Bribe On
When Donnie is in trouble, his “escape hatch” is the classic bribe.
When permits were delayed for his first Manhattan construction project, Fred Trump gave Donnie the money to grease the palms of NYC officials. When the Stormy Daniels Affair threatened to sink his 2016 campaign before it started, $130 K in hush money kept her quiet until after the election. Now that the Dems threaten to sweep the 2026 elections, Donnie promised American voters a $5,000 check if the GOP retains control of Congress. I’m still waiting for the $2,000 check for all those DOGE savings that Donnie and Elon promised by the way.
Donnie is smart enough to avoid covering those bribes with his own money. Daddy Trump coughed up the NYC bribes. Michael Cohen supposedly mortgaged his home to come up with the Stormy Daniels money. The American taxpayer will be on the hook for those $5,000 election bonuses. What’s another trillion or so on the National Debt?
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It has long been rumored that Russia in general and Putin in particular “have something on Trump”. To keep Vlad happy and to be able to claim he is doing something about energy prices, Donnie announced that he is relaxing controls on Russian diesel fuel exports. Vlad can immediately release 300,000 tons of diesel. At the going rate of $6 per gallon, Russia’s treasury is enriched to the tune of $360 million. That will buy more than a few drones and missiles to shoot at Ukraine. Vlad is happy. Donnie has an applause line for his election rallies. “We are bringing down the price of diesel for our farmers and ranchers!!!” Best of all, like all his bribes, it personally costs Donnie nothing.
Of course, it costs Ukraine “bigly” (as Donnie used to say). But that’s OK. According to Donnie’s rant over the past weekend, high gas and diesel prices are all Ukraine’s fault and its citizens should vote Zelensky out. $4 gas in America is all his fault.
By the way, World Energy Experts noted that those 300,000 tons of Russian diesel represent only 0.03% of global consumption and are unlikely to drop diesel “price at the pump”. What do they know? Donnie’s bribes always worked in the past. This one will, too.
By Ed Dufton
