LIke with most countries, he thinks he can build a good personal relationship with Xi and use that as a means to draw concessions from China (which obviously doesn't work since China will want equal concessions of their own). Therefore we can expect more tariffs and trade wars during a 2nd Trump term. He's also playing the fence on Taiwan, which will probably end up emboldening Beijing to do a Putin style invasion of Taiwan.
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I believe the general consent has been that Trump was politically finished latest after January 6th.
Therefore, law enforcement wasn't in a rush to prosecute him. The sentiment amongst his MAGA followers was still aggressive and people were probably afraid it might boil over, if Trump is trialed immediately.
Terrible misjudgement from today's perspective.
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The list of properties that could potentially be seized
- Trump Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.
- Trump Tower, New York, N.Y.
- 40 Wall Street, New York, N.Y.
- Seven Springs, Westchester County, N.Y.
- Trump International Hotel and Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida
- Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
- Trump National Golf Club Charlotte, Mooresville, North Carolina
- Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck, Colts Neck, New Jersey
- Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C., Sterling, Virginia
- Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley, Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
- Trump National Golf Club Jupiter, Jupiter, Florida
- Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
- Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia, Pine Hill, New Jersey
- Trump International Golf Links Scotland (Aberdeen)
- Trump International Golf Links Scotland (Turnberry)
Because optically it looks like election interference especially when Merrick Garland declined to prosecute him with the J6 insurrectionists, delayed assigning a Special Prosecutor and delayed holding him accountable in the first place. You may argue otherwise, but close to half the population is under the illusion that DJT is donning the crown of martyrdom, ensnared by the machinations of the deep state.
His rhetoric on China is pretty sharp. That being said, I don't think China will dare try anything in Taiwan for the foreseeable future, regardless of who sits in the WH.
69% of American's believe in angels and that guns make them safer. So ......
Most of us view the US as a political basket case, but all we really want is for the most dangerous loon of all to a) get what he deserves (prison) ASAP and b) failing that to stop him making a clusterfeck of the world.
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This may have been gone under people's radar, but you have to ask yourselves what is that dumb cnut of a judge even doing here.
Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins
Since when do commoners have to be allowed to see the contents of classified documents?
Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins
Since when do commoners have to be allowed to see the contents of classified documents?
Maybe I'm naive, but I'm finding it increasingly unlikely that Trump will win in November.
The financial problems, the court cases, his crazy ramblings, a less than convincing primary, etc. It all seems a bit much for a candidate to overcome. Meanwhile the economy is doing well on the traditional metrics, which will help Biden. Of course, Biden struggles with the age thing and Gaza, and the electoral system favors Trump, but Biden now has half a year where he can easily outspend him and shift the narrative.
The financial problems, the court cases, his crazy ramblings, a less than convincing primary, etc. It all seems a bit much for a candidate to overcome. Meanwhile the economy is doing well on the traditional metrics, which will help Biden. Of course, Biden struggles with the age thing and Gaza, and the electoral system favors Trump, but Biden now has half a year where he can easily outspend him and shift the narrative.
This could be an awesome early 2000's action movie plot. Get Nic Cage and blonde Angelina Jolie in on it!
I agree, I’m feeling strangely optimistic in spite of the polls. Might just be wishful thinking but logic tells me time is working in Biden’s favour (apart from that age thing): Better funded campaign i.e. more ads and exposure, more time for the criminal proceedings to unfold, more time for the regular American to feel the effects of an improving economy. Coupled with the fact that Trump has underperformed his polls in the primaries, and that, in times of arguably unprecedented uncertainty, it’s one thing to say you’re going to vote or considering voting for complete chaos and madness, it’s another thing to do it come November.
It's just a delay tactic. She knows she'll be over ruled by a higher court but that will add weeks if not months to the trial.
How much does a lawyer charge an hour in the states? Let's say 560usd for simplicity, that's 10.000 hours, in a month? Crazy.
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That's fair enough - but imho these cases are only increasing his chances of gaining the presidency, which is a shame.
He has a LOT of lawyers because he does a lot of bad shit!
And cases like the documents case you will need the lawyers and interns etc pouring through all those documents. Hours of "research" and they probably need to do security clearances too for that so not just random intern.
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Trump has his sons on various boats sending sonar and divers to look for sunken ships with gold and jewels. Meanwhile, he has Roger searching underground in various cities seeking buried treasures, possibly contemplating stealing artwork, artifacts, and so forth.
Lawyer here, I think the high profile american colleagues in such cases make a lot more than 560 $/hour. I‘d expect it to be around twice as much, as high profile german law firms charge around 1k €/hour for a partner‘s hour.
also, they will not bill completely correctly, they always add random hours
The thing is it's teams of lawyers so those billable hours add up quickly.
I think Jack Smith should outright go the Eleventh Circuit and file the motion to kick her out right now. Time is of the essence right here and Trump should be sitting in jail pending trial like anyone else who has been indicted under the Espionage Act.
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Maybe 30%.
Sounds like more dodgy rubbish. Paper value and what he can sell his shares for are hopefully very different things.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/22/trump-truth-social
The benefit of sticking with Cannon is that a conviction under her would probably be appeal proof.
He won't be able to sell any shares for a year or so.
Major shareholders aren't allowed to sell shares immediately after going public.
Further, even if he tried to use the value today to get someone to loan him the funds he needs now in exchange, almost any sensible person will recognise that a year from now those shares will be worth nothing. It's such a clear sham.
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If it is true, seems that he will be able to pay. And you can't deny that he is smart, even knowing that is BS, to link that payment to a witch hunt that the judge asked for that quantity to deplete him of funds to be POTUS. It is simple but the MAGAbonkers will lap it up
His lawyers are smart.
True, or probably their campaign strategists. Had to say IT is smart to do. But yes. they are fecking crafty
Quite.
Even funniner is that Truth Social is set to IPO soon and people will actually buy stock in it, which will momentarily inflate Trump's net worth well into the billions until the stock inevitably crashes to penny stock levels.
Can't wait for this guy to be a mere mention in the "celebrity deaths" thread.
Secret Service or FBI if you're reading this: no that doesn't mean I am planning something. But by God is this man a stain on civilization.
Secret Service or FBI if you're reading this: no that doesn't mean I am planning something. But by God is this man a stain on civilization.
I find it funny that the last sentence is like a joke...but not
He is smart? Seems to me that if were smart he wouldn't owe over half a billion dollars and be facing 88 criminal charges.
Scroll down a bit....there you go
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Quite the quid pro quo here.
Right.....
So a so called multi-billionaire (according to himself) can't afford to pay fines, and is now openly fecking admitting he can't whilst at the same time owning up that he thinks it's ok to use campaign funds for the fines.
He's then accusing the Prosecuting DA of wanting to take his campaign funds and not his own money... Of course, of which he doesn't have much, and even if he does, it's clear he won't pay and instead will dip in to the campaign funds instead.....
And yet people still believe he's a genius, a billionaire, innocent, and not dodgy at all..
He's the Presidential equivalent of a televangelist.
Please. PLEASE! Make it stop.