I confess to back pedaling into Trump territory when I wanted to leave discussions about him in the garbage can. My thread on the read-only break room site has 9,600 replies so I thought I'd bring up a new one.
He's not going away.
Haberman's book is out based on interviews. I won't read it, but the excerpts are interesting. Especially what he says about McConnell, a description that's against the Terms of Service here, but I actually don't disagree with. LOL
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“At one point, Trump made a candid admission that was as jarring as it was ultimately unsurprising. ‘The question I get asked more than any other question: “If you had it to do again, would you have done it?”’Trump said of running for president. ‘The answer is, yeah, I think so. Because here’s the way I look at it. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are.’ … Reflecting on the meaning of having been president of the United States, his first impulse was not to mention public service, or what he felt he’d accomplished, only that it appeared to be a vehicle for fame, and that many experiences were only worth having if someone else envied them.”
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NRSKarenRN said:
At a S.C. rally on Saturday, Trump said he had once told a world leader he would not protect a nation behind on its payments to NATO, wouldn't protect them if attacked and would "encourage" the aggressors to "do whatever the hell they want".
Sure hope that World Leader speaks up to confirm this latest Trump story.
The failure of Republican leadership to push back Trumps stances + who wants to be commander in chief again is alarming.
Republicans have spent the past 8 years normalizing Trump's abnormal behavior and utterances. They aren't going to push against the cult leader when the cult leader will target them with his violent rhetoric in retribution.
War Room, which regularly hosts staunch Trump allies such as the congresswoman Elise Stefanik and the My Pillow CEO, Mike Lindell, last year was named the top promoter among political podcasts of misinformation about elections, Covid-19 and other issues, according to a Brookings Institution study.
Unfazed, Bannon told the New York Times his top ranking was a "badge of honor ... What they call disinformation or misinformation we consider the truth.”
A key figure in promoting the January 6 Save America rally, Bannon proved prescient shortly before the insurrection on his War Room podcast when he said "all hell is going to break loose tomorrow".
Former justice department prosecutors and members of both parties say Bannon's legal woes are mounting.
"Like former president Donald Trump, Steve Bannon's sketchy business and political activities seem to be a magnet for criminal prosecutions and investigations,” said Paul Pelletier, an ex-acting chief of the Department of Justice's fraud section.
Donald Trump and entities he controls own many valuable properties , including office buildings, hotels , and golf courses . Acquiring and developing such properties required huge amounts of cash. Accordingly , the entities borrowed from banks and other lenders . The lenders required personal guarantees from Donald Trump , which were based on statements of financial condition compiled by accountants that Donald Trump engaged . The accountants created these compilations based on data submitted by the Trump entities . In order to borrow more and at lower rates , defendants submitted blatantly false financial data to the accountants , resulting in fraudulent financial statements . When confronted at trial with the statements , defendants fact and expert witnesses simply denied reality , and defendants failed to accept responsibility or to impose internal controls to prevent future recurrences . As detailed herein , this Court now finds defendants liable, continues the appointment of an Independent Monitor , orders the installation of an Independent Director of Compliance , and limits defendants right to conduct business in New York for a few years
Pg.87 Refusal to Admit Error
The English poet Alexander Pope ( 1688-1744 ) first declared , To err is human , to forgive is divine . Defendants apparently are of a different mind . After some four years of investigation and litigation , the only error (inadvertent , of course ) that they acknowledge is the tripling of
the size of the Trump Tower Penthouse , which cannot be gainsaid . Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological . They are accused only of inflating asset values to make more money . The documents prove this over and over again . This is a venial sin , not a mortal sin . Defendants did not commit murder or arson . They did not rob a bank at gunpoint .Donald Trump is not Bernard Madoff . Yet , defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways . Instead , they adopt a See no evil , hear no evil , speak no evil posture that the evidence belies .
This Court is not constituted to judge morality it is constituted to find facts and apply the law .
In this particular case , in applying the law to the favts , the Court intends to protect the integrity of the financial marketplace and , thus , the public as a whole . Defendants refusal to admit error indeed , to continue it , according to the Independent Monitor constrains this Court to conclude that they will engage in it going forward unless judicially restrained .
Indeed , Donald Trump testified that , even today , he does not believe the Trump Organization needed to make any changes based on the facts that came out during this trial.
Summary of penalties
Donald Trump: $354 million fine + approx. $100 million in interest + barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company
Donald Trump Jr.: $4 million fine + barred for 2 years from serving as officer of a NY company
Eric Trump: $4 million fine + barred for 2 years from serving as officer of a NY company
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg: $1 million fine + barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company + barred for life from financial management role in a NY company
Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney: barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company + barred for life from financial management role in a NY company
Additionally, if penalty not promptly paid, additional ~ 100 million in penaltys will be applied.
Donald Trump: $354 million fine + approx. $100 million in interest + barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company
Donald Trump Jr.: $4 million fine + barred for 2 years from serving as officer of a NY company
Eric Trump: $4 million fine + barred for 2 years from serving as officer of a NY company
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg: $1 million fine + barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company + barred for life from financial management role in a NY company
Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney: barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company + barred for life from financial management role in a NY company
Additionally, if penalty not promptly paid, additional ~ 100 million in penaltys will be applied.
That rumble you hear is Roy Cohn and Ayn Rand spinning in their graves ...
Donald Trump: $354 million fine + approx. $100 million in interest + barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company
Donald Trump Jr.: $4 million fine + barred for 2 years from serving as officer of a NY company
Eric Trump: $4 million fine + barred for 2 years from serving as officer of a NY company
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg: $1 million fine + barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company + barred for life from financial management role in a NY company
Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney: barred for 3 years from serving as officer of NY company + barred for life from financial management role in a NY company
Additionally, if penalty not promptly paid, additional ~ 100 million in penaltys will be applied.
This corrupt fellow is barred from running a business in NY due 3 years but Republicans want him to run the country. Yeah, that guy who wouldn't, under normal circumstances, be able to acquire security clearance because of his debt and legal peril... they want him to be in charge again.
I anticipate that Trump may be off loading some assets to generate cash. It will be a real world examination of the actual values of the properties.
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Truth Social post 2/16/24
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Looking forward to being at Sneakercon at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Pennsylvania, at 3 P.M. ET on Saturday. Then leaving for a Big Rally in Michigan!
Magadonians just started a gofundme to pay trump's lawsuit judgements. It was started by the spouse of Grant Cardone, a financial influencer and staunch magadonian who is widely believed to be a scammer, a la trump University.
Guess he couldn't sell enough sneakers.
Maybe someone will donate some of his nfts to auction off.
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heron said:
Magadonians just started a gofundme to pay trump's lawsuit judgements. It was started by the spouse of Grant Cardone, a financial influencer and staunch magadonian who is widely believed to be a scammer, a la trump University.
Guess he couldn't sell enough sneakers.
Maybe someone will donate some of his nfts to auction off.
It is a fascinating part of Trump's con, how he keeps getting money from working clad Americans. I'd like to be able to travel to the future to read the history written on this time and these people.
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Republicans have spent the past 8 years normalizing Trump's abnormal behavior and utterances. They aren't going to push against the cult leader when the cult leader will target them with his violent rhetoric in retribution.