More empty threats from Mr “I never lose in court”

[Taurus]

Trump files to dismiss $500 million lawsuit against his ex-lawyer

Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss his $500 million lawsuit against his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, a court filing showed on Thursday.

Trump had sued Cohen in April seeking at least $500 million in damages from his onetime loyal "fixer" after Cohen testified before a Manhattan grand jury that indicted Trump

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...en-2023-10-06/

[BRUIZER]

Cohen is broke and a good candidate for BK in the very near future. He has an outstanding debt with the IRS for $1.4 MILLION...at least! Not to mention he was bleeding cash to the tune of $100,000 WEEKLY in attorney fees alone
Cohen is finished.

You think Cohen is employable to anyone with a functiong brain after violating the attorney-client privilege?
Oh wait...Cohen's now a multiple-convicted felon and disbarred!

Why would soneone continue a lawsuit when recovery would be next to nothing? Life will NEVER be the same for Cohen.

Meanwhile Trump is whooping it up traveling in private jets and helo's.
Glad it chaffs your a$$ daily!

[Taurus]

More surrender by Trump, just more threats that are nothing more than hot air.

Trump NEVER wins it seems.

Trump Drops Lawsuit Against Judge Who Doomed His Company

A week into his bank fraud trial, Donald Trump late Thursday night dropped his oddly aggressive lawsuit against the judge overseeing the case—a move that had been seen as a last-minute scramble to avert a potential unraveling of the tycoon’s real estate empire.

But that happened anyway when Justice Arthur F. Engoron concluded the former president was a serial liar who faked the size of his buildings and value of his properties for years, ordering the family business’ licenses to be revoked.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-...ed-his-company

[Bill]

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/06/gop...ding-away-2024

Many GOP anti-Trumpers are throwing in the towel
Sophia Cai


A growing number of anti-Trump Republicans are giving up — and giving into the belief that nothing will stop him from winning the GOP's presidential nomination.

Why it matters: Despite former President Trump's poor record in the last three elections, his increasingly violent rhetoric and four felony indictments, many anti-Trump Republicans quietly are stepping back from pushing for an alternative. They've concluded that the GOP's base can't quit Trump.

State of play: Win It Back, a political action committee (PAC) affiliated with the conservative group Club for Growth, says it burned through $6 million creating 40 anti-Trump messages — none of them effective, the New York Times reported.

Republican Accountability PAC — a group of former Trump voters dedicated to moving beyond the former president — is giving up on the primary after spending $1 million on ads in Iowa. "We have stopped spending money in the primary," the PAC's leader, Sarah Longwell, told Reuters.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) — who clashed with Trump when he refused to go along with Trump's claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump in Georgia — said last week that he'll support Trump if he gets the GOP nomination.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once generally seen as the best prospect to take down Trump in the primaries, has been in a downward spiral since July.

Two of his biggest donors in the primary and Florida's gubernatorial race have paused their support or have decided to stop backing him.
Hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, the biggest individual donor to the DeSantis-aligned Never Back Down PAC, won't donate more money for now.
Billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin — who previously said "our country would be well-served by [DeSantis] as president" —now is not supporting DeSantis.

Between the lines: In a sign of DeSantis' struggles, Trump — obsessed with blasting the Florida governor for much of this year — is now taking aim at former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, who's done well in the two GOP debates and is outpolling DeSantis in New Hampshire.

Thursday morning, Trump complained on Truth Social that Fox News "has been pushing Nikki 'Birdbrain' Haley" after having "totally given up on Ron DeSanctimonious."
DeSantis spokesperson Andrew Romeo told Axios: "Ron DeSantis is the only candidate who can stop Donald Trump in Iowa and beyond."

Zoom in: Further down the ballot, Republican Senate candidates increasingly are aligning themselves with Trump — and casting their opponents as anti-Trump.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose — who had declined to endorse in the GOP primary, called Trump's stolen election claims "irresponsible" and said Trump's endorsement "doesn't carry the same weight it used to" — endorsed Trump before meeting the former president at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club over the summer.

Yes, but: There are some deep-pocketed GOP donors who are holding out hope for a Trump crash or a last-minute breakthrough by another Republican.

A network of mega donors known as the American Opportunity Alliance has invited DeSantis and Haley to Dallas next month to make their case for support, the Times reported.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) is still going full steam ahead in his quest to find a Trump alternative:
"I'm going to do everything I can ... just to get the message out there that, OK, Trump defines himself. Republicans are over here," Sununu said.

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/06/gop...ding-away-2024

Has what to do with the thread? My point is Trump is a bladder full of hot air.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Has what to do with the thread? My point is Trump is a bladder full of hot air.

And you may have to be on suicide watch when he becomes potus again.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Has what to do with the thread? My point is Trump is a bladder full of hot air.

Your point is that the uniparty has put Trump on defense, again, with the flurry of lawfare. He's having to expend so much in time and resources to defend against these purely political attacks, that going after a deadbeat guy on principle, isn't a good use of his resources at the moment.

I mean, congrats. If the political right decided to make an example of you as is happening to Trump, how quickly would you not only stop attacking, but actually fold?

They're going after his money, his business, and his freedom. Hard. On multiple fronts. And because of that, he withdraws a lawsuit of principle. This isn't hard to figure out, especially given the fact that the uniparty is ALSO going after any lawyer brave enough to work for Trump. That's got to limit the pool of potential lawyers willing to work for him.

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Your point is that the uniparty has put Trump on defense, again, with the flurry of lawfare. He's having to expend so much in time and resources to defend against these purely political attacks, that going after a deadbeat guy on principle, isn't a good use of his resources at the moment.

I mean, congrats. If the political right decided to make an example of you as is happening to Trump, how quickly would you not only stop attacking, but actually fold?

They're going after his money, his business, and his freedom. Hard. On multiple fronts. And because of that, he withdraws a lawsuit of principle. This isn't hard to figure out, especially given the fact that the uniparty is ALSO going after any lawyer brave enough to work for Trump. That's got to limit the pool of potential lawyers willing to work for him.

No, my point is he keeps acting like a tough guy and folds like a cheap card table. It has nothing to do with the charges filed AGAINST him, it's about the lawsuits he files and pounds his chest over only to drop them when the going gets tough.

But remember, he ALWAYS wins in court.

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by LATB

And you may have to be on suicide watch when he becomes potus again.

Wouldn't go that far but it would put a dark cloud over the next four years watching the same crap show that ran from 2016 thru 2020.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Wouldn't go that far but it would put a dark cloud over the next four years watching the same crap show that ran from 2016 thru 2020.

Would that cloud be darker, lighter, or about the same as the cloud the country is under now?

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Taurus

No, my point is he keeps acting like a tough guy

He is.
You wouldn’t last one week under the nonstop persecution he has faced. Frankly non of us would.

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by LATB

He is.
You wouldn’t last one week under the nonstop persecution he has faced. Frankly non of us would.

You are right, then again I'm an honest man and would never find myself if his position.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Wouldn't go that far but it would put a dark cloud over the next four years watching the same crap show that ran from 2016 thru 2020.

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Would that cloud be darker, lighter, or about the same as the cloud the country is under now?

Worse, better, or about the same? Seems like a simple opinion question. There's no wrong answer, it's your opinion.

[Bill]

Here's today's cloud:

Twitter

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Here's today's cloud:

https://twitter.com/GrahamAllen_1/st...nd-conf%2Fc%2F

Yup, let’s move on from him as well. How about we get someone we don’t have to test for competency? Trump is no better.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Taurus

You are right, then again I'm an honest man and would never find myself if his position.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Yup, let’s move on from him as well. How about we get someone we don’t have to test for competency? Trump is no better.

You honestly think that Trump is at the same level of mental competency as Biden?

[donuts]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Worse, better, or about the same? Seems like a simple opinion question. There's no wrong answer, it's your opinion.

Damn good question and funny it took so long for him to deflect or deny .. I haven’t read to the end of the thread to know if he did

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by LATB

You honestly think that Trump is at the same level of mental competency as Biden?

Worse. Have you seen him speak lately?

How about our continental army over taking the airports during the revolution? Do I really need to go on?

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by donuts

Damn good question and funny it took so long for him to deflect or deny .. I haven’t read to the end of the thread to know if he did

Originally Posted by Taurus

Yup, let’s move on from him as well. How about we get someone we don’t have to test for competency? Trump is no better.