Donald Trump, US President #47, US President #45, convicted felon, twice impeached, four times indicted, liable of rape, convicted for financial fraud, guilty of hiding hush money payments to porn actress in attempt to influence 2016 elections

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#3213050 1-Apr-2024 21:06

quickymart:
a bit of Googling revealed this article, which explained a bit about the above person: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/the-face-of-donald-trumps-deceptively-savvy-media-strategy

From the story:

“I like dealing with him,” a reporter who covers the Trump campaign for a mainstream news outlet told me. “He’s not a white nationalist".

When you're praising someone by saying "well, he's not a neo-nazi"...

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#3213070 1-Apr-2024 21:52

If that's a compliment, well, I wonder what the negative reactions are like then? 🙄

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#3213091 2-Apr-2024 02:54

The NY Times - The Church of Trump: How He’s Infusing Christianity Into His Movement

01 April 2024

Long known for his improvised and volatile stage performances, former President Donald J. Trump now tends to finish his rallies on a solemn note.

Soft, reflective music fills the venue as a hush falls over the crowd. Mr. Trump’s tone turns reverent and somber, prompting some supporters to bow their heads or close their eyes. Others raise open palms in the air or murmur as if in prayer.

“The great silent majority is rising like never before and under our leadership,” he recites from a teleprompter in a typical version of the script. “We will pray to God for our strength and for our liberty. We will pray for God and we will pray with God. We are one movement, one people, one family and one glorious nation under God.”

Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the Republican Party into a kind of Church of Trump.

His insistence on absolute devotion and fealty can be seen at every level of the party, from Congress to the Republican National Committee to rank-and-file voters.

This Times article is legit, not an April Fool joke. 🙄

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#3213097 2-Apr-2024 07:12

The Washington Post - Trump’s Truth Social stock plunges as 2023 loss put at $58 million

01 April 2024

The new figures highlight the huge gap between Trump Media’s hyped market debut and his social network’s revenue.

Former president Donald Trump’s social media company said Monday it lost more than $58 million last year, sending its stock plunging roughly 25 percent only days after a highflying public debut valued it at more than $8 billion.

Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, said in a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that the company generated just over $4 million in revenue last year, including less than $1 million in the last quarter of 2023.

The nosediving share price of the company - which uses the stock ticker DJT, for Trump’s initials - shaved hundreds of millions of dollars off both the company’s market value and Trump’s wealth, given that he owns about 57 percent of the firm.

The new financial figures throw into stark relief the gap between Trump Media’s highly hyped investor-driven valuation on the public stock market and the reality of its business performance.

"Everything Trump Touches Dies"

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#3213110 2-Apr-2024 08:20

ROFL. From NT Times:

"Trump Media Stock Slumps as Early Fervor in Truth Social Owner Fades - A rapid fall in price erased billions of dollars in the market value of the parent company of Truth Social, eating into some of the gains made in the volatile stock’s public debut."

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#3213117 2-Apr-2024 08:43

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/31/politics/trump-dangerous-rhetoric-analysis/index.html >> some good points in here, Trump is really doing himself no favours being constantly on the attack.

https://us.cnn.com/2024/04/01/media/truth-social-trump-media-stock-losses/index.html

I don't understand how Truth Social is meant to be worth "billions" yet it loses money? This surely won't help Trump out of his financial woes, will it?

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/violence-intimidation-key-to-understanding-trump >> this was interesting too:

Trump’s crazed post was likely aimed at amping up his base. But the primaries are over and general elections are all about addition—appealing to voters in the middle. Violence-inciting social media posts are almost certain to do the opposite.

The post was about the image of Biden tied to the truck. I don't know how many new voters he was expecting to add/convert posting that horrible image?

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#3213226 2-Apr-2024 14:05

The Washington Post - Trump posts $175M bond to keep N.Y. authorities from seizing property

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NEW YORK - Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday to prevent New York authorities from seizing his assets, including properties such as Trump Tower, pending appeal of a civil fraud judgment against him of nearly a half-billion dollars.

The former president’s posting of the bond was necessary to keep New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) from initiating legal steps to take over his properties. ...

If he does not win his appeal, Trump will still owe more than $450 million from a civil court judgment after James won the fraud case against him, alleging he deceived lenders and insurance companies by inflating his net worth by up to $2.2 billion annually from 2011 to 2021.

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The Washington Post - Trump ramps up attacks on judges, sparking concerns as criminal trial nears

The judge overseeing the criminal trial that will start April 15 issued an expanded gag order late Monday in response to some of the former president’s rhetoric.

Former president Donald Trump is ramping up efforts to disparage judges overseeing his criminal and civil cases - reprising a long-standing strategy as a high-profile trial draws near and prompting growing concerns from legal experts and an expanded gag order late Monday. ...

Trump’s personal attacks against the daughter of the New York judge overseeing a hush money case prompted the judge to expand an existing gag order to include his family and the district attorney’s family.

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#3213234 2-Apr-2024 14:16

Ugh, he's like the Teela Brown of crime.

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#3213245 2-Apr-2024 15:12

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The Washington Post - Trump posts $175M bond to keep N.Y. authorities from seizing property
If he does not win his appeal, Trump will still owe more than $450 million from a civil court judgment

Not that I think it ever mattered, due to fanboy investors in "The Trump Organization", but his accounting books won't look good after a $450 million loss contingency is kept on books till matter resolved.

Judge Arthur Engoron appointed retired judge Barbara S. Jones to monitor the organization regarding potential future fraud, so no ignoring it.

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#3213255 2-Apr-2024 15:47

SaltyNZ:
Ugh, he's like the Teela Brown of crime.

Franklin D. Roosevelt on luck: “I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

Unrelated but I think this is apropos to Trump, author unknown: "A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything."

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#3213260 2-Apr-2024 16:05

From the barren desolate, insipidly dull mind of Trump, a April Fool's joke that's tedious, showing a laziness of imagination.

Washington Post: Trump plays April Fools’ prank on America, then asks for money

Former President Donald Trump rang in the beginning of the month with an April Fools’ joke — an email announcing the suspension of his bid to retake the White House.

An email sent Monday morning had a subject line that read “I’m suspending my campaign…”

Upon opening the email, people quickly learned it was a prank.

“Just kidding - happy April Fools Day!” the email said in big capital letters.
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The email then rattled off what is wrong with President Biden’s America
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He then asked for 100,000 “patriots to chip in at least $5” for his campaign.

“Listen, Friend, Joe Biden just raised over $25 MILLION from the liberal “elite” in New York City,” the email said.
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The Trump campaign hopes to raise at least $33 million at an upcoming fundraiser at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Saturday. It will be hosted by New York hedge fund billionaire John Paulson.

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#3213273 2-Apr-2024 17:04

kingdragonfly:
SaltyNZ:
Ugh, he's like the Teela Brown of crime.

Franklin D. Roosevelt on luck: “I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

Prince George on luck: "Well, lucky-lucky us. Yippee. Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky. Lucky, lucky. Lucky. Luck-a-doodle-dandy-dingle. Luck luck. Luck. Cluck, cluck, cluck. Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck".

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#3213306 2-Apr-2024 18:58

That's Prince George IV, in Blackadder. Not the current pre-teen Prince George of Cambridge :)

Initially I confused the quote with something Prince Andrew might say, the associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.