Trump dreams of getting 10 million foreigners to pay $5M for gold cards, for $50 trillion to more than pay off US debt

[highplainsdem]

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[hlthe2b]

1. And why would they choose the US over every other place in the world with that kind of $$$?

I sure as hell would not.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Because they're drug cartel members, FSB officers,

members of the CCP, and others who have lots of money, and want to do us harm.

[Srkdqltr]

2. Seriously?? What a putz.

[lapfog_1]

3. people that HAVE $5M

do not need to become US Citizens...

They have many options for their citizenship... usually in places that don't require you physically live there.

What is the advantage to becoming a US Citizen for these highly productive people?

OTOH, there are governments who might want to fund some people to buy a US Citizenship for any number of reasons related to their employment once IN the USA. A lot of jobs that are currently "NOFORN" as in no foreign ( even green card ) citizens may apply or hold these jobs. So if you wanted to work at a company that is creating MLS software for the DOD or CIA or NSA... but you are a Russian or Chinese citizen...

Just a thought.

[Silent Type]

4. Doesn't make sense. A company is going to hire foreign talent over Americans and pay $5 M extra.

Doubt there is anyone with talent that much better than Americans. And if they have that talent and money, why come here.

[Silent Type]

19. So you pay $5 M and maybe save $2 M in taxes. They are still out $3 M for a few workers who might be better

than Americans, or maybe not.

Makes no sense, but I'm sure trumpsters will eat it up like the did when trump said Mexico will pay for the wall.

[spanone]

5. He's insane.

[Prairie Gates]

6. I thought the tariffs were going to pay off the debt and pay for wonderful elementary schools

It's always some new crazy plot or other.

[LessAspin]

7. Yes 💯

Obviously they will not get that many or that much 💵

No doubt that 100% would go to paying off the debt

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[Buns_of_Fire]

8. I guess vials of his bellybutton lint aren't selling as well as expected. nt

[Irish_Dem]

9. Trump keeps saying the US is a disgusting third world country.

Why would anyone want to come here if they have $5 million laying around?

[Karadeniz]

10. *******There was an NPR, i think, attached to a previous post about this*******

which explains how Kushner/Trump can create a loophole in the regulations underpinning this sort of immigration offer to completely circumvent the job creation bit and skew the underprivileged part. Kushner did in NJ and he and others will use the same tactic again.

[brush]

11. More pipe dream inagining. He actually thinks such crap can happen.

Gaza for free with luxury villas, Greenland conquering, annexing Canada, retaking the Panama Canal...none of the foolishness will happen either.

How long, how long?

[artemisia1]

12. Who on Earth would want to join the shoot show that America has become if they have that kind of money? /nt

[Blue Full Moon]

13. If they already had that much money if they wanted to be here they already would be.

[W_HAMILTON]

18. That was my thought.

Plus, if someone can afford that sort of money, they are doing pretty damn good wherever it is they live already, and I doubt they want to subject themselves and their amassed wealth earned elsewhere to taxes in the US.

But if they were still insistent on becoming a US citizen for some reason, they could take a fraction of that price and pay a good immigration attorney to run them through the regular process in no time flat.

Just another one of the dipshit's stupid ideas.

[bluesbassman]

15. The FauxKing imbecile strikes again.

‪The only people with that kind of money to throw around that would want to leave their home country are criminals and disgraced politicians. ‬

[Initech]

16. And literally none of that money will actually go to pay off the debt.

It will go to Elon's pocketbook.

[Cosmocat]

20. The base will eat this up

Like deep fried oreos ...