Discussion: Trump Offers Up Bizarre Comparison Between Manafort And Al Capone

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Maybe Rudy could offer a few words in support of Paul Manafort, too ? Iā€™m sure, he will appreciate itā€¦

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That is helpful for Trumpā€™s situation.

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The court physicians used to examine the last Chinese Emperorā€™s morning bowel movements with the same intensity as the press examines Trumpā€™s early morning toilet tweets, wasting a lot of time and gaining just about the same insights. .

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Like many that canā€™t make it through meatless Friday without meat I didnā€™t make it through no Trump Wednesday!

May be a good comparison - both being crooks and both lacking any ethics. Wait is this unfair to capone

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Hmmm.

Has word reached Trump that somebody has his tax returns?

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Well he is being helpful, somehow bridging the distance between Manafort and Capone in the public eye.

Suggestion. Maybe TPM could just keep a running ā€œWhat the Hell?ā€ topic.

As in this morning, I just got up from a late night, looked at the News, looked at TPM and read the Ā§residential twitters and went ā€œWhat the Hell?ā€

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Man, is he bad at reasoning. I think the more apt comparison is between Caponeā€™s syphilitic paresis and Trumpā€™s.

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comparing turds and tweets is a much better exercise than trumpā€™s confusion comparing these alleged criminals

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ā€œAlfonse Caponeā€ makes it sound like he was a friend of Fred Trump ā€¦

ā€œDonnie, my son, you show some respect to Mr.Capone or I will beat the crap out of youā€

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If this trial is not about the Trump campaign, he should not be at all concerned. He seems unnerved today and has too much time on his hands. What does he do all day except make twitter pronouncements?

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Shouldnā€™t he be playing with Barron every now and then?

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Youā€™d thinkso but I do not recall seeing any pictures of him actually interacting with his youngest son.

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donnie ā€¦ I donā€™t think that Vlad meant it that way ā€“

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Didnā€™t Judge Ellis order that there be no mention of Manafort being jailed for witness-tampering?

Trump is really getting into obstruction of the administration of justice as he continues to comment on this trial. Someone needs to take his phone away. Or, let him keep it, Ellis can issue a court order directed specifically at Trump to STFU, and then heā€™ll ignore the order. Hey, if Sheriff Joe can do it and get a pardon, so can ā€¦ wait, will that work?

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I donā€™t rightly know. Manafortā€™s own kids think heā€™s been involved in some way in murders, hence the ā€œblood moneyā€ comment one made to the other in a text message.

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ā€œor Paul Manafort, political operative, Trump Tower tenant, Roger Stone confidant & Reagan/Dole darling, now serving solitary confinement - although convicted of nothing?ā€

also

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Where is the Russian Collusion?

Letā€™s check the list Donnie.
Trump Tower :ballot_box_with_check: Oval Officeā€‹:ballot_box_with_check: NRAā€‹:ballot_box_with_check: NRCC?:ballot_box_with_check: Trump 2020ā€‹:ballot_box_with_check:

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Rudy: " While ā€˜owning the libsā€™ is hard work, witness tampering isnā€™t illegal, if the president does it."

Sekulow: ā€œYou tell em, Rudy.ā€

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I guess they wrote ā€œDO NOT COMPARE YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER TO AL CAPONEā€ right next to ā€œDO NOT CONGRATULATEā€

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