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14 Mar, 6 tweets, 3 min read
First, I'm a huge dog lover. So really anything to protect and/or ease the suffering of dogs I'm for. But I noticed yesterday that this Mar a Lago event Trump was emceeing was a fundraiser for a dog rescue organization. Sort of par for the course, richies with a cuddly charity.
2/ But I noticed that they'd winged it up to make it on Trump brand. They were raising money to airlift dogs from China. They say they have a pilot on standby, a plane at the airport, all the customs stuff worked out. They just need money to fund it!
3/ Needless to say it was mixed in with fairly gross ugly comments about China. And tbc China's a big country. I'm sure there are some hard luck dogs there. But again, very on brand. My sense is there are a lot of hard luck dogs here too. Again, I seriously love dogs.
4/ Here's Trump addressing the event.
5/ Dig a bit deeper and it turns out that BDRrescue seems to be a pass through operation tied to Lara Trump, the main focus of which is funneling money to Trump. Over the last 7 years the org has spent almost $2m at Trump properties. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…
6/ Apparently the event this week banked Mar a Lago another $225k. Takin in money like a dog! No really. Here's more.

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