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Elizabeth Stone's avatar

Why are the owners of MSG allowing him to use this icon of blue New York City?

Cynthia Noel's avatar

It's now or never....

James Kirkland's avatar

A person does not go bankrupt six times by doing measly little things like actually paying bills - think bigger and let the little folks pick up the slack. When that fails go bankrupt again and find new suckers. Has always worked for T. Rump - I detect a pattern.

Linda Mannino's avatar

Everyone associated with this Madison Square Garden event better demand FULL PAYMENT in advance. Or they may find themselves left out in the desert, lol.

E. A. Bare's avatar

Including the actors he will be hiring to make sure the place is full.

Andy Wallace's avatar

“Madison Square Garden has already paid for itself,” crowed one Trump adviser.

Especially because he’ll probably stiff the union workers at the hall…

Donald Lipkis's avatar

His Madison Square Garden rally will resemble the February 20, 1939 antisemitic hate rally sponsored by the German-American Bund. It was a pro Nazi get together billed as a pro America rally. Sound familiar?

Cindy Morgan's avatar

It's gonna cost Trump a lot more since he'll have to pay shills to fill the audience.

Pete Babendreier's avatar

"The arena can hold nearly 20,000 people."

So we know Trump will claim 100k.

Cheryl Kelly's avatar

I hope the city got payment up front for this soon-to-be-debacle. I think Harris should do the Garden and I think she could fill it! Maybe TFG will once again just have a canned music fest at this event, while his fans watch him sway to the music.

Harry Allen's avatar

Will the Swatstika flags be there? How about Confederate traitor flags? Or just DJT flags dressed like Rambo?

Harry Allen's avatar

Here I thought it was to copy the 1939 American Nazi Party rally in Madison Square Garden.

Colette Clarke Torres's avatar

Optics are all they have. Optics of a hateful, doddering man less concerned about Americans than ever.

M McConlogue's avatar

This is a Naxi event, just like the Waco opening was to memorialize Branch dravidians. I hope the "news" does not give him a lot of attention except to report on attendance.

FlowerPetal's avatar

“But Trump is not actually selling out the arena; admission is free.

“Doesn’t matter,” the adviser said. “Who cares about that?”

Spoken like a true knuckle dragger zombie follower of the deranged orange banshee.

Jane Stevenson's avatar

I would loe it if Kamala rented out the Garden too.

Migs's avatar

Why though? She is going to crush Trump in ny. If Harris did an event at the garden it would be

(1) be criticized by the media for not using her time wisely

(2) not be covered because unlike Trump she won’t act batshit crazy.

This is the asymmetry of the media working against dems. Trump completely avoids the msm and does (1) rallies and (2) podcasts. Harris does the exact same thing but actually does some msm and she gets criticized for it. It’s heads he wins and tails she loses.

Don White's avatar

Everything The Oathbreaker does and says, and his sycophants repeat and excuse, is paralleled by the actions of the infamous German-American Bund and America First parties in the 1930s, including and especially the scheduled MAGA demonstration in Madison Square Garden:

https://youtu.be/NC1MNGFHR58?si=zfeOp-yB0aSDN_gx

MAGA and The Oathbreaker are anti-American to the core. The DNC and Harrison-Walz campaigns should, in my opinion, hammer this in every public statement, political ad, and podcast.

DanceThisMessAround's avatar

My uncle, in college (MIT), was an activist against these groups, he was kidnapped and the German swastika was shaved on his head.

Don White's avatar

My family had no similar experiences. The closest I came was in 1977, when I was in Munich and took the S-Bahn and U-Bahn to Dachau to visit the remains of the Camp. Local residents were friendly and polite enough, until my destination was recognized by them. No violence or violent words (yes, I have a basic grasp of German). Just a sudden frostiness. "Vielen dank!" I said as I exited the very quiet bus.

Liam Shannon's avatar

I took the same journey from Munich alone on a snowy Sunday morning a few years ago. Walked from the towns train station (that I couldn’t believe town Elders have not renamed since the war) on the “route of tears” to the camp. Had a little trouble finding it as I was a little reticent as to what to refer to the camp as to the older German couples I encountered on my snowy morning walk. But they quickly turned my requests for directions to the “historical site” and “WWII memorial” into “do you mean the concentration camp?” And before I knew it I was standing at the receiving station. It was as banal as I had dreaded. But I have to say as powerful too. And something I find myself thinking about as today I read “sanewashing” headlines in the NYTimes (of all places) about a movement not that far off todays MAGA cultists.