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Galraedia

(5,015 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:29 PM Apr 2020

Coming to your $1,200 relief check: Donald J. Trump's name

Source: Washington Post

The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump’s name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that is expected to slow their delivery by several days, senior agency officials said.

The unprecedented decision, finalized late Monday, means that when recipients open the $1,200 paper checks the IRS is scheduled to begin sending to 70 million Americans in coming days, “President Donald J. Trump” will appear on the left side of the payment.

It will be the first time a president’s signature appears on an IRS disbursement, whether a routine refund or one of the handful of checks the government has issued to taxpayers in recent decades either to stimulate a down economy or share the dividends of a strong one.

While some people receiving the checks — the centerpiece of the U.S. government’s economic relief package to stave of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic — may not care, or observe, whose name appears on them, the decision is another sign of Trump’s effort to cast his response to the pandemic in political terms.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coming-to-your-1200-relief-check-donald-j-trumps-name/2020/04/14/071016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

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Coming to your $1,200 relief check: Donald J. Trump's name (Original Post) Galraedia Apr 2020 OP
We will never see any check benld74 Apr 2020 #1
Me too AJT Apr 2020 #3
Yeah mine is being direct deposited right now into my savings. 47of74 Apr 2020 #6
Just curious what state you're in. Girard442 Apr 2020 #13
Eastern Iowa 47of74 Apr 2020 #16
K. TY. Be interesting to see if there's a pattern in the arrival times. Girard442 Apr 2020 #19
Yeah, I won't see his ******* Cha Apr 2020 #35
I always owe tax Cicada Apr 2020 #48
Thanks for the explanation, Cicada. Cha Apr 2020 #51
I wonder if TRUMP'S signature will look the same as when he signed the check to his HOOKER trueblue2007 Apr 2020 #45
The Bright Side smb Apr 2020 #59
Thank GOD I efiled and used direct debit/deposit for years. George II Apr 2020 #2
Huge Perk! Cha Apr 2020 #36
This ridiculous person is desperate for attention. C_U_L8R Apr 2020 #4
Should be illegal but let this POS clown car President have his moment Bengus81 Apr 2020 #5
Really. Mmnuuuwhatever, could you be sucking fustercluck bodybags ---- any harder??? niyad Apr 2020 #7
Mine will be direct deposit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #8
My guess is that whomever gets a check will look at the number, not who signed it. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #9
Clearly trying to use taxpayer money to influence the election. cstanleytech Apr 2020 #10
Won't see it with direct deposit. we can do it Apr 2020 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author thesquanderer Apr 2020 #12
Be sure to tell your Trumpian friends and family that he held up their checks for vanity reasons flibbitygiblets Apr 2020 #14
Now that is truly, truly desperate. marble falls Apr 2020 #15
Republican socialism - good schtuff when it benefits them. keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #17
Think I'll donate my check to the Biden campaign. nt. BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #18
I endorsed my Bush check in 2001 SCantiGOP Apr 2020 #33
Well done you! nt. BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #42
Unfortunately, SCantiGOP Apr 2020 #43
It's the thought that counts 👍🏻 BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #50
Usually checks are signed by the current burrowowl Apr 2020 #46
Remember Munchkin's Photo Op? smb Apr 2020 #60
Thank goodness for direct deposit. elleng Apr 2020 #20
Use a Sharpie Nimrod900 Apr 2020 #21
So sign up for direct deposit as soon as they get that option available!!! Maeve Apr 2020 #22
Garry Kasparov for the win. edbermac Apr 2020 #23
Yes! cp Apr 2020 #63
You'd have to be pretty stupid to be fooled by this masquerade bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #24
Dotard is a walking sphincter... wcmagumba Apr 2020 #25
Of the checks which ARE cashed, how many of them will be spit upon first? Could be risky! n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2020 #26
That's Why There Will Never Be A Donald Trump Postage Stamp smb Apr 2020 #61
"1,200 relief check" donco Apr 2020 #27
Hate to say it, but this could boost Trump's approval ratings or even win him the election. Doodley Apr 2020 #28
lol Drunken Irishman Apr 2020 #29
lololol obamanut2012 Apr 2020 #53
Direct Deposit here so I don't have tio see the fkn cretin's signature. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #30
But it's not HIS money rocktivity Apr 2020 #31
More signs that the pig thinks he is the state... Thomas Hurt Apr 2020 #32
Reminds me an incident I once read about rocktivity Apr 2020 #34
Half the country out of work and people dying by the thousands orangecrush Apr 2020 #37
Pelosi is the one who pushed the paymrnt provision through, this was not a GOP idea. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #38
If Trump signs it Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #39
If he wants his signature on it... SeattleVet Apr 2020 #40
Why? tavernier Apr 2020 #41
He is the "smallest" enormous thing I have laid eyes on in my life. BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #44
Does it also say "MAGA" and "Vote for Trump" on it? LudwigPastorius Apr 2020 #47
Fucking egomaniac. SergeStorms Apr 2020 #49
unless it's coming from your bank account Astraea Apr 2020 #52
If not Trump's name, it would be Mnuchin's. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #54
Another example... Maxheader Apr 2020 #55
Can you imagine the RW reaction if Obama wanted his name on any US gov't check? n/t SpankMe Apr 2020 #56
Doesn't make up for signing so many death warrants. JudyM Apr 2020 #57
Hundreds Of Contractors Will FINALLY Get A Check With Trump's Name On It! nt smb Apr 2020 #58
"expected to slow their delivery by several days" - this is the crux of the story muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 #62
Mine came from "IRS TREAS 310 TAX REF" Orangepeel Apr 2020 #64
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
6. Yeah mine is being direct deposited right now into my savings.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:36 PM
Apr 2020

The funds haven't actually been put in my account yet but I did see an entry for it today.

If I was getting a physical check with that fuck's signature on it I'd mail it back to the IRS with instructions for them to stick the check where the sun doesn't shine. I don't need the money that bad.



Girard442

(6,059 posts)
19. K. TY. Be interesting to see if there's a pattern in the arrival times.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:03 PM
Apr 2020

In any case, spend it in good health.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
35. Yeah, I won't see his *******
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 11:06 PM
Apr 2020

Last edited Wed Apr 15, 2020, 01:00 AM - Edit history (1)

narcissistic name, either.

It surprises me that there are so many who don't do direct deposit.

I'll take his money and tell him to FO, assface.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
48. I always owe tax
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:47 AM
Apr 2020

I have some income which has no option for tax withholding, but not enough to require estimated tax payments, so I always owe tax. I borrow the tax from the IRS interest free in effect. So no direct deposit. Many people want to delay paying tax as long as possible. They need cash flow to pay their bills. And many people don’t have bank accounts.

trueblue2007

(17,138 posts)
45. I wonder if TRUMP'S signature will look the same as when he signed the check to his HOOKER
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:11 AM
Apr 2020

I wonder if TRUMP'S signature will look the same ON OUR CHECK'S as when he signed the check to his HOOKER .... Stormy Daniels ??



Michael Cohen presents "a copy of a check Trump wrote from his personal bank account – after he became president – to reimburse me for the hush money payments I made to cover up his affair with an adult film star" to Congress. http://bit.ly/2IIvzOu

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQaufJfEsMEkhJE1DmsSDkBrLuDaHNppLnhcqZXFXoilv7GhcHc&usqp=CAU

?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=OU0Fby1HJpkAX_R05OP&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=a5f103f3b2dd3e6862160d9936a41363&oe=5EBC5EEF





smb

(3,453 posts)
59. The Bright Side
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 11:05 AM
Apr 2020

You get a check with Trump's name and didn't have to endure thirty seconds of sweaty fumbling.

C_U_L8R

(44,897 posts)
4. This ridiculous person is desperate for attention.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:35 PM
Apr 2020

He's only made a bigger fool of himself. What a joke.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
5. Should be illegal but let this POS clown car President have his moment
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:35 PM
Apr 2020

Most will never see fat assess name with the money directly deposited,the rest won't give a flying fuck except getting in flipped over and endorsed.

no_hypocrisy

(45,783 posts)
9. My guess is that whomever gets a check will look at the number, not who signed it.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:43 PM
Apr 2020

I mean, do you look at the signature on your paper currency?

Response to Galraedia (Original post)

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
14. Be sure to tell your Trumpian friends and family that he held up their checks for vanity reasons
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:59 PM
Apr 2020

Assuming you're speaking to any Trumpian family or friends.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
33. I endorsed my Bush check in 2001
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:54 PM
Apr 2020

Made it payable to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and made copies of it and sent them to my repub Senator and Congressman, and to the White House.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
43. Unfortunately,
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 11:38 PM
Apr 2020

In retirement, I can’t afford to donate this one
My wife gets $X to donate to her church, and I get $X to donate to campaigns, but I can’t go in for $2,400.

smb

(3,453 posts)
60. Remember Munchkin's Photo Op?
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 11:09 AM
Apr 2020


Caption: I always wear GLOVES when I have to touch those nasty low-class ONE dollar bills!!

Nimrod900

(19 posts)
21. Use a Sharpie
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:14 PM
Apr 2020

Thankfully I have direct deposit, also. But if I didn't, I would take a Sharpie and completely obliterate that disgusting name. It's reportedly on the memo line anyway, so it shouldn't prevent the check from being cashed.

bucolic_frolic

(42,679 posts)
24. You'd have to be pretty stupid to be fooled by this masquerade
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:22 PM
Apr 2020

Even most MAGAt's won't think it came from Trump

wcmagumba

(2,871 posts)
25. Dotard is a walking sphincter...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:27 PM
Apr 2020

I am supposed to get the 1200 tonight, by bank had it listed a couple of days ago...I'm in the
Wichita KS area (maybe the red states get it first, wouldn't put it past these jerks)...

smb

(3,453 posts)
61. That's Why There Will Never Be A Donald Trump Postage Stamp
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 11:10 AM
Apr 2020

Everybody would spit on the wrong side.

donco

(1,548 posts)
27. "1,200 relief check"
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:34 PM
Apr 2020

GOOD i,ll take the so called"relief check"and to distribute it to get DEMS elected in the show-me state.

Doodley

(8,976 posts)
28. Hate to say it, but this could boost Trump's approval ratings or even win him the election.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:40 PM
Apr 2020

Democratic lawmakers should not have allowed this to happen.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
32. More signs that the pig thinks he is the state...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:50 PM
Apr 2020

Thinks the executive branch is his company and the treasury is his personal account.

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
34. Reminds me an incident I once read about
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:58 PM
Apr 2020

involving Jesus Christ, Julius Ceasar, and a penny...


rocktivity

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
38. Pelosi is the one who pushed the paymrnt provision through, this was not a GOP idea.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 11:15 PM
Apr 2020

The Republicans just wanted a payroll tax cut. And Trump had nothing to do with anything, other than responding so poorly to the pandemic that we had to destroy our economy to slow the spread.

SeattleVet

(5,468 posts)
40. If he wants his signature on it...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 11:27 PM
Apr 2020

make him sign each one, individually.

It will give him something semi-useful to do, and keep him out of the way of the doctors, economists, researchers, and other professionals so they can do *their* jobs without interference from him.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
44. He is the "smallest" enormous thing I have laid eyes on in my life.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:07 AM
Apr 2020

I would say he is a small man but he is not a man and he is not small, he is a huge POS....a petty, greedy, sadistic, sociopathic POS.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
47. Does it also say "MAGA" and "Vote for Trump" on it?
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:40 AM
Apr 2020

What a turd...using a relief payment as an opportunity to associate himself with "free" money.

Trump isn't so much a man, as he is some kind of slime mold in pancake makeup and a cheap wig.

SergeStorms

(18,906 posts)
49. Fucking egomaniac.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:54 AM
Apr 2020

Like it's his money or something. Seeing that he had absolutely nothing to do with the stimulus, other than signing the bill written and passed by Congress, of course, once again Trump takes credit for something he had almost nothing to do with. Once again, anything good that happens Trump wants full credit for, but of course he takes none of the responsibility for any of the fuck-ups that came directly to his inattention and ignorance.



Up your's Little Donnie!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
54. If not Trump's name, it would be Mnuchin's.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:55 AM
Apr 2020

And who cares, as long as the check doesn't bounce?

It's a shame that this act of narcissism causes a delay in checks being mailed.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,158 posts)
62. "expected to slow their delivery by several days" - this is the crux of the story
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 11:38 AM
Apr 2020

Trump's pathetic need for inflating his ego is driving people into poverty. In a time when speed is of the essence, the government is once again crippled by the narcissism and electioneering of the orange ball of pus squatting over the country.

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