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Rhiannon12866

(222,238 posts)
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 11:10 PM Oct 2023

Lawrence: In NY courtroom, Trump's now just another guy from Queens in trouble - The Last Word - MSNBC



MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes Donald Trump’s first day in court in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud suit against him, including the many lies Trump told today about Attorney General James and the judge overseeing the case. - Aired on 10/02/2023.


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Lawrence: In NY courtroom, Trump's now just another guy from Queens in trouble - The Last Word - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 OP
Peeling back the layers of deceit for decades Deuxcents Oct 2023 #1
And he's still lying and issuing attacks as he faces trial - what does it take?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #2
I think it's so ingrained over the years he actually thinks Deuxcents Oct 2023 #3
According to Mary Trump's book, his mother was warned against having more children after his sister Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #5
A perfect storm for the fraud he would become Deuxcents Oct 2023 #8
He's a fraud who wasted 400 millions in inheritance playing prolific conman. Justice matters. Oct 2023 #4
All learned traits that groomed him for the menace he is today Deuxcents Oct 2023 #6
Not to mention all his failed businesses Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #7
All Perfectly Stated by Lawrence. MagaSmash Oct 2023 #9

Deuxcents

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1. Peeling back the layers of deceit for decades
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 11:31 PM
Oct 2023

And what is exposed is a big fat lie dressed up like a savvy billionaire who actually is a fraud.

Deuxcents

(19,723 posts)
3. I think it's so ingrained over the years he actually thinks
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 11:44 PM
Oct 2023

He’s better than everyone else. He has bought into his own imaginary exceptionalism that anyone dare to oppose or challenge him, it’s his right to destroy it as he sees fit. The money and power, which was ill gotten, only made him more dangerous.

Rhiannon12866

(222,238 posts)
5. According to Mary Trump's book, his mother was warned against having more children after his sister
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 11:51 PM
Oct 2023

Due to her poor health. But she then gave birth to both Donald and his younger brother, so wasn't there in his earliest years because she was often hospitalized. The only caretaker was his eldest sister who was only a child herself - and his father had no interest in young children. So Donald grew up to be a bully, looking for attention, and when he reached his teens he was so incorrigible that his parents sent him away to military school...

Deuxcents

(19,723 posts)
8. A perfect storm for the fraud he would become
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 12:03 AM
Oct 2023

Now, it’s time for accountability and he’s a scared pathetic little man.

Justice matters.

(7,513 posts)
4. He's a fraud who wasted 400 millions in inheritance playing prolific conman.
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 11:45 PM
Oct 2023

Defrauding banks, insurance companies, state and country taxpayers along with stiffing workers and contractors.

And sexually assaulting "beautifuls" bragging "they let" him "do it"

Rhiannon12866

(222,238 posts)
7. Not to mention all his failed businesses
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 12:02 AM
Oct 2023

His first failures were the casinos - even though his father sent his driver to buy $3 million in chips - which did not help. And his father was fined for not having a gaming license. He was so desperate for money that he attempted to disinherit his siblings - until his mother found out. And he ended up selling his father's lucrative business at a loss because he was so desperate for money, he never had enough. Mary Trump talks about this in her book.

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