Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

Biden Democrats serve the military's interests every bit as much as Republicans and more than Trump Republicans. If it had been Bernie or someone promising to trim military budgets, the love of the Constitution probably gets a good deal shakier.

Oh for sure.

watching those idiots at the debate the other night gives me some real hope that Trumpism will die with Trump... there will always be right-wing nuts and populists, but whatever his thing is, his appeal - it's a one man band

I remember thinking back in '16 that a defense sec with the nickname "mad dog" (without knowing fuck all about him) within a Trump administration probably means lol we're all going to die, possibly much sooner than we might expect. But he resigned after not much time and obv hates Trump to this day. If you can't get the "mad dogs" on side amongst military top brass your dreams of dictatorship are going to be an uphill battle - with treacle in your boots.

yeah, I think draft-dodgers in hairspray & bronzer are not gonna necessarily appeal to the Mad Dogs of the world

... and I think Trump's insults of McCain probably got him off on the wrong foot with the Joint Chiefs

Trump mimicking Biden: "Let's indict the motherfucker. Let's indict." pic.twitter.com/1v2bzYF09t

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 29, 2023

it’s insane how well he’s internalized the timing of standup comedy

If I can leave a note, I would suggest a little more Biden, something more like "C'mon, man! Let's indict the motherfucker, Jack!"

yeah thats a stock trump voice

yup, sounds exactly like Trump to me, nothing like Biden

Struggle with one foe long enough, you eventually start sounding like your enemy.

Wait, that didn't sound Star Wars-y enough. Needs more Yoda.

Struggle with the Trump Side you may, but... forever will it dominate your destiny.

If you strike him down, he will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

Let the Trump flow through your veins, Joe. Feel the power of the Trump Side.

in some of these he reminds me of regis philbin

Montage of 33 clips of the stupidest, most vile, insane, weirdest, addled dementia-ridden, psychotic statements made by Trump over the past two weeks. pic.twitter.com/iCbt5PtzBX

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 30, 2023

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Slurring his words, Trump starts riffing about how he would rather be electrocuted to death than be eaten by a shark. pic.twitter.com/yqPrxWRzN3

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2023

I guess I would agree?

I would much rather he be electrocuted, then his corpse eaten by a shark. This would be the most respectful of his dying wish.

He can have it all

the ex-sparkie in me is troubled that particular tautology, electrocution already implies death - you orange numpt

But would he rather be a vampire or a werewolf?

I got shocked as a young ‘un and it did me no harm.

(Makes cat meowing sounds in front of co-worker)

I've had hundreds of belts. It corrected me .. a bit.

is it new news that Scott Hall has flipped in the Georgia trial?

Yeah, that's awesome. I bet he won't be the last.

Meanwhile:

Trump isn’t getting a jury trial in his $250m civil fraud suit brought against him by New York AG James because one of his lawyers overlooked submitting the routine request/checking boxes on the form, per two people familiar https://t.co/7zvUfytiEr

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) October 2, 2023

http://images.generallyawesome2.com/photos/funny/photos/justin-bieber-lawyer.jpg

Lol, apparently the prosecution leads with an Eric deposition, where he refuses to take responsibility. Then DJTJ, who does the same. Then Donald, who throws Weisselberg under the bus. It's a shame this isn't on TV, because I have a hunch there are going to be lots of awesome deposition clips of Trump and his two squirming scions.

Missing a request for a jury trial is pretty much per se malpractice.

forgetting who the defendant is in this case, is a jury trial usually advantageous for the defence in a civil case?

I am not a lawyer, but in this case the judge gets to decide punishment (right?), and he's kind of tipped his hand a little by already establishing guilt. Also, there's no way to get, say, a deadlocked judge.

could swing either way I'd think--a jury sometimes hands down a huge $$ judgement that a judge probably wouldn't, but also a judge is less likely to be swayed by your bullshit if you're obviously guilty.

I am just presuming Trump would like a shot at getting some of his ppl on a jury. Judge apparently isn't one.

i guess it makes sense that the verdict of a judge would be more ... moderate?

when you are having a bench trial, best thing you can do is slag off the judge and call the AG "racist" outside the court - every little bit helps!

xpost You mean the same judge that already ordered the entire organization potentially dissolved?

Missing a request for a jury trial is pretty much per se malpractice.

If I had to vaguely guess, besides being that's the only way he thinks, some part of him/the lawyers might be hoping for a 'see if we rile them up they'll act badly in response and then we can claim they really are biased.' But this does not strike me as very sound.

i guess it makes sense that the verdict of a judge would be more ... moderate?

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, October 2, 2023 1:11 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

You mean the same judge that already ordered the entire organization potentially dissolved?

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, October 2, 2023 1:18 PM (five seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

So delicious.

I appreciate this photo of someone is kinda realizing 'wait...I allowed this to happen and now I'm stuck here.'

https://themessenger.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.themessenger.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F10%2FDonald-Trump-1701883837-1024x573.jpg&w=1920&q=75

Also, no red tie?

Feelin' blue.

Missing a request for a jury trial is pretty much per se malpractice.

Does that mean a likely appeal or retrial?

Neither. It's a civil trial, not criminal, so it has no effect on the outcome (no right to effective counsel in a civil trial). But theoretically Trump might have a civil cause of action against the attorney for malpractice.

This is like when Alex Jones’ lawyers sent his phone over as discovery

xpost You mean the same judge that already ordered the entire organization potentially dissolved?

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, October 2, 2023 1:18 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

"forgetting who the defendant is in this case"

Reportedly Trump and his kids are supposed to take the stand, but I don't see that happening.

do we actually know that the lawyer forgot to do this and that they wanted a jury trial?

I'm honestly surprised Trump isn't representing himself.

maybe the lawyer did it on purpose

I heard that he definitely wouldn't have wanted a bench trial in this case, or wouldn't have been advised to get one if was getting proper legal advise, so I guess it must have been a fuckup.

Knowing you're never gonna see a dime for it can have a real impact on the quality of one's work.

Maybe they're getting paid in room service credit.

so how does the strategy work exactly, where you call the judge deranged and the case a scam?