Trump Whines About 'Stalinist Show Trials,' Compares Himself to Al Capone at CPAC
By: Austin Butler and Callum Turner (Yahoo News)
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Donald Trump declared that his litany of legal woes were little more than "Stalinist show trials" in a rambling, meandering speech at CPAC on Saturday.
"The Stalinist show trials being carried out at Joe Biden's orders set fire not only to our system of government but to hundreds of years of western legal tradition," Trump said. "The only crime I've ever committed is defending America."
The former president is facing more than 90 felony charges in cases across multiple states. They range from his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, efforts to overturn the 2020 election, hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, and misrepresenting the value of his businesses.
Trump whined that his record of court appearances outweighed that of notorious mobster Al Capone.
"Remember this, I've been indicted more times than Alphonse Capone," he said. "I've been indicted four times by this gang of thugs for nothing," he complained. Last week, he was ordered to pay a $364 million fine in the conclusion to his New York civil fraud trial.
The former president also attacked Joe Biden for hitting GOP "political enemies" with motivated indictments to undo them. He alleged a "mob of radical left Democrat partisans" were "masquerading as judges and juries and prosecutors." He made no mention of the GOP-led House probe into impeaching Biden—whose witnesses have repeatedly come under fire for lying.
On a more positive note, Trump expressed his admiration for law enforcement officers and air force pilots when he swerved into an anecdote about flying into Iraq while he was president. Promising to free America from the wars it became embroiled in during the Biden administration—which obviously never would've happened if he was president—Trump began to wax poetic about the physical excellence of the pilots.
"I sat with the pilots, the most handsome human beings I've ever seen. Not my thing, but they are handsome," he said. "Better looking than Tom Cruise and taller."
Perhaps the TV pilots played by Austin Butler and Callum Turner (both over 6 feet) are more his thing?
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Donald Trump, his minions and his flunkies and enablers are degrading America.
He 'rightly' compares himself to Capone. A big-time psychopath/crook who was suffering from dementia due to tertiary syphilis.
Source?
'I sat with the pilots. The most handsome human beings I've ever seen. Not my thing, but they are handsome' Not my thing? Riiiiiiiiigggghhhhhtttt!!!!!!!
Another projection/confession from the former 'president'
www.thedailybeast.com /trumps-victory-speech-boos-for-lindsey-graham-praise-for-mtg
Trump’s Victory Speech: Boos for Lindsey Graham, Praise for MTG
Allison Quinn 3-4 minutes 2/24/2024
Donald Trump celebrated his projected win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday night by fantasizing about telling President Joe Biden he’s “fired” on Election Day.
Now almost certain to clinch the GOP nomination after beating Nikki Haley in South Carolina, Trump told a crowd of supporters: “We’re going to be up here on November 5th, and we’re going to look at Joe Biden, and we’re going to look him right in the eye … and we’re going to say, ‘Joe, you’re fired!’”
The former president also gave a shout-out to family members in his victory speech, and appeared initially to forget one of his sons, before circling back several minutes later to correct what many perceived as a snub.
Describing his loved ones as “so supportive” in his latest White House run, Trump started off naming Melania and their son Barron, before ticking off “Don Jr. and Kimberly, Ivanka and Jared, Tiffany and Michael,” thanking them for their support and adding that “we really appreciate it and love them.”
“We have a great family,” he said, making no mention of his second eldest son, Eric, or his wife Lara until much later in the speech when he noted they were in the audience and expressed his gratitude.
Trump also gloated over his win, claiming just minutes after the polls closed that he had received “double the number of votes that has ever been received in the great state of South Carolina.”
He laid into Democrats for what he described as “all of the horror” on display “when you look outside,” claiming “terrorists” and migrants from “insane asylums” are flooding over the southern border.
“They’re destroying our country and we’re gonna … I just wish we could do it quicker,” he said, lamenting that “nine months is a long time” to wait until Election Day.
“Now there’s a spirit that I have never seen. There’s never been a spirit like this. I just want to say that I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now,” Trump said.
A short time later, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was mercilessly booed by the crowd as Trump invited him on stage.
“No, no! No, no, remember!” Trump said, trying to calm the crowd, before apparently giving up on stopping the boos and saying: “I love him, he’s a good man.”
The Republican South Carolina senator then gave brief remarks, saying: “America, the nightmare you’re facing is just about over. Help is on the way,” and crediting South Carolina with “the biggest political comeback in American history.”
Trump went on to praise Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has been floated by some as a potential running mate for the former president. He claimed the Georgia Republican is “respected by everybody” and “very smart,” adding that “I’m just very happy she is on our side.”
Are you surprised that Trump supporters would boo Lindsey Graham?
Poor Eric, didn't he throw shithead, jr. under the bus recently?
CPAC...where democracy goes to die.
They had a 1/6 insurrection pinball machine there, I shit you not.
CPAC, ''Crazy Party Action Committee''
Now that is just hilarious.
Here's a video of Donald Trump reading the names of his family off a cue card tonight . Even so he failed to mention Eric and his wife Lara until later in the speech
In a Shocking Turn of Events, Trump's Notes Fail to Remind Him of His Own Son - MeidasTouch Network
It’s not about Trump anymore. Trump is just a mentally unstable carnival barker. It is now about whether there are enough people in this country who just don’t care whether we survive as a democracy or not. It is plainly obvious that Trump is distinctly incapable of holding our government together, and that is precisely what these people want to happen. Trump is just the vehicle to force it all to end. America has a growing suicidal tendency, so buckle up and prepare for the worst.