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Donald Trump discussion Thread IX (threadbanned users listed in OP)

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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,068 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    aloyisious wrote: »
    If what is being reported/alleged about Don's signature being on some of the cheques used/issued by the Trump Org that the DA & Co found questionable is true, then it might follow that if his CFO testifies that he saw Don actually handwrite the signatures on the cheques and they are NOT rubberstamp type facsimiles it would directly link Don to the Trump Org scheme. Don wouldn't be able to deny personal knowledge and involvement in the scheme. The DA would just have to be coy about phrasing the question to Don, lead him step by step into agreeing with the DA's argument that he knew all about the scheme and the reason the scheme was set up by his Trump Org & his friend, it's CFO.

    He's known to have a knowledgeable fondness of putting his personal signature of cheques, even the ones issued by the federal Gov't under the Covid-19 scheme to workers left temporarily unemployed.

    It would be poetic if the manifestation of his narcissism, his signature, was the element that negated plausible deniability and convicted him


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭serfboard


    aloyisious wrote: »
    He's known to have a knowledgeable fondness of putting his personal signature of cheques, even the ones issued by the federal Gov't under the Covid-19 scheme to workers left temporarily unemployed.
    I suspect a Bertie Ahern defence will be used: “I didn’t really pay close attention to what I was signing” and “The boss used to get me to sign blank cheques” (Paraphrasing here, but language to that effect).


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,421 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    serfboard wrote: »
    I suspect a Bertie Ahern defence will be used: “I didn’t really pay close attention to what I was signing” and “The boss used to get me to sign blank cheques” (Paraphrasing here, but language to that effect).

    Well, he did have to take a senility test.

    But, if it's a tucker "my show is just entertainment" or rudy "there is fraud unless I'm under oath, then there's no fraud" style defense, would anyone be surprised?

    Would his supporters then realize they're following a moron grifter? I mean, it doesn't even look like this was subtle, it was just hampered by endless lawsuits to try and stop the law and then hiding behind the presidency.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,521 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    astrofool wrote: »
    Well, he did have to take a senility test.

    But, if it's a tucker "my show is just entertainment" or rudy "there is fraud unless I'm under oath, then there's no fraud" style defense, would anyone be surprised?

    Would his supporters then realize they're following a moron grifter? I mean, it doesn't even look like this was subtle, it was just hampered by endless lawsuits to try and stop the law and then hiding behind the presidency.

    So far, they have shown an inclination to support Trump regardless of what he has done, is likely to do and has professed they would let him away with, even when it is all plainly illegal and would tend to deny them of all the rights they believe he would defend to the end. I really think a very large percentage of them would CHOOSE TO deny the truth of what they are seeing in front of them. I don't hold out much hope for the GOP group supporting him from changing their allegiance from him back to the U.S republic and that will be to their eternal shame.


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,568 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    astrofool wrote: »
    Well, he did have to take a senility test.

    But, if it's a tucker "my show is just entertainment" or rudy "there is fraud unless I'm under oath, then there's no fraud" style defense, would anyone be surprised?

    Would his supporters then realize they're following a moron grifter? I mean, it doesn't even look like this was subtle, it was just hampered by endless lawsuits to try and stop the law and then hiding behind the presidency.

    Without thinking I know the argument they would use "he's such a good businessman he signs so many cheques and does so many deals he can't pay attention to everything he signs".....


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  • Registered Users Posts: 39,366 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    I just watched the video the New York Times did surrounding the events of January 6th through video and audio from the day and it’s 40 minutes long and it’s even more damming when you see everything put in order and from several angles. For example there were nearly 10 breaches of the building which I wouldn’t have guessed because the main pictures of the day were the two fronts main entrances. For a country like America which proclaims itself to the greatest country in the world and all the rest, it’s frightening to see ordinary citizens of that country seemingly lose all logic and reason.

    And also the leadership of the capitol police and the metro police have serious questions to answer. They apparently left their rank and file officers to fend for themselves against a crowd which made a completely unfair fight.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭amandstu


    My suspicion is that Trump conducted a slow coup d'état by infiltrating the levers of power by appointing yes men(in temporary posts).

    So when push came to shove ,the leadership who should have organized a proper defence of Parliament were sufficiently demoralised and disorganized that they carried out their job imperfectly.

    He was unsuccessful with the electoral bodies and State governors (even Pence) etc who stood up and carried out their duty to their office.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,716 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Without thinking I know the argument they would use "he's such a good businessman he signs so many cheques and does so many deals he can't pay attention to everything he signs".....

    100%. Let's not forget what should have been the slam dunk argument for Clinton against Trump; that he didn't pay taxes. Which the man simply responded when challenged during a debate, "that's makes me smart". Undoubtedly his support bumped up a couple of points after that. I think it's easy sometimes to forget just how ...worshipped (for want of a better word) the monied class of American life is over there. Tycoons, entrepreneurs, whatever you want to call them. Working the system is part of the myth.


  • Registered Users Posts: 25,348 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    pixelburp wrote: »
    100%. Let's not forget what should have been the slam dunk argument for Clinton against Trump; that he didn't pay taxes. Which the man simply responded when challenged during a debate, "that's makes me smart". Undoubtedly his support bumped up a couple of points after that. I think it's easy sometimes to forget just how ...worshipped (for want of a better word) the monied class of American life is over there. Tycoons, entrepreneurs, whatever you want to call them. Working the system is part of the myth.

    There was a poster/Trump supporter on this or one of the other threads who tried to argue that it is an American workers duty/right to cheat on thier taxes. When you're up against that kind of thinking then you're never going to convince them that what Trump did was illegal.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,521 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    There was a poster/Trump supporter on this or one of the other threads who tried to argue that it is an American workers duty/right to cheat on thier taxes. When you're up against that kind of thinking then you're never going to convince them that what Trump did was illegal.

    According to what MSNBC's Joe Scarburough has reported on Trump's speech at his weekend rally, Trump said he didn't know Alan Weisselberg had to pay taxes on fringe benefits [like autos and apartments] that Trump Org gave to its employees. This "I didn't know" from the man who said he wrote the tax laws reads like "I leave all that to my accountant to deal with", Alan who?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 39,366 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    aloyisious wrote: »
    According to what MSNBC's Joe Scarburough has reported on Trump's speech at his weekend rally, Trump said he didn't know Alan Weisselberg had to pay taxes on fringe benefits [like autos and apartments] that Trump Org gave to its employees. This "I didn't know" from the man who said he wrote the tax laws reads like "I leave all that to my accountant to deal with", Alan who?

    Well he can’t really use the “I barely knew X” anymore. I mean he will try but IMO it won’t work. And when journalist Tim O’ Brien got trump under oath a few years ago after trump sued him over a book he wrote, trump admitted under oath that he and Alan wesselberg work very close together so the notion that Alan wesselberg did this on his own back and Donald trump knew nothing about it is ridiculous.


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Well he can’t really use the “I barely knew X” anymore. I mean he will try but IMO it won’t work. And when journalist Tim O’ Brien got trump under oath a few years ago after trump sued him over a book he wrote, trump admitted under oath that he and Alan wesselberg work very close together so the notion that Alan wesselberg did this on his own back and Donald trump knew nothing about it is ridiculous.

    You are of course , correct . But if push comes to shove it won't stop him claiming that he "left all that stuff to others and just signed what was put in front of him"

    His ability to simultaneously be the sharpest ,greatest business mind ever seen and also be a clueless figurehead is staggering.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,489 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Well he can’t really use the “I barely knew X” anymore. I mean he will try but IMO it won’t work. And when journalist Tim O’ Brien got trump under oath a few years ago after trump sued him over a book he wrote, trump admitted under oath that he and Alan wesselberg work very close together so the notion that Alan wesselberg did this on his own back and Donald trump knew nothing about it is ridiculous.

    Of course it is, Trump probably hired Wesselberg specifically because he showed an affinity for showing scant regard for the law and focusing on benefitting Trump. But we've seen this before with Michael Cohen and he ended up in a jail cell and Trump continued as President.

    We saw Trump admit to sexually assaulting women and he was still elected to be President. What we 'know' to be fact and what happens in reality as a consequence of these facts do not have to correlate, and we have seen that time and again.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,068 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Of course it is, Trump probably hired Wesselberg specifically because he showed an affinity for showing scant regard for the law and focusing on benefitting Trump. But we've seen this before with Michael Cohen and he ended up in a jail cell and Trump continued as President.

    We saw Trump admit to sexually assaulting women and he was still elected to be President. What we 'know' to be fact and what happens in reality as a consequence of these facts do not have to correlate, and we have seen that time and again.

    FYI Frank trump hired wessenberg


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,489 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    duploelabs wrote: »
    FYI Frank trump hired wessenberg

    You think he'd still have had his job if Donald didn't like what he saw?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,521 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    You think he'd still have had his job if Donald didn't like what he saw?

    Allen has an interesting resume, according to Wikipedia. He began working for Fred in 1973, and went on to be CFO and V/P of Trump Casinos, and treasurer of the Donald J Trump Foundation. In 2017 in a deposition to NY State investigators, he said he was NOT aware that he was a board member for at least the past [then] 10 0r 15 years. It'd be good for any prosecution to find out if he was paid or given benefit in kind for his duties as a board member during the 10 0r 15 years. I can't imagine him being Pro-bono to Don like Rudi Giuliani reportedly is but....


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,442 ✭✭✭✭Leroy42


    You think he'd still have had his job if Donald didn't like what he saw?

    You don't understand.

    Trump is the most successful businessman ever, knows more about tax law than anyone, knows more about NY politics than anyone.

    But at the same time Trump knows nothing about his business, hasn't the foggiest idea about tax law and NY politics is a total mystery to him.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,489 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    aloyisious wrote: »
    Allen has an interesting resume, according to Wikipedia. He began working for Fred in 1973, and went on to be CFO and V/P of Trump Casinos, and treasurer of the Donald J Trump Foundation. In 2017 in a deposition to NY State investigators, he said he was NOT aware that he was a board member for at least the past [then] 10 0r 15 years. It'd be good for any prosecution to find out if he was paid or given benefit in kind for his duties as a board member during the 10 0r 15 years. I can't imagine him being Pro-bono to Don like Rudi Giuliani reportedly is but....

    I think he's as big a crook as Donald is and will plead ignorance where he thinks it might give him an out to do so.

    Thus far though he does seem to be going against the old adage of there being no honour amongst thieves as we'd probably be hearing if he was trying to save his own skin at the cost of Donalds by now.


  • Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    aloyisious wrote: »
    According to what MSNBC's Joe Scarburough has reported on Trump's speech at his weekend rally, Trump said he didn't know Alan Weisselberg had to pay taxes on fringe benefits [like autos and apartments] that Trump Org gave to its employees. This "I didn't know" from the man who said he wrote the tax laws reads like "I leave all that to my accountant to deal with", Alan who?

    Eh no surprise, seems like it was only yesterday that he was saying that he knows more about tax codes and laws than anyone else in history, and now having to back down. it's not like something like this hasn't happened to him before.


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,370 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Extraordinary headline in the Guardian this morning with apparent written evidence Putin personally signed off on an operation to help put a "mentally unstable" Donald Trump in the White House

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/kremlin-papers-appear-to-show-putins-plot-to-put-trump-in-white-house



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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,069 ✭✭✭relax carry on


    My favourite bit of the article.

    There is a brief psychological assessment of Trump, who is described as an “impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual who suffers from an inferiority complex”.

    Imagine if Trump still had access to Twitter?



  • Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Drexel_3


    Can't help but feel this was an intentional leak and is part of the plan. Republicans won't believe it or just won't care about it and refuse to do anything about it.

    They will continue to dig in and it will deepen the divide between republicans and democrats (and society). Just like they wanted



  • Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    If true that essentially validates the infamous Steele Dossier.



  • Registered Users Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    The thing with Trump that I wonder about is whether he is as unhinged and dangerous as he looks. There is such a divide in USA and opinions on Trump, he could be wearing no Clothes doing an interview and people would still find a way to dismiss and justify it.

    Is it a coincidence that he seems to get on with Autocrats? You think of that Coup in January that he encouraged, how anybody can excuse or dismiss it is a clear indication of how deluded people who follow him actually are. Its not about intelligence , its about allegiance. The instability that man is causing is quite impressive as he is not particularly intelligent. I do not know if its better hes not that bright or if things would be worse with a character Like Trump who actually knows what they are doing.



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,857 ✭✭✭dogbert27


    I think it was unfortunate that Comey said in his book that he took Trump's question of "do you think I look like someone who needs to use prostitutes?" as rhetorical!


    Would be a lot funnier if he took it literally and gave his honest answer! 😄



  • Registered Users Posts: 39,366 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Now that is very interesting and nice that they have screenshots of the documents and little details that would confirm it’s authenticity. Trump will hate this because as we know he’s an utter self made person who’s never ever lost at anything or made any mistakes.


    I see that Oklahoma republicans want an audit of the election results in their state in 2020 despite the fact Trump won ever county and winning the state as a whole running away with it. What logic is there to casting doubt on results in a state you won easily ?



  • Registered Users Posts: 13,438 ✭✭✭✭briany


    I don't think the purpose of these audits is to prove any widescale election fraud. It's really all about sowing doubt at this stage, and keeping the base stoked.


    Of course, even if you leave aside the complete lack of evidence for widespread electoral fraud thus far, the search for fraud is clearly a partisan one, i.e. the audits are not being carried out to see if Trump got a billion votes postmarked from Moscow. It's all about those bamboo ballots.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Look to the UK for a PM who is like trump but actually has some intelligence.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,361 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    ..but no morals whatsoever. His whole shtick is to tell everyone what they want to hear all the time and then do something completely different. I know that that is the stereotypical criticism of politicians in general but Johnson take it to the next level.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 39,366 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    His inauguration chairman Tom barrack has been charged with acting as foreign agent for UAE without going through the official channels and getting the trump administration to give them favourable treatment, and he’s charged with lying to the FBI about those actions. If it hasn’t happened already, I assume the “I hardly knew him defence” from trump will be the strategy.



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