Trump's grade for monetizing his presidency: A+

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In reply to chazzed • 11:35a, 3/28/26
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It's never-ending.



I agree that the lies are never ending. This post gets 4 Pinocchio's.
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In reply to chazzed • 11:37a, 3/28/26
Source?
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In reply to oski003 • 11:50a, 3/28/26
oski003 said:
chazzed said:
It's never-ending.



I agree that the lies are never ending. This post gets 4 Pinocchio's.


Trump pardons wipe nearly $2 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare and tax fraud, and more | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/



"In contrast, public reporting shows that President Biden granted 80 individual pardons over four years, and those recipients had roughly $688,000 in financial penalties more than 2,000 times smaller than Trump's nearly $2 billion tab. ….

Lawrence S. Duran, the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., pleaded guilty in April 2011 to multiple felonies including defrauding Medicare, health care fraud and money laundering. In May 2025, he was granted a commutation on his 50-year sentence by President Trump.
The scheme generated about $205 million in false claims and roughly $87 million in Medicare payouts. His sentence included $87,533,863.46 in restitution. When Trump commuted Duran's sentence to time served, the warrant ended with no further fines or restitution."
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In reply to bearister • 12:00p, 3/28/26
bearister said:
oski003 said:
chazzed said:
It's never-ending.



I agree that the lies are never ending. This post gets 4 Pinocchio's.


Trump pardons wipe nearly $2 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare and tax fraud, and more | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/



"In contrast, public reporting shows that President Biden granted 80 individual pardons over four years, and those recipients had roughly $688,000 in financial penalties more than 2,000 times smaller than Trump's nearly $2 billion tab. ….

Lawrence S. Duran, the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., pleaded guilty in April 2011 to multiple felonies including defrauding Medicare, health care fraud and money laundering. In May 2025, he was granted a commutation on his 50-year sentence by President Trump.
The scheme generated about $205 million in false claims and roughly $87 million in Medicare payouts. His sentence included $87,533,863.46 in restitution. When Trump commuted Duran's sentence to time served, the warrant ended with no further fines or restitution."


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In reply to oski003 • 1:03p, 3/28/26
oski003 said:
bearister said:
oski003 said:
chazzed said:
It's never-ending.



I agree that the lies are never ending. This post gets 4 Pinocchio's.


Trump pardons wipe nearly $2 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare and tax fraud, and more | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/



"In contrast, public reporting shows that President Biden granted 80 individual pardons over four years, and those recipients had roughly $688,000 in financial penalties more than 2,000 times smaller than Trump's nearly $2 billion tab. ….

Lawrence S. Duran, the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., pleaded guilty in April 2011 to multiple felonies including defrauding Medicare, health care fraud and money laundering. In May 2025, he was granted a commutation on his 50-year sentence by President Trump.
The scheme generated about $205 million in false claims and roughly $87 million in Medicare payouts. His sentence included $87,533,863.46 in restitution. When Trump commuted Duran's sentence to time served, the warrant ended with no further fines or restitution."


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In reply to bearister • 1:49p, 3/28/26
bearister said:
oski003 said:
bearister said:
oski003 said:
chazzed said:
It's never-ending.



I agree that the lies are never ending. This post gets 4 Pinocchio's.


Trump pardons wipe nearly $2 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare and tax fraud, and more | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/



"In contrast, public reporting shows that President Biden granted 80 individual pardons over four years, and those recipients had roughly $688,000 in financial penalties more than 2,000 times smaller than Trump's nearly $2 billion tab. ….

Lawrence S. Duran, the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., pleaded guilty in April 2011 to multiple felonies including defrauding Medicare, health care fraud and money laundering. In May 2025, he was granted a commutation on his 50-year sentence by President Trump.
The scheme generated about $205 million in false claims and roughly $87 million in Medicare payouts. His sentence included $87,533,863.46 in restitution. When Trump commuted Duran's sentence to time served, the warrant ended with no further fines or restitution."


Thank you for confirming that the tweet gets 4 Pinocchio's.

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Look, the tweet is false. As we have discussed already, Trump pardoned many J6 folks a while ago. Wrapped in that and elsewhere, he pardoned some folks who committed fraud. When you broadcast false information, it weakens your case. I agree that Trump's pardoning is shady. Perhaps, the Democrats can stop him when they take over Congress.
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In reply to oski003 • 2:05p, 3/28/26
Pardons should be eliminated.
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In reply to bearister • 2:33p, 3/28/26
bearister said:
Pardons should be eliminated.


What's the big deal?

Trump has only pardoned a few folks.
And he just created a "Task Force to Eliminate Fraud"
He has tasked JD Vance with being the unofficial "Fraud Czar"

Never mind that Trump has granted clemency to more than 70 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF FRAUD in his two terms combined - - - many of whom are allies and donors.

People like Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola who was pardoned after his wife donated $1.8 million to the Trump campaign and Julio Herrera Velutini, granted clemency after his daughter gave a total of $3.5 million to MAGA Inc.


This is what voters voted for.
This is how you MAGA!



Trump's 'war on fraud' exempts dozens of pardoned allies






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In reply to oski003 • 4:19p, 3/28/26
oski003 said:
bearister said:
oski003 said:
bearister said:
oski003 said:
chazzed said:
IIt's never-ending.



I agree that the lies are never ending. This post gets 4 Pinocchio's.


Trump pardons wipe nearly $2 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare and tax fraud, and more | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/



"In contrast, public reporting shows that President Biden granted 80 individual pardons over four years, and those recipients had roughly $688,000 in financial penalties more than 2,000 times smaller than Trump's nearly $2 billion tab. ….

Lawrence S. Duran, the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., pleaded guilty in April 2011 to multiple felonies including defrauding Medicare, health care fraud and money laundering. In May 2025, he was granted a commutation on his 50-year sentence by President Trump.
The scheme generated about $205 million in false claims and roughly $87 million in Medicare payouts. His sentence included $87,533,863.46 in restitution. When Trump commuted Duran's sentence to time served, the warrant ended with no further fines or restitution."


Thank you for confirming that the tweet gets 4 Pinocchio's.

Your insight adds a lot to the discussion.



Look, the tweet is false. As we have discussed already, Trump pardoned many J6 folks a while ago. Wrapped in that and elsewhere, he pardoned some folks who committed fraud. When you broadcast false information, it weakens your case. I agree that Trump's pardoning is shady. Perhaps, the Democrats can stop him when they take over Congress.

I just wanted to highlight this for the proponents for "citizen journalists" that oski003 has to keep defending.
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7:01p, 3/30/26
"A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran,according to three people familiar with the matter.

Hegseth's broker at Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the asset manager's Defense Industrials Active ETF, the people said, shortly before the US launched military action against Tehran."
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-defense-secretary-hegseths-broker-looked-buy-defense-fund-before-iran-attack-2026-03-30/
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In reply to bearister • 7:16p, 3/30/26
That's a very bad look by Party Pete.
Horrible optics.
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11:00a, 3/31/26
Spreading the love to Congress too, they have also been pretty good at monetizing their profession.



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12:43p, 4/18/26
Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns

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10:32a, 4/21/26
Americans deserve to know who's behind those suspiciously timed war-related bets https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/opinion/americans-deserve-to-know-whos-behind-those-suspiciously-timed-war-related-bets/

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6:54a, 4/22/26

Data: Financial Modeling Prep. Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

"Wall Street is adjusting to a new reality where a single well-timed post from President Trump can drive stocks and oil prices, Axios' Emily Peck and Erin Davis write.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon joked yesterday that a big change in economic outlook is "only one tweet away."

Two occasions over the past month when Trump's posts on the Iran war appeared to drive stocks sharply higher (charted above):

On March 23, some two hours before the U.S. market opened, Trump posted that the U.S. and Iran had "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of hostilities."

On April 17, stock prices were falling, but minutes before the market opened, Trump posted: "The Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for business and full passage, but the naval blockade will remain in full force and effect."

It happened again yesterday when Trump posted he would extend the ceasefire as stocks slumped over worries that the U.S. and Iran would not negotiate a resolution."
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