A Frustrated Trump Lashes Out Behind Closed Doors Over Money

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 12, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET | Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Donald J. Trump took his seat at the dining table in his triplex penthouse apartment atop Trump Tower on the last Sunday in September, alongside some of the most sought-after and wealthiest figures in the Republican Party.

There was Paul Singer, the billionaire hedge fund manager who finances Republican campaigns and pro-Israel causes, and Warren Stephens, the billionaire investment banker. Joining them were Betsy DeVos, the billionaire former education secretary under Mr. Trump, and her husband, Dick, as well as the billionaire Joe Ricketts and his son Todd.

Some politicians might have taken the moment to be charming and ingratiating with the donors.

Not Mr. Trump. Over steak and baked potatoes, the former president tore through a bitter list of grievances.

He made it clear that people, including donors, needed to do more, appreciate him more and help him more.

He disparaged Vice President Kamala Harris as “retarded.” He complained about the number of Jews still backing Ms. Harris, saying they needed their heads examined for not supporting him despite everything he had done for the state of Israel.

At one point, Mr. Trump seemed to suggest that these donors had plenty to be grateful to him for. He boasted about how great he had been for their taxes, something that some privately noted wasn’t true for everyone in the room.

The rant, described by seven people with knowledge of the meal who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, underscored a reality three weeks before Election Day: Mr. Trump’s often cantankerous mood in the final stretch. And one of the reasons for his frustration is money. He’s trailing his Democratic rival in the race for cash and has had to hustle to keep raising it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

...The rant, described by seven people with knowledge of the meal who spoke on the condition of anonymity...

NYT "Russia Collusion" fabrication deja vu all over again.

[BRL]

NYT, the predictable choice for spin and misdirection.

[Ann Archy]

WHO WOULD BELIEVE THESE KNOWN LIARS?

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "who spoke on the condition of anonymity"

[Larry Lucido]

Over steak and baked potatoes, the former president tore through a bitter list of grievances.

Maybe it was Festivus.

[vivenne]

Sounds like a handful of people attended so 7 is pretty much everyone there. Would they all talk to the press knowing the odds are small that it is not one of them who spoke and betrayed Trump?

[JudyinCanada]

Sounds like his first little chat with NATO.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

This has all the earmarks of NYT disinformation.

[sauropod]

And Maggie and Jonathan Swan know all this exactly how?

[italianquaker]

Ny times reports without evidence

[JusPasenThru]

Bullshit.

[Gaffer]

This, from NYT, is not to be believed. Name the names or show some videos. Otherwise, it didn’t happen.

[Williams]

Why would it be bad that he didn’t “ingratiate” himself with billionaires?

And they say he DIDN’T help them with their taxes!

Plus he says all this stuff in public every day.

I missed the negatives.

[twister881]

Also from the NYT:
• Communism is good.
• Stalin didn’t cause famines.
• There was no Holocaust under Hitler.
• Russia, Russia, Russia was real.
• Hunter’s laptop wasn’t.

[grimalkin]

I love these NYT headlines. Something to laugh at. What a rag.

[Tellurian]

7 people ... a wait service company infiltrated by Rats? And the wait people told their handlers whatever made music to the handlers’ ears. Totally verbatim. Word for word. Exactly as it happened. No hedging. No exaggeration. It’s all true.

/s

[workerbee]

Whew - thankfully they weren’t driving cuz he probably would’ve lunged for the wheel. Lunged, I tell you!

[Toespi]

So what? This is what real leaders do.

[Da Coyote]

Never bother reading. Juvenile writing, laughable logic, and nonexistent morals. Typical journalists.

[Sirius Lee]

It's the NYT's so this could be true.

Just like these totally true and accurate, not debunked, pictures of people riding Weiner dogs: