Posted on 07/27/2025 4:09:01 PM PDT by Libloather
Now there’s been a little time for more information about this. What has NOT come out is any evidence that there was actually a payment of $11 million.
Does anyone know where Trump came up with this figure?
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s another instance of staff bungling. Maybe some low-level flunky at a meeting said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if Beyonce got paid $11 million for that endorsement.” Some other low-level flunky didn’t understand that this was pure speculation, and put it in a memo as a fact. It got to Trump without being properly vetted.
7 months ago - Speculation swirled online, with exaggerated claims that Beyoncé received $10 million for her endorsement.
“7 months ago - Speculation swirled online, with exaggerated claims that Beyoncé received $10 million for her endorsement.”
Thanks! That accords with my guess about bad staffwork. Somebody who had no information just tossed a speculation out into the blogosphere. The allegation got picked up by the campaign and passed on up to Trump. Nobody along the way bothered to find out if it was true, or even if there was evidence to support it.
At least, that’s the way it seems now. If there’s a canceled check or other smoking gun, different result.
“ Everyone thinks they should be Trump’s director.”
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I was simply expressing my own opinion. Even though Trump was elected president, and he has the right to say whatever he would like to say (whether POTUS or not), neither he nor (especially) you have the right to tell me what I can say or think. You may disagree with me, and that is certainly your right. Again, I was just expressing my opinion.
I love the guy to death, and I certainly hope that he achieves all of the goals that he stated during his most recent campaign, but he is no more perfect than any of the rest of us.
“ I’m still stuck on the president being the Chief Law Enforcement officer in the nation. I have never heard that.”
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I would agree with you, as I have also never heard of it being illegal in any way for a candidate for Office to pay someone to endorse them. What, for example, is a paid advertisement? It is pretty much the same thing, since it is almost impossible for every single person who took part in creating and producing that commercial to be on the same page, politically speaking. Thus, at least one person is getting paid to endorse a candidate with whom they may not agree. Again, I agree with you, I don’t see how that could possibly be illegal.
Now, on the other hand, if you have a very close relative who is in the entertainment or sports industry, or is some other kind of big influencer, and you pay them $10 million or more to endorse you, I would begin to suspect that this was done as a means of funneling campaign money to a relative, rather than engaging in ordinary political gamesmanship. But that is very clearly not what occurred here.
As for Trump, being the chief enforcement officer of this country, that is not really in doubt at all. It does not, however, mean that he is the most knowledgeable person regarding the law, and specifically the campaign finance laws which are at issue here.
“ I’m still stuck on the president being the Chief Law Enforcement officer in the nation. I have never heard that.”
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I would agree with you, as I have also never heard of it being illegal in any way for a candidate for Office to pay someone to endorse them. What, for example, is a paid advertisement? It is pretty much the same thing, since it is almost impossible for every single person who took part in creating and producing that commercial to be on the same page, politically speaking. Thus, at least one person is getting paid to endorse a candidate with whom they may not agree. Again, I agree with you, I don’t see how that could possibly be illegal.
Now, on the other hand, if you have a very close relative who is in the entertainment or sports industry, or is some other kind of big influencer, and you pay them $10 million or more to endorse you, I would begin to suspect that this was done as a means of funneling campaign money to a relative, rather than engaging in ordinary political gamesmanship. But that is very clearly not what occurred here.
As for Trump, being the chief enforcement officer of this country, that is not really in doubt at all. It does not, however, mean that he is the most knowledgeable person regarding the law, and specifically the campaign finance laws which are at issue here.
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