The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Pulitzer Board is Fed Up With Trump

Pulitzer Prize board members have asked a Florida judge to either force Donald Trump to respond to their or to shut down his Russia probe lawsuit until after his second term ends, frustrated that the president has "yet to produce a single written response or document."...

Trump had previously insisted on moving forward with the case while in office, arguing that point all the way up to Florida's Supreme Court in summer 2025, with some help along the way. And yet, the defendants now say, the plaintiff hasn't handed over any documents relating to his tax returns, psychological records, or investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

"Despite these extraordinary extensions for his discovery responses, Plaintiff has yet to produce a single written response or document. Defendants, on the other hand, have engaged in robust discovery. Over the last year, Defendants have reviewed more than 71,000 records and produced more than 124,000 pages of documents. In addition, six Defendants have sat for merits depositions, two more will be deposed in the next three weeks, and additional Defendants will soon be scheduled to sit for depositions by the end of September," the filing said.

"In other words, Plaintiff's position is that the Constitution does not permit this Court to rule against him," the filing argued to Senior 19th Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Pegg. "Defendants respectfully submit that Plaintiff's position, that he is above the law even as he opts to pursue affirmative claims in his personal capacity, cannot be correct."

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The ink isn't even dry yet and Trump appears to have already violated the MOU by saying, 'We may go back to bombing.'

The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war are signing this MOU to declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other, and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other,

Boru

[Angrboda]

"Vance spent the 47-minute news briefing insisting again and again that the MoU doesn’t give Iran any benefits until the country proves it will be a good actor in the Middle East. That includes Iran following through on a commitment in the MoU to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, and showing it will not fund proxy groups in the region, Vance said."

Trump and Vance are giving Iran plenty of conditions upon which Iran can argue for a delay. They walked right into the trap.

[Angrboda]

In a midterm election year where Democrats show more enthusiasm to vote and see a path to regain control of both the House and Senate, notably 22% of Republicans say they disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy. The share of Republicans who say they strongly approve of Trump's job performance dropped to 53% in June from 61% in April.

Poll: Most Americans have the summer blues about Trump and the economy

I think Trump is going to find that public sentiment responds more slowly than the markets.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

"Vance spent the 47-minute news briefing insisting again and again that the MoU doesn’t give Iran any benefits until the country proves it will be a good actor in the Middle East. That includes Iran following through on a commitment in the MoU to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, and showing it will not fund proxy groups in the region, Vance said."

Trump and Vance are giving Iran plenty of conditions upon which Iran can argue for a delay.  They walked right into the trap.

The thing is, though, that Iran has not agreed to destroy the stockpile - they’ve simply agreed to discuss what happens to it over the next two months.

I’m fully confident that Vance has read the MOU. I’m somewhat less confident that he understands it.

Boru

[Angrboda]

"Vance spent the 47-minute news briefing insisting again and again that the MoU doesn’t give Iran any benefits until the country proves it will be a good actor in the Middle East. That includes Iran following through on a commitment in the MoU to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, and showing it will not fund proxy groups in the region, Vance said."

Trump and Vance are giving Iran plenty of conditions upon which Iran can argue for a delay.  They walked right into the trap.

The thing is, though, that Iran has not agreed to destroy the stockpile - they’ve simply agreed to discuss what happens to it over the next two months.

I’m fully confident that Vance has read the MOU. I’m somewhat less confident that he understands it.

Boru

I think he understands it fine. He's just a pathological liar.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The thing is, though, that Iran has not agreed to destroy the stockpile - they’ve simply agreed to discuss what happens to it over the next two months.

I’m fully confident that Vance has read the MOU. I’m somewhat less confident that he understands it.

Boru

I think he understands it fine.  He's just a pathological liar.

Yeah, that tracks. 👍

Boru