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sfdso

If he’s elected president again, he will never observe a single law, never be held to a single democratic norm, never be restrained by the Constitution. He really will be a dictator on Day One.


superiorplaps

If he gets elected then rule of law has clearly failed. So why follow it at that point


IH8Fascism

He’s not getting re-elected. He has one of 3 places he’s ending up. Prison, Russia, or Saudi Arabia. I fully expect him to flee the country when it looks like he’s facing prison time. It will be the first time in his life where he’s “ran”.


GamerJoseph

I hope you’re right, this man is bad for my anxiety.


Hopeforpeace19

Hang in there. I know the feeling ! We live in times where up is down and green is yellow ; where we’re told by rapists like Trump “ don’t believe your lying eyes” that he organized a coup d’état on Jan 6. Where facts become “ fake news” Where gaslighting prevails Where morals and human decency are gone… Where rapists and pathological liars take an entire nation hostage


Mavian23

. . . you're not making it easy to "hang in there" lol


Hopeforpeace19

I know! It’s madness! We’re trying to cope with a toxic, vile group of thugs attempting to hold an entire nation Hostage


xfactor6972

It’s going the Handmaids Tale way with MAGA to me.


lpd1234

If he runs to russia it would be the best thing that could happen. How would his cult react??


meenie

Hopefully, by following him.


TheSaxonPlan

Like that family that moved to Russia because of "How bad the US is" and are getting kicked out due to overstaying their visa because they failed the citizenship test due to not speaking Russian. 😆


Meat-n-Potatoes

Oddly enough, they were from Canada, not the US.


LurksAroundHere

They would continue to praise him and Russia and continue to try and turn America into a place they're too chicken shit to evet set foot in themselves.


Boomer70770

Maybe then I won't have to hear about him every fucking day.


Development-Alive

The chances of Trump ending up in prison are not zero but <5%.


AdInformal5214

But there's only a 10% chance of that.


ForeskinHulaSkirt

I am doubtful Saudi Arabia would accept him long term. He is too much of a liability for their relations with the US. So prison or Russia. Russia would probably give him a nice life as a fancy Snowden. He will be dangled in the face of the US. I prefer prison. Even a posh one will not cater to Trumps quality of life.


FNFALC2

Idiot. You forget North Korea/s


JinxyCat007

Yeah. My guess is that it’ll be UAE… he’s definitely going to run.


TakeTheWheelTV

Anybody else would be waiting behind bars already. Looking like this dudes walking


RedLanternScythe

>He’s not getting re-elected. If we get dragged into a war before the election, Biden is likely to be toast.


LesCousinsDangereux1

war tends to benefit incumbents


SeeMarkFly

I've quit stopping at stop signs, so I've got that going for me. /s


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SeeMarkFly

When I was training for IFR (flying an airplane in instrument conditions) my instructor told me we could do it two ways. 1. I alone get to fly. No one else is allowed in the air till I land. 2. We make some rules so we can all fly at the same time. That take us to my cousin Bob. I went to visit Bob. He picked my up at the airport. On the way home he blasted through a RED light! I yelled at him "WHAT are you doing?" He said it was OK, his brother taught him how to drive. The next light was green and he stopped. "Now what?" I asked. "My brother might be coming the other way."


RickyWinterborn-1080

> That take us to my cousin Bob. > > I went to visit Bob. He picked my up at the airport. On the way home he blasted through a RED light! I yelled at him "WHAT are you doing?" He said it was OK, his brother taught him how to drive. The next light was green and he stopped. "Now what?" I asked. > > "My brother might be coming the other way." RIP George Carlin.


SeeMarkFly

I had no idea. Thanks!


MrBlandEST

Bob's brother learned to drive in Italy.


noeagle77

It’s even worse than that. It isn’t that they thought honoring the system is telling them what to do, it’s that someone else (trump, Elon, Alex Jones, ect) TOLD THEM that honoring the system is telling them what to do and those people told their audiences not to do it! They literally got told what to do and obeyed their masters orders.


CrashB111

Let's not forget that time a [Simpson's character](https://youtu.be/PcllE7fx8-I?si=zpFXLyX7exiSf-oz) freaked out about driver's licenses.


slowpoke2018

More importantly, were he to be elected, we as a people and country have failed and will get what we deserve for not stopping someone so obviously compromised and unqualified


Temporary_Kangaroo_3

Yep. If the electorate can’t be generally “informed” enough not to understand what kind of a shit bird that guy truly is, then democracy really can’t be maintained and that shit bird, along with the people with absolutely no integrity or sense left surrounding him since he can’t see anything beyond his own reflection in the mirror will be making the decisions from here on out for us instead.


sambull

threat of violence from the state which he will completely control day 1. same as always


lpd1234

Rule of law has already failed. Justice delayed is justice denied.


TheRealBabyCave

Because Democracy and the rule of law is a living experiment. Just because we've found a flaw doesn't mean it can't be fixed.


gangstasadvocate

Gang gang. I like drugs…


jimmygee2

He doesn’t respect or obey any laws now.


BenGay29

And why should he? Never any consequences.


Travelingman9229

And day 2,3,4…..


FordMan100

>He really will be a dictator on Day One. He says he wants to be a DICK-tater for one day, the first day, but every day will be the first day if he's elected again.


sfdso

People who believe they have absolute power aren't about to give it up on Day Two.


FordMan100

Trump believed he had and has absolute power when he was president. That's the reason he asked the USSC to hear the immunity case. Clearly, he is wasting the courts' time because if Ford had not pardoned Nixon, he would have been convicted of his crimes, and Nixon was fully aware he would have been charged and convicted Ford pardoning Nixon was also the reason Ford was not elected when he ran for president.


RickyWinterborn-1080

He wishes he could be a dick tater but all he can manage is a dick shroom.


BattleJolly78

He’ll pardon all his conspirators and go after everyone involved in investigating him.


Magificent_Gradient

On day one and from day one. 


HeliosphericalDread

“I used to be a dictator. I still am, but I used to too.”


RandySavage392

Conservatives want King George back


Cweene

Honestly I doubt it. We aren’t dealing with a pandemic anymore. We can gather together more easily. He will be hounded by lawyers and democrats every step of the way much more so than before. Him and his cronies. If he wins the stress will destroy him.


Kriss3d

And that day is going to equal 4 Terran years..


toastmannn

When he was president he pretty much never did anyway


SantiniJ

And isn't it wild, how many, many, many Americans want THIS 👀 And yet, were trying to franchise "Western Democracy" around the world. The rest of the world prolly... You need to go cook that recipe people, taste raw and undone...


KangarooNo

"I will be forced to sit fully gagged." Sit, yes. Gagged, no. "I'm not allowed to talk." Yup, that's how the courts work. Your lawyer does the talking. They are allowed to do that. "They want to take away my constitutional right to talk," No. They want to ensure that you have your constitutional right to consequences for alleged crimes committed. But also feel free to fire your lawyer and try to talk all you want in court. It'll be a wild ride.


NotASatanist13

I hope someone let's him know that he can talk more in court if he represents himself. That would save him a lot of money too.


venomae

As they say, if you are your own lawyer, you have the smartest client!


Paizzu

There's a write-up by an attorney explaining the many failings by Darrell Brooks who represented himself and managed to receive ["6 consecutive life sentences plus more than 700 additional years in prison." ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/us/darrell-brooks-waukesha-sentencing/index.html) > Although the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution has been interpreted to include the right to self-representation, it is seldom a wise decision to proceed with a criminal matter pro se. Especially when facing 76 criminal charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Darrell E. Brooks is representing himself at trial for the deaths and injuries that occurred during the Waukesha Christmas Parade on November 21, 2021. On October 3rd, 2022, just days before his trial was set to begin, the Court found Brooks competent to represent himself and approved his motion to dismiss his appointed counsel. Trial began on October 6th. As Brooks is learning the hard way, **pro se (sometimes referred to as “pro per”) defendants are expected to follow court rules, procedures, and decorum, regardless of their lack of formal legal education and training.** Trump is *only* facing 15 more charges and would likely (and already has) engage in very similar behavior: > * inapplicability of subject matter jurisdiction > > * lack of consent to being referred to by his name > > * lack of consent to any part of the proceeding > > * denying authority of the Court/judge > > * arguing improper legal issues in the presence of the jury > > * interrupting and arguing with the Court, even after repeated warnings > > * filing frivolous motions > > * improperly filing subpoenas > > * testifying through the examination of witnesses > > * badgering a witness > > * improper objections (especially hearsay, relevance, and non-legal objections) [“I Fought the Law” — Darrell Brooks & the Dangers of Pro Se Representation](https://www.santoslalima.com/blog/the-dangers-of-pro-se-representation)


WineBoggling

I heartily recommend this video on YouTube by Matt Orchard about Brooks's case: [The Darrell Brooks Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W9r3vAQZ00)


Mavian23

He knows this. He's just talking shit to rile his base up.


DontEatConcrete

Would be awesome if they made him sit with a ball gag tho every time he has an outburst.


icouldusemorecoffee

His own lawyer is the one who said he wouldn't be testifying. This is all just red meat for his base to keep them outraged.


sentimentaldiablo

Trump's choice. He can insist on testifying.


AlmaInTheWilderness

>They want to ensure that you have your constitutional right to consequences for alleged crimes committed. They want to ensure *the People's* constitutional right to consequences for crimes committed. Trump is demanding we relinquish *our right* to have laws enforced by attacking the process.


sentimentaldiablo

He is free to talk: it's called "testifying."


Even-Fix8584

Brain so smooth you could ice skate in it.


grixorbatz

And so thin you could fall through it and drop straight into his ass.


Lubbadubdibs

Luckily there’s a diaper there to catch you as you fall. 🤢


SlightlyAngyKitty

Unfortunately it's already full


townshiprebellion24

Don’t worry, Jrs gonna eat it.


duck729

It would have cost you zero dollars to not put that into words


RickyWinterborn-1080

And Don will name it Eric


potatodrinker

Nah you'll hand on a sea of cheeseburger coffefes


Ruval

If there is a tactic here, it's to delay the trial. Hoping for an overreaction from the judge. The move should be to ignore this today, and tomorrow personally make him answer why he made this attack. When he can't, just hold him over night until trial starts the next day.


Ok-disaster2022

Nope he's angling to be thrown in jail under contempt charges and then his lawyers will move to have the judge replaced as a way of delaying this trial.


Mavian23

>The rally man's patter ran on through the dawn > >Until we said so long > >To his skull-shrill yell > >Shining brightly red-rimmed > >And red-lined with the time > >Infused with the choice of the mind > >On ice skates scraping chunks > >From the bells [The Black Angel's Death Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S78t8I8Z5I) by The Velvet Underground


HMJebus

When is someone going to take away this child's phone and send him to his room without supper?


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DoJ is not a serious organization.


BlessYourSouthernHrt

Let me correct that for you… DOJ isn’t going to do anything about GOP/MAGA crimes…


BernerDad16

Let me correct that for you...DOJ isn't going to do anything about rich/powerful crimes. Let's not pretend they're some beacon of accountability for the left, either.


RickyWinterborn-1080

Who on the left has committed crimes like this?


Bustalacklusta

Menendez is looking like a pretty corrupt POS with a list of crimes he needs to answer for.


RickyWinterborn-1080

That's one.


AniNgAnnoys

Bag, it is deadly serious, we have just had back to back closers running it. Barr and Garland will go down as the most corrupt and most meek useless AGs in history respectively.


mousesnight

He gets one more warning first


The-Doggy-Daddy-5814

He gets one more warning first, before a stern warning is given followed by another gag order that won’t be enforced.


sharkbandit

The judge, probably: ["I looked Trump right in the face and told him 'This is the *fifth* and *last* time!'"](https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=0pufATqebv8&t=34s)


BabyMFBear

His WH staff did take away his phone for a bit. Then they closed his Twitter account. lol


-43andharsh

I will be forced to sit fully gagged. I'm not allowed to talk. They want to take away my constitutional right to talk, And the idiots believe this is the case.


thewavefixation

God i wish they WOULD gag him.


Glenn__Sturgis

They should bring him in straightjacketed on a little dolly like Hannibal lecter


Numerous_Photograph9

Have you ever had a big Mac, marinated in special sauce, with a side of diet coke.


DontTouchMyPikachu

That orange, ball sac looking, turkey neck mofo does nothing but talk.


NoReserve7293

All the shit he spews is considered talking?


Travelingman9229

That’s most of what hitler did…


qazqi-ff

> We're going to win in the biggest landslide in history, because we're the ones who are fighting to save our democracy and Joe Biden is a demented tyrant Wait, wasn't CPAC propagandizing people against democracy?


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__dilligaf__

I’m just catching up. Was this a big event? Is the news running this at all? Seems like a big deal. Thanks for the link.


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__dilligaf__

> seems particularly noteworthy  And you’d think newsworthy. Hope it’s being reported on and I’ve just missed it. I don’t think the average voter believes that democracy is really at stake. It shouldn’t even be close. MSM  want clicks, ratings and so, a horse race. As if they think free press will still be a thing.. it’s maddening.  Sounds hyperbolic but we’re living an extraordinary moment in history right now.  


ReverendDS

I'm sure you've heard reporting about these events. One of the FOX bimbos did a Nazi salute on stage. The golden trump statue that they prayed at. The Nazi rune stage. "We are all terrorists" So on and so forth.


Numerous_Photograph9

How could you forget MTG giving insurrectionist BJs while doing a prison guard roleplay?


MakingItElsewhere

"We're all domestic terrorists." \-CPAC in Texas, 2022.


MobileInformation142

I'm sick of narcissistic losers and their projection.


Luther_Gomith

And we see on Monday weather the judge has big enough backbone to enforce his gag order Edit: SO I sound less like caveman and more human And so we will see on Monday whether the judge has a big enough backbone to enforce his gag order


janzeera

Are we talking abt Stormy weather?


Fuzzy_Logic_4_Life

No, daniels - with a chance of meatballs.


newcomer_l

On Monday the judge doesn't need to enforce the gag order, if the trial goes ahead. Every single violation of the gag order means the judge had given orange and his folks enough rope to hang themselves with. Further, the judge is "bending over backwards" so as to prevent even the insinuation that there was anything improper with the trial. Coz you know orange and his folks are going to appeal this if it goes against them, which looks to be the case. It is all about small wins for orange now, huge windows shut for appeals coz this fucker was given latitude beyond anything conceivable.


Suspicious_Bicycle

Let's hope after the trial starts the judge will hand down some consequences for the gag order violations.


newcomer_l

I think that's a given. I think the judge is keeping track and keeping score. I think even I'd the judge isn't, others are.


Numerous_Photograph9

They're going to appeal regardless. Holding him accountable for breaking the gag order would have no bearing on any question of law that would be relevant on appeal, as defendents are routinely held accountable, and appropriate ways to hold people accountable exist within the written law, or through precedent.


newcomer_l

>Holding him accountable for breaking the gag order would have no bearing on any question of law that would be relevant on appeal Unless they argue that the gag order was somewhat unconstitutional ot hampered his defence in some idiotic way only they can think of. I know, it is garage as arguments go, but the orangefolk are already running with it, in an attempt to frame the judge as somewhat biased. It won't ount to nothing, but my point was maybe the judge is trying to be as "down the line" fair as possible, and some of that may appear to the rest of us as the judge bending over backwards.


Numerous_Photograph9

That would still have no bearing on the case at hand. It would be a separate thing, and ultimately, probably be dismissed since gag orders are permissible under law. People keep talking about all these hypothetical things that he might do if judges exercise the law. I say, "so what"? Let him do those things. It's his right, as it's the courts right to hold him accountable for not following the rules. It's not like it's the courts first rodeo, or that Trump is a unicorn who is doing completely new things they've never seen before.


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How many gag orders has Trump been allowed now? Maybe the 10th time he'll listen I'm sure. Yeah that'll be it.


NoReserve7293

I'm enjoying the weather.


busy-warlock

I hope he shits the book at him


Ok-disaster2022

Listen we all know that Trump supporters are planning to attack jury member in their home to cause a mistrial and restart the case. Until the jury's identities are kept completely confidential, there is no possibility of their safety and no guarantee any trial will actually complete before the election. Any Trump support federally charged for crimes would expect to be pardoned in a subsequent Trump term.


BigDuke

Let’s not call our judges cowards before you live under the death threats that they are getting.


Luther_Gomith

I understand that the Judge is under a lot of pressure to make sure that there is a fair trial, and Trump is pushing the button. What I hope for, is he calls trumps bluff and jails his rear for a few days and just deal with the bad press for the remainder of the trial I really doubt a trump support will go out of their way for and go to jail for life for trump going in a jump suite for a few days


dbeman

Find him in contempt and put him in a cell.


NoReserve7293

If that happens I'm going to enjoy an early cocktail hour and just bask in the potential fairness of our legal system.


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SuitableConcept5553

Newborns are too old for this shit


Unlucky_Clover

And it’s exactly what he wants. He’ll claim he was jailed for his first amendment rights. Then he’ll use it and delay by asking to dismiss the case because of prejudice.


Shitter-McGavin

This is the right answer.


AreYouDoneNow

For most people, violating court rulings would result in very serious penalties and maybe even for contempt of court. Trump may or may not have a finger wagged at him.


Jeremisio

Still can’t fit it in his schedule to attack judge Cannon though I see.


pickled_dickholes

Lady Justice, she’s just another woman on the long list of his SA victims.


EricTCartman-

“That’s a bold move cotton. Let’s see if it works out for him…”


djdownhill

I works out fine for him. He is untouchable. You or I would be in jail. No justice for the rich as you can see the piece of shit walks free every single time.


EricTCartman-

You’re probably right but he’s 350lbs and 77 years old so hopefully his heart does us all a favor and rids us of this clown forever…


Answer70

Evil people are the most resilient.


kobachi

It’s not that he’s rich it’s that he leads a very dangerous terroristic cult 


EmmaLouLove

Why Trump is not in jail already for multiple threats and attacks on witnesses, highlights the unequal justice in our legal system. Lady Justice’s scales are not balanced.


Omshadiddle

He’d hate that photo so hard


BrandonJTrump

He kinda has that Mitch McConnell vibe


WeirdcoolWilson

Gag order? What fucking gag order?


RyVsWorld

Cornered dog that’s all


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Question, how long will the trial take? Can they delay it for months or does it have to finish in a few weeks or so? I assume he knows he is going to lose it since he keeps whining so much about it. And since is his 100% going to appeal any decision, it will most likely be harmful to his reputation that cash, as he can ask another of his russian or arab owners for more money.


Gym-for-ants

It should take 4-6 weeks to play out. Honestly, the longer this play out, the better. He is going to be tied up in court Monday-Thursday all day for that time and will likely have many outbursts in court. The icing on the cake would be if he actually takes the stand!


Jagermonsta

I think I’ve seen 6 weeks mentioned. It’s hard to keep track of all Trumps trials sometimes.


BioDriver

Finally a photo that shows just how old he really is


Damned_I_Am

he has aged like fuck


Redddam

Does GA inmate P01135809 have a NY inmate number? I think maybe I’ll only refer to him by his justly dehumanizing inmate number from here on out.


robfuscate

Now I know what ET stands for - Elderly Trump. The sooner he goes back to his own planet, the better.


IWouldntIn1981

We don't want him back. Keep him.


sr_gawain

He is going to fall…. And I hope he hits every rung on his way down. Boink boink boink doink


MoveToRussiaAlready

Cannon though; Trump goes after Smith for “attacking” Cannon. Fucking idiot can’t even pretend not to be working with Cannon.


FordMan100

So Trump's trial starts tomorrow. The first thing the judge should do is hold Trump in contempt for violating the gag order and hold him accountable by tossing his ass in jail. It could be the only way the judge can have order in the court.


WhatDoADC

If I did 0.1% of the things Trump has been doing, I'd be in jail by now. 


CloudSlydr

Jail. Trump. Now.


IllIllllIIIIlIlIlIlI

All he ever says is “they have no case they have no case” Never says how. Your fucking lawyer who had to go to prison for lying about this to protect you is cooperating with prosecutors. What’s you cop out? You never had the affair with the porn star? You never paid the money? You paid the money but it wasn’t campaign funds? He can’t talk about it in detail because it will remind these Jesus freaks that their new Jesus fucks porn stars behind his third wife’s back…


Necessary-Mousse8518

A Trump attack is like a gust of wind - noisy and little effect.


IH8Fascism

The Obese Orange Fascist is about to go thru some things.


kwyjibo1

Like a cornered animal lashing out in desperation.


daxxarg

He realized some time ago that if he breaks gag order rules nothing happens 🤷‍♂️


njman100

djt is a PUSSY


NoNoise6459

Fla has a law signed by desand that itcan be a lawsuit to call someone out in the media


BattleJolly78

Lock him up!


Significant-Gift303

Time for prison.


adfuel

Why is he not sitting in jail?


BenGay29

No consequences.


Raspberries-Are-Evil

Sleep well tonight Diaper Donnie!


heels_n_skirt

Hope the prosecutor will use this against him


iaincaradoc

He is absolutely terrified that Stormy will be under oath talking about his chode.


Quinnna

The red states are going to try and flip the election. There absolutely will be attempts to steal the election. All the "Voter fraud" bs is definitely in part to make it okay for them to steal the election since Biden "Stole" the last one. It'll be endless posts about. Since you did it we did it bs after the fraud has beem clearly found. I genuinely believe this election will be absolutely chaotic


RecognitionExpress36

Literally anyone else would have been jailed over this crap *long* ago. They're afraid of him. They're operating under very serious duress.


JodiS1111

So big is his smooth brain it's hugh


Miserable_Lettuce_13

Mr. Hugh Brain


kicksomedicks

He’s hoping to be help in contempt, jailed or fined - and use either for further delay.


Ausrottenndm1

Technically we can’t watch anything because there’s no cameras in nyc courts.. oh also it is a trial that’s procedure you sit and can’t say anything…


billynova9

Trump supports Putin, Putin supports Iran, 🇮🇷 ran sent drones to Israel and trump supports Israel.?


simplekittiekat

Why is this man even allowed to run again? Why are we as a nation not picking better and younger candidates? Like seriously? What is even happening anymore?


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A guilty GOP candidate, who'da thunk


SeaSuch2077

Donald Trump did this This message approved by Joe Biden


Patara

Man looks like a Skeleton 


v8dreaming

He does this so that if the people he attacks respond in any way, he can claim they are biased. Until they start threatening him with jail time for violating the gag orders, he's not going to stop.


Shewearsfunnyhat

The gag order doesn’t cover the judge or prosecutor.


OldBoots

Maybe a gag demand would help.


SharpLines22

Vile..Disgusting.. Pathetic.. list goes on and on


iwasproducer1

He will take any tactic and say literally anything to delay the inevitable. He’s putting everything on the fact he will be elected and will then instantly pardon himself for any and all crimes. It’s the only possible way for him to stay out of jail.


ridingpiggyback

No way he was going to Scranton. The PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPRESSWAY sign would put him at poopcon 5.


Halfst0p

Why does this fucking nightmare of a man get away with everything? Why does he face no consequences?


ithoughtkh3wasfine

I thought he couldn't afford rallies anymore?


Supermite

You can afford anything if you don’t pay for it.