• @merthyr1831@lemmy.world
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    301 year ago

    Is he though? Seems like the latest “oh my god he’s going down” only for him to be out campaigning like a week later.

    • Echo Dot
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      There is a disconnect between his legal situation and his behaviour because he’s too way stupid to realise he’s screwed.

      He did a terrible job of hiding the evidence of his crimes in many cases he straight up boasted about them on Twitter. He’s misbehaved towards various judges on a number of occasions and threatened the jury. So not only is he absolutely screwed, he’s making the situation worse.

      The reason he is still campaigning is because he’s really really really really thick. As are his supporters who think he has even a snowball’s chance in hell of getting away with this.

      It’s old really because if he believed it’s his own rhetoric, then there’s some kind of evil vendetta against him bey the evil left, in which case he should know he’s not going to get away. Extreme cognitive dissonance.

      • @tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works
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        I think somewhere in the back of his mind he knows he’s screwed from a legal perspective, but he also knows that if he acts like everything’s ok he might have a chance to be president again. He might be dumb but he knows the kind of power he has in his hands.

          • Spliffman1
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            11 year ago

            Usually don’t like that saying but sure as hell applies here ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

      • Queen HawlSera
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        81 year ago

        Or he’s banking on getting re-elected before the case can conclude.

        He’s used to this, first he does something blatantly illegal, then he makes the case take so long and cost so much that it’s not worth pursuing anymore.

        • Shadai
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          Actually just wait, it’s probably far worse.

          I’d bet a paycheck if he gets reelected the first act as president will be to pardon himself. If you don’t think he’ll do it, you weren’t paying attention during his first term.

          All the more reason people need to get out and vote for whoever is running against him.

          • Queen HawlSera
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            51 year ago

            He “joked” about it, and about how he should be allowed to be President for life.

            Trump doesn’t joke, at least not in the way a normal person does it, but how a fascist does it.

            It’s a way of testing an idea, “How’s about you and me go do a race war? No? I was just kidding! Yes? Okay let’s fucking go!”

    • @Mamertine@lemmy.world
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      71 year ago

      The wheels of justice turn very slowly in the USA. His legal team’s strategy to keep him or if prison is to slow then down even more. Iirc his first criminal trial starts either this Monday or the following Monday.

    • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      He will be found guilty. He committed multiple crimes in plain view of the public, those crimes were recorded on cameras, he’s made multiple statements admitting that he committed the crimes.

      The real question is, will he be found guilty before he dies? He has enough money to put up bullshit delay tactics for the next 10 years.

      • @InputZero@lemmy.ml
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        71 year ago

        He could also become president again, that’s his plan. He’s trying to run out the clock on all his legal troubles. Once he’s a presidential candidate I’ll bet you every one of those Republicans that turned on him after Jan. 6 will suddenly start saying it’s unconstitutional to charge/prosecute a presidential candidate.

      • @NAXLAB@lemmy.world
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        I think it would be good if he did have to deal with the hell of the court system until he dies, burning the wick of hope until the very end. It would honestly be a relief if he finally went to prison and was able to make peace with his situation in his final years.

        • @Goo_bubbs@lemmings.world
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          51 year ago

          He would never make peace with being in prison, though. He’s a spoiled child who never had to face the consequences of his actions. He would lose his goddamn mind if anyone dared to punish him for his crimes.

      • @merthyr1831@lemmy.world
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        Well that’s more to the point. If he’s able to keep out of jail for another year and a couple of months (easy enough for these kinds of cases) he can easily be within a shot of the whitehouse. Not ideal.

  • @Smokeydope@lemmy.world
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    Honestly I don’t care what happens to T as long as I can finally stop seeing his fucking name seemingly every other day. I was so happy when joe won because I thought 'my god, I won’t have to hear about trump for at least another four years! Finally!" Well I guess that clock finally ticked down and were back to talking about the most…interesting ex-president alive today.

    Anyone else remember when Bill getting a blowjob was earth shattering and impeachment-discussion worthy? Really puts things into perspective.

    Im simply tired of hearing his name and seeing his face. Whether he gets jailed forever, gets away with a wrist slap, or dies of old age/gets epsteined before either, I couldn’t care less as long as he finally gets out of the spotlight permanently.

    My money is on a wrist slap but we’ll see. The rich and politically well connected are notoriously known for getting away with just about anything in the U.S. Y’know because they built the system and rigged it to be in their favor. Fairness is the philosophical tooth fairy, it doesn’t exist. I won’t be clutching my pearls about how justice in america is dead if he slips away with a few hundred mil in fines and 200 hours community service before he gets booted out to live the rest of his days on one of his private islands in bumfuck nowhere atlantic ocean.

  • Xusontha
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    71 year ago

    Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions…

  • BaldProphet
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    -801 year ago

    Hmm, I understand the concept, but this should be adjusted:

    “Why Donald Trump is Being Prosecuted”

    “Because he is accused of committing crimes.”

    Remember, folks, innocent until proven guilty.

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      In my view, innocent until proven guilty is a concept that only applies to legal proceedings. It’s a vital concept to apply to the state to prevent tyranny. But the colloquial standard of proof is much lower, We know he did those things, he’s even admitted it, and those things are crimes. He committed crimes.

      And, we can safely say it, and it will have no effect on the legal proceedings, because we’re not part of them. Let’s not muddy the waters, and let’s save “allegedly” in the colloquial context for things for which we have no proof. Otherwise, how do we talk about cases like OJ Simpson? Everybody knows he did it, but the state didn’t meet its burden of proof in court. In the legal sense, he’s not guilty, and in the colloquial sense, he’s guilty, and both of those things can be true at once.

    • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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      341 year ago

      From a legal perspective? Sure.

      From the litany of publicly available evidence? He’s definitely guilty, and I’m comfy saying as much and treating him as such.

      • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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        231 year ago

        Even from a legal perspective, he’s been found guilty in civil court several times already and if the justice system works at all (which, granted, is not a given in the US), it’s only a matter of time before he’s found guilty in a criminal court as well.

          • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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            21 year ago

            Not going to matter ultimately. Republicans have dedicated themselves to making impeachment charges meaningless. Every single Democrat president is going to get impeached from here on, unless republicans can kick the trash out of their party.

            • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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              21 year ago

              I didn’t say it as an indicator of consequences - only confirmation of guilt, but yeah - that’s otherwise a pretty accurate take from where I’m sitting.

    • Yeah, jury already found him guilty and the judge twice said we’re allowed to call the rapist Trump a rapist. In his business fraud case, he is also already found guilty. So he is already a rapist fraudster. I think the meme stands as it is.

      • BaldProphet
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        01 year ago

        Reread the meme. It’s not asking why Trump is guilty, it’s asking why he’s being prosecuted. Being accused of a crime is what precedes criminal prosecution, regardless of whether or not one actually committed the crimes one is being accused of.

    • @Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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      We’ve all seen the evidence. We’ve seen the pictures of classified documents sitting in Mara Lago. We’ve heard the recording of Trump openly admitting that he didn’t declassify them and shouldn’t have them. It’s farcical to pretend he’s not guilty.

      • @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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        231 year ago

        “Yes that’s me in that video murdering those people, and I’ll do it again!”

        Hey guys, we gotta presume innocence!

        • BaldProphet
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          -21 year ago

          Your joke suggests a different situation where the accused is declaring their guilt. Not exactly the same thing.

          • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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            31 year ago

            Actually very close to the same thing, since Trump has declared his guilt too. Just because he framed it as a good thing to do doesn’t make it any less of a confession.

      • BaldProphet
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        I never said he wasn’t guilty. I merely pointed out that an accusation is what precedes legal prosecution, regardless of whether or not the accused actually committed a crime. Despite irrefutable evidence of Trump’s crimes existing, it remains important to remember the way the system actually works.

    • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      Fuck off with that nonsense. There’s been incontrovertible proof and unwitting confessions from himself publicly available for years and he’s been found guilty in civil courts several times. It’s only a matter of time before he’s found guilty in criminal court too. Unless the “justice” system is as broken as it sometimes seems to be.

      Bottom line, there’s more proof of him being guilty than of owls existing.

      • BaldProphet
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        Reread the picture. It’s not asking, “Why is Trump guilty?” or "Did Trump commit crimes? It’s asking, “Why is Trump being prosecuted?” Too many innocent people are prosecuted for us to ignore this distinction when it regards someone we despise.

        • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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          Nope, still a load of shit in the specific case of Trump. It’s innocent until proven guilty and there’s more publicly available proof of him being 100% without a a shadow of a doubt guilty than of cheetahs being fast runners.

          Innocent people might also be prosecuted, but Trump has committed multiple crimes and that’s why he’s being prosecuted. It’s not any more complicated than that.