Trump

[Leo]

MAGA media are ignoring the news, so those viewers in general probably won't even encounter it. At least Fox can sort of get away with the blanket excuse of not being able to comment on an ongoing lawsuit.

 

[Leo]

The Trump campaign is pumping out fundraising appeals centered on a provocative — and menacing — pledge he made in his CPAC speech on Saturday: "In 2016, I declared, 'I am your voice,'" Trump told his supporters. "Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution."

Behind the scenes: "Mr. Trump’s comments on Saturday were in his prepared remarks, rather than being off the cuff. His aides seemed pleased with the inherently sinister tone," the N.Y. Times reports in a piece exploring Trump's history of trafficking "in the language of vengeance."

 

[Mr. Tea]

I may have said this before, but I think you can make a case for Trump being the most successful beggar of all time.

 

[Leo]

I may have said this before, but I think you can make a case for Trump being the most successful beggar con man of all time.

 

[IdleRich]

If that picture is accurate - and I'm sure it is - then he has lost a lot of weight, I guess it can happen when you are really old and frail, or, as in Trump's case no doubt, it can also be the result of a serious and demanding training regime.

 

[IdleRich]

So Trump is saying he's gonna be arrested in NY on Tuesday re the Stormy Daniels payments... hmmm

 

[Leo]

Good.

Could be difficult to connect to a campaign finance violation, he might be in deeper shit with the Georgia election charges.

 

[IdleRich]

This is just the fastest moving. The campaign finance thing does seem pretty clear cut doesn't it? I mean we know it's a crime cos Cohen went to jail for it and it's kinda hard to believe he just did it out of the kindness of his heart.

 

[Leo]

trump's lawyer is going to argue Cohen submitted an invoice for "legal services", which Trump paid, believing it was for that purpose. They'll point to Cohen as a known liar and ex-con who deceived Trump. whether that will fly is another story.

 

[IdleRich]

Well it's obviously bollocks but proving it is another thing.
Honestly @Leo or anybody, do you  really believe they will arrest Trump next week?

 

[IdleRich]

They will have to fight their way through a protective ring if they do.

 

[Leo]

from politico

It’s unclear whether the potential criminal charge would result in Trump being arrested at his new home in Florida, but one of Trump’s attorneys, Joseph Tacopina, has said Trump would turn himself in to face the charges in Manhattan if a grand jury returns an indictment in the coming days.

 

[IdleRich]

But what do you think will happen?

 

[Leo]

dunno, but good to know some things never change

Shortly after Trump’s plane was wheels up from Iowa back to Palm Beach, a flight attendant walked to the front with a large red and white bucket of KFC chicken. Aides went back and forth to the plane’s kitchen with plates of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese. Coconut pie was served for dessert.

 

[Leo]

from the same Bloomberg article.

The former president knocked his potential rival for perceived disloyalty, launching into a diatribe about DeSantis working in a law firm in an alternate reality.

“Right now he’d be working at a law office. Schwartz, Schwartz, Schwartz and Schwartz. Where’s my f——— governor? Where’s my governor? Get him over here! He’s got 10 minutes or we’re gonna fire him. That’s what he’d be doing right now,” Trump said, laughing.

As Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” played over the speakers, Trump told reporters, “Remember, this Ron DeSanctimonious would be right now working probably at a law firm or maybe a Pizza Hut. I hope you had a good time.”

 

[IdleRich]

Why keep changing subject?

 

[Corpsey]

They will have to fight their way through a protective ring if they do.

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These ppl are surely just building up portfolios of evidence for the police to use in court? Presumably it doesn't take a genius to identify somebody with a Reddit account.

 

[Leo]

Why keep changing subject?

I answered already: dunno.

 

[IdleRich]

Fair enough, noone does obviously, I just want someone to pretend they do

 

[shakahislop]

dunno, but good to know some things never change

he does some clever symbolic things with food i think, whether he does it deliberately or not. it's one big dividing line between people, quite intimate, runs heavily across class lines, and its one thing where middle class people are generally totally ignorant of how snobby they sound when they talk about it (generally a projection of taste wrapped up in a pretence of health). his valorization of KFC and so on is a good way of showing whose side he's on.