The Trump downfall thread

[Tiffany]

.....and $99.00 for Trump trading cards....nah-huh!! So most of you that are gamers will get this point....If I'm going to buy trading cards and I've spent $50 a box for trading cards a few times or more..... (not saying where lol), but I want my trading cards to do something. They must have a code so I can log in to my favorite gaming website, put in that code and get a virtual gift of some sort. Just saying

 

[Arantor]

The trading cards thing is amazing. I did enjoy the one meme of Fat Trump Superman in front of a picture of Trump Superman with the caption of something like “reality vs Trump”.

 

[Retro]

So, Trump looks ridiculous creating these NFTs and is widely mocked for doing it. Then, they sell out in record time and make him $4.5 million. Who's having the last laugh now? Clearly the man knows his audience. I despair at the stupidity of the gullible for falling for it.

And of course, it continues to make him a threat by potentially winning the presidency. He absolutely must be stopped. I can't stress this enough.

Donald Trump’s digital trading card collection sells out in less than a day

NFTs were priced at $99 each and depict the former US president in guises including superhero, astronaut and race car driver

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tiffany]

The cost for the NFTs was US$99 each and 45,000 were put on sale. As with other NFTs, the purchaser holds ownership of the specific digital Trump card, but the image itself can be widely copied and shared by anyone online.

.......4.5 million towards his defense counsel.....

The art of branding....I'm sure there's more coming. Is there a market for NFT's on eBay?

The American Presidency has hit an all-time low point.

 

[Arantor]

They weren't even *good* pictures. I don't mean the *content*, I mean the technical artistry behind the images.

 

[Retro]

This is why it's so hard to finally push Trump out of the running: because of his rabid core fanbase. This is why it's so critical that those criminal charges are made against him and sooner rather than later, to force him out of politics and a court trial and sentence to usher him into prison, otherwise he might just win again.

I think he'd look great in that orange jumpsuit. Would go nicely with his orange look.

Utah’s Republican senator Mitt Romney, no friend of Trump, put it bluntly last week:

I think we’ve got, I don’t know, 12 people or more that would like to be president, that are thinking of running in 2024. If President Trump continues in his campaign, I’m not sure any one of them can make it through and beat him. He’s got such a strong base of, I don’t know, 30% or 40% of the Republican voters, or maybe more, it’s going to be hard to knock him off as our nominee.

Is Trump finally politically dead? Sort of | Robert Reich

Republican lawmakers know Trump is unpopular – but some feverishly pro-Trump voters have the party in a bind

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tiffany]

I think Romney is over-estimating Trumps base, IMHO. Trump has lost the core principled people that voted for the policy, but can no longer vote for the personality that comes with the policy. Trump is too polarizing and toxic for this common sense base.

Polls and predictions have been wrong before, and they were way wrong in the mid-term election predictions favoring a win for the Republicans. The Republicans failed as they always do because they are not in lock-step together with each other on the whole of the party.

 

[Retro]

Thanks Tiffs, that gives me hope!

 

[Retro]

The net continues to tighten around Trump's neck:

California congressman Adam Schiff said Sunday that he believes there is “sufficient evidence” to criminally charge Donald Trump in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Schiff’s dramatic statement on CNN’s State of the Union came one day before the House January 6 select committee to which he belongs is poised to release an outline of its extensive investigative report on the US Capitol attack, which has been linked to nine deaths, including the suicides of traumatized law enforcement officers.

Schiff: ‘Sufficient evidence’ to criminally charge Trump over efforts to overturn election

Dramatic statement comes one day before January 6 panel set to release outline of its investigative report on US Capitol attack

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tiffany]

Yes @Retro take solace in the fact that Trump is working against the media and the democrat machine. The dems have so many surprises up their sleeve....they don't ever stop until they achieve their intended outcome.

 

[Retro]

And now the January 6th committee has finally referred Trump to the DOJ on criminal charges. He must be hating this.

Live updates: Jan. 6 committee votes to issue criminal referrals against Trump

The Jan. 6 committee voted to approve its final report and the referral of multiple criminal charges against former President Donald Trump to the DOJ during the panel's final public meeting Monday. Watch live and follow the latest news updates here.

edition.cnn.com

Capitol riot committee seeks four criminal charges for Trump

The committee airs critical testimony by a Trump loyalist and criticises his daughter, Ivanka Trump.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tiffany]

The DOJ is going to rapidly expedite these referrals. It will move very fast, IMHO.

 

[Retro]

I'll bet this does more to damage Trump's chances of re-election than anything else. I still wanna see him go to prison for his crimes though, especially for the insurrection he fomented that resulted in the deaths of several people.

Trump tax returns will be made public, US House panel votes

Democrats on the committee say Mr Trump was not actually under tax audit in 2016, as he claimed.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tiffany]

I'm sure there's some oddities in Trump's tax returns. I heard a long time ago, it was speculated that he might not be as wealthy as presumed and revealing his tax returns would reveal his actual wealth, rather then the public assumed wealth he has.

The Republicans are trying to block it because they say this leaves a wide open "rule" for anyone's taxes to be looked at.....to that I say, the Republicans have forgotten that all president-elects have to submit their tax returns and Trump did not from 2016. Furthermore, all American's are subject to tax audits at the whim of the IRS at anytime.

 

[Arantor]

Someone on Twitter was 'Post what's in Donald Trump's tax returns, wrong answers only!' - I wanted to reply with 'Money.'

 

[Retro]

Go on then!

 

[Arantor]

I'd have to find it again because Twitter like all the 'socials' is awful for finding things again.

 

[Retro]

Oh no, don't worry about going to all that trouble. I was just being flippant.

 

[Arantor]

It's impossible at this point; if it's under a day old it might have been possible, but it was over that... no chance of finding it now. It's gone, like tears in rain.

Like Trump's career.

 

[Retro]

So, Trump's tax returns have finally been released and analysed. Turns that while they raise questions, there's no smoking gun, unfortunately. Seems odd really, since his businesses were recently found to have committed fraud.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/31/business/trump-taxes-questions/index.html

 

[Arantor]

There were a few interesting things in there - the 'I'm going to donate my salary' claims that were untrue, the money to Stormy Daniels being a tax write-off, the losses etc. that don't really align with a businessman of his supposed stature. But we knew that...

 

[Tiffany]

This is an interesting development in the past 24 hours:

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump that Interpol rejects

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday...

apnews.com

Yesterday, Iran issued an arrest warrant for Trump for the role he played in killing Gen. Qassem Soleimani with a drone strike. As of today, Interpol is not going to move forward with the arrest. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

 

[Retro]

Oh, that's an interesting one. Article is from 2.5 years ago though and I've heard nothing of this since he lost the election, so presumably it went nowhere. I'll bet Iran remains pissed off about this though.

 

[Tiffany]

Oh, that's my bad........I actually found the recent news on an "off news media website" and went searching for the original source of news to arrest Trump. I have the correct link on my iPad. I'll get that soon and post. At the moment, I have two small dogs that just climbed up to sit with me and I don't have the heart to move them.

 

[Retro]

Thanks and no problem, doggies come first!