Yes. And Hitler came back to power afterwards. The way Trump is wired I can easily see him believing the next step for him should be jail, before his comeback to take over the world.
lol. We need to chuckle now and then. Laughing at people in authority (or who want to be in authority) takes away their credibility. Thanks for the chuckle. Can't you just see it on stage? I'd like to see it done in Gilbert and Sullivan style.
My bet is on him testing this Judge. This judge won’t take any crap and I bet he will throw Donald behind bars. He could by all rights if he feels Donnie is too much of a threat keep him locked up until the trial ends. Good thing I love popcorn 🍿
I felt that way from 2016 on. And I thought, when Biden was elected, "thank God! I can get back to doing ordinary things like studying medieval history."
The Judge should jail him now, because Donny will have jr & Eric making media posts for him.
Why are the Judges tippytoeing around some severe actions that any average person would Incur?
Could it possibly be because he is a white wealthy male? He's a treasonous , asswipe of a pseudo monster, put him in prison before a Judge, prosecutor or somebody gets blown away by a maga shit brain.
I think the tippytoeing around is to put time and factual information on Donald’s crimes out to the general public. They want to keep the temperature down and prevent any civil unrest or retaliation by giving him all these chances they would give no one else. Now it feels to me as though the turning point is upon us for the courts to downshift and accelerate on the ungrateful son of a bitch.
He really should throw him in jail if he messes around BUT I'm sure the judge is concerned about how that is done when the person has Secret Service protection. If he's convicted, that is one thing, but if he's jailed for contempt, that is usually pretty spur of the moment in court and there may not be a mechanism in place.
Secret service can sit where the correction officers sit and watch on him the monitor
There are ways to work around everything it just hasn't ever been done before.
Like a past president being a total threat to democracy an insurrectionist evil person so I believe we thr people need protection from him and his secret service protection should be revoked
Or the orange piece if ahit can have his own cell and secret service can sit outside the door
Seriously
Justice needs to be served.
Period
He did this to himself he deserves every punishment coming to him
I find this so ironic! My 100% service-connected disabled Navy veteran husband (and any veteran receiving benefits) forfeits all benefits forever if convicted of a felony! I would settle for them just taking away his secret service protection-we’re paying a fortune for him to have that privilege, so if a regular retired military person or someone receiving VA disability pay can have their benefits revoked even though they actually SERVED their country, surely we can take away SS protection from a conman who has done nothing but grift from this country! (Of course, if convicted TFG WOULD lose his right to vote- it’s doubtful that he’s ever exercised that right except to vote for himself-but just being able to see his face when he’s told that a convicted felon can’t vote OR ever go to Canada!)
Agreed. He's getting away with much more than the average person. I think the judges fear both the pragmatic issues with regard to jailing him and, frankly, the political fallout.
Well, then, he better get ready to house the Secret Service beforehand, because sure is Purdue Pharmaceutical makes the little white pep pills, Trump is going to violate the gag order, early and often.
::By taking away Donald’s ability to go on the attack against court staff and witnesses, Merchan is inadvertently stripping Donald of one of his go-to tools to keep his base angry and try to make inroads with disillusioned independents.::
I don't think it's at ALL "inadvertent"—I think Judge Merchan knows just what he's doing, and is letting your narcissistic sociopath uncle (there's one in every family—but most get stopped! hard long before they get to the point yours did) know that he won't be able to rile up his base without serious consequences like jail time. Not that it will make any difference to HIM—until he's behind bars without any access to social media!
Of course, he'll probably get his lawyers or other mouthpieces to whine FOR him, but I doubt it will have the same effect.
::Imagines Donald Trump writing his own version of *Mein Kampf*...on grade school lined paper...in crayon....::
::Starts laughing uncontrollably as my cat backs away from me, arching his back and hissing::
EDIT: Look! I got OpenAI to make me a picture of Trump writing his book in crayon!
If Donald were treated like 99% of perpetrators, he would already be in jail. He gets special cushy, privileged treatment. The legal system needs to recognize tRump is a legitimate danger to society, just as if he had a gun in his hand. Organized crime bosses get jailed; Donald shouldn't be treated any better.
(I don't know why the thought of the RICO Act being mistaken for Edward G. Robinson in LITTLE CAESAR is funny to me—probably because so many Right Wingers misuse it in that way!)
No access to social media would definitely frost his shorts and he also wouldn't have any catsup-filled plates to toss in his cell during his many tantrums. Also, he's so desperate for cash that I received a text this afternoon about how the radical Democrats want to seize his properties. That's as far as I got before the message was deleted but you can bet there was a call for cash somewhere in that annoying, unwelcome text. In the meantime, social media continues to help by working overtime to support Trump's art of the steal and his non-stop grift.
Hi DR Darke, I think because of the lack of typos in his rants, someone else is already doing the posts for him. Many folks can sound just like him by now. He never goes off script.
Hey did you know Rohn actually banned me from his Substack. I must have touched one of his many exposed nerves.
It should NEVER have been lowered His legal team didn’t even try IMO They weren’t made to show any plans they’d drawn up or whom they approached etc It was all for show He’s gotten off super easy so far He HAS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!
He has taken advantage of every opportunity….. the average citizen like you and I would have never have had it this easy! Should have never been allowed 10 more days!
There's something I don't understand. If Donald were truly the strongman he claims to be, why is he always whining about being a victim? You can't have it both ways. Either he's terribly strong and impervious to attacks or he's a victim of people stronger than he is. I guess his supporters are as irrational as he is or they'd see the contradiction.
The irony of narcissists! They pretend to be a strongman, however they are some of the weakest personalities in the world. Just like when trump whines and complains about being a victim while claiming he’s the only one that knows how to “fix” things. I don’t understand why his fans don’t see the contradiction either. As my sister says, “You can’t fix stupid!”
Yes, a very astute observation. Like you, I don't recall Hilter winning that "they" were against him; however, I am not sure I want to remind lil'Donnie Boy of that.
A lot of "strongmen" are just like him — brittle, insecure, and prone to whine the first time things don't go exactly their way. Look at how Putin loses it every time somebody challenges him in the least little way….
The only gag that would work with Donald is of the ball gag variety. He will never shut his trap, no matter what. I want to see if the justice system will indeed hold him to account for his actions. Here's hoping he will enjoy rikers island, it should be nice this time of year, LOL!
I'd like to share your enthusiasm for tRump to settle down and mind his manners. However, we all know he does not have the capacity to do that. His unhinged mental health and severe narcissism do not allow him to operate in this world. He lives in another orbit far, far from humans. He's created his own mental universe and lives there (maybe the third ring of Saturn). He cannot live and interact with other human beings. I had high hopes that Judge Engoron would put him in jail after threatening him several times. But alas, nothing. Fines and more fines, but no incarceration, which would shut him up. I don't think Judge Merchan will jail him, either. For some reason, all men are deathly afraid of him. A wimpy man like tRump does not deserve that kind of deference.
I don’t think all men are afraid of him Obama isn’t Nor is Joe or Hunter Biden It’s only the GQP who are afraid of him calling them a name Adam Schiff isn’t afraid of him nor is All star Katie Porter Eric Swallwell I could name a ton &yes I know Katie Porter isn’t a man but she’s got more parts then the GQP men!
I loved this so much I read it like, three times. “True to form, Donald responded with the restraint of a toddler by attacking not only Judge Merchan (declaring “he hates me!” and suggesting he suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome) but also the judge’s daughter.” Popcorn’s almost ready.
Thank you Mary your writings are always worthwhile. He, the former guy, is using the radical playbook, that is to deliberately provoke the officials to over react. Then he gets to play the victim again but so far officials have been under reacting, this must both frustrate him and simultaneously encourage him to run his motor mouth all the more. There is going to be a collision before long.
I want Defendant Trump to violate the gag order and then get locked up. I am sick to death of his arrogant flouting of rules, and even more disgusted by the impotence of judges. Who the hell is he to walk around like he’s untouchable?! FFS, it is time for a smack down.
I hope the unhinged Donald gets fined and jailed for violating the gag order!
Thank you, Mary, for keeping us informed. 💙
He will use it because Hitler went to jail.
Yes. And Hitler came back to power afterwards. The way Trump is wired I can easily see him believing the next step for him should be jail, before his comeback to take over the world.
Hitler wrote his own book. Der PumpkinFuhrer will need a ghostwriter.
He doesn’t need a book, he needs a Broadway musical!
lol. We need to chuckle now and then. Laughing at people in authority (or who want to be in authority) takes away their credibility. Thanks for the chuckle. Can't you just see it on stage? I'd like to see it done in Gilbert and Sullivan style.
My bet is on him testing this Judge. This judge won’t take any crap and I bet he will throw Donald behind bars. He could by all rights if he feels Donnie is too much of a threat keep him locked up until the trial ends. Good thing I love popcorn 🍿
“Stay tuned n pop the corn, please… cry baby is going to whine n holler.
I’ll be so glad when he’s gone!
He can’t be gone soon enough for me! 🤯
I wake up every morning with that very same thought. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
I felt that way from 2016 on. And I thought, when Biden was elected, "thank God! I can get back to doing ordinary things like studying medieval history."
And here we are.
We have champagne set aside.
I don’t drink but on that day I will have a martini and a bong hit.
The Judge should jail him now, because Donny will have jr & Eric making media posts for him.
Why are the Judges tippytoeing around some severe actions that any average person would Incur?
Could it possibly be because he is a white wealthy male? He's a treasonous , asswipe of a pseudo monster, put him in prison before a Judge, prosecutor or somebody gets blown away by a maga shit brain.
I think the tippytoeing around is to put time and factual information on Donald’s crimes out to the general public. They want to keep the temperature down and prevent any civil unrest or retaliation by giving him all these chances they would give no one else. Now it feels to me as though the turning point is upon us for the courts to downshift and accelerate on the ungrateful son of a bitch.
A lovely thought. I really hope you're right. It's really past time for consequences to catch up with this malignant clown.
That's what we all thought about Engoron. 🙄
Maybe criminal is different from civil court.
He might only get a pass once or twice, depending on the words, but after that confinement for any more BS!
He really should throw him in jail if he messes around BUT I'm sure the judge is concerned about how that is done when the person has Secret Service protection. If he's convicted, that is one thing, but if he's jailed for contempt, that is usually pretty spur of the moment in court and there may not be a mechanism in place.
Viz the Secret Service issue, hail, I'd settle for an ankle monitor as his first taste of real consequences - that, and a block on his electronics.
Secret service can sit where the correction officers sit and watch on him the monitor
There are ways to work around everything it just hasn't ever been done before.
Like a past president being a total threat to democracy an insurrectionist evil person so I believe we thr people need protection from him and his secret service protection should be revoked
Or the orange piece if ahit can have his own cell and secret service can sit outside the door
Seriously
Justice needs to be served.
Period
He did this to himself he deserves every punishment coming to him
I find this so ironic! My 100% service-connected disabled Navy veteran husband (and any veteran receiving benefits) forfeits all benefits forever if convicted of a felony! I would settle for them just taking away his secret service protection-we’re paying a fortune for him to have that privilege, so if a regular retired military person or someone receiving VA disability pay can have their benefits revoked even though they actually SERVED their country, surely we can take away SS protection from a conman who has done nothing but grift from this country! (Of course, if convicted TFG WOULD lose his right to vote- it’s doubtful that he’s ever exercised that right except to vote for himself-but just being able to see his face when he’s told that a convicted felon can’t vote OR ever go to Canada!)
Or get a Passport period.... 😲🤫🤣🤣🤣
https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/the-american-people-fired-ronna-mcdaniel?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2vcasp
outrageous but you know we were able to unite to get ronna Romney McDaniel fired from nbc so we should push back on that for the orange horror too
Great points. I would just be worried that what is ordered can't be perceived as election interference.
It's the LAW, how many warnings would one of us get before our bail is forfeited and we're sitting behind bars? 🤔🙄👋⏳⌛
Agreed. He's getting away with much more than the average person. I think the judges fear both the pragmatic issues with regard to jailing him and, frankly, the political fallout.
Think of the fallout if they don't jail him that's that's what we need to push back on!
💯
Well, then, he better get ready to house the Secret Service beforehand, because sure is Purdue Pharmaceutical makes the little white pep pills, Trump is going to violate the gag order, early and often.
YEP
They could put them all in a larger cell; remember the suite like cell in " Goodfellas ", stove , couches and everything! 👋😏
Nah. 6x10, solitary, with a camera and ligature-proof bars and toilet. Lights off 20 hours a day.
LOL
Yes, would be hysterical to see TFG try to slice garlic with a razor blade 🍄
HAHAHAHAH
Fly him to gitmo on the red eye. Dress him out.
Thank you Mary for keeping track of all this for us!
This was good news today!!
::By taking away Donald’s ability to go on the attack against court staff and witnesses, Merchan is inadvertently stripping Donald of one of his go-to tools to keep his base angry and try to make inroads with disillusioned independents.::
I don't think it's at ALL "inadvertent"—I think Judge Merchan knows just what he's doing, and is letting your narcissistic sociopath uncle (there's one in every family—but most get stopped! hard long before they get to the point yours did) know that he won't be able to rile up his base without serious consequences like jail time. Not that it will make any difference to HIM—until he's behind bars without any access to social media!
Of course, he'll probably get his lawyers or other mouthpieces to whine FOR him, but I doubt it will have the same effect.
::Imagines Donald Trump writing his own version of *Mein Kampf*...on grade school lined paper...in crayon....::
::Starts laughing uncontrollably as my cat backs away from me, arching his back and hissing::
EDIT: Look! I got OpenAI to make me a picture of Trump writing his book in crayon!
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1000,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddad3411-ec64-4262-82a8-e1364fccdab1_1024x1650.jpeg
Lets hope they remove his cell phone like most convicts.
Most?
If Donald were treated like 99% of perpetrators, he would already be in jail. He gets special cushy, privileged treatment. The legal system needs to recognize tRump is a legitimate danger to society, just as if he had a gun in his hand. Organized crime bosses get jailed; Donald shouldn't be treated any better.
Mob bosses are also hard to convict, unfortunately.
That's why we have RICO—
https://youtu.be/XK0mjeIky0Y?si=1JlIeapEzv82xFYl
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico...?"
(I don't know why the thought of the RICO Act being mistaken for Edward G. Robinson in LITTLE CAESAR is funny to me—probably because so many Right Wingers misuse it in that way!)
That was an excellent mob movie; like to see some of those old George Raft monster movies again too. 👋😉
MOBSTER not Monster😲
Actually I think it's supposed to be all
Better better to put him in the slammer now then wait till later...
No access to social media would definitely frost his shorts and he also wouldn't have any catsup-filled plates to toss in his cell during his many tantrums. Also, he's so desperate for cash that I received a text this afternoon about how the radical Democrats want to seize his properties. That's as far as I got before the message was deleted but you can bet there was a call for cash somewhere in that annoying, unwelcome text. In the meantime, social media continues to help by working overtime to support Trump's art of the steal and his non-stop grift.
Solitary confinement
OH, PLEASE!!!
And NO bronzer or hairspray allowed either, I’ll bet!
How 'bout a prison haircut? LOL!
Hi DR Darke, I think because of the lack of typos in his rants, someone else is already doing the posts for him. Many folks can sound just like him by now. He never goes off script.
Hey did you know Rohn actually banned me from his Substack. I must have touched one of his many exposed nerves.
…trump had all that time to come up with the 464……..if it was reduced to 175, shouldn’t he already have had at LEAST that much already????
This is bullshit!
Lock him up, and sell the properties!
It should NEVER have been lowered His legal team didn’t even try IMO They weren’t made to show any plans they’d drawn up or whom they approached etc It was all for show He’s gotten off super easy so far He HAS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!
….i agree!!!
He has taken advantage of every opportunity….. the average citizen like you and I would have never have had it this easy! Should have never been allowed 10 more days!
There's something I don't understand. If Donald were truly the strongman he claims to be, why is he always whining about being a victim? You can't have it both ways. Either he's terribly strong and impervious to attacks or he's a victim of people stronger than he is. I guess his supporters are as irrational as he is or they'd see the contradiction.
The irony of narcissists! They pretend to be a strongman, however they are some of the weakest personalities in the world. Just like when trump whines and complains about being a victim while claiming he’s the only one that knows how to “fix” things. I don’t understand why his fans don’t see the contradiction either. As my sister says, “You can’t fix stupid!”
Yes, a very astute observation. Like you, I don't recall Hilter winning that "they" were against him; however, I am not sure I want to remind lil'Donnie Boy of that.
😀
He looks up to so called strongmen because he isn’t one but wants to be accepted into the clique.
How pathetic.
A lot of "strongmen" are just like him — brittle, insecure, and prone to whine the first time things don't go exactly their way. Look at how Putin loses it every time somebody challenges him in the least little way….
So much for strength.
He is a daddy made victim, raised by the man he mirrors.
💯
and Trump has the audacity to raise money by selling Bibles when he should burn in hell. Makes me want to puke...
I agree. Trying to appeal more religious to his evangelical base. This jerk will stop at nothing! I hope some of his followers start waking up.
And this is the guy who held the Bible upside down. Bet he desecrates the Bibles with his signature!
With a Sharpie! 😝
Don't count on it. They're getting ready to run the country. Read Project 2025.
Suspect Alito and Thomas are part of that plan.
I wonder if this is how newt gengrich, federalist society and them saw it playing out?
We are no longer an agricultural society, so what's the plan for the rest of us?
Don't understand about Gingrich and Federalists saw what playing out?
The only gag that would work with Donald is of the ball gag variety. He will never shut his trap, no matter what. I want to see if the justice system will indeed hold him to account for his actions. Here's hoping he will enjoy rikers island, it should be nice this time of year, LOL!
The ball gag won't work on account that he doesn't use his mouth to type.
So very true, but it's the thought that counts for me. If he does go to jail, he won't have access to electronic items....
A ballpen hammer would be better.(Cheats in "Casino")
“LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO MY HAND, MAN!”
I love that scene and I love that movie!
👍👍
We keep hope alive in the face of unprecedented bad behaviors. “Maybe next time” and who knows? This could be the one.
"HOPE IS THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL!"
It’s exasperating. I’ll believe it when I see it.
I'd like to share your enthusiasm for tRump to settle down and mind his manners. However, we all know he does not have the capacity to do that. His unhinged mental health and severe narcissism do not allow him to operate in this world. He lives in another orbit far, far from humans. He's created his own mental universe and lives there (maybe the third ring of Saturn). He cannot live and interact with other human beings. I had high hopes that Judge Engoron would put him in jail after threatening him several times. But alas, nothing. Fines and more fines, but no incarceration, which would shut him up. I don't think Judge Merchan will jail him, either. For some reason, all men are deathly afraid of him. A wimpy man like tRump does not deserve that kind of deference.
Somebody should have stomped a mud hole in his ass a long time ago.
I don’t think all men are afraid of him Obama isn’t Nor is Joe or Hunter Biden It’s only the GQP who are afraid of him calling them a name Adam Schiff isn’t afraid of him nor is All star Katie Porter Eric Swallwell I could name a ton &yes I know Katie Porter isn’t a man but she’s got more parts then the GQP men!
I loved this so much I read it like, three times. “True to form, Donald responded with the restraint of a toddler by attacking not only Judge Merchan (declaring “he hates me!” and suggesting he suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome) but also the judge’s daughter.” Popcorn’s almost ready.
Thank you Mary. Only time will tell. We know that no one can protect him from himself...he does not listen to anyone.
Thank you Mary your writings are always worthwhile. He, the former guy, is using the radical playbook, that is to deliberately provoke the officials to over react. Then he gets to play the victim again but so far officials have been under reacting, this must both frustrate him and simultaneously encourage him to run his motor mouth all the more. There is going to be a collision before long.
Can Donald duck this new gag order? Stay tuned!
Thanks for your efforts to keep us informed.
I want Defendant Trump to violate the gag order and then get locked up. I am sick to death of his arrogant flouting of rules, and even more disgusted by the impotence of judges. Who the hell is he to walk around like he’s untouchable?! FFS, it is time for a smack down.
You sure speak my language, Susan! Thanks!
It’s LOOONG overdue!