Albuquerque officials say Trump now owes the city $444,986 over five years.

Summary

Albuquerque officials say Trump now owes the city $444,986 over five years.

Trump’s campaign has left numerous cities with hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills for public safety costs incurred during his rallies. Some cities have hired law firms to collect the debts, while others have required campaigns to pay estimated costs in advance. Despite Trump’s support for law enforcement, his campaign has consistently failed to reimburse local governments for the expenses they incur.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    178·
    1 年前

    They have been doing this since 2015. Why is anyone still doing business with them?

  • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    1 年前

    I’m beginning to think this is intentional by some of these towns.

    They absolutely know they won’t get paid, but it’s a “legal” way to divert public funds to him…

    • eighty@lemmy.oneEnglish
      24·
      1 年前

      raises an interesting question - would taxpayers be able to sue or compel the city to sue the Trump campaign to make them whole? If we allow a precedent that bills can go unpaid indefinitely then the trump campaign essentially siphons funds from unwitting taxpayers and maintains an otherwise defunct campaign.

      Oh wait, that’s just how the wealthy live.

  • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    1 年前

    hundreds of thousands in unpaid bills

    Uhh… yeah. That’s basically Trumps thing. Talking up someone (or some group), contract them do some work, then shaft them when the bills come due.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    32·
    1 年前

    At this point, it’s really the fault of the cities involved for not insisting he pay up front. He’s fucking NOTORIOUS for doing this, and has been since 2015 at least, and it was a well-known and established behavior pattern in the 2020 campaign.

    • vinnymac@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 年前

      He was doing this way before 2015. Look at the long list of people and businesses he has screwed over since the 80s by not paying his bills.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 年前

    I would argue this is just campaign contributions by the cities. And the regulations should be changed in the cities to require cash up front.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    19·
    1 年前

    It’s called pattern recognition and clearly it’s an alien concept to Trump cultists.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    1 年前

    Why do these people even allow donnie dumbphuck to come to their town? He’s notorious for this kind of thing.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 年前

    Tons of cities got screwed in 2016 and in 2020, why did they think the guy who is well known for not paying his bills and actually brags about it to his throngs of adoring fans would suddenly pay up? Unless the cities planned to host him knowing that he would never pay, at which point it becomes the taxpayers problem. Should absolutely be grounds for a class action lawsuit.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    9·
    1 年前

    Are you really telling me that multi-billionaire Donald Trump, openly backed by the richest man in the world, doesn’t pay his bills?!

    Oh wait, he does it all the fucking time. Maybe it’s time to use a credit check agency, guys. You know, like you do every time a poor person wants something.