this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
760 points (95.5% liked)

politics

18651 readers
3651 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
  2. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  3. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  4. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
  5. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  6. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Donald Trump reportedly used a bail bondsman after being arrested at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, paying $20,000 of his bond set at $200,000 and taking out a loan for the rest of it. The fact that the former president resorted to such a measure has sparked questions on social media about the state of his finances.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

he doesn't intend to pay any of it back.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or he intends to flee if things are looking bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He openly said at a rally last week or so that he, "hates living in America," and would rather live in France.

I maintain he said France because he couldn't say Russia, and he couldn't remember another allied countries name at the time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As if France would have him...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If Trump did flee to France, they would send him right back due to pesky extradition treaty.

Edit: Added if

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The entire job of Bail bondsmen is to know how to get people to pay back, including breaking legs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha I made this comment expecting this kind of response and I am really ok with anything t Bondsmen need to do to get their money back in this instance

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or they're a MAGA cult member who thinks their righteous leader who 10000% definitely, for sure donated his presidential salary just like he said, so why wouldn't he pay back the 200k