Where the desert meets the Donald, ex-casino manager rallies at 'Coachella'

Burning Bush rather than Burning Man

Actually near the site of another Trump business failure, a rally tonight. You can have my toaster when you pry it from my cold, crusty hands.

Lol wow

Trump: I will very quickly defleet. We are going to take inflation. And we are going to deflate it. We are going to deflate inflation. We are going to defeat inflation pic.twitter.com/xi2bI76OV3

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 13, 2024

Trump promises an "Operation Aurora" that will involve federal forces doing deportation raids in all areas of the country, including blue ones like California. He then proposes the death penalty for migrants who repeatedly come back into the country after being deported. pic.twitter.com/YM1FHLFvYy

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2024

“where the desert meets the Donald”

Spotlight 29 Casino opened in January 1995 to the public under the right of the National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, allowing Native American Tribes to operate casinos. In March 2001, the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians teamed with Donald Trump and Spotlight 29 Casino became Trump 29 Casino, opening on April 2, 2002. In 2006, the relationship with Donald Trump ended

So he went for it. Over the next few years, Trump used his reputation to help raise money for a vastly expanded casino, adding slot machines, table games, a swanky nightclub and a private lounge for high rollers. In return, the tribe hired Trump as casino manager while he taught them how the gaming industry worked.

In 2002, Spotlight 29 was re-branded with a flashy new name — Trump 29.

The relationship ended three years later. Trump’s multi-billion dollar resort company was in bankruptcy, and the tribe was looking to cut a deal of its own. Leaders terminated his management contract early, buying out Trump for a measly $6 million — less than the contract had earned him in a single year.

Trump's name came off the building. The businessman never returned.

www.desertsun.com/...

We tried that once. It almost destroyed our country. Research the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.

— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) October 13, 2024

Coachella is in Riverside County, population +2.5 million. The Sheriff of the county is declared Oath Keeper Chad Bianco. Take a moment to think about stirring up this group of haters. And WATCH THE VIDEO. https://t.co/mqYlmaDzpO

— 🇺🇸🦅 VoteBlue2024 (@peteginsd) October 11, 2024

Today I’m in Coachella, California, where Donald Trump is set to hold a rally this afternoon.

Gates just opened to the public & Trump is expected to take the stage in about 5 hours.

24 days to Election Day. pic.twitter.com/OQeylvr6ji

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) October 12, 2024

Antonio share this picture from Coachella CA yesterday where he and other members of his crew were picking mangos. It was 75° at 8am and temps reached 103° that day. #WeFeedYou pic.twitter.com/GASTCnTpfe

— United Farm Workers (@UFWupdates) October 12, 2024

Bruno Latour: "The French, it is well known, love revolutions, political, scientific or philosophical... To hesitate, to respect the past, would be to compromise, to be a funk, or worse, to be eclectic like a vulgar Anglo Saxon!"

In other campaign news:

JD Vance fans in Pennsylvania boo a reporter for asking him if he'll commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Vance points out that there was a peaceful transfer of power in 2021 (if you ignore that whole coup attempt thing). pic.twitter.com/EWhOAPgfr1

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 12, 2024

Donald Trump told his mob to assemble in DC on Jan 6 as part of his coup attempt; he knew that some/many of them were armed, and then sicced them on the Capitol anyway. https://t.co/K7xbmzRJbf

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 12, 2024

“a few knuckleheads”