Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

trump famously does whatever lawyers tell him

I mean, Rudy was known, fairly or not, as the prosecutor who took on the heads of the Five Families.

seriously, he should know from wiretaps. What a disgrace.

suspect trumps primary opponents will soon find their way to the sadly hes too damaged by the deep state to win the general election weasel rationale

Never thought I would even start to think "Mike Pence otm," but here we are.

Also? Love that the Pence video takes place in front of both tractors and golf carts, the two iconic vehicles of the Republican dialectic.

A little late to the LIRR discussion as I was driving back all day to actual LI. IIRC the announcements at LIRR stations and on LIRR trains refer to it as LI double-R. I am not a native LI-er and refer to it by the four letters.

I was listening to a Peter Tosh album, Mama Africa, and lo, there is a song called Maga Dog. According to the liner notes, a maga dog is a rough, stray dog that you take in and feed but it will turn around and bite the shit out of you. Seems appropriate.

The lyrics seem to be about a woman, so a rough girl from the streets that the narrator takes care of but she keeps going back to her rough ways.

I can't find many references to the phrase outside of the song, but one website says maga=mongrel.

Make America Great Dane Again

Well what makes his fall so much more crazy is that he was actually elevated on this huge pedestal after 9/11, he was being lionized left and right in the few months afterwards. Setting aside whether he even deserved any of that or not, he could have just so easily had stayed quiet and slinked off into the night with a golden boy halo at the end.

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0)

he's practically an object lesson in a self-own, i mean he could have chilled out as America's Mayor for the rest of his life and beyond, into the history books. he'd be like GWB now. the true trump derangement syndrome is the number of people who have thrown away everything for that guy.

the shine kinda wore off when he ran for president and no one voted for him

lol remember when it was supposed to be Rudy vs. Hilary

The shine also kinda wore off when his cheap-ass hair dye leaked down his face at a press conference

xxxp That's Trump's true talent, getting other people to destroy themselves for him.

The shine sheen also kinda wore off when his cheap-ass hair dye leaked down his face at a press conference

― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin),

https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fourseasonstotallandscaping-trumpgiuliani-768x432.jpg

only the greatest photograph ever taken

god bless The Onion

Trump Campaign Worried There Might Not Be Enough Indictments To Meet All Fundraising Goals

this is pretty good as well...

https://www.theonion.com/studio-salvages-terrible-film-s-box-office-numbers-by-m-1850692439

ok ymp with the harshest burn i ever heard lmao

Last time I was in New York, Trump was in court to be arraigned. Currently half of my family is in DC, where Trump is about to be arraigned. Question: when should we plan our trip to Atlanta?

I was listening to a Peter Tosh album, Mama Africa, and lo, there is a song called Maga Dog. According to the liner notes, a maga dog is a rough, stray dog that you take in and feed but it will turn around and bite the shit out of you. Seems appropriate.

The lyrics seem to be about a woman, so a rough girl from the streets that the narrator takes care of but she keeps going back to her rough ways.

I can't find many references to the phrase outside of the song, but one website says maga=mongrel.

― Cow_Art, Wednesday, August 2, 2023 5:26 PM (yesterday)

not really thread relevant, but I would have assumed "maga" = "mawga" which means thin or skinny in Jamaican English (supposedly derived from "meagre" though "maigre" means thin in French, though obviously they're related)

meagre ass dog

Saw a good passing analysis of this case that pointed out that whether or not Trump believed his own lies is irrelevant, because it is not illegal to lie, it is not illegal to believe crazy shit or make stuff up, but it is illegal to, say, push forward an alternate set of electors or schemes like that. Everyone is entitled to their own truth, however bonkers, but not entitled to break the law in support of their own truth.

wake up MAGAt i think i got something to say to you
you fucked up covid then lost the election you combovered fool

Biden tells ⁦@JayMcMichaelCNN⁩ he won’t be following Trump’s arraignment in federal court today: “NO” pic.twitter.com/TmdURLQQ5r

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) August 3, 2023

lol

God could you imagine trump on a bicycle?

TIL that Eddy Grant has a $300k pending suit against Trump for retweeting an anti Biden 2020 commercial using Electric Avenue, and both have court gag orders on the claim. This eats

GOOD GOD

And then we'll take it higher

OH! NO!

that commercial was hilarious ngl

one word: wow

Trump is sitting in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s direct line of sight in the courtroom — and Smith almost certainly just looked at Trump

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 3, 2023

Uh okay

dare jack smith to wink at him

And then Billy Vera and the Beaters start playing

BABY JACK JUST RIZZED UP TRUMPY

I get that we've all final bossed Trump but, any one of us would do that

Our Big Boy’s hairline is really doing a number on the CNN lead photo

BABY JACK JUST RIZZED UP TRUMPY

IS HE THE NEW PERP KING????

i cannot believe i am laughing but YUP

Mini headline on WaPo:

Trump says it’s a ‘sad day for America,’ criticizes Washington ‘filth’

Smith looked at Trump, Trumpwanted to run
But the trial kept moving as planned

Smith took Trump, he pushed him against the bench
He drove it in, he drove it home, he drove it deep in Trump

Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Donny '99

From my perspective, former President Donald Trump seemed today like many defendants making their initial appearance do -- which is to say, like someone beginning to appreciate the gravity of the situation. https://t.co/lbwQ0QmZBA

— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) August 3, 2023

Today he Truly became a criminal

I am pressing the snooze button on this news because I feel like we've been stuck on "trump is in legal jeopardy" and "maybe he will someday almost face consequences" since 2015.

Wake me when something actually happens to this fucking douche

Kinda surprised he isn't playing the OJ "100% not guilty, your honor" card.