Trump says going to jail for gag order violation would be a 'great honor,' compares himself to Mandela

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Sat, Apr 6 20246:14 PM EDT


Donald Trump on Saturday said he welcomed the prospect of going to jail for violating a gag order in his upcoming New York hush money trial.

“I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela — It will be my GREAT HONOR,” the former president wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post attacking New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s case.

It was not the first time Trump has likened himself to a martyr as he faces a flurry of criminal charges. In an October rant against his various lawsuits, the Republican presidential frontrunner also compared himself to Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa who spent 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid activism.

And last week, Trump took to Truth Social to share a message that likened his legal troubles to the persecution of Jesus Christ. Saturday’s tirade occurred just over a week before the trial is scheduled to begin on April 15.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/06/trump-being-jailed-for-gag-order-violation-would-be-great-honor.html

[tornado34jh]

1. Fragile ego alert!

Nelson Mandela at least fought the apartheid government for a good cause. He didn't do it for fame or anything like that unlike this bastard. He is also no Jesus either.

[Justice matters.]

64. Nelson never cheated on his wife with a porn star either.

And never conspired to hide that from the voters before an election.

[tornado34jh]

73. Look, Nelson Mandela wasn't perfect

He had his own issues, and he was a complicated figure. There are many differing stories about him, and his ideology wasn't liked by everyone. But to think that he is Nelson Mandela is pathetic. By the way, Nelson Mandela was everything that the right wing hates.

[bluestarone]

2. Well then, let's try jail ( one month per word)PLUS

$500 million.

[tanyev]

3. Alright, Mad diva.

[Gore1FL]

4. I hope he gets a lengthy honor bestowed upon him and sooner rather than later. nt

[Hikerchick57]

30. Every time I see those bugs 🐜 I keep trying to wipe them off my screen...

[TomSlick]

114. The down-side of being remembered as a martyr is you have to be martyr.

Please proceed.

[PortTack]

5. One night of sleeping on a concrete floor with a thin mat for a bed....he'd crumble

[BlueMTexpat]

71. And carrying rocks from one

side of a stark enclosure to the other for 20+ years under the heat of a relentless sun. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years within three different prisons.

I have visited Robben Island, one of the three, and where Mandela spent most of his lengthy imprisonment. It remains today as one of the most stark symbols of the apartheid system in South Africa. https://www.robben-island.org.za/

For those who really have no idea who Mandela - one of the most courageous symbols of freedom in the 20th century, IMO - was, please check out this Wiki overview. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

Mandela's autobiolgraphy, "Long Walk to Freedom," is also well worth a read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_to_Freedom

There is absolutely NO comparison whatsoever of tsf to Nelson Mandela! NONE! The mere fact he would say this shows what a delusional dolt he is!

Anyone who gives this utterance any credibility has gone right down the rabbit hole with him.

Every day, I look forward to reading nothing about tsf but his obituary. Please let it be soon! PLEASE!!!!!

[walkingman]

6. How on earth did someone this vile get elected to POTUS?

I think it says more about American voters than it does about Trump. Almost unbelieveable.

[NanaCat]

76. I hate to break it to you...

What got someone so vile elected to POTUS were the tens of millions of voters equally as vile.

Horrifying, but true.

[Ocelot II]

7. He's already hanging up on his cross, Christ crucified for the sins of America,

so why not stuff him in the tomb and roll the rock over it. Just don't turn him loose after only three days; let him stew in Rikers until his trial. I get that judges don't want to make a martyr of him, but, to mangle a metaphor, that ship has long since sailed, so I hope one of them just fucking does it, if for no reason other than to make him understand that he's not as special as he thinks he is. He'll keep threatening and insulting people no matter what is done with him, so he might as well get to spend a little time in government housing that isn't the White House.

[bluestarone]

14. For God sake, DON'T let him out in 3 days.

We'll NEVER hear the end of that.

[Ocelot II]

15. Ha, absolutely not! Detain his fat orange ass until his trial.

[rsdsharp]

34. LOL. I once got an injunction against the head of the local Operation Rescue

to prevent her from going onto Planned Parenthood property. Predictably, she violated it, and we sought an order to show cause why she shouldn’t be held in contempt.

After the hearing, the judge sentenced her to 40 days in jail. I’d been back at the office about an hour when I got a call from the judge. He was changing her sentence to 37 days. “Oooookay. Can I ask why, your honor?” He didn’t like the religious connotations of the 40 days.

[NanaCat]

77. LOL

But it's rather apt. 40 days of retribution, a la the idiotic flood, might have gotten through that thick skull.

Hold on. I haven't finished my cuppa yet. No wonder my mind is yet slow on the uptake.

[bluestarone]

90. Ha ha ha ha that's funny!

Plus i can agree. Don't want to see these type people tie all this to religion. CRAZY DAYS ahead for us all.

[rsdsharp]

104. While she was in jail, she sent me a "Christmas card" featuring Mark 9:42:

“And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.“

Seasons greetings!

[thenelm1]

54. And make sure that said rock is locked down in place with concrete... n/t

[jpak]

8. Lock him up

Yup

[Novara]

9. Give him what he wants. In Rikers.

[HandmaidsTaleUntold]

10. Good. Byeee

Glad he agrees. Let’s honor him.

[Goonch]

11. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[Journeyman]

12. Danziger/Conrad comic . . .

To be fair, I've no problem with Trump being put in jail for 27 years. At his age, I'd settle for half that . . .

[progressoid]

38. Exactly correct.

[Stuart G]

109. Trump is too stupid to know that he is.................'STUPID, STUPID & MORE STUPID!!!!!"

[Blue Owl]

13. It's working out real well for Navarro, so why not?

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Mandela is dead.

Go for it, fatboy.

[twodogsbarking]

23. He also spent decades in prison. I'm getting into this.

[JoseBalow]

17. I give that fat fuck one day before he changes his tune

[NanaCat]

78. That might actually be more nutritious

Than his standard McD lunch.

[Marthe48]

18. has traitor found a way to turn his personal disgrace into an honor?

At least in his own head. Polishing a turd comes to mind. Also putting lipstick on a pig.

[COL Mustard]

48. It's a turd.

You can't pick it up by the clean end.

[keithbvadu2]

19. OK! Grant him the honor.

[TexasDem69]

20. Trump seems not to understand Mandela

Or the Constitution, or basic decency.

[twodogsbarking]

21. Now he's pissing off entire continents.

[Smackdown2019]

22. No phones in jail Ahole

Your truth social will be that tweety bird. Quiet! Jail is a nicer place than millions of people like to send you to. Heard Hell is a hot place and jail cell has cold floors. Traitor!

[NanaCat]

79. They do have phones in jail

However...

No cell phones, no incoming calls, limited access (no night calls unless an emergency, must wait if other people also want to make calls) and, oh yeah, the prison monitors all calls.

[Smackdown2019]

117. Yeah, meant cellphone...

There would be communication to the outside world, but his maga right are already there. He could do his campaign speeches to them! Oh right, felons cant vote.... ah well.

Though would be funny to see in mist his video call, please deposit whatever the amount be to continue the call...

[HighFired49]

24. So, Donnie wants to be the USA's Nelson Mandela and Jesus?

Okay! Throw his ass in jail for 27 years and then crucify him. Problem solved.

[soldierant]

43. As pleasing to sane people as thatwould be,

he would never make it to the cross. He's 77 now. 77+ 27 is 104. There is no way he is living to the age of 100.

[jmowreader]

83. So crucify him first. No big deal.

[BlueKota]

25. Over dramatic much Donny boy

How can anyone with even a thimble full of intelligence not understand this man is a raving lunatic?

[wnylib]

26. So let him put his body where his mouth is.

Remind him first (or inform him, since he probably does not know) that Jesus was silent during HIS trial. Give him an actual physical gag since he's incapable of emulating the guy be pretends to be.

Then let him be honored in prison before nailing him up and dumping him in a tomb. He can prove that he's the chosen one 3 days later. We'll be happy to sit and wait.

Call it the Trump challenge. Don't just say who you are. Prove it.

Or, prove the Mandela analogy by spending the same amount of time in prison in the same conditions.

Put up or shut up.

[Marcus IM]

27. The USA categorized Mandela as a terrorist.

Mandela is a global hero.

Mandela toured the world after his release. ALL major cities in the US gave him keys to the city and great honoraria.

Except in Miami.

The Cuban exile community rejected him and the Miami city commission vacated their seats rather than present a statement honoring Mandela.

No key to the city of Miami.

Here's why ...

After he was released from prison, he thanked Cuba for their solidarity with the ANC and the help and support for the anti-apartheid movement.

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[no_hypocrisy]

28. Pssst! Most Republicans (inc. St. Ronald Reagan) considered/consider

Nelson Mandela to have been a terrorist.

[BlueMTexpat]

72. Just another

reason for me to loathe them!

[Hikerchick57]

29. Rump makes me sick

[Progressive dog]

31. I hope they give him the great honor of jail time.

The more jail time, the greater the honor. Now there is something I agree with him on. jail time is probably the only thing he has been able to earn in his life.

[Freethinker65]

32. Rod Blagojevich

Anyone remember Blagojevich after a few weeks in jail without access to a salon?

Hahaha. I give Trump two weeks with no spray tan nor dyed combover before he agrees to whatever is necessary to get out of jail. Trump's enhanced image is part of his appeal to voters. Voters seeing the grotesque, pasty white, partially bald, old obese man screaming outlandish things about his opposition would easily cost him the election. Sad, but superficiality is key to Trump's campaign, and Trump knows it.

[sinkingfeeling]

84. Probably TSF's greatest fear is to be seen without his get-up.

[TygrBright]

33. Honor him!! Honor him!!! n/t

[republianmushroom]

35. Well donald, you do know how to achieve that honor, C.S., do it then.

Achieve something in your life besides failure. We're waiting.

[mdmc]

36. this would be a great honor that I would like to bestow upon him indeed

[niyad]

37. I wish he were like Mandela in one particular thing.

[RexLipton]

39. Oblige him.

[bmichaelh]

40. Mandela Quotation

Not a valid comparison

Nelson Mandela said:
Resentment is Like Drinking Poison and Then Hoping it Will Kill Your Enemies

Trump has promised resentment and revenge in a second term
This is a quotation that Trump would never say.

Trump has also compared himself to Christ.
According to the Gospels, Christ never attacked the Judge, Pilate and his family.

[Danmel]

41. I hear Robben Island is lovely in the fall

Maybe the South African government can accommodate his desire to emulate Nelson Mandela.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

42. traitortrump reveals his fear.

[MontanaMama]

44. Call his bluff and

LOCK HIM UP.

[tclambert]

45. Pretty sure somebody had to tell him who Mandela was.

"Sir" some idiot said, "It would be like you were Nelson Mandela."

"Who's that?"

"A legendary South African political hero, sir."

"Yeah, that's me, legendary hero. He was a white guy fighting for apartheid, right?"

[totodeinhere]

46. I have mixed feelings about this.

I want him in jail but I am afraid that it might backfire and only increase his support.

[calguy]

53. I doubt he'd gain support

His hard core supporters will become loud and angry, but they're still only one vote each.
I'd just as soon let him talk for the next eight days and shut his ass up during the trial.
I think the more he talks crazy talk, the more voters turn off to the very thought of him becoming President again.

[Justice matters.]

66. Not sure it would last since the trial will reveal to the uninformed...

who will follow that like a reality-teevee show that he cheated on his wife with a porn star and conspired to hide that adultery act from the voters before an election.

[oldsoftie]

47. Go to jail for 27 yrs & we'll consider it.

[Turbineguy]

49. It might be fun to have no noise from TSF

Can his supporters survive the silence?

[barbtries]

50. he'll hate it

when they take his fucking phone away.

[usonian]

51. Call for musicians.

New lyrics for Jailhouse Rock?

[Orrex]

52. Let's honor him for the rest of his life, then.

[IronLionZion]

55. Let's lock him up for 27 years

and then nail him to the cross.

[DemocraticPatriot]

56. Jesus H. Christ....

OK--- If he wants to be Jesus, let us see his fat body SCOURGED with Roman methods---!!!!

And let him be Crucified....


Amen

[greatauntoftriplets]

57. I sense a disturbance coming from South Africa.

It's the great Nelson Mandela spinning in his grave.

[Sneederbunk]

58. All for sending him to South Africa for the duration.

[padah513]

59. The reverse psychology force is strong in this one

Trump is more scared of going to jail than Navarro

[rickford66]

60. CAVITY CHECK ! CAVITY CHECK !

[AnrothElf]

61. Call his bluff.

I've been to jail. Twice. (Small stuff... traffic and pot.)

It fucking SUCKS.

Give him a taste of what the rest of us already know.

[calimary]

62. Well, then, FINE! Let's all honor him accordingly!

[bluescribbler]

63. Honor him, then.

It's only what he deserves.

[Rocknation]

65. What's Ukrainian for "He's blinked!"

Rocknation

[H2O Man]

67. I'm thinking he'd

be more like Charlie Manson -- paranoid and eager to talk to any interviewer.

Recommended.

[orleans]

68. and he says all that shit because

HE'S FUCKING CRAZY!!!

(magats: we want the madman 4 president!) (because WE'RE FUCKING CRAZY TOO!)

[BHDem53]

69. Talks cheap, creep. Take the leap.

[Uncle Joe]

70. I believe *rump was closer to the mark when he compared himself to Al Capone.

Thanks for the thread BumRushDaShow

[NNadir]

74. Let's help him with that. Why the fuck isn't he in prison now?

[NanaCat]

75. Oh piss off, you deluded wanker.

You're not fit to lick the undersides of the worms under the ground under Mandela's grave.

[4lbs]

80. What a moron. Mandela served 27 YEARS in prison. Dumpy the Clown wouldn't be able to last 27 hours in

the same prison conditions.

[aeromanKC]

81. Ok fine, you want to be like Nelson Mandela?

Here is your 26 years in prison.

[Oopsie Daisy]

82. Yes, let's honor him.

[prodigitalson]

85. Mandela went to prison for decades....

[SouthernDem4ever]

86. To which I would say " Thank you for your jail service "

It was the best thing you could do for your country.

[Passages]

87. See that, always the marketer.

That is the lens he sees most of life. And, he is shameless.

[Javaman]

88. Two things

1) he’s full of shit and we all know it

2) he wouldn’t say this if he actually believed he was going to be jailed

And a bonus number 3 for the rest of us: please judge throw him in jail.

[AllaN01Bear]

89. i cant say what i want to say .

[relayerbob]

91. Then we should honor him immediately

And let him stay indefinitely

[cstanleytech]

92. I wouldn't put him in jail, I'd start by seizing his real estate.

[bluestarone]

93. Put his ass in prison then.

Declare a three day national holiday!!! REJOICE, is the word of the day!!

[Paladin]

94. He's just looking for a one-hour, behind-bars photo shoot.

After that, it's back to Mar-a-Fuckup and the easy life. A genuine 24-hour stay in a cell would reduce him to drooling, full-scale insanity---let it happen, and damned soon.

[Baitball Blogger]

95. Doesn't he have to be jailed first, before claiming he's like Mandela?

[malthaussen]

96. I say we indulge him.

I cannot believe that Federal and State DoJs are falling for the modern equivalent of "Don't throw me in that briar patch!"

-- Mal

[KS Toronado]

97. Love to see President Biden debate TSF while he's behind bars.

[atreides1]

98. Not going to happen!

Trump knows that so far not one single judge has the courage to call him out. Judge Merchan isn't going to do it...even if a MAGAt attacked his daughter and had proof that Trump asked him to do it!

Trump has issued a challenge and there isn't anyone willing to accept it and do what's right.

[Efilroft Sul]

99. Orange Is the New Black

[Mysterian]

100. Let's call his bluff!

I'm guessing a jail cell would be a terrible nightmare for the make-up splattered con-man.

[samsingh]

101. then he should get his honor

[getagrip_already]

102. Another option.....

The judge could merely order him to sit in the courtroom from 9 to 5 every day with only short bathroom breaks and a brief 20 minute lunch.

No phone. Can't leave Manhattan during non business hours until trial ends.

If he disrupts a case, put him in an interogation room. Same rules. Only his lawyers can visit.

Not jail, but no fun for the poor egomaniac.

[kacekwl]

103. Please honor his

request. Into general population no secret service please.

[Timewas]

105. A greater Honor

For the rest of us. Enforce the laws like they mean something.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

106. Statement from Biden-Harris campaign on TFG comparing himself to Nelson Mandela

Link to tweet

[Boomerproud]

112. I call it a complete meltdown.

[no_hypocrisy]

107. Not Bobby Seale (Chicago Seven)?

[Shermanator]

108. With any luck

It'll be a lifetime honor.

[Stuart G]

110. I am waiting to hear Trump say....."I AM NOT A CROOK""....that is it....and that is ...ALL OF IT.!!!!!

[swong19104]

111. It would be an even greater honor

were he to go to jail and die there. Imagine that! The greatest honor! Top honors! The best honor! No better honor than that!

[Turbineguy]

113. Only if he goes to jail for 27 years.

[Rhiannon12866]

118. He deserves to be incarcerated for a lot longer than that just for all the boxes of classified documents he stole

Reality Winner stole just one classified document and served four years, so how many decades would TFG's comparable sentence add up to??

[screamcheese]

115. He wants to go to jail

The rapist is trying to goad someone into jailing him so he can become a martyr to the violent mob of ignoramouses who worship him. When he ran for president the first time, I watched an interview with Barbara Res who was an executive in the Trump Org for 18 years. She was asked to describe his management style. She said he liked to pit people against one another and sit back and enjoy the chaos. I judge everything he does through that lens, including his seemingly purposeful violations of gag orders.
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[screamcheese]

116. He WANTS to go to jail

The rapist is trying to goad someone into jailing him so he can become a martyr to the violent mob of ignoramouses who worship him. When he ran for president the first time, I watched an interview with Barbara Res who was an executive in the Trump Org for 18 years. She was asked to describe his management style. She said he liked to pit people against one another and sit back and enjoy the chaos. I judge everything he does through that lens, including his seemingly purposeful violations of gag orders.
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