From James Fallows’ ongoing efforts to record Trump’s behavior as it happens so people can look back and see what we knew about him as we were deciding on a President:
It’s increasingly evident that something is seriously wrong with Donald Trump. …
But when the results of an established process turn against them, presidents and presidential aspirants must defend the process. That’s the difference between rule-of-law and rule-of-men. Richard Nixon disagreed with the Supreme Court’s rulings against him but did not question their legitimacy or say he would try to get back at the Justices. Al Gore had far better logical and jurisprudential grounds for questioning the ruling in Bush v. Gore, but while he made clear that he bitterly disagreed, he of course complied. He did not mention the ethnicity of the Justices or say that they should be “looked into.”
A president cannot suggest, as Trump is doing here, that his personal interests or vendettas come ahead of the systems of democratic government that a president is sworn to “preserve, protect, and defend.” I am not aware of any institution, tradition, or system that Trump has ever placed above his own interests or impulses. The speech in San Diego is the latest stark example.
This is outlier behavior and must not be “normalized.”
So, if the judge is bad because his name sounds Mexican…
Then, logically, because Donald Drumpf’s forefathers verifiably DID come from Germany, he is clearly a Nazi.
I think I’m starting to understand how he thinks.
So James Fallows must be a hater.
And a loser. And a dummy. Who works, by the way, for a failing publication. The man’s as predictable as a cuckoo clock.
From what I’ve read, summary judgment (the denial of which is part of Trump’s whining) hardly seemed appropriate. Since this is apparently going to be a jury trial, the judge ought to impose a gag order on Trump and the other parties to keep them from further infecting the jury pool. In addition, it seems to me that his questioning the integrity of the judge while the case is pending is grounds for a contempt of court citation. The judge should demand Trump’s presence in court for a contempt hearing.
This incident further shows how immature Trump is. Every setback, every criticism of him is “unfair”, “biased”. The judge is a “hater”, he’s “Mexican”, he’s an Obama appointee. Every excuse Trump can think of. What a baby.
Donald Trump Major Antitrust Encounters: FYI
I know the Federal standard is a bit higher, but in State Court where I’m from, Plaintifs can survive Summary Judgment if they have a mere scintilla of evidence on their side.
I am Dangerous Donald: If you don’t like me you are clearly biased. My university was based on me making millions…what’s wrong with that? If some of the stupid loser little people lost their deposit they should be proud to have contributed to me. Laws are for little people and not for me.
Henry VIII?
Pope won’t grant divorce so I’ll just start my own church…
He really is that predictable, isn’t he? He has these lovely Pavlovian responses to Elizabeth Warren’s tweets. EW thoroughly enjoys provoking him and will continue doing so. To mangle Shakespeare, “If you prick a Prick, do they not rave?”
Donald needs to appear in court…Grounds for contempt…
Dummy Drumpf should have realized that the time to request a judge recuse him or herself is when the case is first initiated. You can’t seek a recusal after the case is in progress and the judge starts ruling against you.
Look at how Trump took out the other 16 contenders for the nomination. He picked them off one at a time, starting with the easiest ones first. When it got down to Trump and Cruz, Trump already knew Cruz couldn’t get the support to defend himself.
Now the Court case on Trump University threatens to be Trumps “email server incident” only it has real teeth. Trump HAS TO eliminate that case preferably before the convention or things could get very sour for him.
Trump has gone back to his strength, too. He is riling up crowds against the judge. If Trump jacks it up much from what he has just done, the Judicial system is going to have to squash him or let him damage the judicial system.
Does Trump have another move beyond just screaming to the media and Twitter and riling up his followers?
That’s why Hair Drumpf will burn the Constitution like a paid-off mortgage on Day One. He will fire any judge (or anyone else) that he doesn’t like, deport American “browns” he designates as Mexicans to Mexico, and generally persecute or “disappear” people who aren’t nauseatingly fawning toward his alleged greatness. The horror of a Drumpf Reich would be without any historical precedent.
There already was a gag order on these documents the judge just released, but Trump apparently did not obey it and so the judge was asked to release the other side and let the documents be seen by everyone. Trump has raised the ante by attacking the judge in public, and the judicial system is not going to stand for much of that.
I’m not an attorney, so I don’t’ know what responds the judge has available, but I am sure he has several. I also strongly doubt that Trump has any idea what kind of crap he is creating for himself.
Agreed. The judiciary will stick together on this, even the judges appointed by Republicans. Dummy Drumpf can always appeal to the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. ~snicker~
Hitler didn’t believe that Jews could also be true Germans. For Trump, people of Mexican heritage can’t be true Americans, at least when they oppose him.
Each time someone from the GOP says he supports Trump he should be confronted with this, and ask if he agrees with what Trump says.
They say people often tire of a President who’s served a full two terms. That they often look for the exact opposite. If this is true, then it is indeed the moment for Donald Trump.
From classy to coarse, from dignified to boorish, from refined to loutish, from thoughtful to superficial, and from caring to narcissistic.
No No and No
That’s his MO
His team listens to callers on conservative radio shows and he plans his campaign strategy around it. That’s his audience , feeding on the anger.
Howard Beale for the 21st century.
Ol’ Howard could only dream of twitter. Riling up people with slurs and innuendo in 140 characters