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DFW

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8. Not all of them by a long shot

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 09:13 AM

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Only the ones closest to him who showered him in money before, and now, finally, are beginning to wonder if continued “contributions” merely constitute throwing good money after bad. The big money people, both friend and foe, who have been maintaining their distance for a while now, will have less to fear, because Trump has less of an idea what he is missing.

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