Donald Trump and Bilking the MAGA Base©

Donald Trump and Bilking the MAGA Base© 

Twenty minutes after court was dismissed last Monday in the first day Donald Trump attended the civil lawsuit against him for fraud and other associated crimes in New York, his campaign team sent out a fund-raising email.(1) I’m not telling anyone who is paying attention anything new when I call attention to the fact that every time the former president has been in court in recent months he immediately uses the opportunity to raise funds. We already know he is a con man, he has been found liable for business fraud in New York. So would-be donors must consider the high degree of probability that they are being suckered. Trump’s constant pleas for money are perverse. To begin with, he claims he is very wealthy man. He never tires of boasting about his wealth. If he is so wealthy, why does he come with open hand every time he comes out of court?  Here are a couple of possible answers to this question. First, maybe he is lying about how wealthy he really is. Given his innate mendacity, that is also a distinct probability. Second, he doesn’t want to use his own money and knows he can bilk his MAGA base. In either case, as always, Trump constructs his fantasy world to have it both ways to his benefit. In the Good Book, the Apostle Paul teaches Timothy “the love of money is the root of all evil.”(2) Donald Trump is Exhibit A in the evidence for Paul’s case; meanwhile the dupes in the MAGA base pay his bills.

Let’s think together again, soon.

Notes:

1.  Many commentators and pundits note that Trump’s non-mandatory appearance at this trial is indicative of where his values really are. He is most concerned, they say, about his pocketbook and the superiority, fame, status, and power he believes wealth gives him.  He sees his court appearances as an opportunity to bilk–or maybe more accurate–filch the MAGA folks.

2.  1 Timothy 6:10.