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riversedge

(80,045 posts)
Mon May 6, 2024, 04:54 PM May 2024

Today after court: Trump: "This judge has given me a gag order and said you'll go to jail if you violate it and frankly

umm.. looks like trump sat in court all day and was eager to chat with the press!!!
We shall see if he will sacrifice as he says...........


Donald Trump: “This judge has given me a gag order and said you'll go to jail if you violate it and frankly, you know what, our Constitution is much more important than jail. It's not even close. I'll do that sacrifice any day.”




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Today after court: Trump: "This judge has given me a gag order and said you'll go to jail if you violate it and frankly (Original Post) riversedge May 2024 OP
Trump wants to be the MAGA Martyr. sop May 2024 #1
If he wanted that he would have violated the gag order Ohio Joe May 2024 #15
Do you think he knows canetoad May 2024 #21
Does he realize they'll measure and weigh him? Then we'll know his actual height and weight. emulatorloo May 2024 #2
How about leftieNanner May 2024 #9
If the courts persist in prosecuting trDUMPie,... magicarpet May 2024 #3
I noticed that. Puts everything in a quandary, eh? jaxexpat May 2024 #14
Go for it, Loser! pandr32 May 2024 #4
He sure does lie. LiberalFighter May 2024 #5
When the dog runs at you barking and you stand your ground he might bite you... Girard442 May 2024 #6
Someone should ask him how the U.S. Constitution relates? pandr32 May 2024 #7
NOW he likes the Constitution? Not that he understands it mzmolly May 2024 #8
Put him in protective custody in a hotel. No cellphone. No visitors except lawyer. Enforce the gag order. keithbvadu2 May 2024 #10
He clearly REALLY wants to be thrown in jail! birdographer May 2024 #11
Jail him like any of us would be RainCaster May 2024 #12
Stark raving mad malaise May 2024 #13
Not a martyr, a criminal. spanone May 2024 #16
Saw that display coming from a very long distance. A mix of whining and bluster to gain more sympathy Ping Tung May 2024 #17
He's LYING. He wants an excuse to appeal and delay the rest of the trial. Merchan won't give him ancianita May 2024 #18
Fuck you, gasbag. Stinky The Clown May 2024 #19
if it was any of us, we'd be locked up already Takket May 2024 #20
Sounds like asking for pizza tombstones on DU UTUSN May 2024 #22

sop

(17,938 posts)
1. Trump wants to be the MAGA Martyr.
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:04 PM
May 2024

Imagine the publicity. He'll be the center of attention around the world. Reporters from every network will be camped outside the jail. It will energize and motivate his base. And Trump will fundraise the shit out of it.

Ohio Joe

(21,896 posts)
15. If he wanted that he would have violated the gag order
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:48 PM
May 2024

Instead he is a weak and scared coward… Afraid of finally facing consequences.

magicarpet

(18,464 posts)
3. If the courts persist in prosecuting trDUMPie,...
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:20 PM
May 2024

... he will trash the judicial system so it can't be repaired from all the damage he has inflicted upon it.

What ever trDUMP touches or rubs elbows with turns to shit and trash.

Chaos and mayhem are his primary modus operandis.

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
14. I noticed that. Puts everything in a quandary, eh?
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:48 PM
May 2024

Will we recover? That's the $64,000.00 question. Certainly, there will be some changes.

Girard442

(6,839 posts)
6. When the dog runs at you barking and you stand your ground he might bite you...
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:25 PM
May 2024

...but if you run from him, he definitely will.

pandr32

(13,950 posts)
7. Someone should ask him how the U.S. Constitution relates?
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:25 PM
May 2024

What, exactly, is in the U.S. Constitution he thinks he is sacrificing to protect?

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
10. Put him in protective custody in a hotel. No cellphone. No visitors except lawyer. Enforce the gag order.
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:42 PM
May 2024

Well, maybe let Melania visit.

birdographer

(2,937 posts)
11. He clearly REALLY wants to be thrown in jail!
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:38 PM
May 2024

Not sure where he is going with this, but he obviously wants to be thrown in jail. Does he know he won't have his phone, his bronzer, his hairstylist, and a metal toilet?

RainCaster

(13,451 posts)
12. Jail him like any of us would be
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:39 PM
May 2024

TSF needs to be held accountable. His mouth has been the excuse, WTF? Take his phone, makeup, red tie, and all his "meds". Make him share a payphone with the rest of the inmates to call his attorneys.

Ping Tung

(4,230 posts)
17. Saw that display coming from a very long distance. A mix of whining and bluster to gain more sympathy
Mon May 6, 2024, 08:02 PM
May 2024

from his idiot supporters. Not to mention the ongoing pleas for money to stave off hunger and homelessness for his suffering family.

It's his usual shtick but it's gone from silly to grotesque as the trials continue.





ancianita

(43,162 posts)
18. He's LYING. He wants an excuse to appeal and delay the rest of the trial. Merchan won't give him
Mon May 6, 2024, 09:37 PM
May 2024

that satisfaction or put the jury through that appeal bs. So Merchan will suspend his 'jail' time to keep on with the trial, and if he continues to violate the order, will add on to his sentence after the end of the trial when the verdict is in.

Takket

(23,556 posts)
20. if it was any of us, we'd be locked up already
Mon May 6, 2024, 09:54 PM
May 2024

but the judge doesn't want to give him what he wants... to make an even bigger spectacle of all this.

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