Do those conservative sites sell plastic straws with Trumps name on them? And when did Truth Social start selling plastic straws? My guess is shortly after Trump signed the executive order. I think that would be another case of Trump profiting from the presidency. Cheers!

Well, I've come to the conclusion that there is nothing Trump won't hawk, including a gold card conferring citizenship in this country for the paltry sum of $5 million.

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1340177970458571

I'm surprised he hasn't tried to sell Melania yet. This post was edited by Spunky at February 26, 2025 9:33 AM MST

Yeah that card thing shows what kind of people Trump cares about (the wealthy). The Statue of Liberty say’s give us your tired and poor – not give us your rich and greedy. Cheers!

I doubt Trump ever read the Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty.

trump is obsessed with money.  he only wants the wealthy to be in this country ($5 mil. gold cards mean only the wealthy can afford them); everyone else is scum to him.  This is why he's cutting off "aid" to most people, trying to give huge tax breaks to corporations, and kissing the hindquarters of the wealthy (e.g. Reichsmarschall musk).

I didn't think I could dislike him more, but every day I find a new level of disgust.

he is a con artist.  Always has been; always will be.

You're telling me?  I lived in NYC my whole life before July of 2024.  

Why shouldn't they be required to pay for their green card? And for $5M, sure we can print a golden ticket for them.  Provided they can pass other vetting.

It will be applied to the debt.  Anyone willing to pay that is an actual investor not some other BS.  This post was edited by my2cents at February 26, 2025 12:04 PM MST

They DO pay to apply for a green card.  

Not $5M....

Did I say they paid $5m for a green card?  For $5m, they're getting AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP - not a green card.  A green card only permits permanent resident in the US - not citizenship. This post was edited by my2cents at February 26, 2025 1:27 PM MST

It does not give citizenship,  it gives a route to citizenship....just like any other green card. 

Clearly, you don't understand the difference.  I can write the words but I can't make you comprehend them.  So there's no point in trying to explain it to you.  

As long as they are vetted as they should be, I do not care if they get a faster track to citizenship.  

All green cards are part of the track to citizenship. 

So far, it will work like a green card, offering permanent legal residency. The current law requires 5 years of permanent residency before you can apply for citizenship.

Although this type of program exists elsewhere, I don't know if it always offers a path to citizenship. My concern is allowing foreign oligarchs to become citizens, voters, and elected to offices (other than president) or placed in high government positions. 

Would you agree that the person who pays $5 m to become a citizen is going to have their application pushed to the head of the line rather than at the back where the other green card applicants stand?  I also agree with your comment about foreign oligarchs.  How many more Musks will there be?

The question is, what extra would they get for $5M? There are specific requirements for a green card and one of them is investment. So, if you are willing to pay that much, it stands to reason that your application would be expedited. 

Are you gullible enough to believe that the money will go towards the debt?  They have lied abouit everything, but you would believe that?

Busted: DOGE humiliated by brutal fact-checking, walks back bogus savings claims

https://www.yahoo.com/news/busted-doge-humiliated-brutal-fact-054253757.html

No it won't, it will go towards funding tax cuts for the already obscenely wealthy. Muskrat hasn't walked back the 2017 cuts which added $2 TRILLION to the debt, nor is he arguing against the proposed new trenchant of cuts which will add another $5 TRILLION.

Whether it goes on the debt or not....if it comes in that is that much that we do not go backwards on. 

One of the benefits (loopholes) to Trump’s card is they won’t have to pay taxes on any money they make in another country. So they could move to the US - do all their business in another countrie and not pay a penny in taxes. Someone born in the US would have to but not the ones that buy a Trump gold card. Cheers!

This post was edited by Nanoose at February 27, 2025 9:28 AM MST

Of course they did/do.
Truth social is not selling them.  Someone is using Truth Social as an ad to sell them. 

But they have been available since at least 2019. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/trump-2020-campaign-selling-10-plastic-straws-for-15.html