Are Plummeting in Value”
Newsweek: “Donald Trump’s Trading Cards Abruptly Pulled From Sale”
Slate: “Donald Trump, Grifter Extraordinaire, Is Now Selling Bibles”
ABC News: “Trump met with boos and chants while selling sneakers in Philadelphia”
Washington Post: “Around the time Trump unveiled his $399 sneakers, he also began selling ‘Victory 47’ cologne and perfume.”
Business Insider: “Former President Donald Trump’s campaign might be cash-strapped, but that hasn’t stopped him from hawking merchandise that will benefit him directly.”
Trump’s failed MAGAnomics agenda allowed billionaires to pay less in taxes than working Americans for the first time in history and incentivized companies to ship jobs overseas.
Forbes: “Trump Tax Cuts Helped Billionaires Pay Less Taxes Than The Working Class In 2018”
CBS News: “Two years after Trump tax cuts, middle-class Americans are falling behind”
The Guardian: “They were billed as a ‘middle-class miracle’ but according to a new book Donald Trump’s $1.5tn tax cuts have helped billionaires pay a lower rate than the working class for the first time in history.”
Bloomberg: “The Offshoring of U.S. Jobs Increased on Trump’s Watch”
Washington Post: “Trump promised ‘America First’ would keep jobs here. But the tax plan might push them overseas.”
Trump has a consistent record of breaking his promises to hardworking Americans and owns the worst jobs record of any president since the Great Depression.
CNN: “Trump told GM workers he could save their plant, but it’s gone for good”
Washington Post: “Trump promised this Wisconsin town a manufacturing boom. It never arrived.”
Fox Business: “Electric truck company touted by Trump as ‘an incredible concept’ files for bankruptcy”
Detroit Free Press: “Trump, tweets couldn’t save U.S. auto jobs in 2017”
Fortune: “Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover”
Washington Post: “President Trump took office at the crest of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. He leaves presiding over the worst labor market in modern U.S. history, as an already-sputtering economic recovery has turned negative.”
Bloomberg: “Trump’s Jobs Record Fell Short of Promises Even Before the Virus”