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Paladin

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18. If you're surprised by this, you haven't been paying attention. (nt)

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Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:31 AM

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Trump Sells Inauguration Ball Tickets For Up To $2M [View all] riversedge Dec 2024 OP

You couldn't pay me enough to attend. DFW Dec 2024 #1

Doesn't that sound like a really fun time? leftyladyfrommo Dec 2024 #15

I actually had the honor of seeing that close up in Washington once DFW Dec 2024 #23

I always thought it was an invitational style Ball. FarPoint Dec 2024 #2

I have the same question... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #26

When your as cash poor as trump is... Omnipresent Dec 2024 #33

And 95% of it goes straight into his personal pocket. Dem2theMax Dec 2024 #3

I can't say what I am thinking about what men get for paying $2million to go to a party. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #16

Donnie is strictly pay-for-play, so they'll write it off as a business expense Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #37

There will also be a few fringe benefits. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #38

In 2017 huge payments were made to friends for almost no actual work underpants Dec 2024 #32

and MAGAts boast he works for free. Emile Dec 2024 #4

I was offered tickets to one of George H W Bush's inaugural balls pfitz59 Dec 2024 #5

I hope he's still got the tuxedo he wore to meet the Queen. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2024 #6

You would be willing to financially support trump? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #27

If only we had laws and a governmental department Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #7

The grift will increase one hundredfold this time around. sop Dec 2024 #19

Wealthy crooks getting in on the grift and espionage etc. Meowmee Dec 2024 #8

In 2016 I made reservations then canceled at the BigmanPigman Dec 2024 #9

The same price as he (reportedly) was offering pardons for at the end of his last Administration SorellaLaBefana Dec 2024 #10

Entertainment will be "One Vision of Queen" tribute band. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2024 #11

The Fascist Grifter Martin Eden Dec 2024 #12

Think of it as an elaborate sting operation... Montauk6 Dec 2024 #13

Yes, if only we had criminal investigators that wanted to set up a sting. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #28

I would go The Madcap Dec 2024 #14

Why? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #29

It's not a donation Turbineguy Dec 2024 #17

If you're surprised by this, you haven't been paying attention. (nt) Paladin Dec 2024 #18

I wish I had enough money for tickets rambler_american Dec 2024 #20

Guess those average working-class folks who voted for him because he was "just like them" will be out in the cold. Vinca Dec 2024 #21

he will wring every nickel out of this go round that he can rurallib Dec 2024 #22

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$2 million to watch Donny rock from side to side while a DJ plays YMCA. tanyev Dec 2024 #25

oh, attendees are hoping for MUCH more than that for their money. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #30

Many people have hoped for a big return on something they've given to or done for Trump. tanyev Dec 2024 #31

I agree, ain't it great? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #34

For the Dinner? COLD Mickey D's, KFC, and Diet Cokes. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2024 #35

If Biden sold tickets for that much, MAGA would be drawing up impeachment papers on Jan. 21st. Initech Dec 2024 #36