TFG knows people are turning on him now, and talking,

[duforsure]

And is pre-emptively admitting what he's done , and desperately trying to spin it to make himself look good, and accusing others, and calling for their being investigations of them, and he is being victimized unfairly. He's done this before trying to con his followers, again, but its working less and less as his donors dry up, and the GOP abandons him. TFG is losing power, money, and followers now, and is desperately trying to stop what's happening, but can't.

When he admits stuff, he knows that its coming out, so he spins it for himself while attacking those that are telling the truth about him. Only this time his tactics are backfiring on him, and putting him in more legal jeopardy. Expect outlandish lawsuits coming, personal attacks against all involved with criminal investigations, and threats with suggestive calls of violence for him. TFG is almost finished.

[Frasier Balzov]

1. I share your wish.

Yet I fear it is but a wish.

[duforsure]

2. We'll see, and he has a history of admitting stuff before leaks to the public get out.

[bonniebgood]

3. whats TFG?

[Botany]

5. Many people don't ever want to see the T-word (Trump) again so we use TFG

TFG is the The Former Guy

[Bettie]

20. Also:

That Fucking Guy.

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. That's my preferred version.

But I'm a salty one.

[Bettie]

35. Mine too

because it is the better description of what he is.

[Grokenstein]

6. The Former Guy.

Some people insist upon treating Donald J Trump like Valdemort, as if invoking his name somehow gives him power.

[Kaleva]

7. I find it to be a convenient shorthand.

Like JFK, FDR, TR, DOD, and such.

For sure, TFG isn't much shorter then Trump but when the post title only has so many spaces, just a couple of letters can make a difference.

[jmowreader]

42. DFT also works

[Kaleva]

46. Yes it does.

[smb]

27. He Loves Seeing His Name Everywhere; Refusing To Use It Is A Way To Diss Him nt

[GoneOffShore]

31. I use #LOSER45 and/or #IMPOTUSx2

[Sogo]

44. Answering a question early on in his Presidency, Biden referred to Trump as

The Former Guy.....

It caught on!

[Botany]

4. If he is admitting to crimes and at the same time calling for violence can't a judge or the DoJ ...

... do something such as calling him in for questioning, ordering him to stop inciting violence,
and or putting him in jail or under house arrest?

[Beachnutt]

8. It seems as if they're all scared of him

or agree with him...

[Botany]

9. A.G. Garland should give him a come to Jesus phone call this AM and tell him to stop the crap

Or he add more charges ASAP.

[gab13by13]

22. Lol, sorry.

Today is day 50 since DOJ received the Mark Meadows criminal referral and day 22 since the Michigan AG gave them the fake elector criminal referral.

If DOJ isn't going to indict Meadows for ignoring a subpoena there is no way in hell it is going to investigate Trump.

Meadows has filed a law suit claiming executive privilege, claiming that the select committee is illegal. My guess is that DOJ is waiting to see how the courts rule. I guess the SC is going to rule in favor of Meadows even though his request for executive privilege was done in the commission of crimes, even though president Biden has ruled no executive privilege.

Still waiting for DOJ to arrest one person who is a politician, friend of Trump, legal counsel for Trump, former Trump cabinet member, Trump. I believe that Garland believes he is not allowed to indict a former president. No he did not say if the facts warrant it he would indict Trump, listen closely to his speech.

[Botany]

32. I heard something different in the A.G.'s speech

We build investigations by laying a foundation. We resolve more straightforward cases first because they provide the evidentiary foundation for more complex cases.

Investigating the more overt crimes generates linkages to less overt ones. Overt actors and the evidence they provide can lead us to others who may also have been involved. And that evidence can serve as the foundation for further investigative leads and techniques.

In circumstances like those of January 6th, a full accounting does not suddenly materialize. To ensure that all those criminally responsible are held accountable, we must collect the evidence.

We follow the physical evidence. We follow the digital evidence. We follow the money.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-first-anniversary-attack-capitol

The A.G. also talked about the use of violence and the threats of violence and that will not be tolerated. I think
w/TFG spreading lies to get people angry and threatening the use of mob violence he crossed the line which
the A.G. laid out.

[Danascot]

40. "Less overt?"

TFG couldn't be more overt!

[lagomorph777]

45. Umm, no. Just send the FBI in riot gear with assault weapons drawn.

Give him a call in his cell to let him know he's never leaving.

[Botany]

47. I want him to have a "Warden Norton Moment."

He has killed > 800,000 Americans with C-19, got more than 200 American GIs with TBI (traumatic brain injury)
after he had an Iraqi General murdered, is a Russian asset, cheated the family members out of their death pay
outs for dying in Iraq or Afghanistan with his "Trump U" scams, and tried to overthrow our government because
he lost an election and is scared shitless about his upcoming civil and criminal penalties, and now the mother fucker
is threatening more violence?

BTW Joe Biden is the best President of my lifetime. I went to CVS and got free m-95 masks and $10.00 home
C-19 test kits!

[DeeDeeNY]

11. One would hope

That is what would happen to anyone else. Can you even imagine if it was Obama doing this??

[malaise]

13. Great question

[MiHale]

18. Been wondering the same...

He needs to be silenced.

[Evolve Dammit]

29. I don't get it either

[twodogsbarking]

10. If they don't band together Trump will rip them apart one by one.

That is how he works. Never underestimate his ability for be a MF.

[ShazzieB]

15. Yes, he has great ability (and a great affinity) for being just that!

[Jarqui]

12. The media pinata called Trump has plenty life in it yet

Getting him won't mean nearly as much to me unless they get those who enabled him.
There's not nearly as much discussion about that.
Who Trump is and what Trump is was known long before he was elected.
It was abundantly clear once again each time he was impeached.
His enablers helped him avoid impeachment.
His enablers are keeping him relevant now to avoid scrutiny for their role and scrutiny of his replacement.
When he gets punted to the curb before 2024, they'll introduce their shinny new puppet and carry on.

[malaise]

14. Yep

His replacement will be Kim Cheney.

[Lovie777]

16. At this point in time it's all about money ......

shithole is an extremely greedy person.

[oldsoftie]

19. I'm still holding out hope that his '24 flirting is just a con to get MORE cash

The idiots keep sending him money & he certainly needs it.
A friend, who voted for trump in '16, said he gets more emails from more different trump groups NOW than before the election. Every time he "unsubscribes" it seems like he gets 2 new ones.
They're getting desperate to squeeze as much as they can from the gullible.

[gab13by13]

23. President Ron DeSantis will be worse than Trump.

As another poster said, the Coup planners need to be indicted, including politicians and former Trump counsel and former Trump cabinet members. DOJ needs to make Trump toxic and I don't see that happening. Soon it will be too close to the election to do anything and then if they cheat to win the 2022 election it will be all the harder for DOJ to prosecute the traitors.

[oldsoftie]

26. But DeSantis doesn't have that "God-like" standing that trump did

The republicans all loved Bush too. But W wasn't trump.
I think DeSantis is playing the fools more than actually believing it all. Trump really BELIEVES all the shit he says
Trump is equal to God for the "base". Its THOSE people who must be defeated

[Snoopy 7]

34. absolutely right

The con, trump, said 'if I were to run again' which means: therefore keep sending me money. And later when the con gets questioned that he said he was running the con will say no I said if. Now the dems are illegally trying to charge me with fake/false claims of corruption so send me more money. And of course the weak will continue to send he their last penny...

[CentralMass]

17. He is reportedly sitting on a $122 million dollar camp war. chest.

[oldsoftie]

21. Lets see how much of that he gives to his favored candidates across the US

I would bet very little

[empedocles]

24. traitortrump has support, has $. He'll be around for awhile.

trump divisiveness cuts in many ways.

[gab13by13]

25. I would bet none.

Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, American oligarchs will fund all of the traitors.

That 1 million dollars that Trump gave to Mark Meadows right after the select committee was formed, I guarantee wasn't his own money.

It is a proven fact that Trump doesn't give his money away, but he found a way to get hush money to Meadows, and the DOJ won't indict Meadows even for ignoring a subpoena.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. hoarding for legal defense fund

[dwayneb]

36. "Finished"?

I think this greatly underestimates Trump and the damage he can cause going forward.

Even if charges are eventually brought against him, he can kick the can down the road for a long time. His model is the same one that Teflon Don used, the legal strategy of the sick and evil Mafia lawyer Roy Cohn. Deny, lie, obfuscate and keep throwing money at it.

And even if Trump was actually jailed (which IMO is highly unlikely in his lifetime) that would give an enormous boost to the Fascist Right as he will be the ultimate martyr for the cause.

Trump will never be "finished", even after he takes the dirt nap. The damage he caused to our country will be with us for generations to come.

[msfiddlestix]

37. No, he's not losing power, he's gaining it.

every. single. day. every. single. hour. he's ginning up the rhetoric for one purpose and it's working.

just because Lindsey Graham came out and poo'd poo'd that psychopath for dangling pardons, is absolutely meaningless at this juncture. Today or tomorrow or next Lindsey will come out licking his ass and reversing everything he said on Monday. Silence from the rest of the GOP is just that. It isn't a rebuke, it isn't action against him. All goodwill and financial support will be pouring into his pockets as long as he is free and able to roam freely.

You can take to the bank.

Every single day he is able to open that putrid mouth of his through his various bullhorns, he is gaining strength and momentum.

We ignore this fact at our own peril.

We can't fix what's broken if we do not recognize this fundamental fact, and understand he is successfully running out the clock.

[NJCher]

38. So as the old saying goes

And is pre-emptively admitting what he's done , and desperately trying to spin it to make himself look good.

There is a method to his madness.

A method worthy of a 3-year old, but a method nonetheless.

[empedocles]

39. The traitortrump method/madness, has a lot of differing complications/implications.

Overall, it may favor the Dems, imo.

[efhmc]

41. So hope you are right. Are their stats to support donor giving is down?

That to me is the real proof that he is starting to fail.

[scipan]

43. Good question.

Former President Donald Trump announced Monday night that his political committees raised more than $51 million over the second half of last year, to buttress what is now a massive $122 million war chest.

Trump's latest fundraising haul is a drop from the first half of last year, when his various committees together raised a total of $82 million from January through June of 2021.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-fundraising-extends-massive-122-million-war-chest/story?id=82591778

[efhmc]

48. Thank you for the info.