𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 on Nostr: I don't think we talk about Melania Trump enough. Recently, she was paid $237,000 to ...
I don't think we talk about Melania Trump enough. Recently, she was paid $237,000 to speak at a gay Republicans conference. [Source: https://qz.com/melania-trump-speaking-fee-gay-republicans-1851655190] Now, the fact that she's accepting money at all this close to an election her husband is a candidate in is unusual enough. Usually, the spouse of a candidate wouldn't accept a speaking fee because you can get into trouble with certain campaign finance laws. But when have the Trumps ever cared about the law.
But her potential illegal activity is kind of beside the point I want to make here. Because let's actually consider the fee itself. Here's a family that's supposedly worth $3.7 billion dollars. And his wife is accepting a job that pays $237,000. Doing a little math, that's 0.0064% of their supposed net worth.
Now, the average American family has about $64,000 in savings, according to data from the federal reserve. [Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/banking/average-american-savings] So to put Melania's speaking fee in some perspective, that's like the average person deciding to take a whole day out of their life to take a one-off job that pays $4. Not $4 an hour. $4 for an entire day's work. I ask you, would you agree to that pay? Would anyone? $4 is an insult. If I'm being offered $4 to do a job, I'm either turning that job down flat, or I'm agreeing to do the work and letting them keep their money.
If the Trumps are really worth billions, $237,000 is chump change. So here's what I think. I think the Trumps are broke. I think that's why Donny is breathlessly hawking crypto [Source: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/crypto&ved=2ahUKEwi1r-vtheaIAxWbIzQIHWctGoYQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2SuN8p_sscBUgV_2U2rTTf] and cheap gold watches [Source: https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-dollar100000-watches-are-the-most-tragic-celebrity-watch-yet/] and signed Bibles [Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003] to his weirdo fans. It's simple. He's broke.
They're all broke.
Melania is the canary in the coal mine here. They're out of cash, and Melania can't stand the thought of reducing her lifestyle to live like the poors. So she took that speaking gig. And she took that fee, even though it's insultingly small given her supposed wealth. Because that's what grifters do. They play the grift until the very end.
But her potential illegal activity is kind of beside the point I want to make here. Because let's actually consider the fee itself. Here's a family that's supposedly worth $3.7 billion dollars. And his wife is accepting a job that pays $237,000. Doing a little math, that's 0.0064% of their supposed net worth.
Now, the average American family has about $64,000 in savings, according to data from the federal reserve. [Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/banking/average-american-savings] So to put Melania's speaking fee in some perspective, that's like the average person deciding to take a whole day out of their life to take a one-off job that pays $4. Not $4 an hour. $4 for an entire day's work. I ask you, would you agree to that pay? Would anyone? $4 is an insult. If I'm being offered $4 to do a job, I'm either turning that job down flat, or I'm agreeing to do the work and letting them keep their money.
If the Trumps are really worth billions, $237,000 is chump change. So here's what I think. I think the Trumps are broke. I think that's why Donny is breathlessly hawking crypto [Source: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/crypto&ved=2ahUKEwi1r-vtheaIAxWbIzQIHWctGoYQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2SuN8p_sscBUgV_2U2rTTf] and cheap gold watches [Source: https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-dollar100000-watches-are-the-most-tragic-celebrity-watch-yet/] and signed Bibles [Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003] to his weirdo fans. It's simple. He's broke.
They're all broke.
Melania is the canary in the coal mine here. They're out of cash, and Melania can't stand the thought of reducing her lifestyle to live like the poors. So she took that speaking gig. And she took that fee, even though it's insultingly small given her supposed wealth. Because that's what grifters do. They play the grift until the very end.