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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect money laundering or illegal donations. It'll sell out, just like his NFT playing cards. Not because people like my dad are clamoring for it, but because people that can't give him money publicly will buy them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't there more effective ways to do this, like $10000 a night stays at mar-a-lago?

This stuff does seem, at least, to be aimed at the shit munchers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I would think that this is less trackable. Trump is under a microscope in several courts and if they found that 100 people stayed in the same suite on the same night and nobody actually showed up then it's a bright red flag. But selling chunks of suit in the mail? It's unorthodox by design.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I mean is that, at $10000 a night, you can book a 10 day stay and fork over $100k for what looks like a regular stay at a hotel resort.

Buying 10000 pieces of suit in the mail is... Well, okay, I don't know what that is. You're right about unorthodox, JFC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump obviously hates precedent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Then why does he have it written on his name badge?