You cannot make this up. Trump is about to appoint a former top George Soros investment guy as Treasury Secretary. He screws over MAGA again and again and they still love him. www.cnn.com/2024/11/22/p... - ThreadSky

mehdirhasan.bsky.social • 93 days ago

You cannot make this up. Trump is about to appoint a former top George Soros investment guy as Treasury Secretary.

He screws over MAGA again and again and they still love him.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/scott-bessent-treasury-secretary-trump/index.html

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pbb57.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's called the long con. The mark never realizes they've been conned. But in this case, it's an entire group of people.

binamig.bsky.social•93 days ago

Heads up... this feels like a distraction.

robinsonreynolds.bsky.social•93 days ago

Nice. This guy doesn't believe in doing tariffs for real and he's not who Elon wanted.

ditmarsgrandpa.bsky.social•93 days ago

Trump knows he can play games with the law, intelligence and national defense but when it comes to the pocketbook, he goes with a Soros guy.

joemama-g.bsky.social•92 days ago

His stripes have changed. Probably the day he drank the kool-aid

redpainter1.bsky.social•93 days ago

I love this for them. They deserve it.

channel-orange.bsky.social•93 days ago

I think he's just throwing darts at this point.

tomboyrespect.bsky.social•92 days ago

I'm hyped for the mental gymnastics of his followers to justify this.

sherrillann.bsky.social•92 days ago

He thinks jews are good for only good for one thing. $$$.
Wrong only 26 percent of Jews voted for him.

ellyloves2read.bsky.social•93 days ago

I love it when a plan comes together… and he’s not even in office yet!
I formally say to those voters suckered into believing the almighty 🍊💩🤡, #youownit I have a sneaky suspicion I will be repeating myself in the next 4 years 🫢

mr2ts.bsky.social•93 days ago

Isn't this guy a longtime "trump" supporter?

anastasia1968.bsky.social•93 days ago

Because they were told that’s not getting screwed, that’s just helping friends out

jahaanhijabi.bsky.social•92 days ago

He is their God that they worship.

zaheeraismjam.bsky.social•92 days ago

They're in honeymoon phase. Get popcorn for when it's over.

australadian.com•93 days ago

rogerailes.bsky.social•93 days ago

Not hard enough.

scottyeager.bsky.social•93 days ago

Well…

okcmike.bsky.social•92 days ago

The Trump administration’s campaign economic proposals should have this appointee “tarified”!

suezq8000.bsky.social•93 days ago

Oh man @repmtg ain’t gonna like this one bit! Not a George Soros guy!!!

neqone.bsky.social•93 days ago

"Allies previously told CNN that Trump liked Bessent’s billionaire bona fides and the fact that he converted to the MAGA movement after working for Soros."

njpatrick.bsky.social•93 days ago

That’s all it takes. Why don’t we send some of our best. Say “I’m maga now!” Get confirmed, then do progressive stuff.

freespirit27284.bsky.social•92 days ago

Do you mean to posit that Trvmp is a trojan horse? 😁😁😁

jjcarolina.bsky.social•93 days ago

Ok we need to realize by now they don’t care what Trump does.

njpatrick.bsky.social•93 days ago

trump can call for lsd pancakes to be served in all elementary schools and the establishment gop will nod ferociously.

nlcoombe.bsky.social•92 days ago

This is what the Muslims and Arabs wanted.

bbrosa.bsky.social•93 days ago

How many months will he stay on the job before he gets fired? He seems far too competent.

stoley.bsky.social•92 days ago

Is this really what America voted for?💔

truthandsoul.bsky.social•92 days ago

MAGA will fall in line and worship Trump no matter how badly he hurts or betrays them

They have been groomed since birth to love and worship abusive patriarchal figures

Whether it’s the “God” in their church, or the snake-oil charlatans they elect to office

Republican voters love being abused

ploop52.bsky.social•93 days ago

Sorry, but how do we know this guy isn't just another jerk who came to his jerkness late?

batchitcrazy.bsky.social•93 days ago

What’s the over/under on billionaires in the cabinet? 12? Totaling 1 trillion dollars?

But yeah. They care about maga! 😂

When they are done enriching themselves further, we need to do what we did to the Russian oligarchs…take their shit!

mynahleague.bsky.social•93 days ago

He worked for Soros quite a while ago, has been an ardent Trump supporter for a long time. Trump’s cabinet is the billionaires’ club. The fat cats are purring just about now.

zmcadler.bsky.social•93 days ago

The prevalent reaction from his base is “See?! Trump doesn’t hate gay people!!” And just ignoring the Soros thing altogether

aviendha69.bsky.social•93 days ago

at some point, the humiliation will be such they will have to commit Koolaid to save face.

alouzon.bsky.social•93 days ago

https://www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked

#tRumpIsARussianAsset
#MuskIsARussianAsset

zappamac.bsky.social•92 days ago

Trump has been screwing over people for years, he had lots of practice.

benguilb.bsky.social•92 days ago

Is he a good or a bad nomination regardless of the MAGA « lets f.. this up « modo.

sweetooth1.bsky.social•92 days ago

There's a pattern to all his choices: corrupt, baseness, sexual offenders, TV personalities, billionaires, pro-Russia, cruel, liars, hypocrites...what I can think of at the moment. And, oh yeah just like him!

bjr32.bsky.social•93 days ago

One thing stays constant with Trump, he will con anyone and anywhere.

njpatrick.bsky.social•93 days ago

He’s picking a bunch of bonkers nutty lefties and newt Gingrich and the old fart gop brigade are all in. Waist deep in the big muddy and the big fool says to push on…

corpoemployee.bsky.social•92 days ago

what “lefties” has trump picked lol

tishm.bsky.social•76 days ago

😮😮

njpatrick.bsky.social•92 days ago

No actual lefties. But the lefties I used to know used to dig rfk jr and tulsi for idiotic reasons.

beezushrist.bsky.social•92 days ago

You mean the rightwingers posing as socialist who now vote for an autocrat? Yeah, never principled "leftist" and you might want to find out what "leftists" actually believe before making blanket statements about leftists based on Tulsi and RFK Jr Stans.

njpatrick.bsky.social•92 days ago

I don’t think they are leftists at all. My former Dem friends who drifted antagonistic “left” like those bozos. I’m not agreeing with them. But they call themselves “leftists.”

vajeedali.bsky.social•92 days ago

🫢 Can’t help it.. the understanding is just not there. If they understood they wouldn’t fawn over him… his lack of empathy, crassness, arrogance and insults are reflective. It’s like a punishment they crave. Frustrated but prone to noise not articulation. They think he is their saviour, et all.

worldcitizen1994.bsky.social•93 days ago

Gee, I thought the trump-fluffer cult hated Soros. /s/

rkhullar.bsky.social•92 days ago

Mehdi your former colleague at MSNBC is a guy by the name of Tim Miller and he was a republican who worked with Jeb Bush. To quote his words basically we know Donald Trump is a liar but he is "an authentic liar

rkhullar.bsky.social•92 days ago

On one of the shows he came on when people were just confused about how Trump could win a couple weeks ago that's exactly what he said Trump is an authentic liar

rkhullar.bsky.social•92 days ago

When you're in authentic liar no one's going to catch what you're doing because they believe what you're saying and not what you're actually doing you're not authentically

photoonist.bsky.social•92 days ago

Wonder if he's thinking about making him the Fall Guy for the predictable tumble tariffs will trigger

seadem.bsky.social•93 days ago

Honestly, most MAGA dumbasses couldn’t pick George Soros out of a lineup. They were just told to hate him, so they do.

majortom70.bsky.social•91 days ago

We have not been paying attention!
https://youtu.be/E_bUzOuSGjw

majortom70.bsky.social•93 days ago

Just like 1984 - if this big brother tells you who to hate and that 2+2 equals 5 - you better repeat it, or they torture you until you do!

azizforamerica.com•93 days ago

Does this really screw MAGA over, though? I'm not seeing why it would matter

dembrian.bsky.social•91 days ago

http-lovecraft.bsky.social•92 days ago

quincedad.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thank you sir! I have another.

thorstennesch.bsky.social•93 days ago

they like him because they understand - they would do the same.

pt1968.bsky.social•93 days ago

Remember those comments about the so-called Deep State. Isn't this guy one of those?

niteowl123.bsky.social•92 days ago

Unfortunately trump has offered something different to the "2 cheeks of the same arse" political status quo to serve America for years, which gives him carte blance to do what the hell he likes, people want change and he's offering it, good or bad.

gommyatthebeach.bsky.social•92 days ago

And MAGAS is ok with a Soros guy? Oh wait....never mind. His cult loves whatever he does! Sad!

djorankeil.bsky.social•93 days ago

Eh, they'll see this as a conversion and they love converting people.

Besides, it's like there's some sort of conversion process that goes on at Mar-a-Lago. People go in haters and come out devotees. I'm pretty sure they're installing Elon brain chips or something.

nemesisresistance.bsky.social•93 days ago

Wait, is Soros cool now with MAGA fans? I get confused whats good and whats bad in today’s edition of “MAGA Morons”

tishm.bsky.social•76 days ago

I thought that was our guy??😂😂😂😂

gpthakkar.bsky.social•92 days ago

Shhh. The Jewish space laser guy now has a man on the inside.

sunraa.bsky.social•93 days ago

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/1348/images/syzzkhdZd0aUPNd4eLmK9YZr2AOTchkYJWCNncJc.jpeg

sunraa.bsky.social•93 days ago

5D chess..................amirite

neiltaffy.bsky.social•92 days ago

Russell Brand and the other geniuses will be having a collective fit!

tishm.bsky.social•76 days ago

Doing my best to observe and listen.

tishm.bsky.social•76 days ago

🙀

tishm.bsky.social•82 days ago

George who did I hear the name Soros. Have heard before?😎😎😎😂😂

tishm.bsky.social•88 days ago

Sounds like fits into list well.

tishm.bsky.social•88 days ago

usmarinevet.bsky.social•93 days ago

I wonder what would happen if he appointed Hillary as United Nations Ambassador. 😊

There's one group old Donald "Nothing Beats the Bible" Trump will never screw over though . . . evangelicals.

usmarinevet.bsky.social•93 days ago

It must be his hair.

luxorr-r.bsky.social•93 days ago

When will this circus eeennnddd???

bort503.bsky.social•93 days ago

He told us that he could shoot someone and not lose a supporter.

pjtinker.bsky.social•92 days ago

Mehdi,
If there was a list of the most likely US citizens to become US “oligarchs” over the next 4 years, who would be in the top 20?

adammark.bsky.social•93 days ago

Is this the guy Elon wanted?

falalananana.bsky.social•93 days ago

No! He is isn’t… so I’m ok (for now) with this.

phrogguy.bsky.social•92 days ago

Of course he did.

badgerwthumbs.bsky.social•93 days ago

That's. . . amazing, like the Hindenburg.

lilsmurf.bsky.social•93 days ago

Lame duck President so maybe he doesn't feel like he has to cater to them as much anymore.

undacuvabrutha.bsky.social•93 days ago

There’s no coherent ideology to Trumpism, except cynicism.

guido-pond.bsky.social•93 days ago

As Jen Psaki Says a Day in politics is a lifetime, he will be ousted next week. by someone else. Sorry Mehdi; I can hear a scraping noise, do you hear it? There it is again, {scrape scrape scrape.}

Oh Its Donald again scrubbing the bottom of the barrell to see what else falls out.

ceemaccee.bsky.social•93 days ago

Wait. So he is appointing the one person who definitively got a paycheck from George Soros. Omfg

leftcoasteroc.bsky.social•92 days ago

I’m still debating who did more to destroy the old Republican Party, GWB or Trump. Thoughts?

fattyboombalatty.bsky.social•92 days ago

Good, Hopefully I won't have to hear one of my close friends saying Soros, Soros, Soros anymore..

dirttrader.bsky.social•93 days ago

Seriously, he must want to actually do something good for legacy sake

niawag.bsky.social•93 days ago

I see what you're doing and it's fine.

themidnighttofer.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's almost like it's a cult or something

nacrine.bsky.social•93 days ago

But he’s born again maga, they’re the most fervent.

derek.bsky.social•92 days ago

Another fucking billionaire too.

frankbishop.bsky.social•93 days ago

… a hot minute. No probs, the patriotic righteous will rebound, stay focused and reply in kind

rcz.bsky.social•93 days ago

I was listening to a podcast yesterday and they said trump would put someone competent at treasury because while he doesn't care about anything else he does care about the stock market.

persephoenix.bsky.social•93 days ago

My first thoughts too.

It’s okay to fuck over everything and everyone else…but don’t mess with wealthy peoples’ money.

The guy is probably a scumbag, but he’s a competent scumbag.

b-blasphemous.bsky.social•92 days ago

Both sides of that Empire are immoral and are controlled by the mega wealthy.

thiafin.bsky.social•93 days ago

🤢🤮

cathmcb.bsky.social•93 days ago

I just don't understand his thought process (thank God) or the people who support him. What does he have on them???

sinnersquad.bsky.social•93 days ago

That is hilariously insane.

Too bad this isn't a clown show we could just quit if it gets too silly.

mabusthemedic.bsky.social•92 days ago

The common thread among MAGAts is to punch down on the vulnerable while they submit to their abusers

mabusthemedic.bsky.social•92 days ago

Why do we call them conservatives, they don’t conserve democratic principles, don’t conserve constitutional principles, not fiscally conservative, not environmentally conservative

Let’s just call them neophobic
Afraid of new ideas

majortom70.bsky.social•93 days ago

cmalvica.bsky.social•93 days ago

packboater.bsky.social•93 days ago

Well, they’re not the brightest bulbs on the tree after all.

heckgood.bsky.social•92 days ago

Not love him...they just hate the other guys more, and as all, have short memory!

gbjorn.bsky.social•93 days ago

A win for Trump voters like @richardhanania.blogsky.venki.dev I suppose.

harmfulelements.bsky.social•93 days ago

Kinda unrelated but I wish Soros was one tenth as powerful as the right makes him out to be.

etsisusi.bsky.social•92 days ago

think about this...trump could care less about this country or republicans. he WANTS to destroy america from within. then he thinks he'll be king.

blueboy666.bsky.social•93 days ago

Trump is a fkn twat

crrrrrraig.bsky.social•93 days ago

They stopped paying attention the minute he was declared the winner. They'll pop back up in 4 years to fuck us again.

erikrobin.bsky.social•93 days ago

So, Trump found a guy who will endorse tariffs, a sales tax on Americans. And, this guy will manage all that money for Donald.

actualjake.bsky.social•93 days ago

We have got to stop corporations from taking over the government 😒

marylougeorge2.bsky.social•92 days ago

Shhhhh. Don’t tell them.

princess20.bsky.social•92 days ago

Orban used to be a Soros guy, too.

itstheconstupid.bsky.social•92 days ago

Aaaand...openly gay 😱
Now what washroom?

temirussell.bsky.social•93 days ago

He only does what they let him. Anything he wants.

raphaelbrigeiro.bsky.social•93 days ago

He is "one of the good ones"...

eliastheguyas.bsky.social•93 days ago

When it comes to principles, they've never had any. Anyone who did wouldn't have voted for the guy in the first place.

eric2718.bsky.social•93 days ago

They love him because he hates the same people they hate, and he gave them permission to be more open about their hate.

michaelcue.bsky.social•93 days ago

Where do I get the stats on "screwing over MAGA"? Not calculating that with available information, at all.

schadenfreudetx.bsky.social•93 days ago

Because they are more dedicated to outRAGE than principle

57kev.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's about the money 🤑 and and always has been.

airwolf.bsky.social•93 days ago

Trump was apparently impressed by the guy forecasting a market crash if Harris won. 😂

kengold1953.bsky.social•93 days ago

Soros seeded Bessent’s new hedge fund in 2015 with $2 billion. This will enrage Elon Musk!!

falalananana.bsky.social•93 days ago

Look, I hope he is as “normal” as we can get. He is what musk didn’t want and that is enough copium for now for me.

carryon66.bsky.social•93 days ago

MAGA doesn’t care Mehdi. One objective and one objective only “KEEP AMERICA WHITE”

eleanorrylance.bsky.social•91 days ago

What I find bizarre about your political governance is that the president can appoint any old body off the street to political positions.

tobyveach.bsky.social•93 days ago

It’s all part of the plan bro.

mr-furious.bsky.social•93 days ago

Please sir, may I have some more?

deaconblues24.bsky.social•93 days ago

If you wanted to ensure the weaponization of the IRS against enemies and a tax package that goes easy on hedge funds and the rest of the Trump donor cabal, this is the guy you’d want.

nosbig.bsky.social•92 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

democrat1league.bsky.social•92 days ago

He needs donation whoever pays gets job

bhyf.bsky.social•93 days ago

...and summertime they all play together in the Hamptons.

yipsticktoys.com•93 days ago

He won't last two Scaramuccis .. he's too clean and he thinks he's joining a Republican administration.

Just wait until Trump messes him up with the tariffs.

kakalaka.bsky.social•93 days ago

How is this screwing Maga over?? I'm lost. . .

cantwebecivil.bsky.social•92 days ago

As if billionaires have morals.

darkmatter2525.bsky.social•93 days ago

That's because they don't actually care about the truth. It's a political ideology based entirely around owning the libs.

wolvestheshaman.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's like they are mentally still in high school and never grew up.

enlightenedmindset.bsky.social•93 days ago

One could argue rather successfully that anyone who self-identifies as conservative is underdeveloped in many ways.

pianosteve.bsky.social•93 days ago

I just was coming here to post this very detail! LOL

teroterotero.bsky.social•93 days ago

The only thing Trump is afraid of is the bond market. This is his bone to foreign Treasury holders, aimed at making tariffs more palatable.

joeanthony1.bsky.social•92 days ago

Donald Trump also hates Jewish people and his daughter is Jewish.

jake4u25.bsky.social•92 days ago

Offering a job to rob the american government for everything they can get their hands on.

internetexpert.bsky.social•93 days ago

Piss=rain

grobielauren.bsky.social•93 days ago

What skeletons does this guy have?

delbertgseasons.bsky.social•93 days ago

He’s openly gay, it seems. So neither he nor the skeleton are in the closet.

He’s also openly a Yale guy. Enough with that stupid place

sunraa.bsky.social•93 days ago

I wonder if he's got connection to Peter Theil

delbertgseasons.bsky.social•93 days ago

Starting to think we all do

grobielauren.bsky.social•92 days ago

No. Think working for pooty, china, saudis, murder, rape. That kind of secret.

delbertgseasons.bsky.social•92 days ago

Ah. He worked for Soros, that’s the kind of thing that should theoretically bother Republicans.

epluribus.bsky.social•93 days ago

🙏🏽

rocknrollcfo.bsky.social•93 days ago

The MAGAs can’t be OK with a gay dad who was a Soros protege sitting in one of the Cabinet posts. When does the backlash firestorm from Musk, Vance, Tubberville, Lee, Mace, MTG, Boebert, et al start?

danarchylives.bsky.social•93 days ago

The rally flag for the average MAGA luddite.

carog87.bsky.social•93 days ago

Soros still owes us some of us some checks 😉😉

rahman-ad.bsky.social•92 days ago

😮

lanceblair.bsky.social•93 days ago

Or, he's a Soros guy who dumped the left and became a big Trump backer in 2016, so they'll love him.

eddienyc.bsky.social•93 days ago

Most of them aren't paying close attention.

therestofbob.bsky.social•92 days ago

What’s interesting is newsmax hasn’t posted this on their Facebook page, or a stand alone story on their website yet, unlike all his other picks so far. Usually they’re on top of it. Not this one so much.

pvueng.bsky.social•93 days ago

That just goes to show that they will believe whatever they are told. No critical thinking skills.

ramitupurtuper.bsky.social•93 days ago

I'm not so sure about this selection. He seems to be pro-tariff. I think he will screw us all over in the end.

molliesdadtaken.bsky.social•92 days ago

It's all about the Benjamin$...

originalkriolu617.bsky.social•93 days ago

🫡🫠

mxhrad.bsky.social•93 days ago

Is this the last billionaire he saw on TV?

mhaberman00.bsky.social•93 days ago

So, GOOD news? Or, not terrible?

zmcadler.bsky.social•93 days ago

Not terrible. Apparently he’s a longtime Trumpist, so it’ll probably still be bad.

expatpoet.bsky.social•91 days ago

WTH?

bigb-in-kc.bsky.social•93 days ago

Now might be the time to invest in giant space laser stock

fr33d0mnow.bsky.social•93 days ago

Remember MAGA is a cult

vermonting.bsky.social•93 days ago

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. ~Joseph Conrad

nuclei.com•93 days ago

It's like a filter for MAGA membership? The few who figure out they're being humiliated leave. The ones who don't... or can't... remain and lower the bar even more.

cielwilliams.bsky.social•93 days ago

Is he the one we need to contact to get our missing "Soros checks"?

gdkramer.bsky.social•93 days ago

What happened to Steve M’NoChin ? Does he and his mail order bride want to come back ?

no1sharkjumper.bsky.social•92 days ago

Trump is the best 👍

januz10.bsky.social•92 days ago

Orange did not write that message about his pick for Treasury. Just saying.

happycraycray.bsky.social•93 days ago

Trump to his other billionaires in the cabinet...

crson.bsky.social•93 days ago

Stupidity is underrated.

profitironist.bsky.social•92 days ago

having someone from the industry and it not being a Goldman Sachs alumni isnt necessarily a terrible idea.

a-persons.bsky.social•92 days ago

Well I doubt they're literate enough to read the article. If they don't know, they don't know.

cerekdross.bsky.social•93 days ago

I'm starting to think this is a "keep your enemies closer" sort of thing.

amardguru.bsky.social•93 days ago

The Treasury post is serious stuff. The Wall Street guys who have bought and paid for Washington want their own man running the money shop.

It's not like some fluff job like Justice or Defense, where you can let MAGA clowns run a circus.

delizad.bsky.social•93 days ago

Screwing over MAGA is the least of my concern. If they don't see what's happening, nmp. (I've tried to invite them to review his actions up against the facts, and frankly, it usually ends up with tears or rage)

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