Even The Trumps Seem To Know That It All Might Go Away

The Trumps have turned the final weeks of the 2024 campaign into a personal cash grab highlighted by Melania Trump attempting to extort CNN.

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The Melania Trump Shakedown

The Trumps thought that they would be cruising to the White House by running against Joe Biden, but with roughly a month to go, Trump is running against Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, and all of the polling shows Harris with a narrow lead. The Harris is consistently leading problems has forced the media to cook up a way that Trump could still win. The media is now doing stories wondering what would happen if the margin of error in the polls broke for Trump?

Kamala Harris has more paths to the White House than Trump and she may end up winning, which means that in a month, the great family grift will probably shutdown.

Which brings us to Melania Trump.

CNN reported:

Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges about a possible interview, the publisher sent an unusual demand last week: an interview would cost $250,000.

In an email to CNN, Skyhorse Publishing sent a document labeled, “Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement” that laid out strict terms for an interview and use of material from the book, titled “Melania,” due to publish on October 8. On top of that, the agreement stipulated that “CNN shall pay a licensing fee of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).”

CNN did not sign the agreement.

Melania Trump and her people claimed that they knew nothing about the NDA and $250K, which would be surprising because this is family that slaps their name on anything and everything for a buck.