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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Americans nicknamed Donald Trump ‘Don Poorleone’ as his new nickname.
As the deadline approached for Donald Trump to post a $464m bond payment, social media users came together to coin yet another nickname for the former president: “Don Poorleone.”
The meme uses an image of the iconic Marlon Brando character, Vito Corleone, from “The Godfather“ and adapts his famous line where he vowed to “make him an offer he can’t refuse”.
Trump claimed on his Truth Social platform Friday that he has nearly $500 million in cash — undermining his request to an appeals court to reduce, waive or delay the bond requirement because he can’t come up with the money in time.
“There’s a reason why I think some people are calling Donald Trump Don Poorleone right now, and it’s because he’s kind of talking out of both sides of his mouth,” Katyal told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki.
The nickname, a play on the name of fictional mafia boss Don Corleone from “The Godfather,” was trending on X (formerly Twitter) over the weekend, along with mockery and memes aplenty.
The Trump meme states: “I made an offer everyone refused.”
It arrived just a day before the former president would have had to post the bond to comply with a New York civil court ruling that found him, his adult sons and former Trump Organization executives, guilty of fraud earlier this year. However, a New York appeals court intervened on Monday, giving Mr Trump a 10-day extension and allowing him to post just $175m.
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