“I can’t think of any circumstances in which Trump would have paid those costs out of his own pocket and not be reimbursed,” one of the former executives told the Times. Just in case you were holding out hope that the president wasn’t a tax cheat, we can probably close the loop on that one.
Eric Trump: Jesus has a lot to thank my father for
“He’s protected the second amendment, he’s literally saved Christianity,” the president’s son literally claimed on a radio show last week. “I mean there’s a full-out war on faith in this country by the other side. I mean the Democratic Party, the far left, has become the party of the quote, unquote, ‘atheists.’ They want to attack Christianity, they want to close churches, you know they’re totally fine keeping liquor stores open but they want to close churches all over the country.”
For those of you keeping up at home, in addition to Christianity, Trump, according to people with the last name Trump, has also saved:
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