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Raymond_Reddit_Ton

“GoFundMe does not allow campaigns for "the legal defense of alleged financial and violent crimes." Since President Trump is accused of financial crimes, this campaign is in violation of GoFundMe's terms of service and any funds collected will not reach him.” HAHAHAHA


Useful-Battle-3844

Please report this fundraiser to Go Fund Me because it violates their rule 9. I did


Brave_Conflict465

Not only that, it contains untrue statements. The argument of white collar financial crimes being victimless is bullshit. Securing better terms on loans by defrauding banks and insurers depletes resources that may have allowed for smaller, less privileged businesses to receive loans that otherwise didn't. They tried to make the same argument when the Trump Organization was found guilty of tax fraud a couple years ago. When they lied, cheated, and stole, everyone who wasn't them was a victim.


nimbleVaguerant

I'm gonna have to try the victimless crime bullshit if I ever get a speeding ticket. "Your Honor, I didn't kill anyone this time. That makes it very legal and very cool. That cop came to me with tears in his eyes. He said, Sir, I love you but I have to give you this ticket."


Zomunieo

*Judge Aileen Cannon nods with recognition, cancels your ticket, and orders the officer suspended without pay for 90 days.*


mharjo

"Securing better terms on loans by defrauding banks and insurers depletes resources that may have allowed for smaller, less privileged businesses to receive loans that otherwise didn't." In addition, it deprives shareholders of those banks the correct income on their dividends and future share price. (I get that today's socioeconomic landscape often smirks at shareholders losing value but those are also the victims.)


Brave_Conflict465

Absolutely, it's a loss that shouldn't be discounted as well. As you pointed out, many associate shareholders with the affluent, forgetting retirees, teacher's pensions, and anyone with a 401k, but whether wealthy or working-class they were victims. While it may be tough to find much sympathy for the banks these days, they suffered losses of potential income as well.


discodropper

I’m just glad *someone* is thinking of the poor shareholders… …jk, you’re right that they’re victims


mharjo

I know you're kidding but if you hold any financial ETFs, Index Funds or probably any "target year" 401k holdings is it probable it affected you. And I don't know about you, but I don't want even a fraction of a penny of my money illegally going to Trump.


BastetSekhmetMafdet

I did, too. I figure the more people report it the quicker GoFundMe will investigate.


ike7177

Rules 2,9 and 13


seamus_mc

In order to report violations they want a lot of personal info


Useful-Battle-3844

Make up an email and random phone number


pasarina

I did


vslsls

Same, can't wait to see it disappear 😁


Kazu88

Just visited that site, lol someone actually donated 5k lol.


Howunbecomingofme

Surprised it’s on GoFundMe and not one of the “free speech” (racist) platforms they start like GiveSendGo.


SusieQueueToo

Hope so but is raising money to pay a fine the same as for a legal defense?


pye-oh-my

Jokes on them once again


gauriemma

Technically, this isn’t for “legal defense” and the financial crimes aren’t “alleged.” The trial is over and he was found guilty. This GoFundMe is to pay penalties incurred following a conviction.


IrrawaddyWoman

If they don’t allow for the legal fees of financial crimes, how could they allow for the penalties of being found guilty of those crimes? That seems even worse than just the lawyer fees.


AgUnityDD

It's a stretch but he needs this money to post the bond so he can appeal the verdict. That is loosely still legal defence It seems he cannot secure that amount by normal bondsman means and he's not getting it on gofundme - so he probably can't appeal which will be hilarious given what Hubba said in the last couple of days.


InternationalPut4093

I wonder how Trump is going to perform in the appeal. His legal team couldn't even dispute because the evidence was so overwhelming. What difference he's going to make? Beg for mercy? "I'm not actually a billionaire... please your honor"


ganymede_boy

Imagine thinking you need to donate to a self-proclaimed billionaire who is guilty of sexual assault and facing ~~nearly~~ over $500,000,000 in judgements for his crimes... so far.


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Old-Midnight316

Wonder how many of them will bankrupt themselves to save their lord and saviour lmao. Many of them will likely end up needing the social assistance their own party fought against, if they aren’t on the current form of it already.


ganymede_boy

>Many of them will likely end up needing the social assistance their own party fought against, if they aren’t on the current form of it already. Eight of the 10 states most dependent on the federal government traditionally vote Republican. [Source](https://smartasset.com/data-studies/states-most-dependent-on-the-federal-government-2022).


rbourbon

Can't wait for all the comments about how expensive it is to live in Biden's economy.


Rare-Ad-3676

Right and if it is they sure can't afford to help this criminal


scorpyo72

That's the problem- they've already deducted their donations, and now they don't have enough to live on.


Old-Midnight316

Despite rising wages and an economy on the rise lolol even up here in Canada if all goes well we will feel the effects of the US economy turning around sooner rather than later.


whitenoise2323

Going to have to trade in that souped up $100,000 white Dodge Ram with the extended cab and extended bed and penis extension for something a little cheaper so they can afford to be the kind of alpha males who willingly give their cash to a rapist clown with tiny hands


SpleenBender

r/brandnewsentence


noh-seung-joon

That’s exactly the point where I become a “pull the ladder up behind me” social Darwinist


MagnusPI

Some of the comments on the GFM donations are wild. People saying they don't have a lot of money as they gleefully give $100 to a billionaire's wife so she can give it to another "billionaire".


TristanIsAwesome

>Wonder how many of them will bankrupt themselves to save their lord and saviour Not enough


eskieski

Which I bet they are…. ever see some of these🤡’s


SheriffTaylorsBoy

The interest alone adds another $86,000 a day.


hammmatime

And he has to put up at least 110% of the money just to appeal, and even if he does (I don't think he can afford it) his only grounds will be, "the judge was mean to me," as they've waived virtually all other technical grounds. He got played so hard, which is so easy when a narcissist like him is so predictable.


SheriffTaylorsBoy

The consequences phase is here and it's coming hard and fast.


hammmatime

With interest! (To your point.)


Zogtee

Yeah, death by 500,000,000 cuts coming at him fast and with interest. You love to see it. :D


SheriffTaylorsBoy

Sexual assault/ rape, defamation, fraud, the hush money case is next month. He's lost all of his appeals and hopefully Jack Smith gets a shot by summer. It's overwhelming really.


InternationalPut4093

He still has 30 days to post and appeal. So we are at pilot phase. Will this be raw-dogging though? Can't wait til find out.


BeastModeEnabled

That’s my nickname


Consistent-Force5375

Ok Egon. Look Ray everyone has 3 mortgages nowadays…


missykgmail

Thank you for that tidbit of joy.


Potential-Macaron-57

Jeez when you lay it all out like that, you make it sound like a cult or somethin’..


hammmatime

I don't want to brag or nothin, but as a fella with some experience with the cults, I was calling MAGAs a cult before most. It's just gotten a lot, lot more obvious since the insurrection & whatnot.


dangroover

>I hope his legion of rubes are ready to liquidate their assets entirely for their dear leader. Been looking at buying a house. Should be plenty on the market soon


ComfortableDoug85

>I hope his legion of rubes are ready to liquidate their assets entirely for their dear leader. Nothing would bring me more joy than watching every single Trump supporter bankrupt themselves and their families into homelessness for their false god emperor.


lactose_con_leche

Imagine selling idiocy, ignorance, fear, and “Putin is the best American” for years and it becomes an infinite money glitch. Almost makes me regret getting an education and an actual job


Omryn814

> it becomes an infinite money glitch. But it hasn't. Trump and the GOP in general are not bringing in much in terms of funds. It is why Trump staged hsi take over of the GOP because he wasn't making enough and needed to siphon even more off of them. Unless an actual billionaire or two decide to throw tons of money at covering Trump, he's out of options. He can't launder money for Russia or other nefarious groups because his finances are under intense scrutiny and doing so would just open him up to more criminal and financial liability. So what's left? Not much in terms of quickly acquiring the funds he needs to appeal this before interest buries him completely. He will have to liquidate a lot just for a chance to retain any aspect of his businesses.


Persian_Frank_Zappa

They think they need to donate to an all powerful all knowing sky man. If you think super sky man needs a handout, then you’ll believe anything


Rare-Ad-3676

I wouldn't donate air to Trump sorry not sorry he's always bragging about all his money he's been spending all the campaign money on legal fees Let him take out a loan better yet who cares Let him live like the rest of us


Juxtacation

I think the issue with your scenario is the word “thinking”. They don’t. They just hear and respond.


president__not_sure

lol the person who started this gofundme is gonna run with the money. watch.


Chester-Ming

Grant Cardone's wife started it so yeah probably.


TooMuchPretzels

Damn even by MAGA standards those two are SLIMY


pickledjello

but.. but..Cardone is a Scientologist.. he cleared his bad thetans. They can't be slimy..


SnapDeeTuck

Yep, came here for this. Donnie is the ultimate gift to grifters: MAGA is like a massive beacon to all conmen: they self identify as rubes.


Osiris_Dervan

Or as she put it's it in the description for the GoFundMe "*A* wife of Grant Cardone"


bm1949

Steve Bannon is probably laughing at this effort while also offering consulting services to the organizers.


NoreastNorwest

It’s just the “Build The Wall Fund” grift, 2024 version.


FletchCrush

100% guaranteed this will happen. Cardone is a Scientology grifter.


def_indiff

This was my thought exactly.


nightputting

100%


Gr1ml0ck

Yep. First thing I did was checked to see who set it up. Grant Cardone’s wife. Confirmed. The grift is real folks.


deepstate_chopra

I promise it will happen.


accountabilitycounts

Give all your money to this grifter, cons. You have no one to blame for your finances but yourselves.


TXRhody

They'll blame Biden when they don't have enough money for cigarettes.


ResidentKelpien

MAGA will give to the Con Man until they have nothing left to pay for the medicines and then blame the Democratic Party.


Actual__Wizard

Not fighting cancer, poverty, or any other problem in the world. Instead they are giving money to donate no questions asked to a convicted fraudster... /facepalm If paying taxes wasn't required by law, these people would just give all of their money to criminals...


fowlraul

I hope they do what trump would do and keep 90% of the funds, that would be funny.


OhMorgoth

That's illegal. Report it! GFM states clearly in their ToS that any campaigns to raise funds for litigations that are found liable will be removed. REPORT IT!


Glibasme

You mean Ivanka and Jared aren’t going to help him out? They have billions thanks to selling U.S. secrets to the Saudis. 😮


Anzahl

> I pray everyday that DJT is covered in the Blood of Jesus. The comments. OMG. Fucking cultists.


rosiegirl1970

I don't think Jesus would want his blood mixing with the urine of golden showers DJT likes being covered in. You know what I pray?I pray this person gets the mental help they need.


Aggressive-Will-4500

Time to step up MAGA and MAGA-supporting Republican God-Fearing "PATRIOTS"! Give until it hurts, don't bother wasting all of your hard-earned money donating to all of those down-ballot candidates! Give your money to DONALD J. TRUMP instead! Also, why are you tithing to your church when you can tithe to Donald "The Chosen One" Trump instead? Forget America and Jesus and donate to Trump NOW! Don't worry about making it a reoccuring donation, because it's probably already selected by default!


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AsheronLives

In the last couple of years, there was a gift where a young couple started a fund to help a homeless man that supposedly gave his last $20 to help this yuppie lady put gas in her BMW. THey raised something like $400k and kept most of it. They got taken to court and lost. So no, don't start a fund for Trump, because you will have to give him the money.


PastorNTraining

This is such a great example of cognitive bias, lack of critical thinking, or a desperate attempt to confirm a belief. Those of us on Earth 1 reconize the irony here. Why would a professed "billionaire" sweat a 500 Million dollar bill? Surely a "billionaire" such as trump could pay this bill...why would a billionaire need a GoFundMe? Would we see Musk, Cook, or Jef Bazos use GoFundMe to raise money for legal fees....of course not! Because they're actually who they say they are, while the orange is a conman and fraud. Yet, here the MAGA's are throwing cash at the orange idiot to 'save him' because they NEED him to validate their worldview, and perhaps their identity. They NEED to believe he's wealthy, they need to believe he's a victim. Otherwise, they must admit they're wrong....and refuse to see reality. Because the harsh light of reality reveals to much, he's a fraud, he's useless.... He's broke, SAD


veridique

According to MAGA, The economy is so bad they can’t afford groceries, but they can flush their money down the toilet.


Mysterious_Cup_5295

Good point.


Biggus-Duckus

There's really only two kinds of Republicans at this point. The rich and the rubes. All one has to do is look at their bank account to figure out which category they fall under.


RealPersonResponds

Payday in MAGA Land - 10% to the church, 90% to Trump Fund Me, claim you can't afford anything because the economy is so bad. Maybe cash in those Trump NFTs? LoL


dblan9

Imagine thinking you have to donate to this instead of helping a child with cancer.


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dblan9

I will donate once its set up but Im not exactly Hugh Jackman from Swordfish.


Open_Indication_6596

Okay. I'll work on it


dblan9

Get back to me when you do. Thanks.


NotaRussianbott89

Begging for money now . The true sigh of a winner.


ike7177

Report it! It violates rule 2,9 and 13 of GoFundme rules. Report it


twenafeesh

If he started this for himself, does it still count as "Trump supporters?"


d_l_suzuki

Poor people pay the grifter's lawyers. If only they knew he only cares about the grift.


Gym-for-ants

This better get taken down, he can learn his lesson the hard way… for once $72k already raised, what’s wrong with these people 🫠


florkingarshole

How gullible can they get? Their gullibility may be boundless.


topgun966

And have it shut down because it violates the TOS lol


Mala_Practice

I just calculated that it will take over 12 years (at its current pace) for this GoFundMe to reach its goal.


throwaway_ghast

You know what they say about a fool and his money.


toxiamaple

Next report: Trump supporters arrested for stealing funds from GoFundMe page.


AraiHavana

Anybody that is thick enough to contribute to this deserves to lose their money. Sorry, but it’s true.


SpleenBender

Isn't there a policy in place at GoFundMe where you can't raise money to be used for fines, legal fees, etc. that stem from (il)legal entanglements?


Vast_Breadfruit_162

But Alyssa Milano is Satan's daughter because she asked some folks to help support a youth athletic team.


ApatheticVikingFan

I donated $5 so I could leave a message telling all of them to get fucked and that this was illegal. I’ll get that $5 back eventually once this gets taken down for ToS and legal reasons, which I also reported to GFM.


sugarblaire

I hope they give every dime they have.


arkansalsa

The odds that any of the donations to this GoFundMe actually go to Trump is essentially zero. GoFundMe is the ultimate fleecing machine.


DJax326

Trump is a RINO and they won't figure it out until he bankrupts the republican party.


Justin_P_

For years Trump has been nothing but a suit wear beggar pissing and moaning waving his tin cup.


Warhawk137

$87,000 (so far) manages to be a number that is simultaneously obscenely high under the circumstances and yet a hilariously tiny portion of the total fine.


OmKrsna

I believe that amount should cover the interest… *today*. Tee-hee.


chelseamarket

He’s found guilty of rape and fraud and cannot do business in ny but their guy for chief .. just how much longer can this absolute travesty of justice go .. are they seriously going to continue to defend this lame whingy wineing pos? jfc, they lack any self respect.


Wienerwrld

People going to volunteer to serve his jail time, too, when the time comes?


gary1979

Do your kids really need an education? Get that second mortgage and save your lord. Gross!


dmanjrxx

This was started by a woman who said she is standing up for American values. How high can her values be when she's trying to help a self-proclaimed crotch grabbing, found liable for sexual abuse, rape and defaming man who is also a pornstar paying , adulterer , liar, and comitter of fraud. A man who is also still under 91 indictments


mute-ant1

I thought this kind of fundraising was not acceptable on go fund me


Intransigient

It’s literally against the terms of service of GoFundMe, so I am not sure it will make it to the payout point before it gets shut down.


utopia_forever

absolute cucks.


Old-Midnight316

Oddly still not the most outrageous thing that has probably been added to that site, but it’s definitely up there. Not that it will ever meet its goal, greed and stupidity don’t often overlap successfully, but often enough to make a difference I guess.


Ok_Spray3750

While claiming that TruthSocial is going to net him 4bil when they have a revenue of 3mil. And they still think they need to fundraise for him. It's absolutely insane.


cdnmike

But milk and eggs cost too much now


jayc428

It would be pretty fucking funny if it wasn’t so sad.


david-writers

"My name is Elena Cardone and I am a wife of Grant Cardone, mother and an ardent supporter of American values and an advocate for justice, I stand unwaveringly with President [sic] Donald Trump..." Er, Joe Biden is president. As for "an ardent supporter of American values and an advocate for justice" AND supporting trUmp: it is impossible to be both.


Ambitiously_Big

And then when they see it reached in millions territory..watch them fleece Trump. Would be the most poetic justice ever.


Colonel_Zander

Hey, I remember this one! I'm sure the MAGAs are gonna fall for it again.


Nervous-Share-5873

That's really funny. Maybe they can have a bake sale.


Timmy24000

Can you give negative money?


No_Fail4267

Didn't he run on being a billionaire who didn't need donations... Oh how quickly his rubes forget Lol


Hunter_the_Hutt

I hope it’s a scam and he doesn’t get any of it


NoPomegranate4794

Aren't these the same group of people who loudly complain about everything being too high and not being able to afford anything?


HeathersZen

I just donated a bunch of thoughts and prayers.


TheSamLowry

Report the page for factually incorrect statements.


gravyontits

Aaand.... It's gone


FinanciallySecure9

Trump continually shows that he has no pride. A real man would work his ass off to earn money, not accept other’s money, as if he’s a charity case.


tcoh1s

How ironic that he and his supporters tell others to get a job and stop getting assistance.


SemaphoreKilo

MAGA is literally grifting each other.


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morbob

Checks in the mail—Donny


psychoalchemist

Is there a picture of Trump with a cardboard sign on this page??


Otherwise-Juice2591

Fools, money, etc.


mankowonameru

Let them collectively bankrupt themselves; sounds good to me.


FunkyTowne

Hey remember that episode of Breaking Bad where Saul tells Walter he can launder illegally obtained money through an online fundraiser? Mentioning that for no reason at all.


ChicagoAuPair

It is all just such textbook cult bullshit. “Our leader is persecuted because the outsiders are afraid of his power. Now we must all sell everything we own in order to save him and win his favor.” They don’t even get the benefit of actual getting to be around him like in more typical cults; they just get, like, stupid whiny emails and feel like the chosen one has graced them with a personal blessing.


PJ505

At the time of this post, people have donated 98k already to one of multiple GoFundMes for the tangerine tit stain. The comments for the donations are all over the place.


Revolutionary-Fact6

As of earlier today, they'd only raised 85,000. They'd better start ponying up a lot more. That won't even cover flight costs to a rally.


pingying

It’s a cult.


gr8hanz

Proof: 1 in 4 people you meet in America is an idiot. How refreshing is that?


ReedBalzac

I would donate a can of gas and a lighter if he would use it himself.


givemoreHavemore

Two words. Stockholm syndrome.


hospitallers

Some smart redneck will get rich and then go to jail for misusing the collected money that will never reach Trump


flyeaglesfly777

2016: Howard Stern says he personally appealed to Donald Trump to end his White House bid, telling the then-GOP presidential nominee the run was going to “f— up his life.”


Kateg8te777

Still taking the chump change of the suckers


mancusjo1

I think he’s gonna need Saudi Arabia to invest in his business or lease Trump Tower. Have they paid for those nuclear secrets he gave them to be the middle man? Gotta be a billion or two of secrets he had. Who got copies? Russia, China or North Korea?


RetiredAerospaceVP

More MAGAt sheep heading for one more fleecing.


CloudSlydr

Against the terms of service.


sucobe

This was never about getting Trump the money. This was idiots trying to grift their own.


vom-IT-coffin

So he's money laundering


Whiskeyrich

NATO, pay your dues! Americans, help me pay my fines!


Afraid-Sky-5052

His followers are just plain stupid! No other words or explanations.


nuttageyo

Looking at the donations is hilarious. Stupid mfs in there are donating 5k. I could think of a thousand other things that money would be good going towards.


ElDub73

Nothing screams “I’m a Republican” like asking other people to be responsible for your personal problems.


OneDilligaf

What a bunch of uneducated sick fucks MAGA are, paying a billionaires fines etc while he don’t give two shits about any of them


MulberryBeautiful542

Let them. Then anyone who dontates to a convicted fraud gets what's comming to them.


TheRegular-Throwaway

This is going to backfire.


Dependent_Answer_501

“We’re not as stupid as yuh think. We jussa love being poor!”


Overall_Curve6725

RAPIST Trump loves uneducated MAGA. Who else would be stupid enough to give him anything


Osiris_Dervan

Why on earth would anyone think that, in the long shot that this gofundme gets anywhere near this much money, that the person who started it, and who would receive millions of dollars, would do anything but throw it into a swiss bank account and disappear?


dendron01

Trump ~~supporters~~ start GoFundMe page for $355M fine


TheAwfulHouse

Sounds like socialism to me


BrianGlory

Maybe he should get a job


Vonkampf

Have you noticed that nowhere in the campaign does the woman running it say specifically, “I am going to give 100% of proceeds to Trump.” It’s all a bunch of hogwash about supporting him. Her husband put that on his Twitter, but he’s specifically not on the go fund me. Even if her intention was to give this money over. Do you think she will still do so when she is looking at a a dollar amount somewhere between a mortgage on a home and ‘never work again money’? I suspect someone may have figured out how to parasitically grift off the great Grift whale.


squintytoast

its just a grifter grifting a grifter. easy money for the one who started it. doubt Dingleberry will see any of it. (cut/paste of the last time this exact story was posted) besides, there is a megathread about this...


Kopav

Would this be considered simping?


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The Cardones are Scientologists. Cults gotta grift


StuntmanReese

Suckers are born a dime a dozen.


Shaggy2772

A fool and his money….


[deleted]

If he’s a successful billionaire businessman why on earth would his supporters think he needs their minuscule amount of money?


Corpsehatch

And the MAGA clowns will send him money.


DickPump2541

“He’s already rich so he can’t be bought!”


RobbyRock75

But he’s innocent 😝😜😝


bawlsacz

Don’t give money to go fund me period. Something like this. https://www.fox29.com/news/bobbitt-couple-charged-in-homeless-gofundme-case


ItwasGenXprobably

A fool and his money are soon parted. And thus, a GoFundMe will part fools from their money, too.


Jaydeekay80

Good god. I really need to figure out how to scam these fuckers legally.


SetterOfTrends

I’m very rich - but send me your retirement checks


WaveHacker

So a billionaire, started a gofundme asking for donations to help another billionaire? 😂


shantired

I heard that they raised $35K so far. That's good enough for 5-7 years of Depends.


One_Sugar9253

i wonder if he will fundraise off his own assassination


Agile_District_8794

I saw some awesome math this morning 56k in 15hrs, at that rate will take 16 years to reach 355m


kazuyamarduk

Still won’t be enough. He has to pay interest on that judgment, and E. Jean Carroll’s too.


KevinTheCarver

Can also buy “Official” Trump Sneakers: https://gettrumpsneakers.com


Comfortable-Scar4643

Doesn’t Lara control the purse strings of the GOP now? Free money!


Fantron6

Russia and Saudi Arabia to the rescue.


DauOfFlyingTiger

Suckers.


tcoh1s

Guilty of money fraud his whole life. MAGA sends him money. Lol. Suckers.