Day: September 16, 2024

Another Trump Business?

Today is all Trump all day!

I thought the big news would be that Trump rules out a third debate….

Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in another presidential debate against Kamala Harris ahead of the Nov. 5 election, after several polls showed his Democratic rival won their debate earlier this week.
“THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” the former president wrote on social media site Truth Social. Trump had participated in a debate against President Joe Biden in June before his debate against Harris on Tuesday.
After having his butt handed to him by Harris I can understand that decision.
But the bigger news, at least for me, is his new business adventure.

Over the years Trump has had many failed businesses….a university, a casino, steaks, water, vodka and the list goes on…..and now news he has a new adventure to scam the public…..crypto

Donald Trump plans to deliver remarks next Monday about cryptocurrency and the launch of the company World Liberty Financial, a crypto platform controlled by his sons Donald Jr. and Eric. “We’re embracing the future with crypto and leaving the slow and outdated big banks behind,” Trump said in a video posted Thursday to X, the social media site that will also host his address on the subject at 8pm EDT on Monday from his Mar-a-Lago home. The launch of the business will come just 50 days from Election Day, per the AP.

As part of his presidential campaign, Trump has pledged to turn the United States into the “crypto capital of the planet.” He has received big donations from some industry leaders, including from twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, notes the New York Times. The new business could raise conflict-of-interest concerns if Trump wins reelection and his economic policies benefit the new company.

Cryptocurrencies are forms of digital money that can be traded over the internet without relying on the global banking system. The trading often depends on online marketplaces that charge fees for transactions, so that the cryptocurrencies can be exchanged for US dollars and other currencies. Trump opposed crypto during his presidency, but he has since warmed to the sector. He has suggested the government create a strategic reserve of bitcoin and has vowed to block the creation of a Federal Reserve-administered Central Bank Digital Currency, a digital form of central bank money that would be available to the public.

This from a guy that is peddling the Bible for profit.

Do I smell another Trump failure?

Crypto has all the makings for a scam….just look at those that have been arrested for fraud.

My daughter’s adventure into bitcoin has not been good and all I can say to the gullible out there….’buyer beware’.

If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

Do not fall victim to a scam….do the research and do NOT take anyone’s word for it.

Be Smart!

Learn Stuff!

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Second Time Around

This is number two in a few weeks.

We all remember a few weeks back when some whack-o decided to shoot at Trump…..and it has happened again….this time in Florida while he played golf….

Donald Trump was unharmed Sunday when a man pushed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle through the perimeter of a Florida golf course while the former president played and Secret Service agents opened fire in response. The FBI said Trump was the subject of “what appears to be an attempted assassination.” The gunman dropped the rifle and fled Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach in a vehicle, the AP reports, and law enforcement officials in the next county later said they had a person in custody.

The Republican presidential nominee quickly sent out a fundraising email assuring supporters he was safe. “Before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I am safe and well,” Trump wrote, adding, “I will never surrender!” The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said it believes the person taken into custody, whose identity was not released, is connected to the shooting. He was unarmed when he was stopped on Interstate 95, officials said. The golf course was partially shut down while he played, with Secret Service agents a few holes ahead of him when they spotted the person with weapon, officials said. There are several spots along the perimeter of the property where golfers are visible from the fence line.

Trump was returned safely to Mar-a-Lago, which is several miles from the golf course, on Sunday afternoon. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham posted on X that Trump was in “good spirits.” It was about two months ago that Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, which has brought fierce criticism of the Secret Service.

Later that day….the assailant has been identified….

The suspect accused of staging an assassination attempt on Donald Trump Sunday has been identified by a law enforcement official as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii. Per the New York Times, last year, Routh gave an interview to the newspaper for an article about Americans traveling to Ukraine to volunteer in its war effort after the Russian invasion. At the time, he referred to himself as a “US citizen that’s helping out,” and said he’d traveled there in 2022 and had attempted to recruit Afghan soldiers as fighters as well. He said he’d also met with politicians in Washington in an attempt to bolster support for Ukraine. Routh also has a criminal record, having been arrested eight times for mostly minor offenses, Newsweek reports.

Several politicians ran to a mic and said…”there is no place for violence in America”….(thinking)….apparently these dullards do not watch the news.

And that was the most interesting event of the day….

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”