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

But one thing I've noticed over the last decade is that the days of ''It's the economy ,stupid'' seem to be over. Many people seem to be agitated by political partisanship and Culture War issues to the degree that they are either ignoring the economy, are blind to it or think other things are more important. The Die Hard MAGA community would either claim the economy was better under Trump even if it was visibly flourishing or else they think secondary or tertiary issues are, contrary to most people's notions of common sense, more important. No matter how high employment is or how low inflation is, there are millions of people who believe that the ''Crimes'' of the Bidens, abortion, the ''crisis'' at the southern border, Drag Queen ''groomers'' , guns, China, the ''persecution'' of Trump and ''weaponization'' of the DoJ are more vital issues. It seems strange, but then millions of Americans have taken leave of their senses over the last ten years. Obama was right; there is a group for whom God and Guns override everything. There was an article from a few years ago where the reporter talked to some people in a decaying Rust Belt community. They admitted that they thought Trump probably would'nt fix anything but they loved him anyway. They shrugged their shoulders at opiate abuse, urban decay, unemployment and dropping life expectancy but some became very exercised by what most of us would regard as trivialities and non-issues, like Black athletes 'taking the knee'.

Trump charged yet again

In Georgia this time

The [5 member] Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole is appointed by the State Governor [which is Brian Kemp]. The board decides itself which of the 5 members will be the chairman of the board and votes via closed ballot. I don't know whether its a simple majority or a unanimous vote which determines the outcome. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=18c5533041d8f1cdJmltdHM9MTY5MjA1NzYwMCZpZ3VpZD0xYTRlZWZkZC1mYjU5LTZkZmItMzVkMi1lMDI2ZmY1OTZmMzAmaW5zaWQ9NTIwNQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=1a4eefdd-fb59-6dfb-35d2-e026ff596f30&psq=Who+sets+up+a+pardon+review+board+in+the+US+state+of+Georgia&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9wYXAuZ2VvcmdpYS5nb3YvYWJvdXQ&ntb=1

It didn’t, Biden isn’t doing this despite what you’ve been told.

They're already mentioning a plead deal '' don't run, and it all goes away''

SAD

I'm waiting to see what Rudy's lawyer will do now that his client has been indicted. A few days ago he dismissed a comparison of his client with another of Trump's lawyer-advisors, the Kraken Lady, as outrageous. Unless they are playing some bluff to fool the media outlets, it looks like those on the Trump indicted list may be opting for solo defences and throwing others on the list under the bus as possible jail time is coming nearer.

A US TV interview of GOP voters shown earlier tonight had some sticking with Trump come rain or snow but others not so, due to what's been revealed about Trumps acts. One gent said he would vote for Trump to be the nominee, but probably not in the Presidential election if more came out. He said that in that case, he would vote for another person to be the nominee.

It seems that lawyers fees in connection with his legal problems and challenges are beginning to put the bite on Rudy's finances. He's reportedly put his NYC apartment on the market for circa $6.5 Million.

Always wonder what happened to these people. Was he always hiding craziness or something that has popped out in old age?

You hear so many stories of formally fine people going down these rabbit holes and coming out bitter and full of hatred.

That sounds extraordinary on the face of it, almost as if its a routine he has to follow for taxation claim reasons. If the prosecutors have [most of] them already for prosecution reasons at state or federal level, he'd be better off doing a deal with them and have them do the securing of the documents free of charge and serve discovery documents in court on them when he needs the documents for his defence team. Maybe I'm being a bit naive in that line of thought.

As witch-hunts go, Trump should use his noggin and condemn [by use of smart wording] the woman in Texas who allegedly called the Washington courthouse and threatened the life of Judge Chutkan "you are in our sights, we want to kill you" if he wants to get ahead of the posses tailing him. The woman concerned allegedly used racist words to describe the judge during her interface with the court. The woman has been placed in arrest by the police in connection with her vocal threat against Judge Chutkan.

It's whether he would be wise enough to let his lawyers be his mouthpieces on this and keep his own mouth and thoughts private that will tell, whether a journalist asks the right way to get a self-harming quote from the horses mouth. Trump has his own internet platform to provide the public with his feelings on that.

In this era of dirty tricks, I wonder about the truth and reliability of reports of a alleged leak of the identities and home addresses of the Fulton County Grand Jury members on the internet as a leak of this kind would be useful for more than one participant in the Trump debacle.

Further to the above about heeding advice from his lawyers, Trump has cancelled a press conference he planned for next week to release what he had claimed is "new evidence" of voter fraud in the 2020 Georgia election. “Rather than releasing the Report on the Rigged & Stolen Georgia 2020 Presidential Election on Monday, my lawyers would prefer putting this, I believe, Irrefutable & Overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud & Irregularities in formal Legal Filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful Indictment," Trump wrote on his social media site Thursday in announcing his reversal.

My read on this example of Trump complying with his lawyers advice is that they told him they would walk away from him by way of a request to the court to be allowed come off record as his defence lawyers if he went ahead with his news conference. I note his use of the self descriptive "I believe" term in his online statement, not a "we" at that part of his statement.

The news that Trump has accused Fox News of conspiring against his re-election campaign with its use of a orange-coloured photo image which he doesn't like must sound like music to his opponents ears. Accompanying that is his declining to take part in the Fox News debate between the other GOP members liking to run for the nomination and letting people know he'll be interviewed by Tucker Carlson instead might, just might, mean there is clear unbridgeable water between him and Fox News Corp and he will be relying on his own internet media site to spread his views on politics and everything else, as he knows it. I'm mindful that a week in politics is a long time.