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mark245pineapple · 26-30, M
it's a huge middle finger for his haters or "enemies" as he'd probably call them. Wanting to remove him from office yet pocketing the check without hesitation
OggggO · 36-40, M
@sunsporter1649 He cannot unilaterally declare that spending mandated by legislation be withheld.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@OggggO Sure he can, and he can initiate spending on his own, barry big ears did it all the time
OggggO · 36-40, M
@sunsporter1649 All three of those things are false.

His checks are the best checks the check out checkers check his checks cuz theyre the best checks and his name is the best name so the best name on the best check checked by the best check checkers
Pfuzylogic · M
@Mentor4females
I will modify this.
She is just a funny Lava type of girl.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@TryingtoLava You're so fun. Thank you for that. 🤣
@Mentor4females :| i dont drink like ever so no
Nope. Not fake news. This goes back to just after the bill was passed. He was insisting on it. Everything is about marketing to him.
JT123 · M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I live here I'm quite sure I know more about my country than you do! Thanks anyway but your misinformation on America is not needed at this time
@JT123 You have clearly demonstrated you know nothing.
@JT123 Sorry you find facts get in the way of your Trump hero worship.
MethDozer · M
Yeah, and the only reason he is doing it is to piss people off that don't like him. That's the kind of child he is but at the sametime he gets the reaction he wants.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
It should be printed on Death Certificates! 🤷‍♀️
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SimplyTracie [quote]Many fully understand Trump and are skilled at pointing out his positive attributes.[/quote]
[quote]

[b][big]Those bastards![/big][/b]

LOL
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Budwick So, you see, many foreigners are very informed about what’s happening in our country.
🤨
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SimplyTracie MANY = 2
Got it.
ChildOfTheWasteland · 31-35, M
He likes putting his name on things.
ChildOfTheWasteland · 31-35, M
@Elessar I guess some people don't grow out of it.
@Elessar @ChildOfTheWasteland Seems like the kind of person that buys a label maker.
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
@ChildOfTheWasteland BEST ANSWER!
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
It's his denial about knowing anything about it and then going into details about how it isn't taking any extra time to code and reassuring himself that people are going to love seeing his name on their "fat checks" that cements his douche-bag status.
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
@sunsporter1649 Who needs to cash a check, when you have soup. Am I right?
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@MarkPaul It would be the first time
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
PowerofStories · 61-69, M
True Story: Trump visited George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Virginia. During the tour, he said if it was him, he would have put his name on the building, because that is the way people remember you.

The curator escorting him around the properly discreetly mentioned that Washington had his name on the nation's capital. He could have added and on an entire state.

He is having his name put on the check for one reason only, to make people who get the checks feel beholden to him and presumably more likely to vote for him. This is a classic dictator stunt.

Time will tell if it helps him at the voting booth, but I think it is more is likely to backfire, because it will remind people once again that he thinks everything is all about him.
Peapod · 61-69, F
@PowerofStories [quote] Trump visited George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Virginia. During the tour, he said if it was him, he would have put his name on the building, because that is the way people remember you.[/quote]

Like stubborn pet stains, it might take a little scrubbing after he is gone, but it can be done.
PowerofStories · 61-69, M
@Peapod Very insightful analogy. In my more optimistic moments, I tell myself that this period (not the pandemic but the current administration) is the last gasp of the not so good part of the good old days.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
How come you guys get $1200 & Stormy Daniels got $130,000? 🤷‍♀️
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Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@IstillmissEP He screwed you both!! 🤷‍♀️
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Pfuzylogic · M
He is desperate for some way to make a positive impression. He would prefer to keep all of the checks for himself if the truth be known.
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
I get direct deposit and I dont care, they can put Pelosi's name on the checks as long as they don't bounce.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@FreeSpirit1 I agree. 😝
Graylight · 51-55, F
In a blatantly and pathetically narcissistic move, he will have his name appear in the "memo" line of the check. You know, just to remind people what a benevolent emperor he is to give us [i]our money[/i]. Thing is, he's not an authorized signer for the Treasury, so it won't even appear in the signature line. What it [i]will [/i]do is most likely delay the payments.
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SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@MalteseFalconPunch One guy here said he’d vote for Trump if he gets a check.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
Anybody who gets a check from Donald Trump, will be the envy of many a small building contractor! 🤷‍♀️
daisymay · 51-55, T
Hmm, "people" (and I use the term loosely here) were losing their shit over Obamaphones (which, of course, were actually Bushphones, but whatever) as being handouts and "free stuff" and "buying votes", etc. etc.

I wonder what those "people" think about Trumpchecks? 🤔
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Feel free to send yours back
Pfuzylogic · M
@TexChik
Number two: He tried to abandon Ukraine until he got caught and impeached.
TexChik · F
@Pfuzylogic complete BS . Never been proven
Pfuzylogic · M
@TexChik
He has left an incredibly weak chain of command which was evident when the acting secretary of the Navy spent $250k to fly to Guam to exclaim to the sailors of the USS Roosevelt how butthurt he was that the sailors cheered their Captain.
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JT123 · M
@Mentor4females There was an asshole who named a failed healthcare after himself
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JT123 · M
@Mentor4females It's been called Obamacare since 2010 Trump named it that? Get a clue pal! It exists still because the demrats did nothing but bullshit scams for 3 years instead of fixing it like they promised!
beckyromero · 36-40, F
I'm surprised he hasn't ordered Mnuchin to put his (Trump's) likeness on our paper money.
Pfuzylogic · M
@windinhishair
Finally a job that Jared could be qualified for!
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@Pfuzylogic So very true!
Peapod · 61-69, F
@beckyromero [quote]I'm surprised he hasn't ordered Mnuchin to put his (Trump's) likeness on our paper money.[/quote]

Shhhhh...🤫 Don't give him any ideas because he claims he has total power and can do whatever he wants.
It is always smart politics to be seen as the giver of gifts. I may dislike Trump, but it seems like a smart move to me in an election year. as is his appearance in a daily press conference. keeps his name in the news every day. drives me nuts, but its smart politics.
@sunsporter1649 And Thanks for proving my point.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow As usual, crickets, no program
@sunsporter1649 You need someone to reboot your brain?
Budwick · 70-79, M
Yeah - it is fake news.
I understand it was considered,
but way too costly,
not Trump's style.
Besides, most of the money was sent electronically - no signatures at all.
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
🙄

That’s some crazy justification calisthenics there.

A signature would have cost exactly the same. A signature would have also been against the law.

But, ok friend.

How’s the weather where you are?


@Budwick
Budwick · 70-79, M
@JoeyFoxx [quote]A signature would have cost exactly the same. A signature would have also been against the law.[/quote]

And there is no signature!
So, yea Trump!
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
@Budwick ok then.

Well that was fun.
luctoretemergo · 61-69, M
There's an old expression: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. If anyone does not want it because his name is on it, let me know, I'll be glad to take it off your hands. And remember kids (again) this is your money-taxes paid-that is being handed out. It's a loan to yourself...I'm gonna keep saying it..your going to have to pay it back someday. Spend it wisely.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@luctoretemergo The biggest budget deficit in history was $1.413 trillion during 2009 as the Bush/Republican Great Recession deepened. Trump's budget deficit this year will be well over $3 trillion, perhaps as much as $4 trillion. Yes, this will have to be paid back, with interest, but as Trump has famously said "Why should I give a fuck about that? I won't be president any more."
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
He wanted his name to be on the signature line. But when he was informed that this is illegal, he compromised by insisting that his name goes on the Memo line.

What’s sad about this is that he doesn’t seem to grasp that this isn’t HIS stimulus money.

What’s even more sad is that many citizens also don’t see the distinction
SW-User
Mine was direct deposited so no check to confirm that 🤷🏻‍♂️
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@SW-User If I know Trump, he’d want several and it be all terrific. 🤣
SW-User
@SimplyTracie Bigly Yuge problems, only the best
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@SW-User And I bet he knows all the best ones.
PowerofStories · 61-69, M
Trump's name will be printed on stimulus checks. For those who aren't getting paid by electronic transfer, the current estimate is that the checks will go out at the end of April.

It is unclear, and currently disputed, whether putting Trump's name on the checks will delay them getting to recipients. A report said yes, but when National Public Radio call the IRS to ask, they were told no.
@PowerofStories Most will likely be seized by banks so it is academic at best.
PowerofStories · 61-69, M
@Oster1 I really hate the term "Fake News" which was coined by the President to create confusion about the reporting of news stories that are unflattering to him or with which disagrees. But as far as this particular story, nothing is fake. Either the original report is correct or it is not and either the IRS is giving out information about delay or it is not. Time will tell.
Oster1 · M
Fake news, false news, news that’s not true, news that is half true, propaganda news, as Hillary would say, “what difference, does it make”? I’m just a researcher. I have no dog, in this fight. I will not be getting a check. I have other options. The IRS has nothing to do with the administration of the relief. It’s from the Department of the Treasury! I agree and am confident with one thing, time will tell and we shall see.☺️@PowerofStories
SW-User
Lol very real. He can’t sign treasury checks but still wants his name featured on it. So he gets the memo line of the check. It will be the best and greatest memo line of a treasury check ever.
HeyRouben · 41-45, M
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Budwick · 70-79, M
@HeyRouben Let's not forget the hardest working, most successful in the history of the country!
Rutterman · 46-50, M
Mine was deposited directly into my bank account, so I can't personally confirm it, but my understanding is that it is indeed true.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Rutterman I suspect it’s true. It’s so unbelievably crazy that he’d do it.
SW-User
[c=#4C0073]would be hilarious if he sent subsidised TP to the cheque recipients too, with his name on it 😅[/c]
@SW-User Don't give him ideas.
Peapod · 61-69, F
@SW-User I am sure he has a few rolls of it in the White House.

Northwest · M
It is not fake news. https://similarworlds.com/18-Politics/3292280-I-Had-A-Nightmare-Last-Night-I-had-this-nightmare
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
So frame it and hang it on your wall, next to your photo of Alice B. Toklas
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@SimplyTracie No, but she helps me select the lure to use.....lol.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@sunsporter1649 She’s spoiled. 😂😂😂
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@SimplyTracie I am guilty of that.
TexChik · F
You libtards don’t have to cash them 🤷🏻‍♀️. Put you money where you big mouth is !
SW-User
@TexChik I cant believe his supporters would cash them either. That much money for having a little cold??
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@MarineBob Because who gets more kickbacks and more press is the point.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow he can have the press I'm happy with the green
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@IstillmissEP Obama and Bush did not do the same thing.
Nope. It will be a facsimile of his name. He'll write it once and then they will make copies of it. Can you imagine if he wrote them all by hand. It would take him years to do. So fake news:3
@canusernamebemyusername It says printed not personally signed so it is accurate. Nobody is dumb enough to believe he would sign them personally. It is about brand recognition for him. The fact that is where his head is at should be alarming.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I was just putting a spin on it. Cause some people actually believe he will sign them personally:( I have even heard one person believe he is going to personally hand them out. WTF
@canusernamebemyusername Wow. PT Barnum was right.
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
It'll probably bounce.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
MAGA Kills. Bigly.
I suspect it's true. Modesty is not his best thing.

I expect the money will spend just fine.

"Another break in protocol" says the NYT.

Really? I'm so shocked. Could be there's been too much protocol and not enough action up until now.
Sepia · 36-40, F
From President Trump with love. lol
TexChik · F
@Sepia people yes , liberals no
Sepia · 36-40, F
@TexChik In my country it happens in every presidential term.
Th1nkF1rst · 70-79, M
@Sepia Yes!!


The general thinking goes as such:

"You're not Us!"

"We are Better!"

"Even if WE would have done Exactly What YOU Actually Did,"

"WE would have done it 1000,000% BETTER than YOU!"
romell · 51-55, M
I did hear the same n a news channel
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Oster1 I believe you. 😊
Oster1 · M
@SimplyTracie You know, I wouldn’t mislead you! Thanks for your trust, as always!🤗
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Oster1 😊🤗
TheYummyNurse · 26-30, F
How can anyone complain about how he is trying to help ,Some will never accept and you will see the worst voting for Biden.
OggggO · 36-40, M
@TheYummyNurse He is trying to help? What exactly is he doing to help?
GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M
If I get a check under his administration, I'm voting for him.
OggggO · 36-40, M
@GeistInTheMachine [quote]Why couldn't he have given the taxpayers some checks directly just to alleviate some pain? [/quote]

He. Did.

[quote]Who is to say a President Clinton would have done the same thing Trump is doing, in allowing and signing the bill or whatever legislation that allows for the dispersal of these checks?[/quote]

Anyone with a functioning brain.

[quote]Maybe a different president other than Trump would have never okayed the checks.[/quote]

And maybe they'd have a bowl of glass shards for breakfast every morning.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@GeistInTheMachine Dude that shit passed both the House and the Senate unanimously. Congress would have overturned any veto with ease.

There were individual stimulus checks and lots of stimulus spending under both Bush and Obama, and lots of other measures to help individuals in the Great Recession. And in many ways that crisis was less extreme than what we are looking at right now.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@GeistInTheMachine Tax returns are from him too. Right?
calicuz · 51-55, M
Fake news because the President doesn't sign checks. The Secretary of the Treasury's name is on the checks
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@calicuz We shall see. Bookmark this post.
calicuz · 51-55, M
@SimplyTracie

just inbox me when we find out
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@calicuz I will try and remember to do that.
Th1nkF1rst · 70-79, M
Does it matter?

I'm just flipping it over, signing the line, poking it into the ATM Deposit slot!

People are going to Look At their Name & the Amount, that's it!
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Th1nkF1rst It matters to him.
Th1nkF1rst · 70-79, M
@SimplyTracie Well, pffft!

Look at Princess Pelosi and her 2 $21,000 Refrigerators and $15/pint Gourmet Ice Cream!

He touts his Name
& We get Money.

She touts her Wealthy Status
& We get to see her Brag!
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Th1nkF1rst Luckily she’s not President. Good lawd! 🤪
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
I doubt that. It will likely be electronically signed by the Secretary of the Treasury with his name printed below.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@sarabee1995 Shockingly it appears to be true.

[quote] WASHINGTON — President Trump’s name will appear on the economic stimulus checks that will be mailed to millions of Americans in the coming weeks, the Treasury Department confirmed on Tuesday.

The decision to have Mr. Trump’s name on the checks, a break in protocol, was made by the Treasury Department after Mr. Trump suggested the idea to Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, according to a department official.

The president’s name will appear in the “memo” section of the check because Mr. Trump is not legally authorized to sign such disbursements.[/quote]
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@QuixoticSoul Weird.
It is - he just wants credit - the money came from congress not his own personal funds.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@MarmeeMarch It is fake news?
@MarmeeMarch I am going to die of shock. You finally noticed Trump is a narcissist.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I am not his waterboy - I call them as I see them. He did nothing wrong its just the legality of it - a President can not sign checks no matter how much he wants it - it aint gonna happen... Now if he writes me a personal check he can sign his heart away......
JoePourMan · 61-69, M
If that offends you, please send yours to me, I'll put it to very good use.
Pfuzylogic · M
@JoePourMan
His signature does offend me.
He is like a dog pissing everywhere to leave its mark.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@JoePourMan or me since congress says I made to much money last year
Peapod · 61-69, F
@Pfuzylogic I swear I was going to make a similar comment to this. I have said that myself before because that is exactly how he acts.

He must have been such a brat as a kid.
MrRoboto · 51-55, M
Let no crisis or branding opportunity go to waste. The one and only thing he’s actually good at is slapping his name on the work of others.
JT123 · M
Stop whining. If it was Obama he'd have his picture on it! Of course only the rich got a check from Barack!
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@JT123 or the terrorists... Oh that was cash
vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
I have direct mail
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@vetguy1991 Direct deposit?
vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
Chevy454 · 46-50, M
I heard it on the news and I heard him say it.

 
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