On one of the other big Lemmy sites the other day the main front page had several posts gloating about the original order and how this was finally gonna get him.
175 is still a lot tho I wonder if he has it. I think he's a good enough gamble for people with endless money to get a few loans.
Right now I'm listening to talking heads yakking about Trump's sale of Truth Social. Long story short - things are getting interesting and there were arguments on the panel about what he can and can't do about selling his stock quickly. I'll have to read an article about it because it's all confusing.
(libs) gloating
You'd think libs would have stopped doing that by now because final accountability never actually comes. A possibility here is that a right-wing super-billionaire loans Trump $175m in some way that Trump will pay him back somehow in a way quid pro quo way that doesn't involve money. Of course the billionaire can't make a legal agreement like "I have a list of things I want you do do for me when you're president when it comes to these regulations, and this court, etc." And - of course - a verbal promise from Trump is useless. So "somehow" is doing a massive amount of heavy lifting.
And if Trump becomes president and if the billionaire can extract his pound of flesh - the billionaire has made a risky bet that paid off big time. And if Trump loses - oh, well. If the billionaire has a net worth in the tens of billions - he can easily afford it.
(libs) gloating
fair correction comrade
You'd think libs would have stopped doing that by now
this time it's for real! their faith will be redeemed. [meme]
a verbal promise from Trump is useless
But does it come from him? My guess is that with all these nefarious people like project 2025 having hitched their wagon to trump, someone will be able to make some substantial promises on behalf of his future administration. 175 isn't too much, all it'd take is a few contracts, privatize this or this other thing and sell it to you for nothing, changes in obscure law that would favour the benefactor (no one will notice because they'll be freaking out about something batshit he said), appoint friends to positions, give your kid a job, invites to some parties, trump will speak at your church, those charges will get dropped don't worry about it, we won't release that information we have, we'll sort out that immigration situation for your cousin, etc.
Would they have bothered to do this appeal and get it taken down so much otherwise? I think if you're not going to be able to pay the reduced amount, keep it high because it'll be beneficial to the victim narrative. that said I have literally no idea regarding the actual legal stuff at play here. Only thinking of "the discourse".
PS I know nothing really just spitballing.
the actual legal stuff at play here.
Apparently all the judges were appointed by Cuomo or Hochul. And they gave no legal justification for their ruling. So - vote!
no one will notice because they'll be freaking out about something batshit he said
That's so easy to imagine. Trump as president will post "Shitty Old Joe Biden! He didn't even remember his dead loser son's name!" and the r/politics post gets 20k upvotes, 3,000 comments, and there are loads of unconvincing comments trying to explain away that it certainly did seem Biden forgot his son Beau's name. Also - post-election Biden certainly has been looking like total shit.
In other news - Ed Evil and EvilCorp saved $1 billion due to quid pro quo efforts of Trump and the GOOP. A post about that has 700 upvotes and 25 comments.
Why do these people get so much leeway? What did they do to deserve it?
The answer to both question is that he's rich and powerful. The system is working exactly as intended.
reading this order and I believe every one of these justices were appointed by either Cuomo or Hochul
https://bsky.app/profile/ryanlcooper.com/post/3kojt7rzxk42p
Truth social IPO is gonna cover this
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/25/techcrunch-minute-why-the-company-behind-trumps-truth-social-joined-the-growing-ipo-trend/
