MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell Says He "Probably" Inspired Trump's August Restoration Notion

Lindell's theory that Trump will be returned to office centers on the pillow magnate's claims that, together with a team of lawyers and well-intentioned "white hat" hackers, he has amassed incontrovertible proof of election fraud to present to the Supreme Court. Once that evidence is unveiled, in Lindell's telling, the stunned justices will rule 9-0 to return Trump to the presidency.

But Lindell may need to update his deadline. He originally came to the August date after deciding that the Supreme Court would overturn the election in either April or May, with the summer then devoted to hatching a government-wide consensus that Trump should retake the presidency in August.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It's weird to me that Trump cares this much about getting back into the WH. The guy hates to work and being president, as prestigious as it is, had to have been a drag in some way. Is it the money?

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I think it's basically two things...

      • The grifting. I assume he made at least a few billion by being president.

      • His bruised ego. Every day, every hour, every single second he's awake it must make him insane that people think of him as a loser. He desperately wants to erase the loss and be president again so he can be a winner and he can wield the world's biggest and most important megaphone.

        • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          If he wins a second term - I think he'll live and work out of his hotel. Why not? He thinks the White House is a dump and he always wants to give his properties more free advertising. So - why not have all official White House events at his hotel?

          His base will love it and it will make the libs insane with impotent rage so his base will love it even more. Not only will third impeachment be impossible - the dems won't be able to do anything to stop Trump in any way. The GOP will control all the levers of power.

            • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              Trump is in the lobby of his hotel explaining how this new, better, classier TrumpBrand White House will work...

              "See - it's bigger. Very bigger. Lotsa people don't know this but when I meet a dictator or a king - like in the Rose Garden - there's song that they can play 'cause I'm president. Hail to the Chief. He then hums it out of time and out of tune - dat-dat-dat dat-dat-dat daaaaaah / dat-dat-dat dat-dat-dat daaaaaah. It's okay but too much brass. A little brass is okay. But too much brass is too much brass."

              "Now we got a reveal for the audience. See over there? That's Mike and the New White House band. It's a band with brass. But not too much brass. It's, like, Vegas brass with class." Trump raises his chin to the left - immediately Mike and the band play the riff. "See? It's okay but no mention of Trump. And Trump is president. I fixed it."

              "And look over there... Those girls are the Trump Girls. They aren't just standing there 'cause they're pretty. Even thought they are pretty. And sexy. Can I say 'sexy'? I can because I'm even more president now. I can do anything."

              Trump raises his chin but this time to the right. Mike and the band play the riff with the girls singing "Trump-Trump-Trump is greaaaat! Trump-Trump-Trump is greaaaat!" Trump intones "They'll do that every time. Maybe sometimes. Or every time. Sometimes. And this is just the first day of the TrumpBrand White House. Look this lobby. Beautiful lobby. More gold now. Best hotel lobby in the world. Next thing is everybody's favorite thing. It's the brand new Trump fountain - red, white, and blue..."

                • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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                  3 years ago

                  Seriously - if we're going to live in a nightmarish GOP dystopia - at least we should have Trump at the top so we have something to laugh at.

                  President DeSantis will not be funny.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's the only way they'll let him have his Twitter back.

    • bort_simp_son [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      He doesn't want to be President, but he doesn't want to be the guy who lost to Sleepy Joe even more.