Thomas Friedman’s next book: “One Coup After Another is for the Birds”
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It’s as if seditionists are getting the affluenza treatment.
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existing threats
In a word, Republicans.
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Let’s wait until the truth outs from the FBI and DOJ. His support has decreased a bit with the insurrection, but when the entire scenario in all its guts and glory is revealed, he will probably lose even more support.
The GOP doesn’t want him anymore. And if Trump splits the GOP into a third party, Trump-based, that guarantees the GOP loses even more market share. I’m all for it, if he does.
But first and foremost, let’s find out how much insurgency has infiltrated the party in its current form. It’s going to be real interesting as long as justice doesn’t take its foot off the gas.
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He has loans coming due that have to be paid in cash. As would any back taxes, interest and fines to the IRS. He may not be insolvent, but his assets are not liquid and the pandemic and his behavior have taken a big chunk out of the value of his assets. And many of those assets may be mortgaged to the hilt.
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But without his adoring crowd of paying sycophants he will also whither and dry up. Nice.
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That’s kind of been the question, though. Is that his real net worth or, like everything else in his sphere, is that just a bogus number?
We don’t know. We simply don’t.
The fact that both Deutsche and Signature now refuse to do business with him in the banking world, that the Scotland course is hemorrhaging cash, that his properties are losing business, that NYC has cancelled his contracts with them, may indicate he isn’t quite as liquid as he would have us all believe.
I am hoping when all this is over that he rues the day of that escalator descent. He never should’ve run for office and his spite got the better of him and the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes.
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Blue Lives Matter, indeed, huh?
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In my heart, I hoped that ‘authorities’ planned a preemptive effort and would round up the ‘usual suspects’ in the wee hours of Jan 17th to take the wind out of the sails of the QAnon folks. But, that might only piss them off even more. And we’d have to listen to the GOP complaints about it. Maybe the stupidity needs to be met with incessant and overwhelming intelligent force.
I am not at all naïve to think that it would help… maybe only to let me see with some clarity.
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We don’t know the exact numbers, but there’s enough information in public to estimate it, including his debt. This is a good article from Forbes in September for how they came up with their estimate of 2.5 billion net worth. They’re not just guessing, there are some solid numbers in this analysis, including analysis of debt load. Also an interesting explanation of why he pays so little in taxes:
In fact, Trump is a multibillionaire, worth $2.5 billion, by our count. His portfolio, which includes commercial buildings, golf properties and branding businesses, is worth an estimated $3.66 billion before debt. The president has a fair amount of leverage—adding up to a roughly $1.13 billion—but not enough to drag his net worth below a billion dollars.
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The civil war is here. January 6 was Fort Sumter, and our refusal to enact sensible gun control laws over the years was the equivalent of allowing Hitler to rearm Germany in blatant violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Many people will die before we get the genie back in the bottle, if that’s even possible.
Parler patriots, in their own words…
- “Fry’em up. The whole fkn crew. #pelosi #aoc #thesquad #soros #gates #chuckschumer #hrc #obama #adamschiff #blm #antifa we are coming for you and you will know it.”
- “#JackDorsey … you will die a bloody death alongside Mark Suckerturd [Zuckerberg]… It has been decided and plans are being put in place. Remember the photographs inside your home while you slept? Yes, that close. You will die a sudden death!”
- “We are going to fight in a civil War on Jan.20th, Form MILITIAS now and acquire targets.”
- “On January 20th we need to start systematicly [sic] assassinating [sic] #liberal leaders, liberal activists, #blm leaders and supporters, members of the #nba #nfl #mlb #nhl #mainstreammedia anchors and correspondents and #antifa. I already have a news worthy event planned.”
- “Shoot the police that protect these shitbag senators right in the head then make the senator grovel a bit before capping they ass.”
- “After the firing squads are done with the politicians the teachers are next.”
- “Death to @zuckerberg @realjeffbezos @jackdorsey @pichai.”
- “White people need to ignite their racial identity and rain down suffering and death like a hurricane upon zionists.”
- “Put a target on these motherless trash [Antifa] they aren’t human taking one out would be like stepping on a roach no different.”
- “We need to act like our forefathers did Kill [Black and Jewish people] all Leave no victims or survivors.”
- “We are coming with our list we know where you live we know who you are and we are coming for you and it starts on the 6th civil war… Lol if you will think it’s a joke… Enjoy your last few days you have.”
- “This bitch [Stacey Abrams] will be good target practice for our beginners.”
- “This cu** [United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao] should be… hung for betraying their country.”
- “Hang this mofo [Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger] today.”
- “HANG THAt N***** ASAP”
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Trump is a security risk.
Trump belongs either in jail or a psych ward.
The size of his net worth doesn’t alter that.
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Given his penchant for inflammatory commentary, isn’t he in danger of one law suit after another for defamation among many things or simply breathing? He is no longer president at that point and his protections no longer exist. He may not be able to afford being sued into the ground.
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And didn’t the President-elect give a big policy speech last night. Let me see:
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I thought Trump wasn’t posting on Parler yet…
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The delay is disappointing and it’s a shame (as in real shame is appropriate) that he can’t do his Amtrak thing, but I’m glad to have confirmed my pretty strong suspicion Biden would have his own security professionals arranging things. There’s been pretty uniform approval for the picks he’s made so far. He travels in pretty good company compared to some of our more, shall we say, amateur presidents.
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Yep - let’s see how much of it he can get through Congress. I’ll take anything I can get at this point. At least we know the Senate will vote on stuff after this week, instead of bills getting shelved without any discussion.
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I don’t have my copy at hand, but Stephen Oates’s biography of Lincoln, With Malice Toward None, comes to mind reading about Biden and the inauguration. Pinkerton and Lincoln’s friends were so worried he would be assassinated in March, 1861, on his way to Washington for the inauguration that he wound up being smuggled in by train, with his legs drawn up awkwardly in a cramped sleeping car compartment. The newspapers had a heyday when it was found out, laughing about the “flight of Abraham,” etc. But he lived to become president!
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I’m a skeptic, especially because things have changed since September. The value of his brand, for example, hasn’t just decreased; it’s negative. The golf course in Scotland has been hemorrhaging and hes going to face charges and have to pay back taxes on it, so it’s value is negative. Doral apparently needs huge remodeling. The hotel in DC is apparently struggling, and do you think the Saudis are going to keep reserving 500 room-nights and not using them there, and that anyone associated with the Biden administration or who wants to visit the Biden administration will stay there? So its value is probably negative. No one will loan him money because of reputational damage, but even without that, because he’s under investigation for bank fraud and tax fraud for misrepresenting the value of his properties. He owes $400m in cash loans that are coming due.
Maybe he was really worth billions, but I bet not anymore, and I bet in short order the Trump Organization is tiny, as they sell off all the assets to stay afloat, or bankrupt.
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Well, gosh, that’s not a very Pol Pot thing to say.
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