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MAGA Cult Rewards Trump With $1M/Day in Donations

Former president uses constant scandals to juice the rubes

Manny Otiko
4 min readAug 18, 2022
Photo by Gage Skidmore (Flickr)

Sometimes, I wonder who’s worse, former President Donald Trump for his corruption or his followers for their stupidity. I know that sounds harsh, but I don’t know how else to explain the behavior of Republican voters who still show blinding loyalty to the most corrupt and incompetent president in modern history.

Here’s a glaring example from Thursday’s Washington Post. According to The Post, Trump’s recent run of bad news has been a financial bonanza. The Post stated Trump is raking in a gob-smacking $1 million per day from fundraising! Trump has proven to be a voracious fundraiser because he focuses heavily on sending out emails to his gullible flock. If you’re on the Trump email list, you can expect about three emails a day, and all of them ask for money. (Isn’t this guy supposed to be a billionaire?)

The Long Con

But Trump’s shameless money grubbing goes in tandem with his attitude towards the presidency. According…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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