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

He appointed 3 of the Supreme Court justices himself. He must be fuming :D

The democrats in congress have trumps tax returns.

Trumps tax returns have no real value anyway. His businesses is under effective administration, he is under investigation for mishandling government documents, he is having dinner with anti-smites and white supremacists and he is still fighting the last election and led an attempted insurrection against the the country.

Whether he is as rich as he claimed is not in the least bit important at this point.

Actually if you do enough research you can get a decent view of his tax returns for the last twenty years. They make hilarious viewing. Make it up what you think they are you wouldn't be near. Let's just say based on my research any tax he did pay, he got back.

There is also this which doesn't help him(as reported on CNN)

Trump has to be the most difficult high-profile security-risk client of the century for the federal and state authorities, that he is totally mindless on the issue. It should read as an indicator of his state of mind that people can invite themselves to his parties like they are open door events and he doesn't give a flying **** about it at a personal safety level.

I'm not tbf, according to MSNBC Milo and Kanye wanted to humiliate him with having Feuntes show up as they knew it would be leaked.

Its a bit of a mess really, his people around him had opportunities to stop Feuntes joining the dinner but dropped the ball. Trump obviously compounded the shitshow with his very weak condemnation of the dinner.

As said earlier, its a reminder that the chap is so unprofessional, a reminder to Republicans if he wins the primary and presidency which he has a decent chance to the next few years will be Trump making so many errors like this and they will have to defend him all the time.

DeSantis and Haley may have their detractors in GOP circles but they will both run a tight ship which must be very tempting now.

That would be brilliant, it’s like he's worried that the late night hosts are running out of material. Of all the hanger ons hes the one that has given the most comedy gold. That’s from a list that has Rudy on it.

He won't get far I reckon.

Tbh Rhonda clearly isn't that good either, this is a lass who changed her name for Trump ffs.

The third person running is the bloke who came somewhat close to been NY Republican mayor and due to him they did well in the house races which played a big role in them winning the house. He strikes me as someone who might know what he is doing, Ronna and obviously Mike not so much.

Not a surprise to anyone following the betting and polling but Warnock will win relatively comfortably to ensure a Dem Majority in 2022.

Walker was doomed once Kemp could not carry him over the line a few weeks ago.

Interesting to see the fallout in Trump world, he stayed away this time, whether that was his call or Walkers, its alarming because its proof it was needed he is going to struggle immensely in states like this which he needs to win in 2024. I don't think Walker leaned into the "stolen election" rubbish as much as others so maybe Tump can say "he wasn't maga enough" but nonetheless Walker was a weak candidate who had the Trump stench on him. Double whammy.

Regarding the senate, arguably the only close race the GOP won was Wisconsin , Vance and Budd were okay on the night but solid red states so nothing to get to exited about. Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and to a lesser extent New Hampshire were blown by picking Trumpy candidates.

I do think that the tide is turning. Trump announced his run, what a month ago, and nothing since. It was clear that he was announcing despite what the party wanted and was doing so despite the mid-term results. And the response has been pretty muted.

To me, it just signals that he doesn't have the impact that he previously did. Of course the MAGAs will support him no matter what, but they are not big enough to get him back into the WH.

I just don't see a path for Trump from here and there are plenty of roadbumps coming up, not least the Jan 6th report. The Dems holding the senate, and losing many of the governor races they needed to push through the vote control in tight races, is also the complete opposite of the plan they had been working on.

This debate thread about Trump & the US presidency has been going on for some years now and I think its the first time that some-one from his legal team has apparently [if one has to believe in media reports] taken a step to protect themselves as well as their client in reporting that the team has found classified documents on a premises used by Trump and his larger team after he left the Presidency. The inclusion of the larger team amongst the users of the premises extends the image of culpability to its members. That's a brave step on the face of it, if the status of the documents is confirmed, and should presumably have been authorised by the lawyer in command of the legal team, whatever about the client having the last word on the move. The "throw him/her under the bus" game may not be finished yet for the larger team.

There's a however to the report: its important that the documents be classified federal Govt documents and not some paperwork publicized by the lawyer in an attempt to muddy the Special Prosecutors waters after his appointment and the Appeals Court decision on the legal viability of the special master.

I was left wondering if the "believers" believed or if they are getting ahead with their careers or aims on his coat-tails. It's fairly obvious now that any of the senior GOP members who still adore him publicly are doing so because they fear the great unwashed who do believe in and fund him. The other senior GOP are washing their hands of him now hoping the unwashed will still fund the GOP when Trump suffers the fate of Senator Joe McCarthy.

His statement on what he thinks should happen the US constitution, scrap it [SIC; AS ITS IN MY WAY:] so I can be elected is an instance of his thought-processes. If that is not a clear statement of his intent towards the US, nothing can be. The unwashed in the GOP at all levels took him into their bosoms and its they who are most to blame for letting him steer the US for 4 years. Take the TV screens away from them so they can get some sense back into their brains.

Yeah, genuinely nauseating. The constitution is sacrosanct, so much so that dying kids aren't enough for them to think of changing it.

But Donny Boy loses an election and sure it's only right to throw it in the bin.

I do think that that tweet crossed a line for many people/. You can lie and cheat, blag your way and insult everyone and anyone, but don't j0ke about the constitution.

According to one media source, Georgia GOP are blaming state voting restrictions brought in after the 2021 run-off senate elections in the state for the failure of Walker to win this years run-off election to the US senate. Once more it seems that they have harmed their own party as they think the changes encouraged more democrat voters to come out and cast their ballots. There's no mention of Trump in the NYT article on the New Civil Rights Movement F/B page reporting on the article.

From 360 news. Story by Daniel Stewart: It seems from this that the portents are not good for Trump.

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed an appeal by former U.S. President Donald Trump to challenge the government's access to materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has signed an order dismissing the case for lack of jurisdiction, ending the pending hearings and deadlines in the case.

This decision allows the Department of Justice full access to records and objects found among the documents marked as classified in the former president's properties. The judge's order comes four days after Trump refused to appeal a Superior Court ruling, which had canceled the appointment of a special expert to review the documents removed by the FIB, reports CNBC. With the rulings, the process could be cleared for investigators to more quickly review the thousands of documents that had previously been blocked from access.

In August, the FBI seized more than 100 allegedly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Subsequently, a team hired by Trump's lawyers found more records marked classified.

A spectacularly inept bit of photoshopping too, but I suppose that's inevitable. I wonder did the 'artist' get paid?

When window lickers are your target audience it’s a savvy move.

He has made it possible for others to lampoon him even farther than before with this publicity stunt, opening the door for alternative cartoon drawings, like Putin bare-chested on the horse. The possibilities are immense. If he hasn't copyrighted his image, anyone can cartoon him for profit.

They're shops of images scraped off the net, I think they might count as new artwork. The interesting thing I read was that there's a disclaimer saying that the NFTs are not political. He's altered the grift so the money can continue to flow directly to him and he doesn't land foul of those pesky campaign finance laws that didn't apply before he announced his run.

Yeah, I saw it was listed to a company that operates out of a UPS shop in Utah, but the company isn't listed there. Seems unnecessarily convoluted for a simple business with nothing to hide.

Still can't believe that there was a bunch of saps that actually bought those things.

Fkn 'ell