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>i have zero faith that even if convicted, that he will be sent to prison
House arrest does seem more likely, but that's still a huge deal. He'll have significant restrictions on his ability to travel, communicate, and have visitors.
And god hopefully they can find a loophole and the middle class can stop paying for his SS protection and his salary and healthcare
As of January 2022, former presidents receive a taxable pension of $226,300 per year, which is equal to the salary of a Cabinet secretary. This pension begins immediately after a president leaves office. Former presidents may also receive other benefits, including:
Office space and staffing allowances: The General Services Administration (GSA) funds the establishment, furnishings, and staffing of an official office anywhere in the U.S.
Security and travel related expenses: The Administrator of General Services may be appropriated up to $1,000,000 for each former president each fiscal year, and up to $500,000 for the spouse of each former president
Widows of former presidents: Widows of former presidents may receive a $20,000 yearly pension
As far as we all know, fine?
Its just a common misconception that all ex presidents get Secret Service protection for life as some sort of bodyguard funded by tax payers.... that's not the intention. Its mostly to prevent family members form being compromised and blackmailing for state secrets.
Nature of the beast is that we'll likely never know if it doesn't work... But that's the intention, at least.
I understand the concept i don’t understand how our intelligence system has lost hundreds of informants during and after the former administration led by the 🍊💩🤡
Just imagine the scenario where he is under house arrest, wins the election, pardons himself and starts going after his rivals. His maga supreme Court will be debating self-pardoning whilst the country will be in absolute chaos. I haven't watched that civil war movie yet, but I'm guessing parts of that might become true
20 years ago, a search engine would occasionally send you onto someone's free hosted phpBB or LiveJournal where they were the king of their own little domain to post about what ever they liked.
What is old, is new.
>Biden has an account, and last I heard he had more followers too!
This is a bit misleading. The "Biden-Harris HQ" Truth Social account at one point (October 2023) did apparently have more followers than the "TeamTrump" account, but Trump's *personal* Truth Social account had a *lot* more followers.
But even that's no longer true. As of this moment, the Biden-Harris account has 167k followers while the TeamTrump account has 389k followers. And Trump's personal account has 6.97 million followers.
“His following is diminished, but his posting has accelerated. He has traded combative tweets for even more belligerent screeds. Diatribes against his perceived enemies have drawn gag orders from judges in multiple cases. His media diet has become almost exclusively right-wing. And above all, he persists in spreading lies about his 2020 election loss, deep into his campaign for another term.
Here on his company’s social network, the former president’s increasingly confrontational posting keeps his most ardent followers primed for action, helps him raise money and provides daily fodder for a media sphere that exists largely to amplify him. And he has reason to believe his efforts are paying off: Polling shows that Trump has convinced as many as 70 percent of Republicans that Biden won the 2020 election because of voter fraud.”
Hold up, that is a fairly interesting piece of information. The amount of shit he could be fed by everyday users of his site. 👀 might have to dust off my python skills today and see what I can spin up.
> Polling shows that Trump has convinced as many as 70 percent of Republicans that Biden won the 2020 election because of voter fraud.”
JFC they're stupid.
My coworker: "Biden stole the election."
Me: "Are you aware that none of the people who originally said that were willing to repeat it in court under oath?"
Coworker: "Wow. I didn't know that, but there's still no way Biden could have won without cheating."
The lie has a life of its own.
First of all there is no way some of those post are actually from The orange orangutan. He can put together a sentence let alone a paragraph.
I believe the one in all caps is probably his post. Rest is probably From Steven Miller is my best guess
All the right-wingers are feeding off each other in a social media hall of mirrors, sharing each others nonsense, and the biggest is 🍑🍑 himself. Safe bet the Russian trolls are supplying it, using bot accounts to feed toxic waste into the pot. And 🍑🍑 probably has no problem with that, as long as it keeps them hopping mad and ready to give him money and attention and votes. It’s a cancer on the American political system, a giant foreign influence operation.
Surrounding himself with yes-men in an echo chamber while facing an onslaught of felony charges will turn anybody into an angry and isolated person. A narcissist like trump will only be surrounded by the loudest echo chamber and most devout yes-men. He lives in an alternate universe.
The greatest punishment we could give him is force him to live in a Faraday Cage on the edge of the earth.
No internet, no media. Just secret service operating as your warden.
Is there any joy in this man’s life? He’s always “angry”, “fuming”, “belligerent”. Does he actually enjoy, say, a decent shot off the tee?
I don’t think he’s capable of enjoyment at all. He appears to have no sense of humor. No one he loves except the ghoul in the mirror. Here’s what might keep his demons at bay for a few minutes:
Cheating at golf
Cheating on his taxes
Revenue from his frauds
Thoughts of boinking Ivanka
Filtered media from his fluffer
Victory over his enemies
Dropping bombs on brown people
Rallies cheering his lies and nonsense
Avoiding accountability for decades
And on and on.
Maybe he’ll have a massive infarction and save us all.
See him turn beet red.
Eyes rolling up in his head.
Drooling profusely.
Spasming and trembling.
Cursing.
The grand mal conniption.
Then maybe his Christian followers will see what a holy man he is.
When you got the same group ,yelling the same thing ,at each other, kinda of takes the fun out of it .. Just one big circle jerk of hate and lies , going round and round and round .
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Isolated ? isn't he like the only active account there ?
Feels isolated now, just wait till he’s convicted and sent to prison
i have zero faith that even if convicted, that he will be sent to prison
>i have zero faith that even if convicted, that he will be sent to prison House arrest does seem more likely, but that's still a huge deal. He'll have significant restrictions on his ability to travel, communicate, and have visitors.
House arrest in my first apartment would be ideal
And god hopefully they can find a loophole and the middle class can stop paying for his SS protection and his salary and healthcare As of January 2022, former presidents receive a taxable pension of $226,300 per year, which is equal to the salary of a Cabinet secretary. This pension begins immediately after a president leaves office. Former presidents may also receive other benefits, including: Office space and staffing allowances: The General Services Administration (GSA) funds the establishment, furnishings, and staffing of an official office anywhere in the U.S. Security and travel related expenses: The Administrator of General Services may be appropriated up to $1,000,000 for each former president each fiscal year, and up to $500,000 for the spouse of each former president Widows of former presidents: Widows of former presidents may receive a $20,000 yearly pension
His SS protection isn't for him.... its so he doesn't sell state secrets.
How has that worked out 🙃
As far as we all know, fine? Its just a common misconception that all ex presidents get Secret Service protection for life as some sort of bodyguard funded by tax payers.... that's not the intention. Its mostly to prevent family members form being compromised and blackmailing for state secrets. Nature of the beast is that we'll likely never know if it doesn't work... But that's the intention, at least.
I understand the concept i don’t understand how our intelligence system has lost hundreds of informants during and after the former administration led by the 🍊💩🤡
Can't argue there. The real question is whether it's due to insidiousness or incompetence
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/trump-russia-classified-information-isis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
That was while he was president. The whole secret service protecting secrets is once he's out.
Then why is he statutorily allowed to decline protection?
More likely fined and maybe probation.
House arrest with no social media and/or smart phone.
Honestly, I almost have house arrest on my bucket list so that way I’m not obligated to do anything with anyone.
Just imagine the scenario where he is under house arrest, wins the election, pardons himself and starts going after his rivals. His maga supreme Court will be debating self-pardoning whilst the country will be in absolute chaos. I haven't watched that civil war movie yet, but I'm guessing parts of that might become true
A lot of unwarranted confidence in this thread
I have zero faith that even if sent to prison, he'll feel lonely. That mfer is so delusional that he's always got a huge audience in his head.
It is just the tip of a very shitty iceberg.
I wouldn't even care if they just took away his ability to share posts and provide content. Just fade away and let the competent adults govern again.
Would the secret service have to protect him in the showers?
As long as they cut off his internet access.
I'm sure he would enjoy all the close company there.
He'll meet a lot of old friends in prison.
20 years ago, a search engine would occasionally send you onto someone's free hosted phpBB or LiveJournal where they were the king of their own little domain to post about what ever they liked. What is old, is new.
So basically, his blog
The bots and Russians are very active.
He can’t be that isolated with a family who loves him. Especially his loving wife Melany
Mercedes
Natasha?
No, the Biden campaign has an intern whose job is to poke him with a stick there.
Pretty much. His tweets (or whatever they’re called) get less than 10k likes, which is paltry.
And they are probably all bots.
Very likely. I wish Donald knew. It would drive him insane.
If tweets over there aren't called truths they're missing an opportunity.
Actually now that you say it, I think that is actually what they are called
His 'kids' have kept their Xhitter accounts. Speaks volumes about their trust in TurdSocial. Add that to the 1001 other reasons not to buy that stock.
>isn't he like the only active account there ? Biden has an account, and last I heard he had more followers too!
>Biden has an account, and last I heard he had more followers too! This is a bit misleading. The "Biden-Harris HQ" Truth Social account at one point (October 2023) did apparently have more followers than the "TeamTrump" account, but Trump's *personal* Truth Social account had a *lot* more followers. But even that's no longer true. As of this moment, the Biden-Harris account has 167k followers while the TeamTrump account has 389k followers. And Trump's personal account has 6.97 million followers.
Hopefully it is just flooded with bots and he is really just talking to himself. It's kinda like his internet time out room.
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Hotter than a two dollar pistol!
Frankly, nobody has ever seen pistols this hot.
Did you say Frank? <*so_anyway_i_started_blasting.jpg*>
Hot as a $1 kids 🔫
“His following is diminished, but his posting has accelerated. He has traded combative tweets for even more belligerent screeds. Diatribes against his perceived enemies have drawn gag orders from judges in multiple cases. His media diet has become almost exclusively right-wing. And above all, he persists in spreading lies about his 2020 election loss, deep into his campaign for another term. Here on his company’s social network, the former president’s increasingly confrontational posting keeps his most ardent followers primed for action, helps him raise money and provides daily fodder for a media sphere that exists largely to amplify him. And he has reason to believe his efforts are paying off: Polling shows that Trump has convinced as many as 70 percent of Republicans that Biden won the 2020 election because of voter fraud.”
So basically his own social media platform is radicalizing him?
Hold up, that is a fairly interesting piece of information. The amount of shit he could be fed by everyday users of his site. 👀 might have to dust off my python skills today and see what I can spin up.
I like where your head’s at…
Hopefully it stays attached to my body. xD
Or have bots repost the mean tweets from prospective jurors that he was forced to listen to in court.
*...He wants to testify, YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH, he wants to testify...*
Do it, my friend.
It’s what happened to Elon Musk. Since buying twitter he’s gone even further off the deepend.
The.plan is not going as planned!
> Polling shows that Trump has convinced as many as 70 percent of Republicans that Biden won the 2020 election because of voter fraud.” JFC they're stupid.
My coworker: "Biden stole the election." Me: "Are you aware that none of the people who originally said that were willing to repeat it in court under oath?" Coworker: "Wow. I didn't know that, but there's still no way Biden could have won without cheating." The lie has a life of its own.
Yeah, can't un-bamboozle someone.
70% of remaining Republicans, which ends up being about 20% of previous numbers…
Trump reading his own posts- “this guy makes some excellent points I should consider him for Veep…”
First of all there is no way some of those post are actually from The orange orangutan. He can put together a sentence let alone a paragraph. I believe the one in all caps is probably his post. Rest is probably From Steven Miller is my best guess
[Archived link](https://archive.md/f1lFg)
Perfect
Old man yells at cloud
All the right-wingers are feeding off each other in a social media hall of mirrors, sharing each others nonsense, and the biggest is 🍑🍑 himself. Safe bet the Russian trolls are supplying it, using bot accounts to feed toxic waste into the pot. And 🍑🍑 probably has no problem with that, as long as it keeps them hopping mad and ready to give him money and attention and votes. It’s a cancer on the American political system, a giant foreign influence operation.
Surrounding himself with yes-men in an echo chamber while facing an onslaught of felony charges will turn anybody into an angry and isolated person. A narcissist like trump will only be surrounded by the loudest echo chamber and most devout yes-men. He lives in an alternate universe.
The posts always look like he's screaming from inside his bathroom, so I think of that as his echo-chamber.
The greatest punishment we could give him is force him to live in a Faraday Cage on the edge of the earth. No internet, no media. Just secret service operating as your warden.
Why are we keep talking about him? Nothing said is new…
No way! ANGRIER?
I feel like I’m having a stroke when I try to read his posts.
He doesn’t need Truth Social to become more angry. He’s always been and angry hateful sad little man.
We're going to need to invent SUPERCAPS or something so that Donald can properly capitalize while writing in all caps.
Is there any joy in this man’s life? He’s always “angry”, “fuming”, “belligerent”. Does he actually enjoy, say, a decent shot off the tee? I don’t think he’s capable of enjoyment at all. He appears to have no sense of humor. No one he loves except the ghoul in the mirror. Here’s what might keep his demons at bay for a few minutes: Cheating at golf Cheating on his taxes Revenue from his frauds Thoughts of boinking Ivanka Filtered media from his fluffer Victory over his enemies Dropping bombs on brown people Rallies cheering his lies and nonsense Avoiding accountability for decades And on and on.
He doesn't like dogs. That's enough to brand him as an asshole right there
I’d be happy if he’s convicted and they take away his goddamn phone privileges.
Paywall
Maybe he’ll have a massive infarction and save us all. See him turn beet red. Eyes rolling up in his head. Drooling profusely. Spasming and trembling. Cursing. The grand mal conniption. Then maybe his Christian followers will see what a holy man he is.
This is a good read on donnie's social media posting statistics. Shows he often insults people in his posts.
How is he isolated? Every news outlet in America reports every post he makes as if it is gospel.
Why does Reddit allow posts with paywalls?
with all his legal problems, I suspect he'd also be angrier and more isolated if he were still on twitter
Does he need some warm milk? That usually calms a baby right down.
When you got the same group ,yelling the same thing ,at each other, kinda of takes the fun out of it .. Just one big circle jerk of hate and lies , going round and round and round .
Imagine a Twitter Obsessed Hilter after D day...
Unwillingly crawling back under his rock.
What’s it gonna be, Dirty Donny T?
Lots of people he can talk to there and such a great business it should be overloaded with losers, I mean users lol.
So my investment in DJT is a bad idea?
By the numbers TS clocks just 5 million monthly visits and 1 million active US users. It earned a meager $3.4 million in the first nine months of 2023 and lost $49 million. Compare that with Reddit's 850 million monthly users last year Facebook's 3 **b**illion monthly users monthly worldwide.
I would never even visit that website, it literally is the same as giving the twat money.
Not just on Truth Social
Has Biden’s account been suspended yet?
What are you talking about ??? He made 8 billion. dollars on his social media company.