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Irish_Dem

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8. The protection con is very lucrative so far, and he is not even in office yet.

Reply to Hugin (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:31 PM

Jan 2025

Yes of course he is going to greatly expand that racket.
Jared probably knows to the penny how much the Trumps can make on this scam.

And of course they are so brilliant, handsome, special they deserve all the money they can
get their hands on. Everyone else deserves to be robbed blind. They are suckers and losers.

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