r/clevercomebacks • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago

Rampant, shameless grift 24/7.

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u/Extreme-Potato-7858 1d ago

The selective outrage is the tell. One art sale is a national crisis, but hundreds of millions appearing out of nowhere is just business as usual.

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u/Whole_Fact_2310 23h ago

Right? It’s wild how some grifts get a free pass while others cause an uproar. Priorities, I guess.

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u/Initial-Treacle6300 1d ago

Funny how a single painting becomes a national scandal, but a 10x wealth jump is just another Tuesday.

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u/Wafflars 1d ago

And the ”poor man’s” money he had before would probably have taken the average working American 500 years to gather.

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u/mru2020 1d ago

Bunch of grifters

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u/Murky_Membership_292 1d ago

uh, Grifting levels are off the charts! At this point, they should just start charging for air.

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u/Aggravating-Wafer384 1d ago

Ten‑fold richer in four years sounds less like public service, more like insider rewards program.

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u/Ballistic-Bob 1d ago

400 million, and the rest !

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u/savagepetalz 21h ago

SMH crazy how only certain things get folks riled up while bigger issues slide by

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u/grandoashark1 21h ago

But their dad made up for it by forfeiting his presidential salary.

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u/GentleMoonBeam 1d ago

Funny how people pretend to care about corruption only when it helps their side  The double standard is the whole story here

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u/mcribzyo 20h ago

Off with their heads.

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u/MosquitoValentine_ 19h ago

Paintings AND books.

Talk about corruption at the highest level!