‘Don Poorleone’: Trump memes explode ahead of bond payment deadline

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy 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”. 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. Before the appeals court order, Mr Trump’s assets were at risk of seizure by New York Attorney General Letitia James because he was unable to secure the nearly half-billion-dollar bond. Despite Mr Trump’s attorneys telling the judge he doesn’t have the money, the former president said on Friday that he has “almost five hundred million dollars in cash.” “His lawyers say he can’t get the money in time, he’s getting on Truth Social — his social media platform — and saying he can,” Mr Katyal continued.