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mysteryowl

(7,390 posts)
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:19 PM Oct 2019

Trump campaign is required to pre-pay for security of Thursday's rally in Mpls. No pay, No rally!

$530K bill from Mpls. to campaign may spur suit.

Tensions between Minneapolis city leaders and President Donald Trump’s campaign escalated Monday when the campaign threatened to sue the city for trying to force it to pay $530,000 for security during this week’s rally.

Trump’s campaign team said in a news release late Monday night that Mayor Jacob Frey is “abusing the power of his office” by “conjuring a phony and outlandish bill for security” to cover those costs for Thursday’s campaign rally.

City officials told the Target Center, which is managed by AEG, that it would be responsible for paying the costs. The center then allegedly tried to pass the bill on to Trump’s team and told them they would not be able to use the arena unless they agreed to the charges.


http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-city-officials-brace-for-extra-costs-of-trump-rally/562446812/

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been outspoken rejecting Trump from visiting Minneapolis. "He is not welcome here!"

This is awesome that Trump is being required to pre-pay for Thursday's rally security fees $530,000.
No pre-pay, no rally at the Target Center!


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Trump campaign is required to pre-pay for security of Thursday's rally in Mpls. No pay, No rally! (Original Post) mysteryowl Oct 2019 OP
He's cheated others before duforsure Oct 2019 #1
El Paso has been stuck with a $563,000 unpaid bill for a rally. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2019 #50
If he doesn't pay..... TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #2
Lol, post of the day. gab13by13 Oct 2019 #23
+2 Celerity Oct 2019 #45
That would make me so happy! n/t Grokenstein Oct 2019 #59
Now that would be must see TV. sarge43 Oct 2019 #63
The #GrifterInChief has no shame MiniprotesterTodd Oct 2019 #79
Well, well, well. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #3
YES--CUT HIM OFF. And lock him up! n/t slumcamper Oct 2019 #42
I like the "Ripoff Donnie." Can I add "Deadbeat Donnie?" alwaysinasnit Oct 2019 #51
Sure... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #53
"Deadbeat Donald" is FANTASTIC! calimary Oct 2019 #75
Trump campaign has been stiffing cities all over America - not paying security bills Jarqui Oct 2019 #4
I would pay to see that moron have a rally this week tavalon Oct 2019 #5
I was thinking about how he stiffed vendors today. LisaM Oct 2019 #6
Trump firm 'refusing to pay' legal bill for windfarm case (10.8.2019) mysteryowl Oct 2019 #10
They should just shut his business down until he pays up. nt avebury Oct 2019 #18
Scotland can put security at the entrance to Trump's golf course. Very good security. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #36
A hundred bagpipers Disaffected Oct 2019 #60
A LOT of us noticed, but Orange Julius controlled the narrative. slumcamper Oct 2019 #43
Yeah not fooled Oct 2019 #76
Keep your bullshit cesspool circus away from here Blue Owl Oct 2019 #7
Feels like the beginning of the end, marble falls Oct 2019 #8
One would think the trump campaign could well afford it seeing they raised 125 million FloridaBlues Oct 2019 #9
Well, not fooled Oct 2019 #77
Good! Every city needs to start doing this. tanyev Oct 2019 #11
A new precedent! mysteryowl Oct 2019 #12
Like El Paso. calimary Oct 2019 #74
Bwahahahaha! smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #13
I am sure Target Center and the City of Mpls would refund any unused funds. mysteryowl Oct 2019 #14
Please put up a bond of $500,000. kiri Oct 2019 #27
We should call Mayor Frey with this! mysteryowl Oct 2019 #31
We Minnesotans weren't born yesterday. MineralMan Oct 2019 #15
It's about fucking time someone figured it out. Flaleftist Oct 2019 #16
Other cities and counties should do the same dalton99a Oct 2019 #17
When dealing with a known free luncher & deadbeat, prepayment is a requirement dlk Oct 2019 #19
Finally people are wising up to this asshat Augiedog Oct 2019 #20
After all these years of non-payment, Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #21
Long overdue. It's time for Trumps to pay their own way. Vinca Oct 2019 #22
THIS. The exact way to do business with Trump. Or he'll screw you over like the con he is. ancianita Oct 2019 #24
So, Trump is suing for the right to cheat Minneapolis out of security fees...? Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #25
Exactly. What would the law suit be? mysteryowl Oct 2019 #29
I suppose they could try to prove they were being treated differently TrogL Oct 2019 #54
I don't know what they're so worried about DFW Oct 2019 #26
Only way to deal with crooks. Hoyt Oct 2019 #28
AND prevent a rally! mysteryowl Oct 2019 #30
No Pay, Slow Pay, meets its match. Captain Zero Oct 2019 #34
This is exactly how to treat cheats and frauds like him. LonePirate Oct 2019 #32
Has he squeared up with El Paso yet? world wide wally Oct 2019 #33
Oh, come on, lol Sugarcoated Oct 2019 #39
A law suit may bring welcome publicity to reveal Trump's cheating ways. Midnight Writer Oct 2019 #35
Deadbeats pay up front! - n/t Jim__ Oct 2019 #37
What an embarrassment Sugarcoated Oct 2019 #38
Why, is there a problem with tRump's credit? ffr Oct 2019 #40
Yeah, he usually disputes the charges, then tries Ilsa Oct 2019 #41
El Paso still has not been paid for February security as of August mdpc Oct 2019 #44
if they don't get it up front, barbtries Oct 2019 #46
If I were them, I wouldn't take a check. Direct wire transfer, please. catbyte Oct 2019 #47
People pre-pay for goods and services all the time AllyCat Oct 2019 #48
Pre-pay at the pump is a way of life UpInArms Oct 2019 #62
I miss pay at the pump... Baconator Oct 2019 #80
I so desperately miss the days when a city's stadium would've been named IndyOp Oct 2019 #49
TRUMP IS A CROOK .... LOCK HIM UP !!!! trueblue2007 Oct 2019 #52
Take him to small claims court. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #55
there will be blowback and it will be ugly BadGimp Oct 2019 #56
And ask for a cashier's check Norbert Oct 2019 #57
If Trump was buying something from me kwolf68 Oct 2019 #66
Go somewhere else, deadbeat. All the big cities voted against you, Mc Mike Oct 2019 #58
Way to be smart, MN! My hometown is still owed more than $50K from Donald's visit in 2016. Rabrrrrrr Oct 2019 #61
Unpaid bills in other cities. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #64
If he doesn't want to pay then don't provide the security simple as that. cstanleytech Oct 2019 #65
Put liens on his properties and call in a collection agency. Ring his.. Hotler Oct 2019 #67
Money order please SallyHemmings Oct 2019 #68
Good! warmfeet Oct 2019 #69
Wise move Ahpook Oct 2019 #70
If I still drove a taxi cab I would make him prepay the fare world wide wally Oct 2019 #71
Given Dolt 45's long history of not paying bills that come in... krispos42 Oct 2019 #72
Morning, Dickhead. 7wo7rees Oct 2019 #73
He can always hit up Anthony Kennedy's son-- not fooled Oct 2019 #78
Agreed to the charges??? discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #81
The President is a deadbeat. rickyhall Oct 2019 #82
Most checkout registers have signs saying "do not accept checks from these individuals" ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #83

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
1. He's cheated others before
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:24 PM
Oct 2019

By refusal to pay afterwards. All cities should refuse his rally's if he won't pay for services rendered.

50. El Paso has been stuck with a $563,000 unpaid bill for a rally.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:47 PM
Oct 2019

You know, it was the rally Trump bragged to the first responders about when he made his token appearance after the mass shooting there.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
3. Well, well, well.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:25 PM
Oct 2019

No more freebies for he deadbeat, finally? Nice. Nice.

Like Wimpy, he may want a hamberder today, but will not be paying you on Tuesday. Ripoff Donnie. It sure took long enough for people to catch on.

Cut him off!

Oh, and edited to add: Suing will take a while, chump. So what? No rally for now, then.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
53. Sure...
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:49 PM
Oct 2019

Crooks have aliases, don't they? Con men can use whatever name they want when needed. I guess we can call them as we see them.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
5. I would pay to see that moron have a rally this week
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:27 PM
Oct 2019

I hate the sound of his voice, but I will watch it to see the tRumpus impeach himself. Again.

The impeachment is strong in this one. Hey, if he can throw around the word "impeachment" without any understanding, I can throw it around correctly.

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
6. I was thinking about how he stiffed vendors today.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:27 PM
Oct 2019

Did anyone notice that while, no matter the supposed "topic" if each debate, the moderators fixated on Hillary's emails, but not one asked about Trump's bankruptcies, how he stiffed vendors, or how he funneled his foundation money into personal vanity purchases, and it was left to Hillary to being those things up?

keithbvadu2

(36,819 posts)
36. Scotland can put security at the entrance to Trump's golf course. Very good security.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:47 PM
Oct 2019

Scotland can put security at the entrance to Trump's golf course.

Very good security.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
76. Yeah
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 03:04 AM
Oct 2019

and fraudulent charity, mob ties, appearing in e.g. old Playboy videos (I guess as a kind of host, mentioned on Rachel tonight when she pointed out the hypocrisy of old-timey GOPee crook anti-porn crusader ed meese getting a medal from red don), etc. ad nauseum.

So much sleazy history skipped over to fixate on the eeeemmmaaaiiillllzzzz.




FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
9. One would think the trump campaign could well afford it seeing they raised 125 million
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:30 PM
Oct 2019

I hope the city doesn't cave !

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
77. Well,
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 03:06 AM
Oct 2019

propagandizing 10s of millions of idiots is costly. Gotta pay for those facebook ads.

But I agree--no more credit for the deadbeat.

tanyev

(42,564 posts)
11. Good! Every city needs to start doing this.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:31 PM
Oct 2019

Especially cities that are still owed money by the Trump campaign.

kiri

(794 posts)
27. Please put up a bond of $500,000.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:31 PM
Oct 2019

Please put up a bond of $500,000.
We will keep track of the extra costs and happily refund any over-payment.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
15. We Minnesotans weren't born yesterday.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:40 PM
Oct 2019

We've seen what Trump does. I think it would be funny if the rally ended up being cancelled. I hope that happens!

The city was smart to charge the venue for the security costs. That way, it would be the venue that cancelled, not the city.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
16. It's about fucking time someone figured it out.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:49 PM
Oct 2019

Get your money in advance if you are providing services for Trump.

dlk

(11,567 posts)
19. When dealing with a known free luncher & deadbeat, prepayment is a requirement
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 12:56 PM
Oct 2019

I’m surprised it’s taken venues so long to catch on.

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
54. I suppose they could try to prove they were being treated differently
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:50 PM
Oct 2019

Unfortunately that would open the can of worms of why they are being treated differently. Past history of non-payment.

DFW

(54,403 posts)
26. I don't know what they're so worried about
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:28 PM
Oct 2019

No one but staff seems to show up at these things anyway.

Captain Zero

(6,806 posts)
34. No Pay, Slow Pay, meets its match.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:43 PM
Oct 2019

The laundered payoffs for turning over Donbas and the Kurds should be in the Trump Tower servers by now. He could pay with that.

Sugarcoated

(7,724 posts)
38. What an embarrassment
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:52 PM
Oct 2019

Crooked Don doesn't actually feel embarrassment, he is embarrassment personified. Living breathing blob of embarrassment.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
41. Yeah, he usually disputes the charges, then tries
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:54 PM
Oct 2019

to make the debtholder settle for pennies on the dollar. There's a reason US banks stopped lending to him: he's a poor credit risk.

catbyte

(34,398 posts)
47. If I were them, I wouldn't take a check. Direct wire transfer, please.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:29 PM
Oct 2019

On edit, it's rich that the campaign accuses Minneapolis of "abusing power" given what Mussolini Mini-Me tries to do.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
62. Pre-pay at the pump is a way of life
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:16 PM
Oct 2019

You can’t take groceries from the store without paying ...

The list is endless

IndyOp

(15,524 posts)
49. I so desperately miss the days when a city's stadium would've been named
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:46 PM
Oct 2019

for the city or the sports team or a citizen who made an important difference in the well-being of others in that city.

Target?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)
55. Take him to small claims court.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:59 PM
Oct 2019

Although the amounts are all well above what those courts deal with.

I'd love to see Judge Judy jump all over him.

Norbert

(6,040 posts)
57. And ask for a cashier's check
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 03:06 PM
Oct 2019

His check will probably bounce and, of course, he is above the law. He can write bad checks.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
58. Go somewhere else, deadbeat. All the big cities voted against you,
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 04:35 PM
Oct 2019

don't want you and your few pinhead rabble fans around, and don't want to pay for you and them to come around.

Go rally where your base is, rural swamps and deserts.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,349 posts)
61. Way to be smart, MN! My hometown is still owed more than $50K from Donald's visit in 2016.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 06:12 PM
Oct 2019

fucker never pays his bills, even when he's got other peoples' money to pay it.

Hotler

(11,425 posts)
67. Put liens on his properties and call in a collection agency. Ring his..
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:56 PM
Oct 2019

fucking phone of the hook. Send tons of bills and add interest. Treat him as if he had over due student loans.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
69. Good!
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:34 PM
Oct 2019

I hope it keeps him out of my state. The fucker in chief is not welcome here, nor are his rabid supporters.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
72. Given Dolt 45's long history of not paying bills that come in...
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 10:12 PM
Oct 2019

...this sounds like an excellent idea that should be SOP for all places he visits. Ever.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
78. He can always hit up Anthony Kennedy's son--
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 03:11 AM
Oct 2019

aka red don's personal banker at Deutsche Bank--for another loan (back by russkies, quite likely). Is the son still working there?





discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
81. Agreed to the charges???
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 06:51 AM
Oct 2019

Agreed???????? Hell, I wouldn't agree to take his check. I would insist on 5300 $100 bills and send a team with 5 Royal Sovereign 4-Way Counterfeit Detectors.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
82. The President is a deadbeat.
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 09:35 AM
Oct 2019

deadbeat: noun
a person who deliberately avoids paying debts.
a loafer; sponger
Dictionary. com

eppur_se_muova

(36,266 posts)
83. Most checkout registers have signs saying "do not accept checks from these individuals" ...
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 09:56 AM
Oct 2019

Deadbeat Donnie should be on every list.

PS: This hints at a PhotoShop job ... listing all his recent unpaid bills.

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