Trump Temper Tantrum

Donald Trump testified yesterday in the New York civil trial that threatens the existence of his business empire.

While legal experts pontificate and speculate on how the outcome of the judge’s ruling will be affected by Trump’s testimony, the one thing that’s clear is Donald Trump is a grifter and a conman. Numbers don’t lie, but Donald Trump does.

The judge has already ruled that Trump and two of his offspring are liable for fraud. This trial is to determine the extent of the punishment. The state wants Trump to pay $250 million and barred from doing business in New York.

In between temper tantrums, Trump argued that his properties were undervalued (not true). He said he often looked at his financial statements and would sometimes make suggestions, maybe suggesting they list 10,000 square footage as 30,000, or that something valued at $18 million should be listed as $1 billion. He also said the numbers weren’t important and banks didn’t pay attention. But if they weren’t important, then why did he fabricate them? And then like his two idiot spawns, he blamed other people for the statements, such as former controller of the Trump Organization Jeff McConney; former chief financial officer Allen H. Weisselberg, and outside accountant Mazars USA.

Trump also argued that it’s not his fault if lenders and investors believed his bullshit because there was a disclaimer. There should be a disclaimer for his followers in the MAGA movement.

Warning: Donald Trump is a conman and everything he says is a lie. He is not a great businessman as great businessmen don’t bankrupt four casinos. He’s not a great negotiator. He’s not a patriot and tried to steal an election he lost. When you send money to a criminal with gold toilets, you are solely responsible for the financial risk you are taking. Only morons send money to billionaires who own private planes. Instead of making America “great again,” he made it a lot worse. Also, if you support Donald Trump, it may be a sign that you hate democracy and are a stupid racist without the motor skills required to wipe his own butt.

At one point during the testimony, the judge told Trump’s lawyers to control his client and said, “This is not a political rally.” Trump whined on the stand, “This is a very unfair trial. Very, very. And I hope the public is watching.” That’s probably not a defense coached by his legal team.

Walking into the courtroom, Trump called Attorney General Letitia James a “racist” despite there not being a track record of her hating narcissistic grifting Oompa-Loompas. On the stand, he called her a “political hack” and accused her of going after him to run for governor. Taking down a lying racist grifter and banning his business from the state would make James a great candidate for governor.

The question everyone is asking is: Did Trump hurt himself with his testimony? I think the answer lies in the fact his lawyers didn’t ask him any questions.

Trump testified for four hours which isn’t even half as long as Hillary Clinton was forced to testify before the Republicans’ bogus Benghazi committees. At first, the judge tried to reel Trump in but laid off in the second half and let him run wild, which was probably much to the pleasure of the state’s legal team. If you give Donald Trump enough rope, he won’t hang Mike Pence…he’ll hang himself.

Ivanka is scheduled to testify Thursday and without being a legal expert, I predict she’ll say in a very soft voice, repeatedly, that she doesn’t know anything. Her argument against testifying was that she moved to Florida. Ivanka is trying to erase her history working for the Trump Organization like she’s trying to erase her history working for the Trump presidential administration (sic).

I also predict that the judge will not ban Trump from doing business in New York or fine him the full amount the state is asking for. He will be fined and may lose some assets, but I don’t think this judge will destroy the Trump Organization. But I do believe that at some point due to his illegal activities, he will lose it all. Someday he won’t own Mar-a-Lago and there will be another name on Trump Tower.

Babies probably shouldn’t own buildings anyway.

Music note: I listened to Foo Fighters while crosshatching and coloring today’s cartoon.

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