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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
Sat May 25, 2024, 12:37 AM May 2024

Maggie Haberman taunts Trump over the 'Apprentice' biopic that's driving him nuts

New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman taunted former President Donald Trump Friday over the controversial biopic he's taking legal action to kill. Haberman shared on X Friday an exclusive Variety article revealing Trump sent a cease and desist letter to stop the release and sale of "The Apprentice," a movie about the president's early days. "Apparently Trump wants to make Gabe Sherman’s movie a success," Haberman quipped.

The independent film stars Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as his notorious mentor Roy Cohn, a prosecutor who served as a "political hitman" for controversial figures who include Sen. Joe McCarthy. The movie premiered in Cannes earlier this week and immediate spurred outrage from Trump, who denies a controversial scene that depicts him raping his wife Ivana.

"It presents a damning portrait of the former president as an ethically compromised, philanderer who stiffs contractors and cuts deals with the mob to get his buildings completed," writes Variety. "It includes other controversial details, including a scene where Trump rapes his first wife, Ivana, and depicts him abusing amphetamines to lose weight, as well as undergoing liposuction and plastic surgery."

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung has publicly called the film defamatory, Variety notes. “This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store," Cheung said "It belongs in a dumpster fire." According to Haberman, the Trump team has done the film a big favor by whetting the appetite of the American public.



https://www.rawstory.com/maggie-haberman-trump-2668373453/

Trump's whining will sell millions of tickets. Can't wait to see it.

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Maggie Haberman taunts Trump over the 'Apprentice' biopic that's driving him nuts (Original Post) Tom of Temecula May 2024 OP
When's the release date? TSExile May 2024 #1
Everyone of those trumpers DESERVES to see the actual Sick Fuck as he really was and is. Traurigkeit May 2024 #3
Y'all have heard of love-hate relationships, right? Maggie & TFG have... RockRaven May 2024 #2
So Ivana's kids don't care about Cha May 2024 #4
It's not defamation when it's true. Dave Bowman May 2024 #5
More like a documentary, I would say. liberalla May 2024 #21
I'm in line. rubbersole May 2024 #6
I'm there. Demobrat May 2024 #7
I think the unkept gravesite is very telling Blue Owl May 2024 #8
Or there is PlutosHeart May 2024 #11
Or, it could be that what we have seen with our own eyes maxrandb May 2024 #16
it's that grave that gets me. i can understand why trump doesn't make sure it's kept up orleans May 2024 #9
I have wondered if one of them has the urn tucked away in their home.... Hekate May 2024 #12
i'm gonna say ivanka has the urn with her mom's ashes orleans May 2024 #23
It's not out of the realm of possibility that at some point, a stoned Don Jr. accidentally snorted her ashes. Aristus May 2024 #24
! demmiblue May 2024 #25
STOP IT ARISTUS Skittles May 2024 #30
Early show for me. byronius May 2024 #10
Stephen, if it's that bad, sue!!! COL Mustard May 2024 #13
so let me get something straight. mnmoderatedem May 2024 #14
Trump appears to have lost some weight, but I think he's had some of the dangling fat under his chin removed. Lonestarblue May 2024 #15
NYT steno Magster attempts rehab BoRaGard May 2024 #17
Only he can defame others with lies malaise May 2024 #18
The grass around the gravesite has brown spots Blaukraut May 2024 #19
Hers a pic from the movie. Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong. underpants May 2024 #20
I wonder if Noel Casler was consulted on "background" for the movie... liberalla May 2024 #22
Sebastian Stan Deep State Witch May 2024 #26
It's amazing her fucking kids don't even care about any of this. They just want dad's money. Fuck them all! nt Quixote1818 May 2024 #27
Spokes-idiot Cheung claims the film defames Trump PJMcK May 2024 #28
Some of the reviews are interesting... Abolishinist May 2024 #29

RockRaven

(16,104 posts)
2. Y'all have heard of love-hate relationships, right? Maggie & TFG have...
Sat May 25, 2024, 12:50 AM
May 2024

an "attention-attention relationship."

Cha

(304,419 posts)
4. So Ivana's kids don't care about
Sat May 25, 2024, 01:01 AM
May 2024

her mysterious grave being taken care of?

Of course not.. just look at who they are.

Blue Owl

(54,423 posts)
8. I think the unkept gravesite is very telling
Sat May 25, 2024, 01:58 AM
May 2024

Like tRump does not want it to be seen or draw attention…. As if he were hiding something….

PlutosHeart

(1,445 posts)
11. Or there is
Sat May 25, 2024, 03:01 AM
May 2024

absolutely nothing in the casket. Empty. Ashes dumped elsewhere perhaps and a totally empty box or a box with documents in it.

maxrandb

(15,810 posts)
16. Or, it could be that what we have seen with our own eyes
Sat May 25, 2024, 06:45 AM
May 2024

his documented history, millions of pages of evidence, videotapes, interviews with him, and those that have been unlucky enough to encounter him, REFLECT PRECISELY WHO HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR HIS ENTIRE MISERABLE LIFE

It would be like watching a documentary of Hitler, and being "surprised" at who he was.

Ivana's grave is really in the "least of the evidence" category.

Pretty damn scary that some of our friends, family members, coworkers, fellow parishioners and neighbors plainly see the evil, racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy and are ready and willing to elect him as the leader of the free world AGAIN.

orleans

(34,782 posts)
9. it's that grave that gets me. i can understand why trump doesn't make sure it's kept up
Sat May 25, 2024, 02:00 AM
May 2024

but those kids? not giving a rat's ass about their mother?

so disrespectful of her?

surely, they know she was cremated and her ashes are not in that grave. (maybe just boxes of papers)

Hekate

(94,218 posts)
12. I have wondered if one of them has the urn tucked away in their home....
Sat May 25, 2024, 03:21 AM
May 2024

This is beyond bizarre, even for such as bizarre and sick family.

orleans

(34,782 posts)
23. i'm gonna say ivanka has the urn with her mom's ashes
Sat May 25, 2024, 01:35 PM
May 2024

which is why that golf course grave means absolutely nothing to her

Aristus

(68,067 posts)
24. It's not out of the realm of possibility that at some point, a stoned Don Jr. accidentally snorted her ashes.
Sat May 25, 2024, 01:50 PM
May 2024

n/t

COL Mustard

(6,806 posts)
13. Stephen, if it's that bad, sue!!!
Sat May 25, 2024, 03:24 AM
May 2024
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung has publicly called the film defamatory, Variety notes. “This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store," Cheung said


I’m 99% certain that if TSF really believed he’d been wronged, he’d be back in court immediately.

Lonestarblue

(11,531 posts)
15. Trump appears to have lost some weight, but I think he's had some of the dangling fat under his chin removed.
Sat May 25, 2024, 06:30 AM
May 2024

It’s far less noticeable now,

malaise

(277,353 posts)
18. Only he can defame others with lies
Sat May 25, 2024, 06:51 AM
May 2024

while the truth about him remains hidden. He is one sick fuck.
Can’t wait to see this.

Blaukraut

(5,868 posts)
19. The grass around the gravesite has brown spots
Sat May 25, 2024, 07:50 AM
May 2024

Looks like something(one?) has been urinating there on a regular basis.

liberalla

(9,878 posts)
22. I wonder if Noel Casler was consulted on "background" for the movie...
Sat May 25, 2024, 11:39 AM
May 2024

Does it even get to "The Apprentice" filming years, or is that not considered the "early" years? Maybe the TV show is the mid-life years... I'll have to see if I can find out, but not through Raw Story.

Yes, can't wait to see it!




Deep State Witch

(11,156 posts)
26. Sebastian Stan
Sat May 25, 2024, 02:00 PM
May 2024

Plays a man who is tasked by the Russian government to destroy America.

Oh, and he also played the Winter Soldier.

Quixote1818

(30,128 posts)
27. It's amazing her fucking kids don't even care about any of this. They just want dad's money. Fuck them all! nt
Sat May 25, 2024, 02:09 PM
May 2024

PJMcK

(22,785 posts)
28. Spokes-idiot Cheung claims the film defames Trump
Sat May 25, 2024, 02:18 PM
May 2024

Okay, bring the civil case. Trump has lots of experience with defamation cases even though he’s lost a couple to the tune of nearly $100 million.

Go for it, Trump! Sue the filmmakers for defamation. Let’s get to discovery and depositions.

The story about Trump’s sexual assault on his first wife has been known for years. Ivana originally called it rape but later recanted. (Trump was pissed because his recently installed hair plugs were painful and didn’t make him look any better so he attacked his wife.)

In reality, Trump will sputter and yammer making a lot of noise but he’ll never sue. He’ll only make the documentary more successful.

Abolishinist

(1,831 posts)
29. Some of the reviews are interesting...
Sat May 25, 2024, 02:30 PM
May 2024

(the former) is first seen as a young man in the early 1970s. He works for the New York real estate company run by his cold and condescending father Fred (Martin Donovan), knocking on doors and collecting rent from his impoverished tenants, but he dreams of opening a luxury high-rise hotel near Central Station. The only snag is that the company is being sued over the small matter of its racial profiling of potential renters. "How can I be racist when I've got a black driver?" splutters Fred.

Enter Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), a notoriously vicious and unscrupulous lawyer who catches Donald's eye in a swanky members club. Cohn may be in the habit of taking meetings in his office while he does sit-ups in his underpants, but Donald is spellbound by his rudeness, his contempt for his opponents, and his three rules for success:

- always attack
- never admit to any wrongdoing
- never admit defeat

The fact that he is so open about using blackmail only adds to his lustre in the younger man's eyes. Cohn could be the encouraging father figure that the former has always lacked.

But it's still grimly fascinating to see the build-up of Boogie Nights-style sleaze as he takes to amphetamines, plastic surgery and younger women.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240521-the-apprentice-review-sebastian-stan-is-excellent-as-a-young-donald-trump

If nothing else, I'm considering watching Boogie Nights again. I think I saw it when it came out over 25 years ago, could be fun!

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