Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

I have a hectic morning at work and all THIS happens and I miss it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7c8Sg9YVg

#onethread

taking the FART act a little too literally

One Trump
One Fart
Let's get together and
reek all night

It might have been even more tragic had Trump farted too close to the person that self-immolated. (Too soon?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywCH3HN2S7E

maybe better to wait a bit to discover the self-immolator's mental state

The guy who self-immolated has an online manifesto that is a bit hard to nail down ideologically. It's a theory about Peter Thiel and a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, but then goes on to talk about how Bill Clinton was mean to Dukakis and maybe had Epstein set-up Rob Lowe because he was a Dukakis supporter.

sounds... unsound

His sign said, "Trump is with Biden and They're About to Fascist Coup Us."

manifesto also has a long digression about the Simpsons monorail episode.

not joking

xposts
The fArt of the Deal

Just out of curiosity does anyone know if Aaron Rodgers is at the Jets voluntary minicamp today?

That guy would rather set himself on fire then report to any sort of camp voluntarily. Freedom!!

Apparently, the guy who set himself on fire was not concerned about Trump at all, pro or con. He had a long online manifesto about cryptocurrency and some grievances he had against NYU, but he knew where the reporters were gonna be.

And to think, Trump probably slept through the whole thing, poor little guy.

“He knew where the reporters were gonna be” for May thread title

self-immolator also had a laura dern podcast called dern after reading

Guilty lolz

Went and read it. Was not pro trump like I expected. Kind of a despairing anticapitalism run through a conspiracy blender and WTF close readings of classic simpsons episodes. Made me sad more than anything.

kinda seemed like the QAnon Shaman guy

Letitia James has asked Judge Engoron to reject Trump's $175 million bond, on the grounds that the company he used is not financially sound. Link here.

Got to give her credit, she is not fucking around.

Manifesto guy bundled lots of his stuff together into a pamphlet called Dipshit Secrets of our Rotten World, which is applause worthy.

I would have read it

its not fair that Trump's the one on trial and yet it's everyone else who's getting the gas chamber

And how to end your Friday per the NYT:

Jesse McKinley
April 19, 2024, 4:30 p.m. ET20 minutes ago

“Sir, can you please have a seat?” the judge says to Trump, as he rises before court is adjourned.

Maggie Haberman
April 19, 2024, 4:30 p.m. ET19 minutes ago

Justice Merchan has left the bench. Trump is standing and looking around the room.

Jonah Bromwich
April 19, 2024, 4:31 p.m. ET19 minutes ago

Trump walks out of the courtroom, patting the bench behind the defense table like an old friend as he goes.

After Trump lawyer Susan Necheles asked again for the name of at least the first witness, Steinglass said he would tell Trump’s counsel the name on Sunday, but if the identity is tweeted before Monday, “that will be the last time.”

Clearly a post-fart shot:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Z7CYYILLD4MLHBCOVIG36LTAYU.jpg&w=916

Does he know which trial he’s in? (I mean, sometimes I get all the legal proceedings mixed up, too, so…)

trump sharted u kno he did

for thread title

Sir, you were farting bigly.

really funny that the "Trump farted in court" story is taking off, you know it's gonna bother the shit outta him but the more he talks about it the more everyone's gonna think he farted in court

Quite embarrassing to fart at your porn star hush money trial

bring on the fart truthers. they'll try to argue that he who smelt it dealt it but we all know it is in fact he who denied it

If I Dealt It by Donald Trump

bring on the fart truthers. they'll try to argue that he who smelt it dealt it but we all know it is in fact he who denied it

― frogbs

He who denied it supplied it.

David Pecker is such a classic victimised supply teacher, or porn star name. Apologies, I'm easily amused.

He who made the rhyme committed the crime(s)

from witness reports it sounds like his farts could be a health + safety issue. It would be so funny if Merchan made a comment about the Trump farts in a deadly serious and solemn judge voice.

i think its probably noticeable because he's cooped up in one place all day. he's probably someone who uses a bathroom 50 times a day. who was it who said that he smells like garbage and dirty diapers?

Melania

Looking at that pic of Trump in the courtroom, I'm so glad it's one of those brightly-lit fluorescent ones, and not one of those swanky ones you see in the movies, with lots of indirect lighting.

to see the toxic clouds of fart puffing and billowing thru the room OG CSI can supply the correctly calibrated forensic blue light

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVKB50tU8AIa9RG.jpg

Looking at that pic of Trump in the courtroom, I'm so glad it's one of those brightly-lit fluorescent ones, and not one of those swanky ones you see in the movies, with lots of indirect lighting.

Movie courtrooms also seem to have a lot of super tall windows.