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Trump's Wash. D.C. Hotel Nearly Triples Its Rates For His 'Second Inauguration' On March 4
Daily Kos, Feb. 7, 2021.
If you had any doubt that the Trump presidency was just an elaborate four-year grift, this story should dispel your quaint Pollyannish notions. Because their brains are the functional equivalent of an 80s-era Texas Instruments calculator that has not yet learned how to spell boobs, the worlds daffiest fucks (aka Trumps most ardent MAGAs) still think hes going to serve a second term.
That meansduh!there will have to be a second Trump inauguration.
And because of something called the sovereign citizens movement, they think that blessed day is coming on March 4 because ah, who the fuck cares? Explaining the theory would be like faxing yall the specs for the perpetual-motion taffy-pulling machine/Easy-Bake Oven I invented last night while snorting crushed Apple Jacks in an Ambien/turpentine fugue.But if youre really interested, heres a rundown. Now, even Trump isnt dumb enough to think hell be inaugurated on March 4, but that isnt stopping him from profitingagainoff his followers perduring gormlessness.
Business Insider: QAnon's most dedicated followers still believe that former President Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 presidential election, is yet to be sworn in. March 4, 2021 is a day they have marked in their diaries, insisting that is the date when Trump will be inaugurated in Washington, DC, and, ultimately, return to power.
Coincidentally, Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC is hiking up the prices of suites around that period. The hotel, just blocks away from the White House, has almost tripled the rates for some rooms on the nights of March 3 and 4, according to Forbes. Oh, isnt that sweet? And in case you think this merely reflects the organic rate changes that result when the city is bustling, well, think again. Similar hotels in the same vicinity have kept their rates roughly the same. Oh, and just before the Capitol coup attemptwhen MAGAs alighted on D.C. like flies on a shitty presidentthe Trump International raised its rates through the roof.
According to Forbes, the cheapest room available the night of the insurrection was $8,000.
So there you go. Stoking a dangerous insurrection and playing footsie with dangerous loons can be extremely profitableassuming you have zero shame, anyway. ~
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/7/2014589/-Trump-s-D-C-hotel-nearly-triples-its-rates-for-his-second-inauguration-on-March-4
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Trump's Wash. D.C. Hotel Nearly Triples Its Rates For His 'Second Inauguration' On March 4 (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Feb 2021
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Blue Owl
(50,291 posts)1. K&R
no_hypocrisy
(46,038 posts)2. Sorry for using Logic, but . . . . .
where in the Constitution does it say that Joe Biden is "acting" as "President Pro Tem" until Trump is "inaugurated" on March 4? If Trump were truly re-elected, why did he vacate the WH and not continue serving uninterrupted?
Sheesh, these guys see one bright shining object and can't take their eyes off it.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)3. Got that, D.C. law enforcement? March 4.
Would appreciate an overwhelming show of force this time, against any of the trump tribe who show up.
Aristus
(66,294 posts)4. Not only is a fool soon parted from his money,
a fool and his money are lucky to get together in the first place.