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Donald Trump's former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it.

Johnny McEntee, formerly the White House Presidential Personnel Office under the former president, posted a video on TikTok in which he discusses the purported scheme to "clean up the community."

"So I always keep this fake Hollywood money in my car, so when a homeless person asks for money, and I give them like a $5 bill, I feel good about myself, they feel good," said McEntee, also a senior advisor to Project 2025. "And then when they go to use it, they get arrested, so I'm actually helping to clean up the community and get them off the street."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Shows how stupid this guy is. Obviously it isn't illegal for someone to own "Hollywood money" or else he wouldn't admit to owning it himself. If a homeless person gives it to a store and they accept it, that's on them.

It clearly states on the bills "For Motion Picture use Only", doesn't feel right, and isn't the right size.

[–] Audacious 9 points 3 months ago

Hollywood money is highly regulated, and secret service is very strict about it. Adam Savage recently made a YouTube vid about movie money, which has stories about the secret service at the beginning of the video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=drLzVcgnBfI

[–] Lucidlethargy 9 points 3 months ago

It's absolutely not legal. But you'd need a lawyer, and the homeless don't have a lawyer. The wealthy and well to do love this trick... Punching down is kind of their thing.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They don't care. The only way for a Trump aide to get fired is to mock them on SNL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This guy has been getting the piss mocked out of him on TikTok for months. Every video he makes and every comment section is filled with people shitposting about Five Nights at Freddie’s - it’s pretty funny.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I’m sure he will offer to part in anyone who gets arrested during his campaign. Then conveniently forget about it should he get elected

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

He only knows the best people.

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