The above image was shared this evening by Mary Trump. It’s a press pool photo attributed to Getty. I had seen the image on Twitter earlier today but simply assumed that it was photoshopped. It conjured the old Beatles lyrics, “I am the egg man, I am the walrus, koo kook a choo.” He does look like a walrus there, does he not? In any event, Mary said that “this is the candid shot” that Donald “doesn’t want you to see.” This is of him with his mind blown, evidently taken outside right after Judge Juan Merchan cited nine social media posts which ran afoul of the gag order. Those posts were ordered deleted and a $9,000 fine was assessed, with Merchan lamenting the fact that he “couldn’t take into account the wealth of the contemnor” meaning Trump, and assess a much larger fine that would hurt.
Mary Trump explains that Donald’s mind was blown by this. He does not do accountability well. Not his strong suit. There’s another gag order set for Thursday morning and at that time four breaches of the order will be discussed. This judge is not playing a game, he’s sticking by the rules and the contemnor will do the bidding of the court and he will pay. Mary went on to discuss her crazy uncle’s finances.
Donald’s multiple legal battles across four jurisdictions (and counting) are putting a significant strain on his finances. Thanks to a new report, we finally know how bad it is:
The Save America PAC, which Donald has been raiding to pay his legal fees, has spent a staggering $62 million on his personal legal costs since January 2023, including nearly $5.4 million in February 2024 alone.
The PAC has reported having only $4 million in cash left.
Donald’s current financial crunch underscores a simple truth about him that has been obvious forever: He is spectacularly good at losing other people’s money.
Then Mary went on to discuss an aspect of Donald’s handling of his campaign that frankly has baffled me. The warning lights all lit up last weekend when, as you may recall, Trump canceled a rally in North Carolina at the last minute, while Trump Force One was airborne. He cited a “thunderstorm” as the reason but the weather bureau recorded that .005 inches of rain fell in the area, which is scarcely anything.
So what happened? And what happened the following day? And the Wednesday after that? And what will happen tomorrow and this weekend? The answer, Mary suspects, is nothing because Donald is simply too flipped out to campaign and his advisors know it. She’s not the only one who thinks this way and cited this tape.
Trump is in a Catch-22. He can’t talk about the trial but he can’t not talk about it. That’s why his advisors keep him away from rallies. At least this is the opinion that more and more people are coming up with because Trump could in fact campaign if he wanted to. Nothing is stopping him except for his own campaign advisors. And that’s a presumption that we’re making, but it is a reasonable one, based on how little impulse control Trump has always exhibited since his very first days in politics back in 2015.
Tony Schwarz, who authored “Art Of The Deal” as Trump’s ghostwriter, said that Trump has no impulse control and that he’s often as surprised about what comes out of his mouth as anybody else. Schwarz made that determination decades ago. It’s Trump’s basic psychological underpinning, his hardwiring. Add to that fact the facts that he’s 1. under tremendous pressure right now; 2. worried about going broke; 3. worried about going to prison, do you think that his impulse control will be more or less?
It’s been opined that Trump sleeps in court because he’s on tranquilizers so that he doesn’t lash out during court. That’s a reasonable theory. And it’s also been opined that Trump slurs so many words when he’s up on stage at rallies, also drug induced. If both scenarios are true, then the Trump we see, before court, after court, and napping in court, is barely holding it together.
It must be hard to be a Trump lawyer and to stand there, unable to interrupt and stop the client but knowing that the crazy client is only going to make his situation worse.
Trump’s out of control, whining, pouting, and that has led to this image.
Don’t violate that gag order again little Donnie and we’ll let you have the whole cake! pic.twitter.com/90bP8c6CeM
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 1, 2024
Maybe his lawyers can bribe him? Maybe somebody can negotiate with Melania and see if she’ll hold his hand in public this week? On the other hand, since donations are down and Trump’s in no condition to meet with donors, maybe not.
gee, couldn’t he do a rally and just talk about actual issues instead of whining about personal stuff? couldn’t his advisors get him to do that? wouldn’t that be a better thing to do on the campaign? of course not. i just myself feel better about November.
The simple, short answer is “No! Hell No. F***No!”
He is a cranky bratty four-year-old throwing a mantrum.
There’s a meme going around the net as to.which a woman would prefer to meet alone in the woods. The women’s answer is “The bear. If it attacks me, at least I’ll be believed.” My answer is that bear spray works equally well with income as bears. The men have been freaking out over this, throwing mantrums, manspaining, and generally having testerics( those new words coined for male screaming fits are gerrific, aren’t they?). They need Xanax.
Xanax might be why Donnie Donuts is falling aslesp.in court, but I think giving the judge and bailiffs bear spray might get the point across better than lifelong fines.y
testerics !!
Hopefully they thought to bake a file in that cake.