Ivana's grave

[hollodero]

(07-31-2022, 08:46 PM)Nately120 Wrote: There is no need to apologize, but while I'll admit the "bash Trump" stuff can be predictable, we're talking about him burying his first wife on one of his golf courses.  We may be giving him the usual "thumbs down" but you have to admit we're doing it for a new and bizarre reason on this one, at least.

Just imagine if a few months ago someone would have said "I bet Trump buries Ivana on one of his golf courses so he can save on property taxes."  I assume that wouldn't have been believed as "business as usual."

Well, I feel I already addressed these points. For one, I wonder why people say "Trump buried his ex-wife there", as if Ivana was forced to choose this place or as if it wasn't up to her in the first place. I wouldn't know that it wasn't her decision, and so I also wouldn't know it was solely Donald Trump's decision.
Secondly, I don't know that this was tax evasion. Trump did not pay property taxes for this course in the first place, which might be the bigger issue actually. So why would he even need to pull these shenanigans for a property that already was tax-free. It seems to make no sense and there seems only speculation, not actual proof, about this in the first place.
And thirdly, it still appears petty to break the common rules of piety to go after Trump over this. As I repeatedly said, there are a million really horrific things this guy did, why go through everything with an all watchful eye to find even more and even tinier things to pile up. It's unnecessary.

As much as I despise the argument of "see, they drag his dead ex-wife into this, just like they mused about the number of ice cream scoops he gets, and the whole impeachments and Jan 6 hearings etc. are just another display of this ridiculousness". It does not help to feed this line with maybe somehow even legit examples. Ice cream scoops should never have been in the media, and imho neither should Ivana's grave or the eulogies her children gave at her funeral. There's a certain right to privacy in these matters.

(07-31-2022, 08:46 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Biden is old and dopey and Trump is a money-grubbing crook....we can agree on this BUT when they show their characteristics in bizarre new ways we should at least be able to critique anew.  Just my 2 shekels. 

Didn't say folks are not able/allowed to do so, that's of course not my place. I just think it'd be better not to in this instance.
But again, this perception should not have led to me so willingly derail the thread.