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Nevilledog

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Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:15 PM Feb 2023

Trump donating 13 year old water to East Palestine



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Trump in E. Palestine: “We’re bringing thousands of bottles of water - Trump Water, actually. Most of it. Some of it we had to go to a much lesser quality of water. You want to get those Trump bottles.”


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Trump donating 13 year old water to East Palestine (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2023 OP
Water has a use by date? Who knew? ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #1
Decay of the plastic bottle? irisblue Feb 2023 #2
Like adding salt to an open wound. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #4
I'm certain he used the highest quality, BPA-free plastics Bristlecone Feb 2023 #14
Also bacterial build-up. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #15
That's what I was thinking. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #49
Use by dates are sometimes on the cap or printed w/ the product info. Deuxcents Feb 2023 #26
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #39
I wonder how much the write off value is for 13 year old water, I'm sure it's in the Billions. Meadowoak Feb 2023 #3
Full retail price, adjusted for inflation Retrograde Feb 2023 #6
And he probably already wrote off the water as a business loss Buckeyeblue Feb 2023 #43
Yep, I'm confident that's what he'll put on his tax return gratuitous Feb 2023 #8
He probaby had a warehouse of empty bottles... lame54 Feb 2023 #5
I have a 1960 bottle of water... brooklynite Feb 2023 #7
I can't believe they were even putting water in bottles then! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #12
It was a glass soda bottle; from Canada Dry. brooklynite Feb 2023 #16
How cool is that! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #18
Also picked up a Bendix radiation dosimeter brooklynite Feb 2023 #20
My dad is smiling down from somewhere lol. BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #21
We had one as well tavernier Feb 2023 #44
Something tells me ForgedCrank Feb 2023 #45
Did he throw it like the paper towels malaise Feb 2023 #9
bam bam Celerity Feb 2023 #22
Love it malaise Feb 2023 #29
Trump in E. Palestine: "Have a good time ... have fun everybody." Nevilledog Feb 2023 #34
Good effin' grief malaise Feb 2023 #35
Oh, dear Lord, he actually said that! dmr Feb 2023 #50
His commercial bottling closed down, but... Brother Buzz Feb 2023 #10
Yeah, like everything else, he just slapped his name on someone else's product. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #17
Fake news IbogaProject Feb 2023 #11
C'mon, get into the Trumpy spirit of things. Here's your chance to get Trump Giardia or FSogol Feb 2023 #13
LOL inthewind21 Feb 2023 #36
Now he gets to write it all off. Bristlecone Feb 2023 #19
This is probably recently bottled water, just for this occasion, rather than leftover old stock. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 #23
I doubt it videohead5 Feb 2023 #28
Bottled water from 2010 would have dehydrated significantly. I know know this for a fact JoanofArgh Feb 2023 #31
Yep. I think so, too. JoanofArgh Feb 2023 #32
Even at that, i bet he's not giving it away. bluestarone Feb 2023 #24
There is nothing that he does... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #25
The trumpers are all over twitter on this. Did they say anything about Flint? Boomerproud Feb 2023 #27
I bought 2 tfg shirts 15 years ago. louis-t Feb 2023 #30
Those Were Labeled Medium Specifically For Him..... global1 Feb 2023 #33
Hadn't thought of that, but it wouldn't surprise me. louis-t Feb 2023 #46
It's the branded water he provides at his hotels/resorts. demmiblue Feb 2023 #37
One of TFG's many failed businesses LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #38
Fake news Celerity Feb 2023 #40
He really is a lowlife malaise Feb 2023 #41
Worst human being ever produced by the United States, which is why we need to be factual when we go Celerity Feb 2023 #42
Thanks for the correction rictofen Feb 2023 #47
And multiple other threads are still running with the 'it's 13 year old Trump Ice' angle Celerity Feb 2023 #48
exactly... WarGamer Feb 2023 #51

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,897 posts)
1. Water has a use by date? Who knew?
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:19 PM
Feb 2023

But this is TRUMP Water we are talking about here. Just like his ROTTEN Trump Wines and Steaks.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,897 posts)
4. Like adding salt to an open wound.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:21 PM
Feb 2023

All those chemicals in the plastic contaminating the water.

Bristlecone

(11,111 posts)
14. I'm certain he used the highest quality, BPA-free plastics
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:38 PM
Feb 2023

He is known for delivery quality.

Vodka, Steaks, Wine, Real Estate Degrees - all proven to be top notch.

GoCubsGo

(34,914 posts)
15. Also bacterial build-up.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:39 PM
Feb 2023

It's highly unlikely that water, or the bottles, were sterile at the time of bottling.

Deuxcents

(26,916 posts)
26. Use by dates are sometimes on the cap or printed w/ the product info.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:24 PM
Feb 2023

My Aquafina water bottle says JAN 06 25

Meadowoak

(6,606 posts)
3. I wonder how much the write off value is for 13 year old water, I'm sure it's in the Billions.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:20 PM
Feb 2023

Retrograde

(11,419 posts)
6. Full retail price, adjusted for inflation
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:29 PM
Feb 2023

of course, plus extra for shipping and handling. And don't forget the costs of storing it for all those years. Say, $15 a bottle? Donnie is not one to turn up his nose at a chance to make a buck.

Buckeyeblue

(6,352 posts)
43. And he probably already wrote off the water as a business loss
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 07:29 AM
Feb 2023

So if he writes it off as a donation would that be double-dipping?

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
7. I have a 1960 bottle of water...
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:30 PM
Feb 2023

...bottled for the US Olympic Team. Found it in a NYC fallout shelter.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
12. I can't believe they were even putting water in bottles then!
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:36 PM
Feb 2023

But we did have a fallout shelter when I was a babe.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
18. How cool is that!
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:44 PM
Feb 2023

I remember getting water in cans once, after a hurricane in the Keys.

What a fantastic souvenir though!

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
21. My dad is smiling down from somewhere lol.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:50 PM
Feb 2023

He built that little bomb shelter before I was walking. He did grow up in London during the Blitz.

He’d love knowing you found that in a shelter.

My mom made it clear to all of us that she would NOT be taking part when we all headed for the shelter lol. Nuclear holocaust/winter was preferable.

tavernier

(14,443 posts)
44. We had one as well
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 07:57 AM
Feb 2023

Dad had it built to specifications. We were first generation from Latvia here after WWII. The most use it ever got was when I was a teenager and my friends and I would sneak in for make out sessions. That and mom would store extra canned goods.
I still remember the warning from dad not to spread around that we had it because when the nuclear war started, everyone in the neighborhood would want to be in there.

ForgedCrank

(3,096 posts)
45. Something tells me
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 11:01 AM
Feb 2023

that my wife would also prefer to take her chances above ground in the fallout rather than be stuck in a little box underground with us for months on end.
I mean, how may times could we play "pull my finger" before she beat us all with a skillet?

Brother Buzz

(39,900 posts)
10. His commercial bottling closed down, but...
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:32 PM
Feb 2023

he still sells his branded bottled water at his resort. I suspect he contracts with a generic bottled water company to produced it.

GoCubsGo

(34,914 posts)
17. Yeah, like everything else, he just slapped his name on someone else's product.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:43 PM
Feb 2023

Last edited Wed Feb 22, 2023, 07:16 PM - Edit history (1)

What everyone is missing her is that the alleged "billionaire" will only supply 13 pallets of water for a town of over 4700. Cheap bastard. (Or, more likely, a lying, broke bastard.)

IbogaProject

(5,913 posts)
11. Fake news
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:33 PM
Feb 2023

That water is probably only at least 12 years old. What a creep, and he'll claim it on his taxes too.

FSogol

(47,623 posts)
13. C'mon, get into the Trumpy spirit of things. Here's your chance to get Trump Giardia or
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:36 PM
Feb 2023

Trump Cholera or even Trump Dysentery!

Bristlecone

(11,111 posts)
19. Now he gets to write it all off.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:46 PM
Feb 2023

He went there for the sole purpose of recouping losses on that venture. I am certain of it.

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,852 posts)
23. This is probably recently bottled water, just for this occasion, rather than leftover old stock.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:54 PM
Feb 2023

It can't be too big an effort to print up new labels.

videohead5

(2,950 posts)
28. I doubt it
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:38 PM
Feb 2023

He would have to spend money to get them filled. He is cheap. I bet this is 13-year-old water. Hopefully someone will check the use by dates on the bottles.

JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
31. Bottled water from 2010 would have dehydrated significantly. I know know this for a fact
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:52 PM
Feb 2023

He probably filled some bottles with tap water.

bluestarone

(22,179 posts)
24. Even at that, i bet he's not giving it away.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:56 PM
Feb 2023

He'll write it off his tax's. This creep DOES NOT do anything to help people!

Boomerproud

(9,292 posts)
27. The trumpers are all over twitter on this. Did they say anything about Flint?
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:25 PM
Feb 2023

CNN just ran a piece saying he came with a huge donation and acted like it was a presidential visit.

louis-t

(24,618 posts)
30. I bought 2 tfg shirts 15 years ago.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:45 PM
Feb 2023

I am embarrassed to admit it. They were on sale for like $15 each. The tag said 'Medium' but they were at least x-large. I couldn't wear them. I gave one away and still have the other one. Maybe I can get a MAGA cult idiot to give me $1,000 for it.

global1

(26,507 posts)
33. Those Were Labeled Medium Specifically For Him.....
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 07:11 PM
Feb 2023

He didn't like the XL label because it made him have to admit he was obese. So he had XL shirts labeled Medium to satisfy his vanity.

Celerity

(54,408 posts)
42. Worst human being ever produced by the United States, which is why we need to be factual when we go
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 06:53 AM
Feb 2023

after him.

rictofen

(267 posts)
47. Thanks for the correction
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 08:02 PM
Feb 2023

People are even spreading these clearly photoshopped pics that make the water look like piss. This is not necessary to highlight his shameless and deeply inappropriate self-promotion.

Facts matter...sometimes?

Celerity

(54,408 posts)
48. And multiple other threads are still running with the 'it's 13 year old Trump Ice' angle
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 09:20 PM
Feb 2023

Last edited Thu Feb 23, 2023, 10:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Accuracy and truth matter when fighting against Trump and his vicious MAGAt minions.

edited to correct a typo

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
51. exactly...
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 09:35 PM
Feb 2023

Sometimes It seems like people have no problem with disinformation as long as it goes after the "bad guys"

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