Trump's D.C. policy shop falls apart...

[DrDoug]

WaPo has an article up about how Trump's D.C. policy operation has basically collapsed and people have walked off, abandoning it. It seems that they've been promised to be paid but eventually figured out (or were told) that they were working for free. That and them finding out that policy work that they slaved over (literally) for Trump wasn't going to be used by the campaign because it would be too much for Hair Furor to digest.

“It’s a complete disaster,” one disgruntled former adviser told me. “They use and abuse people. The policy office fell apart in August when the promised checks weren’t delivered.”

Three former members, all of whom quit in August, told me that as early as April they were promised financial compensation but were later told that they would have to work as volunteers. They say the leaders of the shop, Rick Dearborn and John Mashburn, told many staffers that money was on the way but then were unable to deliver. Dearborn is Sen. Jeff Sessions’s (R-Ala.) chief of staff, while Mashburn is the former chief of staff for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C).

“I heard it from Dearborn, I heard it from Mashburn. It was understood that we would be paid. The campaign never discussed how much the pay would be. It was never in writing,” said one staffer, who quit last month. “There were some people who were treating it as a full-time job. I suspect that those people were quite astonished when the pay didn’t come through.”

Trump talks a big game but when it comes to putting up the bucks, forget it. He'll suck you in, get what he can out of you for as little as possible and then stiff you when you try to collect the balance. Trump is a rich slob who doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself.

He's the perfect Republican presidential candidate.

 

[TeeJay1952]

Well he is for smaller government.

 

[dank69]

I'd love to feel bad for them but anyone that works for Trump, paid or otherwise, deserves what comes to them.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Assuming this is true, I feel its a repeat of the Freedom Kids(?)
Basically get the pay in writing before you begin to work.
This does not absolve Trump of any shenanigans.