'They better do it soon': Trump shakes down companies for inauguration cash

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Donald Trump is keeping a close eye on which companies are donating money to his upcoming inauguration, and issued a veiled threat to those that don't, Rolling Stone reported on Wednesday.

The report said Trump has been asking whether specific companies have given money to his inaugural committee, which is planning the events surrounding Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. When Trump was told that an unnamed "big corporation" had yet to give funds, Trump reportedly said, “Well, they better do it soon then"—a comment that sure as hell sounds like a threat.

A number of major companies are donating $1 million a pop to Trump’s inauguration, including Uber, Meta, Amazon, and major automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Toyota.

In fact, The Wall Street Journal reported that at least 11 companies that denounced the Trump-incited Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol are now donating to his inauguration.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/26/2293834/-They-better-do-it-soon-Trump-shakes-down-companies-for-inauguration-cash

How much of that cash will end up in his back pocket?

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump is running a protection racket:

a criminal scheme where a group extorts money from people in exchange for protection.

[kimbutgar]

2. About 95% of it will end up in his offshore accounts

In addition to the election funds he skimmed and the nice amount muskrat paid him to be Mr. Doge.

That said I’m hoping for a massive crippling snow and hail storm to hit DC on January 20th !

[tanyev]

3. He's making a list and checking it twice.

Evil Santa.

[2naSalit]

4. The only thing that...

"Better happen soon" is him ceasing to waste good air.