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dalton99a

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1. Trump hates the NFL

Sat Feb 1, 2020, 01:20 PM

Feb 2020

"I'm going to give [buying the Bills] a heavy shot," Trump told Tim Graham of the Buffalo News in April 2014. "I would love to do it, and if I can do it I'm keeping it in Buffalo."

A little more than a year later, Trump was again left looking at the NFL from the outside.

"I bid a billion dollars, all cash on the table," Trump told Sports Illustrated in September 2015. "He [owner Terry Pegula] bought it for a billion-two, I believe, although they say it was a billion-four. I think he got it for a billion‑two."

An NFL source familiar with Trump's bid said he didn't get the team because there was serious doubt among other owners if Trump had the money to purchase the Bills.

The belief is that Trump has held a grudge ever since.

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'Two very interesting teams': Donald Trump doesn't know who's playing in the Super Bowl [View all] babylonsister Feb 2020 OP

Trump hates the NFL dalton99a Feb 2020 #1

"All cash on the table" mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #5

I'm laughing right there with you. yonder Feb 2020 #19

Maybe Monopoly money leftieNanner Feb 2020 #36

Except billionaire and fellow sexual deviant Robert Kraft CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #15

Insert Drum Sting Here OMGWTF Feb 2020 #30

The oranges of the hatred for the NFL and the ruin of the USFL. Marcuse Feb 2020 #17

Ouch. The mark that left is still festering away. yonder Feb 2020 #21

What a Nimrod NBachers Feb 2020 #2

Time to replay his comments on Colin Kaepernick. Harker Feb 2020 #3

I'll rip off one of the comments ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #4

This is wonderful! renate Feb 2020 #7

The US Patriots 👍 v. the GOP Complicits 👎 end-of-message sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #39

👍 sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #40

Just like when they asked him his favorite Bible verse. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #6

Two Corinthians walk into a bar ... OMGWTF Feb 2020 #31

L..O..L leftieNanner Feb 2020 #38

Of course not. moondust Feb 2020 #8

He only cares about the the post game hamberders... lame54 Feb 2020 #9

I don't know either Retrograde Feb 2020 #10

Well see, that's an honest answer. lunatica Feb 2020 #18

Ditto. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #20

Ha! Let's all get together and go see a movie. tavernier Feb 2020 #51

I wish I could say the same The Genealogist Feb 2020 #60

I know one of them because my gson had their emblem put on his BD cake and that efhmc Feb 2020 #11

If a female or liberal candidate couldn't answer this question, the media would roast them Yavin4 Feb 2020 #12

Neither do I. AllyCat Feb 2020 #13

The criticism is about his lying and dissembling. lunatica Feb 2020 #23

It gets 'called' when an utterance of his is FoS which is 100% of the time. sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #37

Comprende AllyCat Feb 2020 #47

I'm also not interested in sports lunatica Feb 2020 #48

And don't forget, we have to protect Thomas Edison KelleyKramer Feb 2020 #49

Trump's interest are eclectic and widespread as are is his lunatica Feb 2020 #50

I told my husband that tRump was smooth glossing over the fact the he did not know Grammy23 Feb 2020 #14

"If ya can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullsh*t...." eom lastlib Feb 2020 #62

I have no idea who's playing IronLionZion Feb 2020 #16

Who? Marcuse Feb 2020 #24

Whoo dat say whoo dat when I say whoo dat? 😆 sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #34

(Saints ain't playin'............) lastlib Feb 2020 #42

I knew that would get a response. sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #46

I want one! 🦉💗 eom sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #35

Cute from a distance... paleotn Feb 2020 #44

I know. cute lil rascules. But they deceive. 😆 sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #55

Once again you nailed it Babylonsister. Pepsidog Feb 2020 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Feb 2020 #25

Bet if Moscow had a team in there he'd know who was playing. rurallib Feb 2020 #26

Shhhhhh!!! Nobody tell him that San Francisco is one of the teams! Initech Feb 2020 #27

Well he didn't know what happens to cows Botany Feb 2020 #28

Super bowl ? He thinks that you have to flush it 10 or 15 times. CentralMass Feb 2020 #29

L to the O to the L! OMGWTF Feb 2020 #32

Nah, that's the Toilet Bowl. lastlib Feb 2020 #43

. MerryBlooms Feb 2020 #53

Almost seems as if 'the level of ignorance' IS policy. 🤔 n/t sprinkleeninow Feb 2020 #33

It's the dementia kicking in; he's confabulating. My late MIL used to do that... Hekate Feb 2020 #41

I'm not sticking up for Trump, I dislike him as much as everyone else but blueinredohio Feb 2020 #56

In a normal family, the Trump spawn would have talked him out of running in the first place... Hekate Feb 2020 #59

Someone much smarter than I said it best: COLGATE4 Feb 2020 #45

What, really, does he know anything about? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2020 #52

Very little, if anything. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #54

Shit- I don't know, or care, who's playing. n/t X_Digger Feb 2020 #57

I have no idea who is playing in the Super Bowl. SamKnause Feb 2020 #58

As with many things with Trump, by itself there would be no particular shame. But... JHB Feb 2020 #61

Dear Donald... jmowreader Feb 2020 #63

"All I know is Both Sides love Trump." NCLefty Feb 2020 #64