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He's up and tweeting and making it worse (Original Post) malaise May 2018 OP
No way is this him oberliner May 2018 #1
Agree malaise May 2018 #3
That is definitely not him tweeting! demmiblue May 2018 #2
The new idiot pretending to be Trump still can't spell "role" properly. writes3000 May 2018 #4
We posted that at the same time malaise May 2018 #6
I'm roleing on the floor YessirAtsaFact May 2018 #7
This thread needs some Tina! demmiblue May 2018 #15
It sure needs this one malaise May 2018 #17
Don't bother...they're here. Glorfindel May 2018 #28
Nailed it malaise May 2018 #29
Or is making the error on purpose as camouflage. Mc Mike May 2018 #8
Ha malaise May 2018 #10
Too cogent, intelligent, point by point, to the point. Mc Mike May 2018 #11
And I agree the real con is trying to enforce the confidentiality agreement. Mc Mike May 2018 #12
Yep malaise May 2018 #13
I think officially his side's position is it isn't against the law to lie to America. Mc Mike May 2018 #14
However lying to the press is not a crime ... and his base will find a way to karynnj May 2018 #27
Of course, the orange hemorrhoid is also on the record as saying Mc Mike May 2018 #31
You doubt his knowledge of proper comma usage? nature-lover May 2018 #26
And yet the use of commas janx May 2018 #23
Well the lawyer isn't much better with the malaise May 2018 #5
Very common with celebrities and people of wealth malaise May 2018 #16
I know! Can it janx May 2018 #22
I doubt it but with this bunch of goons malaise May 2018 #24
I always suspected something Shakespearean janx May 2018 #30
The tell-tale sign it isn't him is the lack of random capitals. shraby May 2018 #19
Like a colicky baby who's also teething. Mc Mike May 2018 #9
That ain't him tweeting mercuryblues May 2018 #18
His damages claim is out the windows since he... Takket May 2018 #20
Thanks for this malaise May 2018 #25
Don't interrupt him Johnny2X2X May 2018 #21

malaise

(269,054 posts)
3. Agree
Thu May 3, 2018, 07:11 AM
May 2018
https://www.statesman.com/news/national/guliani-trump-reimbursed-attorney-michael-cohen-for-130k-stormy-daniels-payment/F6Z0KcVvuzX4J2dtq9TWhM/



Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are.....
5:46 AM - May 3, 2018

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

...very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,......
5:54 AM - May 3, 2018

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

...despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.
6:00 AM - May 3, 2018

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Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
8. Or is making the error on purpose as camouflage.
Thu May 3, 2018, 07:31 AM
May 2018

I take it that you were reading the tweets critically, looking for tell-tale mis-spellings that would indicate it was twitler doing the tweeting.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
11. Too cogent, intelligent, point by point, to the point.
Thu May 3, 2018, 07:36 AM
May 2018

Clearly working to serve a discernable purpose.

Dead giveaways.

No way it came from the nightmarish hellscape that is shitler's brain.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
12. And I agree the real con is trying to enforce the confidentiality agreement.
Thu May 3, 2018, 07:38 AM
May 2018

Put the lid back on. Now Cohen has a client and payment.

Too bad the client publicly told the press he didn't make the payment.

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
27. However lying to the press is not a crime ... and his base will find a way to
Thu May 3, 2018, 10:42 AM
May 2018

consider his comments truth.

Interesting here that he is claiming the payment was to stop untrue accusations right before the election. This absolutely does not ring true because if this were a political dirty trick -- one would have expected Daniels to immediately have both her story AND proof of the payment put out before the election. The payment would actually give weight to the claims. (The consequence for breaking the deal was money )

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
31. Of course, the orange hemorrhoid is also on the record as saying
Thu May 3, 2018, 06:58 PM
May 2018

he never settles anything out of court, always goes to court. But an NDA is an out of court settlement.

And agreed that his sheisskopf fans will always believe anything unlikely coming out of dRumpfenfuhrer's pie-hole.

He lied to them for years about Obama's birth certificate, then when he had to admit he'd been lying, he lied to them said 'Hillary started the rumor, and I ended it'. And they went from being furious about how Obama was a foreigner, to pretending they and their hero were always fighting against the rumor.

Mentally, in a split second, they went from ''he was lying to us all along, and making us violently mad'', to ''haw haw, we always knew he was lying, and we were in on the lie with him. He sure told you, and shut you up with an 8 word bumper sticker come-back. You libruls."

Mentally diseased, pathological doublethink.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
16. Very common with celebrities and people of wealth
Thu May 3, 2018, 07:44 AM
May 2018

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! We peons can't understand this. He sure is arrogant in the middle of deep shit.

janx

(24,128 posts)
30. I always suspected something Shakespearean
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:17 AM
May 2018

was going to happen re Trump, but I was thinking tragedy rather than farce.

Cue the Frank Sinatra music. These clowns are going to bring shit down so fast that we'll have an even tougher time keeping up with all of it.

I wonder what Mueller and Comey are thinking right now...?

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
9. Like a colicky baby who's also teething.
Thu May 3, 2018, 07:33 AM
May 2018

He's been like that for 7 decades. He'll grow out of it soon. Surely.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
18. That ain't him tweeting
Thu May 3, 2018, 08:10 AM
May 2018

Ivanka? Kelly Ann?

He is in such a fury he can't even tweet for himself.

Gu911ni was trying to frame this as a simple campaign violation. That trump knew about the agreement, therefore the NDA is valid and if she speaks he will sue her. In the process he exposed trump's lies, alluded to the payment to being "funneled" through a 3rd party to hide his involvement, and possible felonies.

What does the Constitution say about impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors?

Yup G sure is going to end this in 2 weeks, buy admitting everything.

I wonder how trump's newest lawyer feels about this?

Takket

(21,577 posts)
20. His damages claim is out the windows since he...
Thu May 3, 2018, 10:27 AM
May 2018

1. Didn’t sign it.
And 2. Said he knows nothing about it.

And.... that is not how retainers work. A retainer basically keeps a lawyer “on staff” for you in case legal issues arise. It is not a slush fund from which payments to other parties can be made. If he is sending Cohen payments to be applied to the NDA, that is not a “retainer”.

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