Trump is such an obvious con-man that it frustrates me to no end that he continues to get away with it and people cover for him. Look at what he said:
“We’re looking at that and I’m going to have a policy on that very shortly”
When pressed he said:
“Things really do have a lot to do with the states, and some states are going to have different policy than others”
He literally doesn’t know what the fuck he is talking about! He’s just basically smiling and nodding - and this dumbass was president and is trying to be president again.
I like to shit on Trump as much as the next guy, but this actually seems like an honest mistake. It’s part of a background headline from this vintage newspaper video template: …envato.com/newspaper-vintage-history-headlines-p…
Though I have no doubt if Biden’s campaign did the same, Republicans would be up in arms about it.
Edit: I guess it’s easier to click the downvote button than it is to watch the video.
This came out during the Michael Cohen testimony today. He admitted to skimming money off the top of some payments that Trump was making to a company called RedFinch to bump up his poll numbers through bots. I’m kind of surprised that admission in court wasn’t bigger news.
I never really put too much stock in polls, but did you all see the Michael Cohen testimony today? He admitted to skimming money off the top of some payments that Trump was making to a company called RedFinch to bump up his poll numbers through bots. I’m kind of surprised that admission in court wasn’t bigger news.
He probably had his own yard sign that said “Stop the Steal” and the neighbor got one that said “Jesus fucking Christ, aren’t you a Supreme Court justice!?”
So I read the live updates throughout the day - and was then surprised to see headlines later claiming that Cohen’s “knees were cut out from under him.”
From what I heard, the defense made a point that on a call where Cohen called Trump’s body guard to say the Stormy thing was taken care of, text messages before the call suggest that Cohen was calling to instead complain about a 14 year old that was prank calling Cohen.
The defense also pointed out that Cohen was conservatively getting something like 20,000 calls a year. All in all, the point they were making seemed to be that Cohen couldn’t be sure about when the phone call took place and that the exact call he specified early likely was about something else.
So how devastating is that to the prosecution’s case? In my mind, it sounds like a reasonable mistake. But is it crucial that they identify exactly at what point in time Cohen talked to Trump? I could see if this was a murder case and they were like “the victim was killed at 8:00, but your call at 8:02 was about something else so you’re lying!” But does the exact time and date of this call actually matter?
Interesting. As much as Trump has been trying to paint Merchan as totally corrupt, he’s actually shown significantly more leeway than I think he would show any other defendant. When it came to the contempt charges, he specifically stated that he didn’t want to jail Trump because he was a former president and current candidate. With that in mind, I would be shocked if he chooses to jail Trump during the appeals process.
Interesting article. This point bothers me the most, because I feel it’s so true deeply in my bones. When discussing Trump’s team potentially losing the trial but winning political points, they say:
Practically, the appeals process will inevitably take time, and I doubt if Trump wins the election, he would be sent to state prison. So maybe in the long run, it’s not a terrible miscalculation.
I feel like even a guilty verdict still does not mean Trump will ever see consequences.