Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Breccia]

If the NY AG could make a compelling case to the FL AG that the documents are in Florida could he not request a raid in Florida for said documents?

...and? You think DeSantis would agree to that?

The NY AG would have better luck going to the feds, which of course, the rabid fanbase would claim was Biden abusing his authority with zero sense of irony.

[Kaleredar]

Trump would go back on Twitter in a heartbeat if he was unbanned, but doing so would admit that his own platform failed, meaning he also failed, and he’s not about that life.

Like I said before, trump has never kept a promise and more importantly none of his followers have ever expected him to keep them.

Trump has far more failures under his belt than successes. His followers don’t care.

[Breccia]

Trump would go back on Twitter in a heartbeat if he was unbanned, but doing so would admit that his own platform failed, meaning he also failed, and he’s not about that life.

Yes he is. Trump fails all the time. He just assumes his rabid fanbase will ignore that. And he is correct.

It's not losing, it's being seen as a loser. When Trump abandons his "the cyber" project and rejoins Twitter, his failure needs to be thrown in his face every day. Lucky for most of us, we have Twitter accounts already

[Kaleredar]

Yes he is. Trump fails all the time. He just assumes his rabid fanbase will ignore that. And he is correct.

It's not losing, it's being seen as a loser. When Trump abandons his "the cyber" project and rejoins Twitter, his failure needs to be thrown in his face every day. Lucky for most of us, we have Twitter accounts already

Sadly his followers just plug their ears and ignore it. “Truth social? Never heard of it! Anyway, look at all these ways trump says the 2020 election was stolen! Click here to see how the mainstream media is lying to you about Russia and how Biden is covering for the Ukrainian nazis!”

That’s what it’s gonna be.

[Santti]

Yes he is. Trump fails all the time. He just assumes his rabid fanbase will ignore that. And he is correct.

It's not losing, it's being seen as a loser. When Trump abandons his "the cyber" project and rejoins Twitter, his failure needs to be thrown in his face every day. Lucky for most of us, we have Twitter accounts already

People will hand-wave it away. Should Trump get unbanned, they'll see Twitter being something different, thus it doesn't count. And yeah, his fans aren't all that bothered by broken promises, regardless. Something something, owning the libs.

[Twdft]

how the mainstream media is lying to you about Russia and how Biden is covering for the Ukrainian nazis!”

I sometimes wonder how hard the mental gymnastics are on those people. Gotta be really hard train of thought: "Nazis from Germany were pretty bad, but current American Nazis are fine people... what do Ukrainians actually look like? Also Rambo did some good fighting against evil ruSSia, but now aren't they the good guys? I get that impression from Cucker Tarlson."

If they think too long about it something's gonna give.

[Kaleredar]

I sometimes wonder how hard the mental gymnastics are on those people. Gotta be really hard train of thought: "Nazis from Germany were pretty bad, but current American Nazis are fine people... what do Ukrainians actually look like? Also Rambo did some good fighting against evil ruSSia, but now aren't they the good guys? I get that impression from Cucker Tarlson."

If they think too long about it something's gonna give.

They’ll maintain that there are no nazis in the GOP and that they’re just a liberal overreaction. Or that the GOP can’t control who support them, or deflect to “well democrats have antifa/socialists!”

Then they’ll maintain that the USSR were only bad because they were commies, and that now they represent the pinnacle of a manly army and as a country represent what the wimpy liberals hate, and trump seems to like them so they must be alright!

It’s simple, if you come at it from the mindset of “liberals are wrong, so how do we make these things the liberals against right?”

[Edge-]

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/so...NXHEA7UNKMJ5E/

Madison Cawthorn is in trouble again.

"What, did he try to drive with a suspended license again?"

No. He brought a gun to an airport.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, three sources tell Channel 9.

According to the TSA, a 9 millimeter handgun was discovered at Checkpoint D. TSA declined to identify the person who had the gun.

A photo obtained by Channel 9 shows a loaded Staccato C2 was recovered at Charlotte Douglas Tuesday morning.

Why is it so hard for Republicans to follow the law? Oh, and this isn't his first mistake -

This is not the first time a gun has been discovered on Cawthorn at an airport. In February 2021, TSA found a 9 millimeter handgun in Cawthorn’s carry-on bag at Asheville Regional Airport. Cawthorn did not face any criminal charges for the incident.

I don't get it. Like, every time I fly (not recently at all, heh) I make sure that I leave my pocketknife I carry around at home or in my checked luggage if I'm checking anything (usually not). And my pocketknife is tiny, and far more easily forgotten than say, a loaded gun.

[Poopymonster]

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/so...NXHEA7UNKMJ5E/

Madison Cawthorn is in trouble again.

"What, did he try to drive with a suspended license again?"

No. He brought a gun to an airport.



Why is it so hard for Republicans to follow the law? Oh, and this isn't his first mistake -



I don't get it. Like, every time I fly (not recently at all, heh) I make sure that I leave my pocketknife I carry around at home or in my checked luggage if I'm checking anything (usually not). And my pocketknife is tiny, and far more easily forgotten than say, a loaded gun.

Tell me you need a security blanket, without saying you need a security blanket.

[Captain N]

Maybe Madison is going to be the good guy with a gun to stop the COVID in airplanes. Sheesh guys -- it's like your always looking at the negatives of having a loaded gun on airplane.

[Edge-]

Trump supporters in 2020: If we lose the election, we'll move on with our lives and go to work the next day. We won't spend years protesting.

Trump supporters in 2022: WE CANNOT MOVE ON FROM THE 2022 ELECTION

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/0...027712?cid=apn

That's all. Just hilarious seeing the Republican party finding another "lost cause" that they can't let go of and will probably build a cultural identity around that lasts for hundreds of years. As they've done with the confederacy.

Trump losing is the final days of the Confederacy 2.0

[Ivanstone]

I am VERY aware when I pack for travel. The fact that this Qtard keeps forgetting he has a gun on him should be disqualifying for his position.

Or more likely it’s a stunt. He carries the gun knowing he’ll got busted for it and now he can loudly complain about the government trying to take his guns.

[solinari6]

Or more likely it’s a stunt. He carries the gun knowing he’ll got busted for it and now he can loudly complain about the government trying to take his guns.

Hopefully this stunt puts him on the "anal cavity search before every flight" list.

[Endus]

I am VERY aware when I pack for travel. The fact that this Qtard keeps forgetting he has a gun on him should be disqualifying for his position.

I wouldn't believe for one hot second he's "forgetting". He's just a violent shithead who's looking for an excuse to kill someone and has no respect for the law.

[Endus]

Idk, he seems pretty stupid.

He's also pretty malicious.

As much as the popular maxim is "don't assign to malice what can be explained by stupidity", I'd argue that's dangerous, as it gives the truly malicious enough wiggle room to act on that malice. Thinking someone's just being "dumb" stops being a valid argument when they shoot up their school or engage in a terrorist attack. At that point, you were hand-waving and covering up for their malice, which was right in front of you.

[Edge-]

THE HITS KEEP COMING

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...me-experts-say

Rep. Madison Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws as he hyped up an alleged pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme, multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner.

On Dec. 29, the beleaguered North Carolina congressman posed at a party with James Koutoulas, a hedge fund manager and the ringleader of the Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency, a meme coin set up in the wake of the chant mocking President Joe Biden.

"LGB legends. ... Tomorrow we go to the moon!" Cawthorn, who has stated publicly he owns the cryptocurrency, posted on Instagram in response to the picture posted on Koutoulas's Instagram page.

The next day, LGBCoin did exactly as the lawmaker predicted.

NASCAR driver Brandon Brown announced on Dec. 30 that the meme coin would be the primary sponsor of his 2022 season, causing LGBCoin's value to spike by 75%. Brown's statement featured comments from Koutoulas, who was pictured with Cawthorn just a few hours prior.

Multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner that Cawthorn's Dec. 29 Instagram post suggests the lawmaker may have had advanced nonpublic knowledge of LGBCoin's deal with Brown. The watchdogs said the post, combined with Cawthorn's statement that he owns LGBCoin, warrants an investigation from the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether the lawmaker violated federal insider trading laws.

"This looks really, really bad," said Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, the government affairs manager for Project on Government Oversight, a federal watchdog group. "This does look like a classic case of you got some insider information and acting on that information. And that's illegal."

Man, when you have a fundamentally unserious grifter in office, it's a wonder that they find themselves in trouble a lot.

Sure explains why he focuses almost exclusively on communications and doesn't even have a legislative director, since he's uninterested in doing his job as a legislator.

[Zan15]

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/so...NXHEA7UNKMJ5E/

Madison Cawthorn is in trouble again.

"What, did he try to drive with a suspended license again?"

No. He brought a gun to an airport.



Why is it so hard for Republicans to follow the law? Oh, and this isn't his first mistake -



I don't get it. Like, every time I fly (not recently at all, heh) I make sure that I leave my pocketknife I carry around at home or in my checked luggage if I'm checking anything (usually not). And my pocketknife is tiny, and far more easily forgotten than say, a loaded gun.

Where in his dress did he hide it? Maybe hid it in his bra and forgot it was there?

[Poopymonster]

Where in his dress did he hide it? Maybe hid it in his bra and forgot it was there?

It was used to enhance his bulge. The grip was sticking out of the peek-a-boo slit in the panties.

[Edge-]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald...ot-fishy-perks

In a lawsuit’s never-before-seen testimony, Donald Trump admitted to personally overseeing the compensation of an executive whose corporate perks have been under scrutiny by the Manhattan district attorney, potentially strengthening the case against the former president and his company for tax fraud.

Trump’s sworn testimony was filed in New York state court on Tuesday, as part of a lawsuit against the Trump Organization over the way its security guards manhandled protesters outside Trump Tower in 2015.

According to a transcript of the Oct. 18, 2021 deposition, Trump repeatedly asserted that he—and only he—oversaw the way Matthew Calamari Sr. was paid for his work as the family company’s chief operating officer.

“It would be me,” Trump repeatedly said, when asked who had “authority” over Calamari’s compensation.

That would potentially make Trump personally responsible for any tax dodging scheme, and more importantly, is useful evidence in the grand jury investigation that has yet to produce an indictment against him.

No wonder Trump's lawyers try to keep him from speaking on the record or in depositions, the man is an idiot.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...mocratic-party

"Unless conservatives get their act together right away, Kevin McCarthy, or one of his highly liberal allies, like Elise Stefanik, is very likely to be speaker of the House in January. That would mean we will have a Republican Congress led by a puppet of the Democratic Party," Carlson said on his show. Stefanik hails from New York and is the third-ranking member of the House GOP.

Uh oh, the knives are out for Kevin McCarthy! Why are there so many secret RINO's in the Republican party! They need purity of mind and spirit! Cleanse the heresy!

https://thehill.com/news/house/34671...aked-comments/

Oh...there's more?

“Rep McCarthy and Rep. Scalise held views about President Trump and me that they shared on sniveling calls with Liz Cheney, not us,” Gaetz wrote. “This is the behavior of weak men, not leaders.”

Well yes, he's right, this is the behavior of a weak man. What were their crimes?

“And he doesn’t need to be doing this. We saw what people would do in the Capitol, you know, and these people came prepared with rope, with everything else,” McCarthy said on the call while discussing Gaetz.

Devastating!

“This is serious stuff. It has to stop,” Scalise said. “It’s potentially illegal what he’s doing.”

Absolutely brutal!

“These members calling out other members, that stuff’s got to stop,” McCarthy said.

HOLY SH...wait...oh, that's just literally what's happening now. And then too, but also now. Still.

Such party unity. Much wow. WE'RE NOT A CULT!

[Breccia]

Uh oh, the knives are out for Kevin McCarthy!

False. Or at least it looks false. Stefanik is not "liberal" but she is a prime target and calling her "liberal" is just the Party of Trump throwing derogatory names on people because going after their policies is hard.

Stefanik did vote against the tax cut for the rich, for which her Trumpian fanbase (I'm surrounded by assholes) went after her hard. Remember, however, her vote against only came after the required minimum number Yes Votes were locked. Her vote was meaningless, so she took a stand on SALT caps. In NYState that acutally makes a ton of sense. But in all other cases she went full Trump, and that includes dancing with Trump on stage.

She is not liberal. She's a whore.

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Hey remember when Boeing went all-in on Trump? Even supplying Trump with Pentagon officials in exchange for a good deal?

Well...of course you know how that turned out.

Boeing's CEO said Wednesday the manufacturer should have not agreed to former President Trump's proposed deal to build two new Air Force One aircrafts.

“Air Force One — I'm just going to call a very unique moment, a very unique negotiation, a very unique set of risks that Boeing probably shouldn't have taken,” CEO Dave Calhoun said during a quarterly earnings call.

“But we are where we are, and we're going to deliver great airplanes and we're going to recognize the costs associated with it," he said.

Calhoun cited $660 million in costs during the first quarter of 2022 related to the Air Force One contract.

Trump and Boeing in 2018 negotiated a $3.9 billion fixed-price contract for a pair of new presidential aircrafts, known as Air Force One when the president is on board.

The agreement included the two 747-800 aircrafts and the cost of modifying them, including external stairs, large galleys and a secure communications suite.

The deal was negotiated under then-CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Calhoun took over in 2020.

The first of the new Air Force One aircraft is set to be ready in 2024, and the second in 2025.

Boeing on Wednesday also said it lost $1.5 billion during the first quarter on total revenue of $14 billion, which falls below analysts’ estimates, the New York Times reports.

The manufacturer also reported a loss of about $2.75 per share during the first quarter.

Obviously, all their losses weren't 100% Trump-related. But the fact that they did all that effort to get into his good graces and lose money for it, well, I think that's something we all saw long before it happened.

Special note, Muilenburg was fired for the 737 issue.

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House Democrats detail that Trump effectively gave a trucking company $700 million in COVID loans that were, well, effectively fraudulent.

One, the target, Yellow Corp, had already been sued by the Pentagon for overcharging them. Successfully. Before the loan was given. (2018)

Two, the Treasury under Trump said that Yellow Corp "provides 68% of less-than-truckload services to the Department of Defense" which was a lie. The real amount was 34%.

Three, the Pentagon said there's a ton of trucking companies out there and Yellow Corp. wasn't all that special.

And four, this loan represented 95% of the total disbursed funds under the CARES Act national security loan program. To one trucking company, that didn't deserve it.

Today's Select Subcommittee staff report reveals yet another example of the Trump Administration disregarding their obligation to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars.

Political appointees risked hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds against the recommendations of career DOD officials and in clear disregard of provisions of the CARES Act intended to protect national security and American taxpayers

The Treasury did receive a share of Yellow Corp. for the loan, but that was never the point of a National Security Lol loan. I hope the Treasury sold it off. Yellow Corp's stock price was about as low as it's ever been in mid 2020, then they got the loan, and the value increased...until December. Then they had to post a bunch of contract droppings and a $250 million issue with their pensions. Since then, their stock price has dropped to one-third its value -- still more than 2020 tho. If an official investigation begins, it could lead not only to the trucking company losing even more and/or shutting down, but yet more Trump officials in trouble for handing free money to friends of theirs.