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You know, this may well be an avenue in which to undermine Trump's desire to return to presidency. He still has a base, but you attack his wealth including his crony's, and to try to make his candidacy financially unsustainable. Noam Chomsky said how much money you can throw at election campaigning is what ultimately dictates whether you could win or not.
Noam Chomsky also told us to mind our own business and shut up, when asked about his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.
I thought you were joking. But after Googling, he had some associations with Epstein 😲
Many people have met Epstein etc and have done nothing shady, those people generally come out and say they only met him for dinner, etc. Chomsky didn't say "I barely knew him and met for dinner" or some defense. When asked, Chomsky said "none of your business what my dealings with Epstein were" which to me is very damning
You’re not wrong, but context is important. Jerkass interviewer trying to force a gotcha moment runs with “he told me to shut up! Omg guilty”
Epstein sleazed around a LOT of places, notably science and university circles. Bill Barr’s dad knows.
I prefer to bag on Chomsky for not supporting Ukraine.
Slight twist here He's not looking for the presidency. His goal is to get in disable the Justice Department and the Executive Department and turn it into a mini dictatorship. If he manages to get in he doesn't have any money problems anywhere.
To be honest, none of this is really hitting him anyway. He owes shit tons of money to so many people, He's just not going to pay any of them.
I also suspect he's able to work this in a way where campaign finance isn't quite as big of a deal. He already gets absolute free coverage for everything he does. If he didn't rally in campaign in every red state would that really affect his base significantly? If he did really would it change any significant number of mines that wouldn't vote for otherwise? The people who are or aren't voting for him at this point already understand his goals. He could probably rally these people's effectively on a YouTube video as he could in person