Forgot the #WompWomp !

🤭👉🏼 “#Trump offered NY appeals court a bond of only $100 mil to pause the more than $450 million penalty he faces in his civil fraud case, a clear sign that the former president lacks the $ to cover the full amount.

..also asked to pause enforcement of finan penalty & wide range of other punishments the judge levied.” #legal

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y00.UqI6.B_XfSft7EHNo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump Rebuffed After Asking a Judge to Delay His $454 Million Penalty

The former president, who is appealing the penalty in his civil fraud case, offered a bond of only $100 million to pause the judgment.

The New York Times
@GottaLaff as usual "I should get special treatment". Take the bond, then ask for the rest. By all means, that may be all the money he has. Take it. But don't let him slide on the rest - it's just less to recover in the sale.
@GottaLaff
Hey, a new, more stupid version of Let's Make A Deal!
@Wileymiller Let's Make a Steal is his usual
@GottaLaff if he can't pay the fine, he should not do the crime.

@GottaLaff

He promised to throw in some Trump steaks and sneakers as a gesture of good will

@GottaLaff I'm surprised he had the $100m. On the other hand, that makes the $85M he owes easily claimable!
@kithrup @GottaLaff I was just thinking the same thing. But if that’s all he’s got, maybe the next thing we will see is the Carroll Tower for Abused Women?
@Loucovey @kithrup @GottaLaff 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
@GottaLaff Wait, didn’t he once brag he was worth $10 billion? Seems to me 10 minus 0.5 still leaves him with $9.5 billion
@JonChevreau Psst. He lies.
@GottaLaff oh no, I’m so disillusioned to learn this!
@JonChevreau Yes. Yes. It's true. I'm so sorry to break it to you

@GottaLaff

I do believe it's time to call in the matador. The bull is flagging.

@GottaLaff

It turns out his pockets are small, like his hands.

@NovaNaturalist @GottaLaff Aaaaaannnnndddd apparently his 🍄
@GottaLaff LOL. Meanwhile, he claims that he shouldn't have to post any bond in the E. Jean Carroll case because he's so rich that posting a bond isn't really a deterrent.
@TerpieCat HA! You're right!
@GottaLaff @TerpieCat that’s just an argument to increase the award for the next defamation trial
@TerpieCat @GottaLaff The typo at the end of the subtitle here is perfect.
@TerpieCat @GottaLaff oh crud, they already fixed it. :(

@NIH_LLAMAS @TerpieCat @GottaLaff Best part... I also saw this at first when I read her post

Of course I am dyslexic lol 🙃

@TerpieCat @GottaLaff

Get his passport.

And watch him closely.

If #Trump loses in November he's going to #Russia.

He's not going to pay anything if he can get away with it.

@benroyce @TerpieCat People keep saying that. He's not exactly hard to track, and the govt would and does keep an eye on him. It's hard not to.

@GottaLaff @TerpieCat

it's an asymmetric game

tracking him is an always on game, while he just has to have a solid plan with the right connections and all he has to do is slip those trailing him once and off he goes

he could pull it off

@benroyce @GottaLaff Honestly, I wouldn't even care if he slipped away to Russia if we never had to hear from him again. But even if he did, AG James could go after his property.

@benroyce @GottaLaff @TerpieCat

You guys are letting him steer the conversation. The point was he lost and has to pay up. Being able to use a bond is actually a huge favor to acknowledge the appeal.

@ThreeSigma @GottaLaff @TerpieCat I understand your point but we're not decision makers or pundits on tv we're just cranky voices on social media venting. obviously the ideal is we just ignore Donald Trump, but we're way beyond a point where we steer the topic to what matters, we're in full on kill the beast mode. We're tired and we're sick of the endless damage he's doing to us all and all we can do is cheer his downfall. This is our small respite.

@benroyce @GottaLaff @TerpieCat

I get that, but it's still worth asking "is this a question that really needs answering?" The fascism doesn't spread just through mass media, it spreads through social contact too, so it doesn't hurt to train yourself not to play their game.

@benroyce @TerpieCat @GottaLaff he'd be bluffing. He literally needs to be center of attn... And in Russia he'd be nothing.

Unless he's facing actual jail or complete asset forfeiture or both I doubt he's a flight risk. Neither of those things is likely to happen even if karma says they should.

@pixelpusher220 Thank you. You knew how to say it better than I could. @benroyce @TerpieCat
@GottaLaff
That's the most some OTHER sucker will cover him? Too bad the rest is going to be seized, gutted and sold!

@GottaLaff

Reminds me of my favorite movie quote.

"The colossal prick even managed to sound magnanimous."

Trump is such a two-bit thug that it's almost funny.

@GottaLaff I'm sure the GoFundMe will come through for him 😉. Can't lie, feeling some real schadenfreude.
@GottaLaff I'm kind of impressed that he got someone to put up the hundred. I wonder how much stuff he had to put on the line to make a creditor take the risk.

@NIH_LLAMAS @GottaLaff

I'm fully dubious that he does have a $100 mil bond available to him. These posers would readily haggle the court down and then ask for an extension due to unforeseeable issues with the bond. I'm hoping the judge remembers he wasn't born yesterday.

Trump Order To Show Cause On Stay Of Execution

@GottaLaff I’ve had schadenfreude before, but this is some gourmet shit.
@quincypeck Oh, it's chef's kiss.
@GottaLaff didn't he say that he had 400 million available? Hehehe

@GottaLaff

I feel such joy at this moment!