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Anxiety surges as Donald Trump may be indicted soon: Why 2024 is 'the final battle' and 'the big one'​

Anxiety surges as Donald Trump may be indicted soon: Why 2024 is 'the final battle' and 'the big one'

Donald Trump's many legal problems – and calls for protests – have generated new fears of political violence and anxiety about the 2024 election.

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WASHINGTON – It looks like American politics is entering a new age of anxiety, triggered by an unprecedented legal development: The potential indictment of a former president and current presidential candidate.

Donald Trump's many legal problems – and calls for protests by his followers – have generated new fears of political violence and anxiety about the unknowable impact all this will have on the already-tense 2024 presidential election

I’ll reframe this is a more accurate way, Are Presidents above the law? This new age was spurred into existence when home grown dummies elected a corrupt, mentally ill, anti-democratic, would be dictator as President and don’t bother to hold him responsible for his crimes, don’t want to because in the ensuing mayhem and destruction, they think they will be better off. The man is actually advocating violence (not the first time). And btw, screw democracy too. If this feeling spreads, we are In deep shirt.

This goes beyond one treasonous Peice of work and out to all his minions. This is on you or should we be sympathetic to the idea of they can’t help being selfish suckers to the Nation’s detriment? Donald Trump is the single largest individual threat to our democracy and it‘s all going to boil down to will the majority of the GOP return to his embrace and start slinging his excrement to support him?

 

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BRUSSELS — One of Europe's most senior politicians recounted how former U.S. President Donald Trump privately warned that America would not come to the EU's aid if it was attacked militarily.

"You need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support you," Trump told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in 2020, according to French European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was also present at a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

"By the way, NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO," Trump also said, according to Breton. "And he added, ‘and by the way, you owe me $400 billion, because you didn’t pay, you Germans, what you had to pay for defense,'" Breton said about the tense meeting, where the EU's then-trade chief Phil Hogan was also present.

Breton told the anecdote at an event in the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, just days before the Republican Party holds its January 15 caucus in Iowa, the opening contest in Trump's bid to win the Republican nomination for a run at returning to the White House. Party members will cast their votes for candidates including Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who both trail way behind the ex-president in opinion polls.

Brussels is rife with fear about the possibility Trump will return to the U.S. presidency...............

Trump vowed he’d ‘never’ help Europe if it’s attacked, top EU official says

‘By the way NATO is dead,’ the former (and potential future) US president added in private meeting.

www.politico.eu

 

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DES MOINES, Iowa — A different kind of political speech is taking center stage at the rallies of former President Donald Trump: the opening prayer.

The invocations have become their own political call to action, sometimes punctuated with applause lines and partisan language, invoking the same falsehoods and vindictiveness that Trump himself spreads.

At a December rally in Coralville, Iowa, the Rev. Joel Tenney spoke ahead of Trump, telling the several hundred supporters gathered that he wanted to talk to them “as a pastor.”

“We have witnessed a sitting president weaponize the entire legal system to try and steal an election and imprison his leading opponent, Donald Trump, despite committing no crime,” he said.

“We must re-elect President Trump for the third time,” Tenney said, echoing Trump’s “big lie” rhetoric. He then said that the upcoming election “is part of a spiritual battle” with “demonic forces at play.”

His voice trembling at times like a tent revival preacher behind a Trump-emblazoned podium, he continued: “When Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States, there will be retribution against all those who have promoted evil in this country.”

Then Tenney prayed.

“God, I pray that, Lord, you would help us to re-elect President Donald Trump and restore America to its greatness,” he said.

The invocations are providing a unique insight into the evangelical world’s acceptance of Trump’s conspiracy theories, along with the embrace of his nationalism and promises of retribution.

Celebrity pastors, such as Paula White and Kenneth Copeland, who preach the “prosperity gospel,” have long stood by Trump’s side, giving him early credibility in their corner of Christianity. Now, the pastors taking the political stage across the country are most often local pastors with more immediate followings — further proof that Trump’s reach goes well beyond the television megachurches and into local congregations that were once more skeptical of a somewhat vulgar New York real estate tycoon and casino owner.

New Hampshire state Rep. Paul Terry, a retired minister for an evangelical Presbyterian denomination, led the invocation at Trump’s late December rally in Durham, telling the more than 4,000 voters in attendance that they “have been lied to, deceived and seduced.”

“With every passing day, we slip farther and farther into George Orwell’s tyrannical dystopia,” he said from the stage, continuing: “Every day, we are burdened by those who have asserted illegitimate authority and unconstitutional lawlessness over us.”............

From the same podium, and just minutes apart, it’s not uncommon to hear prayers and then put-downs.

Before Trump’s appearance in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in November, Baptist minister Patrick Wiedemeier, who supported Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign in 2016, led the audience in prayer, likening Trump’s presence to the second coming of Jesus Christ: “There’s great excitement in this place, Lord. And rightfully so. But this is just a taste of what’s coming when you send your son as king of kings and he sets things right.”

When Trump took the stage 90 minutes later, his remarks were hardly a taste of evangelical Christianity, which emphasizes a merciful, loving and long-suffering God.

“How does he hold up that fat, ugly face?” the former president asked rhetorically about Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who has been one of his political archenemies in Congress. Trump then complimented Communist President Xi Jinping of China, who, he said, “runs” his population “with an iron hand,” before calling President Joe Biden “a stupid person,” making an unfounded claim that the president is on medication that wears off during public appearances.

The former president then pontificated on his own controversial behavior: “Now, there may be some people that don’t like my attitude, but my attitude is what gets us there.” ..........

'A spiritual battle': Pastors embrace Trump's grievances in prayers at his rallies

The prayers, offered up by local pastors in early voting states, frequently reflect the words and tone of the GOP front-runner.

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even when trump brags about doing these things now and wants immunity from doing them they say he is innocent. how does that work exactly?

 

[RobF]

Can't be sure if those were verbatim quotes, but even so, the choice of pronouns in them is certainly something:

"You need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support you," Trump told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in 2020
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"By the way, NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO,"
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And he added, ‘and by the way, you owe me $400 billion, because you didn’t pay, you Germans, what you had to pay for defense,'"

 

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This groveling, obsequious behavior for Trump just looks so cowardly.

 

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Donald Trump says his businesses received payments from foreign governments because he was "doing services" for them.

Trump was at a Fox News town hall on Wednesday, commenting on a recent report from Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee. The report, published on January 4, said Trump's businesses had received at least $7.8 million in foreign payments during his presidency.

"That's a small amount of money. You know, it sounds like a lot of money. That's small," Trump said at the town hall.

The former president then explained that the payments were for accommodation at his clubs and hotels.

"I was doing services for them. People were staying in these massive hotels, these beautiful hotels," Trump continued.

"I don't get $8 million for doing nothing," he said............

MSN

 

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Donald Trump says his businesses received payments from foreign governments because he was "doing services" for them.

Trump was at a Fox News town hall on Wednesday, commenting on a recent report from Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee. The report, published on January 4, said Trump's businesses had received at least $7.8 million in foreign payments during his presidency.

"That's a small amount of money. You know, it sounds like a lot of money. That's small," Trump said at the town hall.

The former president then explained that the payments were for accommodation at his clubs and hotels.

"I was doing services for them. People were staying in these massive hotels, these beautiful hotels," Trump continued.

"I don't get $8 million for doing nothing," he said............

MSN

it’s still a violation of the emoluments clause. And admitting that you were doing services for foreign governments isn’t the win Trump thinks it is. It was widely reported that foreign governments rented entire floors of his DC hotel and didn’t even have anyone staying there. It was naked influence peddling. Trump cynically set up that hotel knowing he could rake in cash from foreign governments. And the way you know it was only about gaining foreign cash? He sold it the minute he was out of the WH. It was sold immediately.

 

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Republican former President Donald Trump said he believes the only reason the stock market's performing well is because of his success in the polls.

Trump made the claim Wednesday night at a town hall-style media event in Iowa hosted by Fox News, which was scheduled at the same time as CNN's Republican presidential debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

At the town hall, Fox News host Bret Baier brought up a recent comment from Trump about the stock market. "When there's a crash — I hope it's gonna be during this next 12 months because I don't want to be Herbert Hoover," Trump said in an interview earlier this week.

In response to Baier's question, Trump said he's not hoping for a crash, he just thinks "the economy is horrible except the stock market's going up."

The former president noted he believes the only reason for the stock market's health at the moment is because of his lead in the polls when he's pitted against the likely 2024 Democratic nominee, President Joe Biden.

"But I would say this, we have a situation which I believe the stock market goes up because I'm leading," he said. "I think if I wasn't leading, the stock market would be 25% lower. And I think frankly, if I didn't win, I think the stock market would crash, I believe."

While there's little to support Trump's claims about the stock market, a MarketWatch report from December 2023 notes that at nearly 3 years in office, the S&P 500 index rose nearly 17 percentage points more under Trump than Biden...........

MSN

 

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That’s delusional and completely wrong, lol.

 

[Optimus Prime]

loved the rodeo clown reference

 

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This is heartening.

 

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And now he’s staying in FL, evidently.

 

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