: to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game)
The Donald lost 50+ law suits for lack of evidence of any scheme or material defect in the 2020 election across the country. In fact, HE has been charged with felony counts in Georgia for alleged election tampering trying to steal the election. He is a con man and he has a grift going against his donors who still believe his lies in the face of an avalanche of evidence to the contrary. It’s really easy to milk your own cult, and if you don’t see that truth by now, you’re probably in it.
He’s not (just) demented or lying. He’s raising money.
We should start calling this what it is… grifting. He’s grifting money. For any MAGA folk out there, here’s the definition:
grift
The Donald lost 50+ law suits for lack of evidence of any scheme or material defect in the 2020 election across the country. In fact, HE has been charged with felony counts in Georgia for alleged election tampering trying to steal the election. He is a con man and he has a grift going against his donors who still believe his lies in the face of an avalanche of evidence to the contrary. It’s really easy to milk your own cult, and if you don’t see that truth by now, you’re probably in it.