What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

everlast75 · 24-04-2023 09:52AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120511617#Comment_120511617

I'd sooner take medical advice from the happy pear..

astrofool · 24-04-2023 09:56AM

I'd imagine the GOP will be quietly hoping he decides to run away. Not publicly of course, they'll still pretend to support him while treating all the trumpers with absolute disdain.

But the whole trip smacks of jealousy on trumps behalf, the most he'll get out of it is serving a few pints in a kerry pub (by one of his lackeys, not him of course).

everlast75 · 24-04-2023 10:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120514062#Comment_120514062

they might even get a piece of a half eaten pizza..

https://twitter.com/KateSullivanDC/status/1649584084371349505?s=20

duploelabs · 24-04-2023 10:13AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120514043#Comment_120514043

Or Ciara Kelly

VinLieger · 24-04-2023 10:22AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120511617#Comment_120511617

The paid tick tells you all you need to know about him.

Igotadose · 24-04-2023 10:23AM

Classy. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-letter-king-charles-putin-b2325488.html

looksee · 24-04-2023 12:23PM

I wonder has it occurred to him that when (!) he is president again he might be waiting a long time for another invite to the Palace? Or is this a tacit admission that he knows it isn't going to happen?

Igotadose · 24-04-2023 12:27PM

Best comment in that Indo thread: "Who does he think he is, Thomas Markle?" rofl

duploelabs · 24-04-2023 12:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120514168#Comment_120514168

I wonder how many of these letters have been edited in sharpie

salmocab · 24-04-2023 01:16PM

It seems very needy

Quin_Dub · 24-04-2023 01:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120514888#Comment_120514888

It's incredibly needy and narcissistic.

It's "Look...look!!! , Famous people like me and have written me letters.. Look,Look!!!!"

It feeds his two favourite things , his ego and his wallet.

From what I've read almost all of them are pro-forma type "thank you" letters from famous people that Trump was trying to suck up to.

The letters from Charles and Diana being classic examples.

It's not like they are letters between intellectual heavy-weights discussing the important matters of the day.

briany · 24-04-2023 01:55PM

"And this letter, folks.... this is my favourite. It's from Ronald McDonald. Ronald and I have a great relationship. He loves me, he really does. Did you know that it was me who found him? He was doing Don Jr.'s birthday party one year and I thought to myself, 'Y'know, I like that guy's act. I'm going to put him forward for a corporate job with a golf buddy.' One year later, he's their mascot. True story. There's a little smudge down in the right hand corner of the letter. It was really the photocopier that picked it up - sticky stuff. Some people call it glue, I call it sticky stuff.... It's where they attached the gold card."

Kalyke · 24-04-2023 04:39PM

So long, Tucker!

Penn · 24-04-2023 04:42PM

Incredible! Can't wait to hear the behind the scenes info on it!

Water John · 24-04-2023 04:44PM

Does the fact that Biden is set to launch his bid for reelection next week, coinciding with Trump visiting Ireland, actually not a coincidence?

Overheal · 24-04-2023 04:51PM

I had to pinch myself I didn’t believe the first couple places that told me.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tucker-carlson-fox-news/story?id=98801613

everlast75 · 24-04-2023 04:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120515881#Comment_120515881

Don't let the door hit ya, where the good lord split ya!

Quin_Dub · 24-04-2023 04:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120515937#Comment_120515937

Likewise , first thing I did was check multiple sites..

That is absolutely huge.

The details will be critical here , have Fox fired him for his central role in the Dominion nonsense ?

Or perhaps have they parted ways because Tucker refused to align with whatever new editorial rules that are being introduced to try to prevent future law-suits?

The big question is where is he going to end up? Newmax perhaps?

To my knowledge none of the big names that have left Fox in the last ~10 years or so have amounted to very much following their departure.

francois · 24-04-2023 04:58PM

Tuck off Tucker

TheIrishGrover · 24-04-2023 05:01PM

Man, there'll be one HELL of an NDA there.

"Blah blah blah. Integrity. Blah blah blah"

From both sides

everlast75 · 24-04-2023 05:02PM

Seems like Ron is not taking well the news that he's losing by some margin to Trump..

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1650445614486892547?s=20

Destined to be one of those clips that'll be played repeatedly by his opponents on the trail.

Very weird stuff

Overheal · 24-04-2023 05:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120515955#Comment_120515955

To my knowledge none of the big names that have left Fox in the last ~10 years or so have amounted to very much following their departure.

Speaking of which guess who finally got some amounting done the other week after the settlement

https://www.mediaite.com/news/what-a-disaster-bill-oreilly-pans-fox-news-for-prioritizing-money-over-honesty-before-their-dominion-settlement/

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-oreilly-tells-chris-cuomo-developments-in-dominion-suit-is-a-catastrophe-for-fox-news/

As for Tucker's downfall it's simple to track. Jon Stewart will probably have a whole podcast about it honestly.

See, Tucker long knew a trick from Bill O'Reilly, the trick about a media persona, a much younger, somehow just as fratty Tucker Carlson wrote in book format of Bill O'Reilly:

“Bill O’Reilly’s success is built on the perception that he really is who he claims to be. If he ever gets caught out of character, it’s over. That’s right. I said before that that, you know, Bill O’Reilly is really talented, more talented than I am. You know, he’s got a lot more viewers, and I know he’s a better communicator than I am. But I think there’s kind of a deep phoniness at the center of his shtick. And again, as I say, the shtick is sort of built on this perception that he is the character he plays. He is everyman, this kind of, he’s not right-wing. He’s a populist, this kind of Irish-Catholic populist fighting for you against the powers that be. And that’s great as a shtick. But I’m just saying, the moment that it’s revealed not to be true, it’s over. The moment he gets caught, you know, slapping a flight attendant on the Concorde for not bringing his champagne fast enough or barking at, you know, one of his subordinates to take the brown M&M out of my bowl and give me a bottle of Evian or something like that.

"The second that makes Page Six, it’s over. Right? Because the whole thing is predicated on the fact that he is who he says he is. And just nobody is that person, especially not someone who makes $1,000,000, you know, many millions a year.”

This defamation suit, TLDR, was Tucker Carlson's page six. Nobody is buying what he's selling anymore. The whole thing was predicated on the fact that Tucker was just really sincere in his JAQing off and fawning praise of Donald Trump. Now we know none of that is true, for absolute proof, and it's over. Ironically he will be most remembered as a man confused about his own sexual feelings toward an M&M.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/old-clip-of-tucker-carlson-accusing-bill-oreilly-of-deep-phoniness-goes-viral-after-texts-showed-carlson-actually-loathes-trump/

Quin_Dub · 24-04-2023 05:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120515967#Comment_120515967

It'll be like those announcements you get in the large Corporates when a high level VP gets the bullet for missing revenue goals.

"Leaving to spend more time with their family"

"Leaving to focus on their non-profit Charity work"

"Leaving to pursue their passions in another field"

All code for - They were fired for costing/losing us money.

Overheal · 24-04-2023 05:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120516021#Comment_120516021

The passions in another field:

duploelabs · 24-04-2023 05:21PM

Could he be resigning to be trump's vp pick?

Kalyke · 24-04-2023 05:23PM

And now Don Lemon gone from CNN

Quin_Dub · 24-04-2023 05:25PM

Reading the NYT article on this and they mention that Tucker is being sued by Abby Grossberg - The Producer that provided a lot of the inside scoop info for the Dominion case.

Mr. Carlson is also facing a lawsuit from a former Fox News producer, Abby Grossberg, who claims that he presided over a misogynistic and discriminatory workplace culture. Ms. Grossberg said in the lawsuit, which was filed in March, that on her first day working for Mr. Carlson, she discovered the work space was decorated with large pictures of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a swimsuit.

Ms. Grossberg, who was fired after filing the lawsuit, also claimed that after she was coerced by Fox’s lawyers into providing a misleading deposition in the Dominion trial and defending an offensive text from Mr. Carlson, his producers emailed the rest of the staff in recognition of “Abby Day” and suggested ordering a staff lunch to celebrate.

I wonder are they seeing the writing on the wall and off-loading him before another big payout a-la Bill O'Reilly?

It may also be something of a performative act to sooth the Shareholders - They had to be seen to do something in response to the loss of the case.

Also - In the comments section of the above article a few have posited the Carlson getting fired was part of the settlement agreement with Dominion - The details of the deal are sealed so we may never know for sure , but it's nice to think that that is a possible reason for his ouster.

duploelabs · 24-04-2023 05:25PM

My favourite comment on it so far is 'I'm sure who gets his time slot will be a great replacement'

Overheal · 24-04-2023 05:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120516059#Comment_120516059

Oh my yes, a Great Replacement indeed.

Agent Coulson · 24-04-2023 05:27PM

Any chance Tucker could now join Trump as his running mate?

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