Trump gets gagged, McCarthy gets booted. What's next in Trumpworld?

I see that Trump's lawyers are still arguing that he had total immunity as president, over his election interference; that presidents have total immunity whilst in office.

Presumably, if he wins, Biden could have him done away with, if he desired.

I wish the media would stop asserting that Hur claimed Biden was "an elderly man with a poor memory". What he said was that if Biden were brought to trial for secreting classified documents, for which Hur had already said there was insufficient evidence to warrant prosecution, he would be able to present himself in the witness-box as an elderly man with a poor memory.. This is not the same thing as saying that's what he is.

Ugh! On and on and on it goes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/20/trump-fani-willis-georgia-appeal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Alzheimer's is not something I would wish on anybody. Something Trump actually fears more than going to jail or losing his 'billions' I would think.
Shadowing Trump’s attacks on mental fitness — his own father’s dementia
Trump avoids mention of his father’s Alzheimer’s disease as he lashes Biden for being ‘cognitively impaired’
https://wapo.st/43txgoS

This gets better, doesn't it.

BREAKING on @MSNBC:

Judge Juan Merchan has denied Donald Trump's request to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, and Karen McDougal from testifying in his upcoming criminal hush money case. All will be able to testify, with some minor restrictions imposed.

If he is down by half a billion quid, plus what he owes E Jean Carroll, plus what he owes his lawyers, then he will have less to splurge on his campaign. And also he will have less to spend on his defence in the other cases that are running against him, the federal ones as opposed to the state or civil ones. If he loses even one of those federal cases, he loses about half the independent voters just like that, and probably about a fifth of the Republican vote as well, on top of the ones who supported Haley whom he told he didn't want or need: some of those may still take him at his word.

If it is a real fall, the only thing that will save him is the Presidency and that's rather worrying
Putin would love it too, Russian bots will be everywhere

Serves him right! I hope this is finally the real start of his fall?!

What a shame...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68600093

Ok, he was talking about import tariffs on Chinese cars in that previous clip.

A full thread on his unhinged speech with videos here if you can bare it.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1769093346557895044?s=20

gonna do a video thread on Trump's speech in Dayton, Ohio. Follow along for clips

This surely is incitement to riot or encouragement for an insurrection

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1769102618213638350?s=20

Trump: Now, If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country.

According to the WP Trump just defamed E. Jean Caroll again today;

"“I just posted a $91 million bond — $91 million on a fake story, totally made-up story,” Trump said Saturday at a rally in Rome, Ga. He added: “Ninety-one million based on false accusations made about me by a woman that I knew nothing about, didn’t know, never heard of. I know nothing about her.”

Another nice payday in store for her - if there's any money left.

I read the smart money is starting to flee the US ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/american-titans-sell-a-staggering-11b-in-stock-amid-looming-election/ss-BB1jGEAh

If you haven't, I suggest you watch the TV series "Whops Apocalypse". Apparently team Trump ordered a box set last year.

Any actuaries on this thread? If so what are the odds of a 78 (almost) overweight man under huge stress getting through the next six months with no health issues? Ditto a relatively fit 81 year old, probably not under as much pressure?

BruceAndNosh · 06/03/2024 17:15

MTG tells the divine Emily Maitlis to Fuck off...

Good old Mulligatwany Trailer-Queen, classy as ever. Jewish space lasers causing wild fires, indeed! She's off her chump!

Bad form to quote myself, but knock me down with a very small feather: "Trump on Friday posted the $92 million bond needed to appeal the civil lawsuit in which juries awarded Carroll tens of millions of dollars after Trump was found liable for defaming and sexually abusing her."

You'd think that would be the least of his worries just at the moment, given the $466,187,622.99 (and constantly rising because of the interest at about a dollar a second) that he owes for the fraud he's been found guilty of in New York.

Not at all.

Remember they are quite willing to make him King. A few foreign dollars ain't gonna sway much against that. In fact it may well reinforce their devotion.

There seems to be a lot of grown up commentary that notes the louder and more vocal MAGA becomes, the less they actually win at the ballot. Which may yet translate into a massive GOP loss in November.

Wouldn't even the mindless Maga mutts notice that?

A canny Putin would openly pay off Trumps debts just to continue the meltdown of US democracy.

I very much doubt that Trump is going to (be able to) pay what he owes at this point: he doesn't have the cash and if he sells off assets he'll get very low prices for them because people are not stupid; they won't offer top dollar when he is desperate to sell.

World leaders really ought to start saying they are in favour of Putin doing whatever he wants to Trump, because "you have to pay your debts".

more money trouble