I don't want to talk about Trump, and have been trying to make a point of not talking about him.
However, it seems that more than anybody else in recent history, he dominates the headlines of newspapers and evening news literally every day. I've never seen a president, or now an ex-president, so apparently easily or effortlessly garner all sorts of attention. Some people - and it seems that the media is the most
So for those reasons, I have been trying specifically not to talk about King Con Don.
However, there was a very interesting development yesterday. Justice Arthur Engoron of New York state court, the judge in Trump's fraud case in New York, felt that there was just such overwhelming evidence of fraud, that there was no actual trial needed. Attorney General Letitia James will now establish the damages, which will be due on Monday, October 2nd.
Of course, Trump and his family are crying foul Always the victims, Trump is alleging that his civil rights are being abused.
Here's the thing: we all know that he is guilty. I suspect that even his most loyal supporters know, deep down, that he is guilty. In fact, I believe that is part of the attraction for them, that he keeps getting away with it. In fact, my suspicion is that the more bad behavior he gets away with, the worse his behavior gets, and the more his supporters love him. This seems to be evidence to them of him "owning the libs." And the lesson that Trump - living proof that wisdom does not necessarily come with age if ever I saw an example - clearly gets in all of this is to try and push the envelope. Thus, his obnoxious and overly entitled behavior is never curbed, since there are no ramifications.
Like, ever.
Until recently, anyway.
Now, I still am both amazed and, frankly, greatly dismayed by how much this pathetic, astonishingly needy man gets away with. And my suspicions are that he will continue to get away with his criminal conduct. The very fact that his survival instincts never allow him to express any remorse for what he has done, that he has no shame, and that in fact, he always proclaims himself to be the victim when he has obviously lived a very privileged, entitled life, will help him to get away with it. I don't believe that he actually is a "very stable genius," yet I have to admit that he does have a certain shrewd genius when it comes not only to self-preservation, but also self-promotion. Whatever happens, he uses it for his own advantage. Already, he is using this latest legal development to bolster his case that he is America's savior, the one and only person who can save this country, and that the evil forces trying to undermine this country are all obviously out to get him. Is there anyone who even doubts that his supporters will eat this up, and ask for more afterwards? And are the concerns that such things might lead to violence, possibly even a second civil war?
Perhaps. Still, this is a country of laws. And it seems obvious - beyond obvious for anyone with any measure of objectivity - that Trump has broken the law both legally and in terms of the spirit of the laws that are supposed to reign people like him in, time and time again. So with that in mind, he should be held accountable, at least if we want to still believe that those laws literally mean anything. Indeed, he is guilty, and should be held accountable.
On some level, I am rejoicing. But this was the least serious of the trials which he is facing. His role during the January 6th insurrection, as well as his election tampering case in Georgia, are to me far more serious. Those are the ones which, I personally feel, he should be hammered with and, frankly, it would be nice to see him rot in jail for the rest of his life. Who cares if he is a former president, which was an argument that some Republicans claimed regarding Bill Clinton when the question was raised as to whether or not he should go to jail?
Yes, Trump is a criminal, who happened, tragically, to have been elected President of the United States. To me, that is all the more reason why he should now serve as an example that nobody - absolutely no one individual - is above the law. Hopefully, when the time comes, let him rot in jail for the rest of his days.
Donald Trump found liable for fraud in New York civil case By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld September 27, 2023
https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-finds-trump-liable-fraud-new-york-civil-case-2023-09-26/
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