How's our MAGA-totaliser of ruined lives looking then
Trumps total is now up to $442m
Murdoch / Fox $1600m
Alex Jones $1500m
Mike Lindell $5m so far- also hasn't paid his lawyers for 3 years so is facing a claim from them for $millions whilst facing a claims, presumably without representation now, for defamation that run to more than $1000m
Rudy Giuliani $148m so far
Steve Bannon has already had jail time and has got the 'We Build the Wall' fraud case coming up in a few months for Money Laundering and Conspiracy. But his co-accused have already netted:
Brian Kolfage: $20m and 4 years in prison
Andrew Badolato: $3m and 3 years in prison
and unlike Bannon they both pled guilty so the judges went easy on them. I wonder if they'll let him where 3 orange jumpsuits in jail.
There are 18 co-accuesd in the Georgia Case including Giuliani so he'll have more to add to the misfortune index there - so far
Sydney Powell - 6 years probation
Gonna Ellis - 5 years probation
Then theres all the old school ruined lives that we've sort of forgotten about
Micheal Cohen - $2m and 3 years in Prison
Roger Stone - 2 years (altough commuted by Trump)
Micheal Flynn - plead guilty but Trump / Bill Barr got a pardon in before he could be sentenced
How many more or there? And the above is just the fines - who knows what the combined legal bill is. Trump has also settled numerous cases out of court so they won't be without cost. Everything Trump touches just tuns to shit doesn't it?
Trumps total is now up to $442m
I think there's some backdated interest on the latest fine as well. Something in the region of 90 million on top.
I really don't think he has liquid funds to cover all of that, whatever Forbes thinks. He hasn't even stumped up the 80 to 90 million he'd need to appeal the E Jean Carroll verdict.
On top of that, he can't borrow from NY banks (don't know if that is just banks based in the state, or those with an address there (ie, pretty much all the major ones).) He is already borrowing from non-mainstream lenders because many banks don't want to touch him.
Luckily he's currently staging a takeover of the Republican National Committee, so no doubt will be trying to dip into their fundraising pot to cover his debts.
Bigly $$$$$$$$
Chickens roosting you weapons grade ****er!
He has set up a go fund me
He'll be F5ing it all day 😆
For anyone who wants a laugh. Target goal $355,000,000 Currently at $38,887
https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-trump-raise-the-settlement
The gofundme has been set up by some woman in Florida who refers to herself in her bio as '...an ardent supporter of American justice'.
Irony meter just exploded.
This particular appeal is best described as a digital begging bowl.
Now at c$43k; most common amount seems to be $5.
A long but interesting read:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/17/trump-hubris-family-empire-new-york
Gives some interesting back story to the Trump ‘success story’, reads like the narration of Goodfellas!
Ahh, so superpac money can't be used for his legal fees.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1758634265376612622
Could he do the equivalent of a gofundme to pay it off? His supporters with barely two beans to rub together would no doubt empty their bank accounts to help the (supposed) billionaire Donny get back to the financial state he deserves.
Could he do the equivalent of a gofundme to pay it off?
https://twitter.com/ElenaCardone/status/1758625962948714817
Useful summary. Basically, he's going to have to come up with a shedload of cash, put up assets as collateral, or sell assets.
Can Trump pay? What if he doesn’t? Here’s what to know about Trump’s massive civil judgments.
The problem will be that if he survives this he stands a non-zero chance of being president. This makes him a ripe target for someone who actually has the money to buy leverage. It's not a great situation for America
This makes him a ripe target for someone who actually has the money to buy leverage
good job we’ve never elected anyone in a position like that
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Oof, it seems that the law of diminishing returns also applies to American plutocrats who backed the Republican party.
I was in the pub the other evening, having a drink with a friend whom I consider to possess a keen intellect. "The reason why I liked Trump is because he was strong and would tell Putin where to go" they said.
Me: "Pee tapes?"
Them: "Well, you never know what Trump is going to do next. He'd have Vlad on the ropes"
Me: "....."
Yeah had that with a friend in Florida. Apparently Trump might have some issues with how he does business and may be a little in it for himself, but he delivered on 90% of the promises he made before he took office.
he delivered on 90% of the promises he made before he took office.
Infrastructure week?
Health care reform?
Lock em up?
Winning so much that everybody got sick of winning?
Build the wall?
New trade pact to replace NAFTA?
Ending North Korean and Iranian nuclear proliferation?
Hire the best people?
Don't worry he is selling pumps now the ones that go on your feet. He got rounds of boos for the privilege too.
Yeah, lots of complaints on sneakercon's social media but...there he was, looking like he just stepped out of a creosote-filled bath.
Punting sneakers at upto $400/pr.
Have they been designed to accommodate bone spurs?
My perception of the Trump-supporting demographic is the not-young, rural, F150-driving/karen/evangelist/alpha male type. Surely the opposite of the type who would buy some gold hightop pumps?
It would be funny if there were a way for them to be embraced by more a more woke/hipster/LGBGT demographic in a way that didn't financially benefit Trump.
Struck me that Trump actually dodged a bit of a bullet in the New York case. He winged all along that he was being tried without a jury even that that was exactly what he and his lawyers requested. However in the E Jean Carrol case there was a jury and it was the jury that set the damages..... at 3 times the amount that Carrol's lawyers were requesting. Makes you wonder what sort of bill Trump would be faced with just now if he'd got the jury he claims he was denied.
Here's one I prepared earlier
and in the interest of balance
They do look classy though.
Only if I take my glasses off and squint real hard!
Here’s one I prepared earlier
Trump's weird up-do seems to slowly be getting more and more square.
Two things occur to me about Trump's re-fried Liberace hair and makeup. One is - he does it himself. Despite being the winningest ever business man and best president ever - he takes the time out of every day to do that, before he attends to any matters of business, politics or loading leaf blowers full of milllions of dollars of cash and blasting them around a courtroom. Before he does all that he crafts that weird head and face.
Steve Jobs reputedly used to wear the same jeans and polo neck all the time becuase he was so busy and had so much to think about he didnt want to waste any of that head space of thinking about his clothes. But Trump seems always to manage to find that little bit of me-time.
The other thing is - no matter how fanatical his fan base - buying his Trump Steaks and his NFTs and his scraps of his suits - nobody buys into the hair. Elvis fans had Elvis haircuts, Beatles fans had Beatles Haircuts. Nobody thinks - 'Trumps a cool guy, I wanna look like him'
That’s only because nobody knows how to craft that hair. It defies all logic and rules of barbering. He’s probably so shit at business and being president because it takes him nine hours and two coats of Cuprinol just to look borderline human.
he takes the time out of every day to do that
Maybe not every day. The reports of foul body odour may be because he doesn't shower regularly because his hair and makeup take so long.
He's an extremely vain, narcissistic man. He probably does it himself because he doesn't want anyone else to see how he really looks.
He probably does it himself because he doesn’t want anyone else to see how he really looks.
It reminds me a little of this guy
George Carlin didn't have a very good grasp of statistics.....
Very very good episode of the Leading Podcast (Alastair Campbell and Rory Stuart) with Anthony Scaramucci. Worth a listen if you've got an hour in the car or whatever coming up.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4MkZdVG2pZ3Pzir8wp0X7q?si=bpgtrWykQzOXZnSDWOYP3Q
In fact the week before with Robert Sapolsky is very good too with a Trump element.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uzO5YJ0k7HeELtjm9ZAdq?si=65Ltark6SRaMyJdVVeaoVQ
Other podcast providers available (although for some reason it doesn't come up properly in Google podcasts)
gofundme now $438k from 8800 donors; there have been a handful of donations >$10k.
Avg $50 per donation so at that rate they only need another 7 million donations. Bigly.
Half of adults have a poorer than average grasp of statistics.
I'm going to steal that.
Christ, when you don't know what to say, don't say anything.
https://twitter.com/Victorshi2020/status/1759592155633324369
He simply lacks the mental capacity now to put the brakes on his narcissistic need to make everything about The Donald.
Is He is hoping the following of his think it happened in the US?
I think those new York judgments are hitting home.
