I wonder if that helps explain his fascination with the Kims of North Korea. Grandpa Kim was the center of a classic cult of personality, and successors have managed to transform it into a dynastic cult that has lasted through the generations. I’m sure Trump would like to figure out how to replicate that.
I laughed so hard I nearly fell off my chair! Thank you! 
Ivanka’s got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when daddy comes home
He never gets no rest
'Cause she’s playing all night
And the grift’s all right
Ivanka’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
As I said just above, that was absolutely hilarious! I just want to add that immediately after the $355 million fraud judgment, the Orange Fraudster was really pumping that accordion! I recommend that anyone intending to watch this video should watch your accordion video first!
Trump reacts after judge orders him and companies to pay $355 million | CNN
Pumping the accordion indeed. Trump might do well to learn how to play one; he might be reduced to playing one on a street corner, with a tin cup for tips.
More seriously, Trump plans to appeal. No surprise there, this is his modus operandi any time he loses a court case. Appeal, and wear the other side down. But I don’t think that the State of New York can be worn down as easily as an unpaid contractor from Queens.
But here’s the thing: an appeal always turns on a matter of law. Where is the error in law in this case? I admit, I skimmed through the 92-page decision, and did not delve into the linked legal citations, but on my brief skim, the decision seemed legally sound. Where does Trump think grounds for an appeal can be found?
I don’t recall the monkey playing the instrument in those duos.
Why do you think he thinks it’s about law?
Let’s rephrase that: Trump has no idea that it’s about law. I’d suggest that he thinks an appeal is a do-over. He’ll get to introduce never before seen evidence, and the appeals court will have no choice but to give him the win. This is what happens when you hire lawyers that tell you what you want to hear, rather than what you need to hear.
An appeals court is as different from a trial court as apples are from bicycles. There are judges, but they’re going to pepper you on legal points you made in your brief. If you, the lawyer, cannot parry them satisfactorily, you are going to lose. You cannot introduce new evidence, you cannot call witnesses, you can only argue a matter of law. But Trump doesn’t get this, and not being a lawyer, does not understand the difference between fact and law. So he automatically says, “We’re gonna appeal,” and I’m sure that his appellate laywers are cupping their heads in their hands, and saying, “Fercrissake, Donnie, you lost, we’re gonna have one hell of a hard time with this appeal, and in the end, you’re gonna lose; and you’ll pay us a boatload of money, if you pay us at all, which your track record says you won’t. Just accept the ruling, okay? Saves us all a lot of time and trouble.”
Like what? “Vote for Biden”? Though I suppose he has already been bitten after bragging about his property values.
I don’t think any further comment is necessary …
And There Will Be Blood is loosely based on the Doheny family story (adapted from a novel by Upton Sinclair, who Heinlein worked with in Heinlein’s early political years).
I remembered this post from one of my thread topics:
If you search YouTube for “Donald Trump accordion” there are a bunch of videos that come up. Lots of people have had the same idea. (I wish I could say I thought of it, but I can’t.) And of course there’s a bottomless well of material.
Serious question:
If Melania should decide to divorce Donald, where is she in line for assets? I’m guessing the court awards come first.
So she might want to hurry up and get hers while she can.
That’s the very gist of it. But I wish I could find the quote I heard or read a decade or so ago.
That’s pretty much what happened in the appeals in his defamation case. He and his lawyer kept complaining that they “weren’t even allowed to defend him!”, because they thought it was a do-over, where they could make all the same arguments as in the original case. He doesn’t get that those arguments had already been rejected, and his only course of action to win was to try to explain why that rejection was in error. He fundamentally doesn’t understand that, he just does what he always does: Repeat the same thing even louder, and expect that to convince the person.
I don’t know why people keep doing that - assuming Trump ‘thinks’ or strategizes.
The thought process relies much more heavily on the reptile brain than that. It goes “I lost = appeal immediately and keep appealing”. It’s up to the lawyers to figure out a basis for appeal and all that nonsense, just like it’s up to the architects to design buildings and accountants to hide money. He says “do this” and they figure out how. And if they say something dumb like “that can’t be done” or “that doesn’t make any sense” or “that’s potentially illegal”, fire them and find somebody who will do what he says.
It’s a lot simpler than people are making it.
Video mashup of Life Accordion to Trump.
The appeal lawyers should definitely demand payment in advance. A very large retainer. In cash.
But with an appeal, there are more judges who he can insult/threaten/intimidate with his scowl. He can release damaging twuths like how their daughters once went to school with somebody else’s daughters who became liberrrallllllls! And how the the court is made up of democrat bots (fascist, marxists, deep staters). He’s being silenced, silenced he tells ya on every platform he can find. Evil court reporters, judge’s secretaries, bailiffs; all against him - SEND THEM DEATH THREATS!!! Oh, and send me money to Make Me Grift Again.
Plus, being a civil case while prison is not an option, he has to put up the bux while the appeal is in process. Either he has to cough up some cash, put some of his unleveraged properties in the pot, or borrow it from someone willing to lend it.