The Trump observations thread

[Dr. Medulla]

Apparently he's not the "billionaire" he claims to be. Guess he's going to have to hawk some more hideous sneakers and ridiculous trading cards.

Trump and his lawyers admitted today that he's broke and can't pay the bond in the New York fraud case.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump- ... eb%2028%20

A man found guilty of falsely inflating his wealth doesn't have the money to pay the fine? Get my fainting couch, I'm going down!

[laxman]

Apparently he's not the "billionaire" he claims to be. Guess he's going to have to hawk some more hideous sneakers and ridiculous trading cards.

Trump and his lawyers admitted today that he's broke and can't pay the bond in the New York fraud case.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump- ... eb%2028%20

A man found guilty of falsely inflating his wealth doesn't have the money to pay the fine? Get my fainting couch, I’m going down!

Isn’t that another of his court cases?

[Dr. Medulla]

Apparently he's not the "billionaire" he claims to be. Guess he's going to have to hawk some more hideous sneakers and ridiculous trading cards.

Trump and his lawyers admitted today that he's broke and can't pay the bond in the New York fraud case.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump- ... eb%2028%20

A man found guilty of falsely inflating his wealth doesn't have the money to pay the fine? Get my fainting couch, I’m going down!

Isn’t that another of his court cases?

Quiet! I want in on the judgment!

[Dr. Medulla]

https://thehardtimes.net/culture/trump- ... r-rallies/

[Dr. Medulla]

[Dr. Medulla]

Buncha damn hippies in there!
https://newrepublic.com/post/179531/tru ... wash-drugs

[Flex]

Buncha damn hippies in there!
https://newrepublic.com/post/179531/tru ... wash-drugs

I'm sure it was a lot worse under trump - because how could it not be - but my understanding is that ubiquitous drug use, uppers mostly, is pretty much the norm for all presidential administrations. You can't meet the demands of the office without ubiquitous drug intake, basically.

[Dr. Medulla]

Buncha damn hippies in there!
https://newrepublic.com/post/179531/tru ... wash-drugs

I'm sure it was a lot worse under trump - because how could it not be - but my understanding is that ubiquitous drug use, uppers mostly, is pretty much the norm for all presidential administrations. You can't meet the demands of the office without ubiquitous drug intake, basically.

Especially since the 24-hour news cycle became the norm. I remember reading an interview with a Clinton staffer who said that the cable news environment meant that you were expected to have a response to any event within a half hour otherwise you lost the opportunity to control the narrative (meaning your political opponents could seize it). The notion of contemplation and a measured response was dead. That was in the 90s. With Twitter et al, the response time is shorter and more competitive.

[Mimi]

While other presidents were known to take a mix of drug cocktails to fight off back pain (like JFK) or bad moods (like Nixon), no previous administrations matched the level of debauchery of Trump’s, whose in-office pharmacists unquestioningly handed out highly addictive substances to staffers who needed pick-me-ups or energy boosts—no doctor’s exam, referral, or prescription required.

good lord!

[Dr. Medulla]

For historical reference, Norman Ohler's Blitzed relates the role of drugs—speed, chiefly—in the Nazi military, enhancing both its quick victories at the beginning and then the erratic behaviour at the end.

[Kory]

While other presidents were known to take a mix of drug cocktails to fight off back pain (like JFK) or bad moods (like Nixon), no previous administrations matched the level of debauchery of Trump’s, whose in-office pharmacists unquestioningly handed out highly addictive substances to staffers who needed pick-me-ups or energy boosts—no doctor’s exam, referral, or prescription required.

good lord!

Why aren't there more deaths

[Flex]

Why aren't there more deaths

access to some of the best medical care in the world, presumably.

[Kory]

Why aren't there more deaths

access to some of the best medical care in the world, presumably.

Sorry, I meant why can't there be more deaths

[Flex]

Sorry, I meant why can't there be more deaths

because god hates us

[Dr. Medulla]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... es/677662/

I'm not fluent in this kind of stuff, so I can't say how persuasive the analysis is, but it suggests that Trump's money problems are quite significant.