TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Using an old term, few of you likely remember, Trump is a “cheapskate.” According to those around him, he has never left a tip for any service he received. We know he stole money from his own charity. The truth is, he has never done anything for another person unless it was mostly for his own benefit. The title of this article comes directly from the orange buffoon/con man. He told his supporters during the 2016 campaign that he is a user, an abuser, and a thief. Trump’s biggest thefts came while he was pretending to by your president between 2017 and 2021 and from January 20, 2025 until today. For four years Trump’s use of taxpayer funds for his personal pleasure averaged more than six million dollars each month. He made trips to his own golf courses at least 285 times. Nearly every weekend he was partying at Mar-a-Lago. He held his infamous hate rallies throughout his illegitimate presidency, averaging about two each month. For each of these excursions, the co...

  Trump spends more taxpayer dollars in one month then all social programs need for our nation’s people. Every time he travels to Mar-a-Lago, his business makes a profit while he wasted nearly $3,400,000 on each trip. During his first illegitimate presidency, Trump Corp. made 1.7 billion dollars while he violated the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. In the first month of his second illegitimate presidency, he spent 10.7 million dollars of taxpayer money playing golf. That’s just one situation in which he throws your money away. Between 2017 and 2021, Trump wasted more than six million dollars each month of your money. That adds up to at least $288,000,000 during his first term. His failed fiscal policy of trickle-down economics added 7.8 trillion dollars to the national debt. Who in their right mind would have voted for this lifetime failure in 2024? The answer is simple: uninformed voters and those who chose ignorance over fact. Trump wanted to win the...