Trump is trying to make up for his diminished crowd sizes by selecting smaller venues. Mary Trump Predicts 'Shrinking' Crowd Problem Will 'Trigger' Her Uncle excerpt: “Small turnout, muted responses, and louder hecklers challenge him and stress him in a way few other things can,” she added. “Huge crowds, and their violent energy, motivate him. They were a crutch. Without them, he loses an important method of deploying his message, and momentum.”
Trump is known to become extremely upset, even when a few empty seats are visible at his rallies. Trump fired digital campaign manager Brad Parscale.after the low turnout at his June 2020 Covid-spreader comeback rally in Tulsa. Hermain Cain attended that rally and said he felt great. After the rally, he tested positive for the coronavirus. He died of Covid in July 2020.
After being fired by Trump, Brad Parscale was arrested for a domestic dispute at his home. After luring him out of his home, police gang tackled him. His wife called the police and said she heard what sounded like a gun shot from his room. Parscale later admitted that he felt hurt by Trump firing him via Twitter with no notice.
'He's f---ed up everything': Trump exploded at his campaign manager over low turnout at a rally, a new book says excerpt: "The June 2020 rally was promoted as Trump's campaign-trail comeback after COVID-19 lockdowns halted most in-person gatherings. Before the event, the Trump campaign, including Parscale, boasted that nearly 1 million people had requested tickets. The crowd turned out to be significantly smaller. After the rally, the Trump campaign claimed that 12,000 people attended. The Tulsa Fire Department said only about 6,200 supporters showed up."
Trump's campaign staff denied it, but they, along with Parscale, were duped by social media users who registered for Trump's June 2020 Tulsa rally without any intention to actually attend it. It suckered Trump into setting up an overflow lot across the street from the main venue. Trump was to speak there before the main event. But when he arrived, the lot was empty. Inside the main venue were many empty seats. Without spending money, the public brilliantly manipulated Trump via the social media on which he depends so much, taking advantage of his lust for crowd size. It was another black eye for him during a close race in 2020 that helped seal his loss..
Conservative CNN Pundit Says Nikki Haley Baited Trump Into 'A Strategic Mistake' excerpt: "In the days prior to the New Hampshire vote, she had stepped up her criticism of Trump, questioning his mental acuity. The tactic appeared to get under his skin, as Trump’s victory speech was filled with grievances and insults directed at the former South Carolina governor. “The Haley people went out and spoke early to try to bait him into that reaction. And he took the bait,” Jennings said on CNN. “Now we’re going to fight it out ... for another month.” He added, “It was a strategic mistake.” During the victory speech, Trump fumed that Haley hadn’t dropped out of the 2024 race, commented on the way she dressed and said, “I don’t get too angry — I get even.”"
Trump behaved similarly when he was president by declaring migrants a national emergency so that he could siphon money from the military to build is border wall. Trump's cohort in Texas, Abbott, appears to be defying a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Trump Screws Himself Over in Just Three Minutes in E. Jean Carroll Trial excerpt: "Even a ruling from the nation’s highest court doesn’t seem to be enough to deter Texas’s governor from fooling around at the border. On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott amped the situation up a notch, declaring the influx of immigrants over the border an “invasion”—a status that Abbott claimed supersedes federal mandates—while shipping more members of the Texas National Guard to erect more concertina wire along the Rio Grande section of the U.S.-Mexico border. That move appeared to openly defy a Supreme Court ruling made on Monday, which sided with the Biden administration that Texas had overstepped its authority by placing the wire in such a way that federal agents could no longer access the border."
Colorado voters zero in on violence of January 6 as they urge Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot | CNN Politics excerpt: "The Colorado voters trying to disqualify Donald Trump from the state ballot told the Supreme Court on Friday that the violence the former president provoked on January 6, 2021, qualifies as an insurrection under the terms of the Constitution and bars him from holding future office."
Trump tried to use the recession in the early 90's as an 'act of God' event to renege on his loan. He claimed that a recession was an example of an event covered by a force majeure clause in his contract.
Trump trial live updates: Jury says former president must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll excerpt: "Donald Trump's legal team will "immediately appeal" the verdict issued by a jury ordering the former president to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages, one of his lawyers said Friday. In remarks outside the courthouse, attorney Alina Habba brushed off what she called a “ridiculous jury” decision. Habba also criticized the judge, saying he wasn't allowed any defense in front of the jury."
When he appeals, he will have to post a bond for the whole amount and interest. He must be so pissed off....great. He can put that on his AMEX....
Trump can request another loan from Axos bank whose CEO bailed him out previously. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/27/trump-loans-axos-bank-gregory-garrabrants/ excerpt: "Unless he found a new lender, Trump’s business empire could have been in jeopardy. Then a new partner came to the rescue: a little known, online-only financial firm headquartered in a suburban San Diego office park."
The wreckage of Giuliani's life since he became involved with Trump and his politics. Trump Owes Giuliani For Legal Work, Rudy Suggests In Bankruptcy Filing excerpt: "The former New York City mayor has represented Trump in several of his legal imbroglios and on various other unsavory missions. In 2019, Trump tasked Giuliani with digging up (or manufacturing) dirt on the Bidens; in 2020, Giuliani spearheaded Trump’s legal efforts to stay in power after having lost the election. Those efforts sparked two impeachments and placed Giuliani in the crosshairs of multiple criminal and civil investigations. He can no longer practice law thanks to ongoing disciplinary proceedings filed over his involvement in Trump’s attempt to reverse his loss; his longtime attorney Robert Costello sued him for more than $1.3 million. Giuliani is under indictment in Georgia, and was hit last year with a $148 million defamation judgement over his ongoing false statements about election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman."
About forty of Trump's rioters from Illinois have been charged. Jury selection to begin for CPD officer and his sister for storming Capitol on Jan. 6 excerpt: "The longest sentence for an Illinois defendant so far was the 51 months in prison given to Kevin Lyons, who broke into then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office after storming the capitol, and then stole a wallet and a photo of Pelosi with the late Congressman John Lewis."
Muntzer thought that the insurrection at the Capitol would become a national holiday like the 4th of July. https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-a...-about-entering-capitol-during-january-6-riot excerpt: "Muntzer believes the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged. “I really believe that Trump won by a landslide; not only did he win, but I believe he won, pretty much, almost fifty states,” he said."
Trump Storms Out of E. Jean Carroll Rape Trial Again as Lawyers Rip Into Him excerpt: "“Ms. Habba, you are on the verge of spending some time in the lockup,” the judge thundered, striking her with a rare threat to throw the lawyer behind bars. “Fuck it,” she responded, in a muffled voice that was caught on the microphone. Earlier in the trial, Habba received quite a bit of attention when she yelled “horseshit” while responding to the judge."
Opinion: Panicking over polls showing Donald Trump ahead of President Biden? Please stop excerpt: "That’s particularly true in a presidential contest. Ronald Reagan trailed early on in the public polling before his reelection, as did Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama. But in the end, those national campaigns found compelling contrasts, effective attacks on their opponents, a story about their accomplishments in office and a vision for the future that moved voters toward them over time. That’s what good campaign polling actually does: It explores how an attack affects different voters to understand how to target an ad. It determines where support is soft among base voters and how to show them that the candidate is fighting for them. It tests the most effective policy proposals to contrast with an opponent to move swing voters."
Giuliani cites Trump for unpaid legal fees in his latest bankruptcy filing. Rudy Giuliani targets Trump for ‘unpaid legal fees’ in new filing excerpt: "Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has listed a claim against the one-term president over unpaid legal fees in a new bankruptcy filing. The ex-New York City mayor includes a “possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J Trump.” in the 26 January filing, which states that the amount is “undetermined.”"
In 2019 Giuliani said he had an insurance policy in case Trump threw him under the bus. Now he's asking Trump for money as his insurance policy after Trump ran him over with the bus. Giuliani attacks foes, claims again to have 'insurance' to stay in Trump's good graces