Mastodawn

The fight about Trump's name on the Kennedy center bores me to death. Seems like so much of the time of 'our' courts is taken up with rich people in a slap fight with each other. Defamation lawsuits, this name thing. (There are people in jail waiting months for a hearing...)

But what I don't get is why the court deciding that the name must come down is an order being followed by ... who? Trump's people at the center?

It's very funny that it is covered up.

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myrmepropagandist Jun 15

But, to the point of force, right down to the "and then they would arrest you" can someone explain *why* the name came down? Why doesn't Trump just ignore the court?

The court orders the name must come down. Great. Very funny.

But why listen. Why don't we get "oh OK I'll take it down" but then nothing happens?

How does the power flow?

That seems a little important to me maybe.

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suzanne

@futurebird
It seems to me that he's interested in winning more than getting his way. I mean, obviously he wants to get his way, but he wants to do it in a clever "I've found a loophole because I'm smarter than you" sort of way rather than a "you and what army" sort of way. He wants to act like a king but still pretend everything he does is legal.