Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Edge-]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/n...smid=url-share

Donald J. Trump, a week away from standing trial in Manhattan on criminal charges that he falsified records to cover up a sex scandal, has indicated he plans to file a lawsuit against the judge overseeing the case.

The lawsuit was not immediately made public, but court records showed on Monday that Mr. Trump was filing an action against the judge, Juan M. Merchan, in an 11th-hour bid to delay the case. An online court docket where Mr. Trump is filing the action showed that the related paperwork was sealed.

Two people with knowledge of the matter said that Mr. Trump’s lawyers on Monday planned to file the action calling on an appeals court to delay the trial and to challenge a gag order that Justice Merchan recently imposed on the former president. The order prevents Mr. Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and the judge’s own family.

Mr. Trump’s unorthodox move — essentially an appeal in the form of a lawsuit — is unlikely to succeed, particularly so close to trial.

And the appeals court might act fast to reject it. A single appeals court judge will most likely issue a preliminary ruling on Monday, setting up a full five-judge panel to consider Mr. Trump’s request in the coming days.

Donald is desperate to have another lawsuit tossed/lose another.

[Gorsameth]

"The judge should be removed because they set a gag order that I have repeatedly demonstrated is required" seems like a very easy toss.
The counter argument is literally just his twitter/social truth timeline where he attacks and threatens everyone

[Gigantique]

"The judge should be removed because they set a gag order that I have repeatedly demonstrated is required" seems like a very easy toss.
The counter argument is literally just his twitter/social truth timeline where he attacks and threatens everyone

Oh absolutely this is 99% just another "file something on the 11th hour to maximise potential delays" move.

Any court he's in should have some form of rapid response team on their panels that process his appeals/delay tactics ASAP because we all know they're coming.

[Edge-]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...n-north-europe

According to the New York Times, which cited an unnamed attendee at the Saturday event in Palm Beach, Trump told his audience: “These are people coming in from prisons and jails. They’re coming in from just unbelievable places and countries, countries that are a disaster.

“And when I said, you know, ‘Why can’t we allow people to come in from nice countries,’ I’m trying to be nice. Nice countries, you know like Denmark, Switzerland? Do we have any people coming in from Denmark? How about Switzerland? How about Norway?”

The millionaires in the crowd “chuckled”, the Times said.

Donald did a bit of the racism again this weekend when wooing donors.

The wealthy donors, unsurprisingly, thought the racism was funny.

[Breccia]

Donald is desperate to have another lawsuit tossed/lose another.

At some point, his lawyers need to be dragged aside and sanctioned. Suing the judge is not something you should be allowed to do without actual proof of something. Which Trump does not have.

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There's a line in there drawing concern.

The contract includes a line that if the judgment is "affirmed" or the "appeal is dismissed," the defendants in the case "shall pay to Plaintiff...the sum directed to be paid by the Judgment plus interests and costs or any part of it as to which said Judgment is affirmed," without a guarantee the insurance company would pay.

This essentially means that Trump will be required to pay the judgment if he loses the appeal but leaves questions about whether the insurance would pay if he is unable, essentially leaving James in the same position as before Trump secured the bond, according to the report.

In remarks to The Daily Beast, N. Alex Hanley, CEO of Jurisco Surety Bonds, said the language is "not common" and may have been included "to limit the liability to the surety."

"Wait, so the bond doesn't pay the bond?"

It doesn't sound that clear, but with nonstandard wording? I'd suspect not. Quite frankly, I'm surprised the bond didn't include "we get everything as collateral, so therefore, NY can't take anything" at this point.

This is all over and beyond the issue with the insurer not having liquidity as mandated by NY law. I don't believe that's been settled yet.

[Edge-]

https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/s...37618490933584

A rare celestial event where people can enjoy seeing a partial or total solar eclipse?

WELL IT WILL RESULT IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC WHICH IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMUGGLERS AND CARTELS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 4 MINUTES OF DARKNESS TO INVADE THROUGH THE BORDERS! LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OF TWO PEOPLE IN THE DESERT IN A DIFFERENT STATE!

Your brain on Fox News is arguably worse than any of those ads with your brain on drugs being a fried egg. At least you can eat a fried egg.

[Breccia]

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OF TWO PEOPLE IN THE DESERT IN A DIFFERENT STATE!

By the way, based on their track record, how much you want to bet the video isn't what they say it is? Fear first, facts never.

[Edge-]

https://thehill.com/business/4580933...ide-continues/

Shares in Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of former President Trump’s Truth Social platform, continued to fall at the start of the trading week Monday, dipping another 10 percent.

Trump Media’s shares were hovering around $36 as of Monday morning, after closing at about $40 Friday. The latest numbers mark a steep fall for the Truth Social parent, whose shares initially climbed above $79 after going public nearly two weeks ago.

Shortsellers are continuing to make a killing off of the King of Debt(TM)

[Breccia]

Shortsellers are continuing to make a killing off of the King of Debt(TM)

Is there anything that will make that game stop?

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President Trump’s retreat on the Right to Life is a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him in 2016 and 2020. By nominating and standing by the confirmation of conservative justices, the Trump-Pence Administration helped send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs and gave the pro-life movement the opportunity to compassionately support women and unborn children. In the landmark Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court returned the question of abortion to the states and the American people. The American people elect presidents, senators and congressmen, and a majority of Americans long to see minimum national protections for the unborn in federal law. But today, too many Republican politicians are all too ready to wash their hands of the battle for life. Republicans win on life when we speak the truth boldly and stand on the principle that we all know to be true – human life begins at conception and should be defended from womb to tomb. However much our Republican nominee or other candidates seek to marginalize the cause of life, I know pro-life Americans will never relent until we see the sanctity of life restored to the center of American law in every state in this country.

-- the person who willingly chose to be Trump's VP and stood with him the entire way, Mike Pence

[Benggaul]

- the person who willingly chose to be Trump's VP and stood with him the entire way, Mike Pence

The enemy of my enemy...is still a horrible piece of shit, it seems.

[Edge-]

-- the person who willingly chose to be Trump's VP and stood with him the entire way, Mike Pence

Reading the "slap in the face" line, I had no clue Mike Pence played World of Warcraft!

Surely Mike Pence, who was Donalds VP for four years plus another year of campaigning with him, shouldn't be surprised by this? I mean, none of us are and we've never even met the guy.

[Breccia]

The enemy of my enemy...is still a horrible piece of shit, it seems.

Try to murder me in public? That's fine. Try to allow a woman's right to choose in a few parts of the country? Crosses a line.

[Milchshake]

Here's a little help for the people that are primarily visual thinkers.



A sure sign that Trump is losing his marbles is that he's too out of it to do any of the meme stock lies and pumping that Elon Musk and Gamestop fans etc would do to cause it to do anything besides slide.

A real blow to the Trump-is-a-messaging-genius crowd, also the the editorial room at CNN/NYT.

[Rasulis]

https://thehill.com/business/4580933...ide-continues/



Shortsellers are continuing to make a killing off of the King of Debt(TM)

This is an interesting article on shorting DJT.

Why shorting Trump’s DJT stock could cost you a 500% fee

“There is very little stock available to borrow to support new short selling — less than 50,000 shares — and with demand to short this stock extremely high, we are seeing stock-borrow rates at 500% to 600% fee levels,” Dusaniwsky told MarketWatch on Tuesday.

Based on that data, to short 100 shares of Trump Media & Technology Group at the current price, it would cost between $24,895 and $29,874 a year. That means the stock would have to fall about 1.4% a day just to cover the cost of shorting it. And if the short were held for a year, the bet would still lose about $20,000 to $25,000, even if the stock price fell to $1.

Basically, you, as the short-selling investor, can be very right and still lose a lot of money.

Given the cost and the fact that there are “no sizable stock borrows available to support new short sales,” Dusaniwsky said he believes “there can be no new selling pressure brought on by short sellers.”

Therefore, he said, any further weakness in the stock price will be driven by selling among “longs,” or investors who had previously bought the stock.

The last sentence is important. The implication is that investors are shedding the stock. They are being careful to avoid crashing the stock. However, I think we are going to see a continuous steady decline. The same factor that makes it hard to short also makes it hard to reverse direction.

BTW, the short day trader did make money today. They needed 1.4% drop to break even. The stock dropped 8.43%. I think some or most of the volatility is due to day trader trying to short the stock.

[The Stormbringer]

Try to murder me in public? That's fine. Try to allow a woman's right to choose in a few parts of the country? Crosses a line.

I also find it pretty amusing that he's such a coward that he can't even condemn someone for threatening his own life, but when it comes to "unborn children", he has a lengthy, ranty diatribe about it. What a piece of work...

[postman1782]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/n...smid=url-share



Donald is desperate to have another lawsuit tossed/lose another.

Was that the one that was just tossed? https://apnews.com/article/donald-tr...b3ed1a7a134643

[Edge-]

Was that the one that was just tossed? https://apnews.com/article/donald-tr...b3ed1a7a134643

Huh, story has been updated in my link, it does appear to be the same one! Damn that was fast, at least.

[Breccia]

Was that the one that was just tossed?

No, but it's understandable that "did you mean this case Trump lost?" doesn't narrow it down much. That was a change of venue. Trump is suing Merchan about the gag order.

EDIT: Or, maybe? I didn't see anything about a change of venue when Trump sued Merchan. In fact, I don't see how that's an outcome you can sue for.

EDIT EDIT: It appears Trump filed two separate motions. He's so tired of winning, he now wants to lose twice at a time.

[postman1782]

Huh, story has been updated in my link, it does appear to be the same one! Damn that was fast, at least.

Good, I don't think he has much left to appeal or try to slow the case down next Monday.

[Breccia]

So Trump took a risk on abortion. Simply put, he took the stance that states should get to decide, which is a negotiation that's uncharacteristic of him.

Nobody liked it.

Matthew Dowd — who served as chief strategist for former President George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection bid, argued former President Trump took the “worst possible political position” in his statement on abortion and should have gone for a 15- or 16-week federal policy on the procedure.

“I actually think he’s taken the worst possible political position,” he said Monday during an interview on MSNBC, adding later: “But from a political perspective, he would have been better off, I think, going for a 15-week or a 16-week federal policy on this because he can still motivate and there are some swing voters that agree with that online market.”

Dowd said he does not believe Trump’s stance will help the former president secure more votes ahead of November.

“It’s still going to motivate Democrats in the course of this, so Democrats are still going to be motivated,” he said. “Two, it’s going to demotivate part of Donald Trump’s base, as already evidence by some of the things they’ve said where they wanted a federal ban and they wanted to get rid of abortion not only in places like Texas, Florida but California, and New York.”

Dowd further argued Trump is still going to be forced to answer questions on this when a state takes action to restrict abortion.

“Because, he’s opened the door to say states can do whatever they want,” he said. “That means, he’s going to have to answer, ‘Well do you agree with what Florida did? Did you agree with what Texas did? Do you agree with Alabama, you agree with Mississippi?”

Dowd pointed to the perspective of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who said he respectfully disagreed with the former president’s position and would continue to advocate for a federal limit on abortions after 15 weeks, with exceptions.

Trump clapped back at Graham and other conservatives’ criticism, writing on social media that the South Carolina Republican was “doing a great disservice to the Republican Party, and to our Country.”

Aww, Graham is taking another hit by Trump. Which he's just going to sit there and take. No wonder his wife's sleeping around.

“Terminating Roe v. Wade was, according to all Legal Scholars, a Great Event, but sometimes with Great Events come difficulties,” Trump wrote. “Many Good Republicans lost Elections because of this Issue, and people like Lindsey Graham, that are unrelenting, are handing Democrats their dream of the House, Senate, and perhaps even the Presidency.”

Oh, did Trump just start sowing seeds of how he was going to lose the election, that somehow weren't him being a horrible human being?