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    I can’t wait to watch it, you’re not going to let these people take you down are you Donnie? I say, let them know how you really feel and make sure to let them know what kind of bad job the prosecutors and judges are doing.

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      He’s too scared, he’s a fraidy cat. A real man would just forge ahead and prove all these naysayers wrong. A real man would just tell them what they need to hear about his side of the story, and maybe present a bunch of documents that will prove how wrong they are for doubting the utter honesty of a man of his stature.

      You tell them, Donny. Don’t listen to silly lawyers that are all agin you anyway.

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      For real I absolutely cannot wait to see what unhinged nonsense he incriminates himself with.

      I’m hoping for a full on Mike Pillow symposium.

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    If he were smart enough to listen to anyone he would be in this position.
    Keep on talking buddy!

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    For the first time in my life, I want to watch Trump’s press conference, and I really, really hope he actually does it. Seems weird for him to chicken out now.

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          Green xer here, I do feel partly responsible of the shoe worshiping. We kinda started it with Run DMC, Reebok Pumps, Nike Air and Jordan.

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    This isn’t a trump 5d chess thing or whatever but it might honestly be the smarter move for him to just keep riling up his base and make it a guarantee riot if he gets jailed.

    Seems pretty likely he’s fucked legally so he’s put in a situation that breaking law and order is probably his best move.

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      give your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across

      I’m fearful we are backing him into a corner and his only option is to order his tens of millions of rabid followers to create chaos.

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        I’m fearful we are backing him into a corner and his only option is to order his tens of millions of rabid followers to create chaos.

        It didn’t take him being backed into a corner to do that on Jan 6th. Since he’s done it before and you’re positing he’ll do it again when threatened legally, there’s no difference in outcome. The legal structures and framework should be followed through with the arrest and trial as planned.

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          True, and I’m not saying by any means he shouldn’t be prosecuted. The consequences of letting these actions go unpunished are way more severe than any riot. I guess I’m just apprehensive because I just don’t see how this won’t end in violence one way or another.

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          Tens of millions of heavily armed uneducated morons pissed off who’ve been ordered to burn the place down by their Messiah, yeah, no way that wouldn’t fuck our shit up real good.

          I mean I’m definitely for moving forward prosecuting all of these cases and hopefully putting this asshole in jail. But we should be very aware that this could easily slide out of control and prepare accordingly.

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    I don’t disagree with the message and hope he gets what’s coming to him, but what is this source? To quote:

    Trump’s Lawyers Ask Him to Cancel Press Conference on Georgia Election Before He Makes Matters Worse, Jon Karl ReportsKarl noted that between Trump’s enraged reactions to his fourth indictment, Trump announced on Truth Social that he would hold a press conference on Monday where he would produce a “Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable Report” that will supposedly prove he was right that Georgia’s 2020 election results were “rigged” by mass voter fraud.

    That’s a one sentence paragraph with the nineteen-word title (from another source perhaps?) injected as the subject.

    Is this what AI-driven journalism looks like?

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    I’m utterly convinced he wants to run from prison. His cult followers would worship him more

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      Nope, he’s just dumb. If he can’t go golfing when he wants I’m pretty sure he’s going to combust

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        Every anecdote (or honestly, just listening to him for five seconds) indicates he’s very dumb, which is only made more dangerous by the fact that he’s been wealthy his entire life and never faced actual consequences. Reports are he’s terrified at the prospect of jail. For regular people, jail takes a massive adjustment. For Trump, he’s probably never been told he can’t do a thing he wants (until the presidency, and even then he often just did it anyway) and has never really had to suffer anything as a result of his actions because rich people are incredibly insulated from normie shit like consequences, so yeah, very really chance if he’s sentenced he literally just combusts. It’ll be like trying to get a robot to believe a paradox.

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    I feel like we should all make accounts on true social to triple dog dare him to ignore the lawyers, and do the press conference. I’ll pop the popcorn.

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    Dang! They are killing all the fun! I would have loved to see him either lying with more invented “evidence” and get slapped by the court for this, or just spewing stupid nonsense that makes him even more of a laughing stock.

    Bonus: He could have threatened even more people he shouldn’t, getting him a nice “Go To Jail Go directly to Jail. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200” card.

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      There’s a chance he wins. If he does. Rip world 2024. He shouldn’t even have had one. But USA is USA

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        There is a chance he, the GOP nominee, and Biden split the electoral vote and no one gets a majority. Then the winner will be decided with one state, one vote, which could put Trump in the white house even though he came in 3rd.

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        I dislike this painting of all Americans with a broad brush, as if we are somehow collectively responsible for the fact that our system was deliberately designed to be almost impossible to change, and as if Trump would ever be an issue if the popular vote actually mattered.

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    Good if his lawyers are actually competent. Maybe he’ll listen to them this time. A good trial requires a good defense.

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      Donald Trump hasn’t listened to anyone (who doesn’t already agree with him) since his father died. These lawyers are smart enough to know that. This leak is all about making sure that when Trump does the dumb thing anyway, they don’t get disbarred over it.

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      This might be a little bit reductive, but I’m pretty sure you can tell that they’re not competent lawyers because they are Trump’s lawyers.

      He’s known to ignore his lawyers, lie to them, refuse to pay them, and throw them under the bus. I can’t imagine a competent lawyer wanting that client. Maybe someone just looking to get their name plastered everywhere, aka some kind of grifter, but definitely not a competent lawyer.

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      I’m not interested in a ‘good’ trial. This isnt a netflix drama.

      Bruh. Whats so great about this is the schism that’s appeared between Trump supporters and literately everyone else.

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              In spirit, that strategically, the best thing is for Trump to have a defense that is competent enough to avoid a mistrial, but not competent enough to shield him from accountability in any meaningful way. This would be my preference.

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                I believe that it is obvious that he has committed crimes and should be held accountable for it. However, the spirit of our justice system as enshrined in the Bill of Rights is that everyone should get a fair trial and it shouldn’t be any difference in this case. In a fair trial he would be properly held accountable for his crimes, assuming a fair trial goes both ways.

                I do understand the sentiment behind wanting him to screw up so he is actually held accountable.

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        A good trial is one where all sides have presented the strongest case they can, the judgement reflects the quality of those cases, and the verdict leaves no doubt in anyone’s mind that justice was done.

        Poor counsel leads to poor, untrustworthy outcomes.

        Yes I know, I am naive.

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          95% of all criminal cases end up in a plea bargain. The vast majority of Americans can’t afford a good lawyer anyway and get fucked by our legal system.

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    Trump’s only chance is probably to foul the magisterial process as much as possible to prevent it from holding him accountable. It’s worked for him so far, and even if he is taken into custody, that will only increase his popularity and stoke outrage. There’s nothing for him to lose.

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    “I’d love to show you the report, it’s beautiful, and perfect, and it shows in so many ways how I’m innocent of all charges. My lawyers wept when they, true story! My lawyers were VISIBLY WEEPING as they read it. VISIBLY! But now, on the advice of those lawyers, I can’t release it to you. I CAN’T! I want to, but I can’t. They tell me it would tell these evil, nasty, prosecutors too much about our defense, so, you know, we can’t have that.”

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      It was in the box of classified materials in my bathroom at Mar-a-Lago that the FBI illegally stole back from me.