Why I think the orange blowhard changed residency to FL

[boston bean]

Earlier in the week he watched as St Ronnie’s presidential library was nearly burned (saved by goats) in the liberal state of California.

Our dictator wannabe is scared he will only be in office one term. And it got his tiny brain to thinking.

the orange jackass got a bit scared that his library might be in his liberal home state of NY where people hate his fucking guts.

So, he decided to change residency to a state where more of his loyal minions reside, cause he can’t have people disrespecting his orange highness, like what happened at the World Series.

A confluence of events converged and he needs to save his ego.

He is such a fucking coward.

[CTyankee]

1. Sounds right to me...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Florida is very much a purple state.

And probably growing bluer and bluer as we speak. (Hurricane refugees from Puerto Rico have helped that.)

If you don't think there aren't plenty of people who would love to boo or disrespect the Madman here, you'd be sadly mistaken.

[evertonfc]

3. Florida is purple

with demographics that favor Democrats. If we GOTV, we win there.

[Blue_true]

35. What happens is national and statewide democratic candidates ignore the smaller

counties, basically give them up to republicans. There are something like 58-59 of Florida's 67 counties that fall into the smaller bucket (<300,000 residents). Just trimming the republican margin by 2-5% in those smaller counties give democrats statewide races.

[Jarqui]

4. I wonder if it is to help him with the legal stuff

going on by NY State against him.

Or maybe it is to cover some of his tracks while he finds and moves to a country without an extradition treaty to live in.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. He can still be prosecuted in NY if he moves to FL.

He did it for financial reasons: FL doesn't have a state income tax, and in that state your primary residence can't be the subject of forfeiture.

[RKP5637]

12. Yep! My thoughts too! n/t

[PSPS]

23. Yup. That's why OJ moved there. Can't forfeit the mansion.

[Captain Zero]

16. Lots of people move to Florida to file Bankruptcy

Maybe he's not so rich.

[braddy]

5. Interesting.

[WheelWalker]

6. Isn't "Trump Library" a derivative oxymoron?

[mainstreetonce]

8. If he actually does ever go to live at Mar a Lago

Isn't that much more difficult for security concerns than if he simply bought a home in Florida?

[StarfishSaver]

17. Probably not

The level of security for a former president is considerably lower than for a sitting one.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. I think it's so he can use his oligarch friends in Sunny Isles to quickly spirit his ass to Russia.

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Two years ago, Reuters reported that least 63 Russians had spent $98.4 million buying condos in the six Trump-branded luxury towers in Sunny Isles and a seventh in Hollywood. Plus, another 703 units in the seven Trump buildings had been purchased by so-called limited liability companies, LLCs, that mask the owners’ identities.

In 2016, a Miami Herald investigation found that dozens of Sunny Isles condos, many in Trump-branded properties, had been purchased by Russians suspected of illicit doings. International fraud investigators suggest that Sunny Isles real estate provides corrupt Russian officials an anonymous place to invest their loot, safe from the scrutiny of cops and tax collectors back home. No wonder they call Sunny Isles Moscow-by-the-Sea.


https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-grimm-sunny-isles-russians-20191018-6ffeci3ignh2doohwodndlltaa-story.html

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[Wellstone ruled]

10. All about his money problems

that are coming to the surface. The City of New York as well as the State of New York are going to have a few White Elephants for Sale in the coming years. Sounds like the Feds own a fair chunk on his Anchor Tower via Forfeiture by his Pals the Russian Mobsters.

Micheal Cohen claimed Trump would have to sign over all his property in order to pay any back taxes owed to the State as well as Settlement of his Income Tax liabilities with the IRS.

[TEB]

11. Trumps library

Hopefully will be him pushing a library cart in New York State prison from cell block to cell block

[scarytomcat]

26. his library comprised of papers torn-up

and taped back together

[HoosierDebbie]

28. Good one!

[TEB]

33. I read that President

Presidential library joke sometime back so I cannot take credit for it. But oh he is such a pig and children included well jr Eric ivanka

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. mobsters in Trump Tower and he can't afford NY property taxes

It's all about money, I think.

The GOPer giveaway tax break to the ultra wealthy included the blue state barb of limiting state and local tax deductions on federal forms. Fake Donald can't afford to pay even the little taxes he used to pay.

Trump Tower has long been known as the Russian laundromat. Maybe Pootie's lieutenants haven't been able to do much laundry since Installation Day, 2017. Maybe Dirty Don is falling behind on paying his vig to bosses.

Also, several people have pointed out that courts can't seize a primary residence in Florida. Maybe The Cowardly Don is hedging against all those lawsuits clawing back his ill-gotten gains after he leaves the WH.

[RKP5637]

14. Please, may Mar a Lago be the first to flood! n/t

[KG]

15. no state income tax. no financial records to be looked at.

[StarfishSaver]

19. Who's going to care about his post-presidency state tax records?

And he'll still need to file NY tax returns for his businesses.

[StarfishSaver]

18. He can put his library wherever he wants

It doesn't have to be in his home state.

[magicarpet]

21. trDump pResidential Library,...

..... built in downtown Moscow.

Three child coloring books, two SuperDuperman comic books, and a buybull are the extent of the selection at the trDump Library.

[StarfishSaver]

22. Lol!

[Historic NY]

20. Hopefully it will bew where it sinks into the ocean...

Pee brain think this will end NY AG pursuit of his taxes. He going to need to reside in Florida for 183 days before he can claim residency.

[scarytomcat]

24. it is simple in FL if you declare bankruptcy

you get to keep your house

[NewJeffCT]

25. No - I think it's the Florida Homestead Exemption

If NY State and the Feds get him with Financial/Tax Fraud, they can seize assets. However, Florida will allow one home to be exempt as the person's primary residence, no matter the cost. There is no Homestead Exemption in NY.

Back in late 1980s/early 90s in Connecticut, as the investigators were closing in on Benjamin Sisti of Colonial Realty in Connecticut, his wife bought a palatial $30 million home in Florida. So, while his assets and money were seized in CT, they had a virtual palace in Florida where they could still live their good life after he got out of jail.

I think the wife was charged with being an accessory because she bought the home, but avoided jail time.

https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/figures-in-ct-colonial-realty-fraud-in-legal-disputes

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-02-27-9802270318-story.html

[brooklynite]

27. Um, no...

You can have a Presidential Library anywhere you want it. You don't have to live in the same State. As an example, nobody assumes that Obama is returning to Illinois or Clinton is returning to Arkansas.

[WePurrsevere]

29. Maybe Melania gets the NY penthouse in the divorce...

I could be wrong but I suspect there's a deal where that marriage won't last longer than his presiduncy does.

And/or in his petty narcissist twisted mind he thinks he's taking something 'great' from NY in revenge. I'm sure Gov Cuomo is horribly upset about it... NOT.

[doc03]

30. He can't win New York but Florida is in

play also if things go really bad they can't touch his property in Florida. That is why OJ moved there.

[Turbineguy]

31. He'll need the most grandiose library in the world.

[Orrex]

32. Yes, that would be the only place worthy to house his coloring books.

[Blue_true]

34. There are more registered democrats in Florida than there are republicans.

About a year ago, democrats changed the party leadership in the state, the new people are forward-looking and are trying to fix past oversight.

Large parts of Florida are turning bright blue or purple. Republicans have net lost US House seats in the state and seats in the State Legislature. There is still some work to do, but if Trump thinks Florida at large is safe for him, he is mistaken, maybe northwest Florida, but not the rest of the state.