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Miles Archer

(20,633 posts)
2. Yes...the biggest outrage there isn't that it's happening, it's the obscene "mark-uo."
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:33 AM
Saturday

Trump knows exactly what he's doing. I'm sure you've seen this Mother Jones piece:

Politics | August 4, 2020
The Trump Files: The Easiest 13 Cents He Ever Made
Tim Murphy National Correspondent
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/trump-files-spy-magazine-prank/

Spy correspondent Julius Lowenthal wanted to know just how cheap some of the city’s richest figures were. So he set up a company, called the National Refund Clearinghouse, and sent letters with checks for $1.11 enclosed, “for services that you were overcharged for.” The letters went out to 58 “well-known, well-heeled Americans,” 26 of whom promptly cashed them. Curious as to how low they might go, Lowenthal sent those 26 “nabobs” a second refund check, for $0.64. This time, 13 people cashed them.

Finally, he sent those 13 respondents a check for $0.13. This time, only two people cashed the check. One was an arms dealer. The other was Donald Trump, whom the magazine identified as a “demibillionaire casino operator and adulterer.”


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