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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu May 14, 2026, 10:02 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump's Plot to Pocket Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Just Might Succeed

KLEPTOCRACY
Trump’s Plot to Pocket Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Just Might Succeed

The president’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS is unique in that both negotiators are working for the same side.


Donald Trump arrives at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
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Of all President Donald Trump’s kleptocracy schemes, perhaps the most shameless are his financial legal claims against the same executive branch over which he presides. Now Trump is on the verge of settling one of these, a lawsuit he filed in January against the IRS seeking $10 billion in damages for the leak of his tax returns to The New York Times. With negotiators working both sides of the table, Trump is nearing a very generous agreement, which is to say a shameless fleecing of the American taxpayer.

Before proceeding, let’s catalog Trump’s three personal financial claims against his own administration.

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Trump's Plot to Pocket Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Just Might Succeed (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago OP
Win win for TSF. Lose,lose for taxpayer. Sneederbunk 11 hrs ago #1
WTF should we pay for his vanity projects? his $400M plane? his lawsuits? his illegal war? vapor2 10 hrs ago #2
and HIS renovations to OUR house Skittles 7 hrs ago #3

vapor2

(4,884 posts)
2. WTF should we pay for his vanity projects? his $400M plane? his lawsuits? his illegal war?
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:35 PM
10 hrs ago

Patel's joy rides? Security for his girlfriend ? His trip to Italy? etc etc

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